First Kiss
#12
(January 1960)
Charlton,
1957 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- Quarterly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Charlton Comics Group
- Brand
-
A Charlton Publication
- Editing
- Pat Masulli
Playin' It Cool
comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- 5262
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Laurie; Roger "Rajah" Gates; Anne; Jimmy Ellis; Laurie's father; Laurie's mother
- Synopsis
- Mousy 16-year-old Laurie comes out of her shell and begins dating Rajah, a “wild” young man. Her parents don’t approve, and they prevent her from eloping with him. “He acted tough…but he’s a phoney!” Laurie agrees to conform to her parents’ expectations from now on.
Indexer Notes
The bottom image on the cover (with different coloring) is taken from a panel in this story.
The Necklace
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Joe Gill ?
- Pencils
- Charles Nicholas
- Inks
- Vince Alascia ?; Charles Nicholas ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- 6004
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Don; Cecilie; Don's mother
- Synopsis
- Don’s mother, a “society queen,” gives him a necklace so he can propose to Cecile, even though she’s “from a poor family.”
Indexer Notes
This story appeared in several Charlton romance titles during this era.
Heartbreaker
comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- 6061
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Jill Stevens; Toni Jackson; Tom; Bill; Ron Aldridge
- Synopsis
- Jill is the “campus queen,” who flirts with boys and breaks their hearts. She becomes interested in new student Ron and thinks she’s found true love at last. However, Ron says he’s taking someone else to the prom, and now Jill has “learned my lesson…the hard way!”
Lovers' Quarrel
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Joe Gill ?
- Pencils
- Charles Nicholas
- Inks
- Charles Nicholas ?; Vince Alascia ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- 6005
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Alan; Marie
- Synopsis
- Marie and Alan have broken up, but she signals that she wants him to call her by leaving her makeup compact (in the shape of a telephone dial) on a soda fountain counter.
Hello Beautiful
comic story / 4 pages
- Job Number
- 5969
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Amy; Mr. Alison; Mrs. Alison; Amy's mother; Danny Alison
- Synopsis
- Amy was unable to have a social life for years because she was caring for her invalid mother. When her mother recovers, Amy decides to rebel against her “nice girl” image. Danny calls her bluff: he knows she’s not that way and he loves her.
Indexer Notes
The top cover image (with different coloring) is taken from a splash page panel in this story.
Love Call
comic story / 4 pages
- Job Number
- 5660
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Tom Ford; Molly; Ruth Miller
- Synopsis
- Ruth begins to date co-worker Tom, but breaks up with him when she sees him in the company of another woman. She walks away and Tom calls her back: it’s actually a talking mynah bird he bought her as a present, but that’s good enough. They reconcile.
Indexer Notes
Tom is "Tom Ford" on page 1 but on page 2 he's called "Tom Richards."
A Good Life
comic story / 1 page
- Job Number
- 5729
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; romance
- Synopsis
- A dog is jealous when his owner meets a woman in the park. However, the woman has a French poodle and the dog thinks “this may not be so bad.”
Indexer Notes
An unusual story taking place from a dog's point of view.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Hello, Beautiful
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1.
Playin' It Cool
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2.
The Necklace
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3.
Heartbreaker
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4.
Lovers' Quarrel
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5.
Too Young To Marry?
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6.
Hello Beautiful
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7.
["Sweetheart Prizes Just for You!"]
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8.
Love Call
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9.
A Good Life
This issue was modified by, among others
- Steve Belknap
- Nick Caputo
- Steve Coates
- Peter Croome
- Paul Lefebvre
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Van Dore
- David Wilt
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