([1957 ?])

H. John Edwards, 1950 Series
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Price
1/- [0-1-0 AUP]
Pages
28
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
H. John Edwards Co. Pty. Ltd
Editing
?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Eric Porter ? (credited as EP)
Inks
Eric Porter ? (credited as EP)
Colors
?
Genre
romance

Indexer Notes

It is possible the EP isn't a signature. Eric Porter is a guess based on the initials and general style, although he had possibly moved out of comics by the late 1950s.

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I Was Thoughtless (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
?
Editing
Will Lieberson (original executive editor); Roy Ald (original editor)
Genre
romance
Characters
Sandra; Helen; Don Vicker; Miss Todd; Kate Higgins
Synopsis
Sandra is interested in Don from the broadcasting station so tries to write a winning slogan for their competition. She overhears the winner didn’t put a name on the entry and convinces the station it was hers. The prize is a copy-writing job Sandra can’t do and she uses Don’s ideas. Her deceit reaches a crisis when the real prize winner turns up and Don can’t help her meet a deadline. It’s time for a change. She turns in her own work, makes things right with the real winner and leaves. Don tracks her down—her last project was very good. The company wants her back and so does Don.
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The Unforgiving (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
?
Editing
? (original editor)
Genre
romance
Characters
Donna; Neil Bennett; Mrs Bennett; Franky Lindsey
Synopsis
Donna once loved Frankie, who’s in prison. She now loves respectable Neil and collects rent for his mother, including from Frankie’s family. When Frankie is released, Donna runs into him. She rushes to get away and is knocked over by a burglar. Donna won’t admit she was with Frankie so he is convicted for the crime. She avoids collecting rent from his family for months, but is eventually confronted by the consequences of her silence. Donna tells the police and Frankie is freed. Neil is ashamed, but he loves Donna and they are eventually reconciled.
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A Star Must Shine Bright (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Norman Nodel (signed as N. Nodel)
Inks
Norman Nodel (signed as N. Nodel)
Letters
?
Editing
? (original editor)
Genre
romance
Characters
Karen Fallon; Philip Hall; Bruce Treadwell; Martha Hines; Dave Baxter
Synopsis
Rising-star Karen loses two lovers and nearly her career by being herself. Martha, Karen’s housekeeper and confidant, advises her to hide her sincerity and just show glamour. It works in the studio, but is a turnoff for Karen’s new lover, Dave. But Martha orchestrates a chance for Dave to see the real Karen, as an apology for her poor advice. Karen concludes, “True love cannot come to any girl who is not first true to herself…”
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  • from ?
Editing
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
  2. 1. I Was Thoughtless
  3. 2. The Unforgiving
  4. 3. A Star Must Shine Bright
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