Sweethearts Library #42

([1958 ?])

Afraid to Love (Table of Contents: 1)

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I had been dating Don Ryan who didn't thrill me! But if I married him, I felt sure I would never be poor!

Genre

romance

Characters

Don Ryan; Sally Stevens; Ted Wagner

Reprints

• from Love Confessions (Quality Comics, 1949 series) #8 (May 1951)

Indexer Notes

Reprint information confirmed from data at the Digital Comic Museum (https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/).

I Stole My Roommate's Man (Table of Contents: 2)

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After two years in a junior college, I transferred to Hammer University to get my degree!

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romance

Characters

Jane Dearing; Deanna Lewis; Lonnie Mains; Skeets Paulson

Reprints

• from Campus Loves (Quality Comics, 1949 series) #1 (December 1949)

Indexer Notes

Reprint information confirmed from data at the Digital Comic Museum (https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/). Page 3 from the original story has not been included in this reprint.

Alibi of Anguish (Table of Contents: 3)

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You would have said that I had everything I needed to make me happy...youth, beauty, money, a man who adored me, and a streamlined automobile in which to run away from it all.

Genre

romance

Characters

Kathleen Harris; Nils Anderson; Bix Barton; Harold Harris; Joey Ganti; Jim Johnson

Reprints

• from Diary Loves (Quality Comics, 1949 series) #7 (September 1950)

Indexer Notes

Reprint information confirmed from data at the Digital Comic Museum (https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/).

I Loved Him Too Much! (Table of Contents: 4)

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Why are you staring at that fellow, Ellen? Do you know him?

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romance

Characters

Jay Carten; Ellen Lowry; Janet Blake; Karen Rollins; Ken Marlin

Synopsis

Ellen's jealousy drives away the man she loves. When she dates another man who is as possessive as she was, she realizes the error of her ways.

Reprints

• from First Love Illustrated (Harvey, 1949 series) #7 (February 1950)

Indexer Notes

Reprint information confirmed from data at the Digital Comic Museum (https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

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romance

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Lyle; Buck Holloway; Wes Delbert; Dr. Campbell; Charlotte

Reprints

• from Love Letters (Quality Comics, 1949 series) #21 (June 1952)

Indexer Notes

Reprint information confirmed from data at the Digital Comic Museum (https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/). Indexer's copy is missing pages from the middle of the book which would have included the beginning of this story. Based on the existing page count, the missing pages probably included a complete story between this one and "I Loved Him Too Much!".

Lighthouse Girl (Table of Contents: 6)

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I used to look across the harbor at night to the city and yearn to be a part of it's gayety. Although our island, called Rocky Horn, was barely a half mile from shore, it was a world apart.

Genre

romance

Characters

Sally Todd; Cap'n Jake; Bill; Roy Jennings; Cap'n Todd

Synopsis

Sally lives with her grandfather on a tiny island where he looks after the lighthouse for the harbor. A chance encounter in the school cafeteria with a boy from a wealthy family changes her life, but her grandfather warns her that the boy's family "ain't our kind" of people.

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• from Hi-School Romance (Harvey, 1949 series) #1 (October 1949)

Indexer Notes

Reprint information confirmed from data at the Digital Comic Museum (https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/).

I Should Have Played Hard-to-Get (Table of Contents: 7)

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You shouldn't act like that, Barney! You're supposed to be rooting for Central, not razzing the pitcher!

Genre

romance

Characters

Barney; Gracie; Jock; Patty Byrne; Tub Nolan; Helen; Jean Webb; Wally; Miss Redmond

Synopsis

Gracie falls for the baseball team's pitcher, but comes on too strong when all he really wants is to have fun before going off to college.

Reprints

• from Blue Ribbon Comics (St. John, 1949 series) #4 (June 1949)

Love Symptoms (Table of Contents: 8)

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He loves me ... he loves me not ... he loves me ...

Genre

romance

Reprints

• from Romantic Adventures (American Comics Group, 1949 series) #10 (September-October 1950)

Indexer Notes

Reprint information confirmed from data at the Digital Comic Museum (https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/).

Destined to Be Lonely (Table of Contents: 9)

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Ken could never really care for you, Tula Lee! You're nothing but a primitive island girl!

Genre

romance

Characters

Tula Lee; Babs Doring; Ken Scott

Synopsis

Tula was raised by her father on the South Sea island of Panoa after the death of her mother. As she grows older, she feels lonely with no other people her age on the island. However, that changes when a boat crashes into the reef during a hurricane.

Reprints

• from Love Confessions (Quality Comics, 1949 series) #11 (August 1951)

Indexer Notes

Reprint information confirmed from data at the Digital Comic Museum (https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/).

My Hasty Heart (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

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