(June-July 1957)

DC, 1949 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1957-04-02
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Arleigh Publishing Company
Brand
National Romance Group
Editing
Ruth Brant (editor (uncredited))

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

Love Must Be Told! (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Tony Abruzzo ?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Genre
romance

Indexer Notes

cover art taken from splash panel of last story in this issue

Contents (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

inside front cover

Hello, Heartbreak! (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bill Draut ?
Inks
Sy Barry ?
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Genre
romance
Synopsis
Lissy spends her whole relationship with David convinced that he will eventually leave her for another girl.
Reprints

Stand-In for Love (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bill Draut
Inks
Bill Draut
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Genre
romance
Synopsis
Jenny fools herself into believing that Del, the director of the theater group she joined, is in love with her but he's only trying to bring out her acting talent.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Art identification by Ger Apeldoorn, with the comment: "As Henry Mendrick noted, it's the eyebrows that give him away."

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Linda and Larry / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I'm so glad we're spending our vacations at the same place, Larry!
Genre
humor; romance
Reprints

Beautiful Stranger (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bernard Sachs
Inks
Bernard Sachs
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Genre
romance
Synopsis
Susan is wary of Nadine, the new girl in town who attracts all the boys' attention, but Nadine goes out of her way to befriend Susan. Then Nadine's brother reveals that it's all a trick to get Nadine closer to Susan's boyfriend.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Ann Martin, Counselor-at-Love / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
? [as Ann Martin]
Pencils
? (logo illustration)
Inks
? (logo illustration)
Colors
? (logo illustration)
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

advice column

Love Must be Told (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Irv Novick (pp 2-8); Tony Abruzzo ? (p. 1)
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
romance
Synopsis
Shirley loves Anthony from afar but he thinks she loves Ralph, who's always around.

Indexer Notes

splash page art also used for cover

Do You Believe in Love? (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Heart Throbs; Girls' Love Stories / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

To You with Love... (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Love Must Be Told!
  2. 1. Contents
  3. 2. Hello, Heartbreak!
  4. 3. Stand-In for Love
  5. 4. ["I'm so glad we're spending our vacations at the same place, Larry!"]
    Linda and Larry
  6. 5. Beautiful Stranger
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    Ann Martin, Counselor-at-Love
  8. 7. Love Must be Told
  9. 8. Do You Believe in Love?
    Heart Throbs; Girls' Love Stories
  10. 9. To You with Love...
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Dwayne Best
  • Nick Caputo
  • Peter Croome
  • CTGarry
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Axel Kahlstorff
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jim Stangas
  • Jim Van Dore