Issue: #1
Published: September-October 1949, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 52, Editing:
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U. S. Paper Stock: Glossy Cover Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format:
Notes: On sale date as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, July-December 1949, page 184, registration number B213152.
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| Cover (1 page) |
I Stole My Sister's Man |
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Pencils: ? (photo) | Inks: ? (photo) | Colours: ? (photo) | Letters: typeset |
| Genre: |
Romance |
| Characters: |
Kevin Daley |
| Table Of Contents (1 page) |
Darling Romance |
| Synopsis: |
Table of contents, including writers' names for most of the issue. Page numbers have a number of errors. |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
| Comic Story (9 pages) |
...Gossip! |
| Synopsis: |
Art accepts a teaching job in a small town. He falls in love with Liz and they decide to get married, but she asks him to take a job at a college elsewhere and he agrees. In their new town, gossip spreads about a romance between Liz and student Dan. Art finally hears the rumors and angrily confronts Dan and Liz; the gossip was all started by several jealous people. Art apologizes and reconciles with his wife. |
| Genre: |
Romance |
| Characters: |
Liz Ames Professor Art Reach Ma Ferguson Dan Henderson Professor Jones Sharon |
| Text Story (0 pages) |
Two Loves |
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Pencils: ? (illustrations) | Inks: ? (illustrations) | Letters: typeset |
| Genre: |
Romance |
| Text Article (1 page) |
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| Featuring: |
Personality... and You from Your Handwriting |
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Pencils: ? (illustration) | Inks: ? (illustration) | Letters: typeset |
| Genre: |
Non-fiction Advocacy |
| Comic Story (9 pages) |
I Stole My Sister's Man |
| Synopsis: |
Nancy was raised by her older sister Sue after their parents are killed. Home from college on vacation, Nancy meets Sue’s boyfriend Jim and sets her cap for him: "I want that man, he’s just my type!” When her efforts to romance him fail, Nancy lies and tells Sue that Jim made a pass at her. Sue, upset, runs outside and is struck by a car. Sue is blinded and Nancy offers to donate one of her corneas. However, before the operation begins, a doctor discovers Sue’s eyesight can be saved. A repentant Nancy can now find romance with her longtime admirer Bob. |
| Genre: |
Romance |
| Characters: |
Nancy Kent Sue Kent Jim Holden Bob Blake |
| Text Article (0 pages) |
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| Credits: |
Pencils: ? (illustration) | Inks: ? (illustration) | Letters: typeset |
| Genre: |
Non-fiction Advocacy |
| Text Story (2 pages) |
Take a Chance with Romance |
| Synopsis: |
Pam is angry with husband Doug for his extravagant gifts of flowers instead of paying household bills. |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
| Genre: |
Romance |
| Characters: |
Pamela Kingsley Doug Henry King |
| Comic Story (9 pages) |
No Time For Love |
| Synopsis: |
Abby’s mother raises her daughter to become a star as a way to escape poverty. Abby goes along with the program, but she doesn’t dislike the residents of their slum neighborhood as her mother does. Abby falls in love with bus driver Jed. Abby’s mother insists Abby accept a role in a musical and Jed breaks up with her. Abby is a success but hates her life; she runs away. Her mother tracks her down and compels her to return to the stage, but Abby breaks her ankle and can no longer perform. Abby and Jed are reunited and Abby’s mother apologizes for her dominating ways. |
| Genre: |
Romance |
| Characters: |
Abby Turcot Mrs. Turcot Jed Marston Mr. Fish Jeanie Jake Burns |
| Comic Story (7 pages) |
She Played With Love |
| Synopsis: |
Jean loves steel worker Lon and they plan to marry. Buck, an old Army buddy of Lon, arrives in town and takes Jean out while Lon is on the night shift. Buck frames Lon for infidelity so he can have Jean for himself. Lon and Buck fight in the steel plant and Buck falls into a huge vat of molten metal. Lon is cleared of wrongdoing and he and Jean can wed. |
| Genre: |
Romance |
| Characters: |
Jean Carter Lon Walker Buck Edwards |
| Text Article (0 pages) |
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| Featuring: |
Thrill of a Lifetime |
| Synopsis: |
Bill chose to dance with Alice instead of the more attractive cousin Dora. |
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Pencils: ? (illustration) | Inks: ? (illustration) | Letters: typeset |
| Genre: |
Non-fiction Romance |
| Characters: |
Alice Hedersonn Dora (cousin) Bill |
| Letters Page (1 page) |
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| Featuring: |
The Answer Woman |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
| Genre: |
Non-fiction Advocacy |
| Comic Story (9 pages) |
I Was a Heart-Breaker |
| Synopsis: |
Hilda steals Mac from his girlfriend Marianne, although she doesn’t really love him. Marianne commits suicide as a result. Hilda falls in love with Roger and they decide to get married, but Mac shows up and reveals Hilda’s past. Roger doesn’t believe Hilda really loves him and dumps her. A depressed Hilda quits her job--“I’m no good to you or even myself”--and plans to kill herself by jumping into the river, but Roger shows up and they reconcile. |
| Genre: |
Romance |
| Characters: |
Hilda Haines Mac Marianne Gale Roger Benson Mr. Jarvis |
| Advertisement (1 page) |
Have a Slimmer Youthful Feminine Appearance Instantly! |
| Featuring: |
Adjust-O-Belt |
| Credits: |
Pencils: ? (photographs) | Inks: ? (photographs) | Letters: typeset |
| Characters: |
Two Unnamed Women |
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