(January 1957)
American Comics Group,
1956 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- Monthly except March and May
- On-sale Date
- 1957
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Best Syndicated Features Inc.
- Brand
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American Comics Group ACG
- Editing
- Richard Hughes [as Richard E. Hughes]
The Road To Happiness
comic story / 9 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Frances "Fran" Verral; Mrs. Verral; Brad Robbins; Glenn Forrest
- Synopsis
- Frances Verral will go to any length to become a movie star, but in the end realizes all she really wants is to be a wife and mother. Fran moves to Hollywood, but is unable to break into movies. She falls in love with Brad, a studio electrician, and gets extra roles. Fran learns star Glenn has a weakness for women with a certain hairdo, so she has her hair dyed and styled that way. Glenn notices Fran and promotes her career; they become a couple and Fran dumps Brad. However, when she returns to her old hairdo, Glenn rejects her. Fran decides being Brad’s wife is her career now.
Ranger's Romance
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Carole Hennings; Mr. Hennings; Larry Wells; Aunt Grace; Andre; Bill Gorer
- Synopsis
- Carole’s longtime boyfriend Larry becomes a forest ranger in Oregon. She visits her Aunt Grace in San Francisco and is introduced to the sophisticated world by playboy Bill. Back home, Carole gives Larry an ultimatum: if they’re married, they’ll have to live in a big city. Larry won’t give up his career. As Carole is leaving, a huge forest fire breaks out. She joins the volunteers fighting the blaze, and sees Larry doing his job. Carole changes her mind and decides to marry Larry and stay.
Indexer Notes
Art credits identified by Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr. Previous indexer had Jack Sparling ?
A China Doll's No Wife!
comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Richard Hughes
- Pencils
- Ken Landau (signed)
- Inks
- Ken Landau (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ed Hamilton
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Ellen Chambers; Dr. Paul Stacy; Joan Lanning; Allen Bales; Grace; Mrs. Palmer; Mr. Palmer; Johnny Palmer
- Synopsis
- Helpless female Ellen Chambers over comes her fears to win the heart of Doctor Paul Stacy. As a teen, Ellen discovers acting “helpless” attracts boys. She continues this as an adult, “this is the way nature intended...girls should be dependent on capable, clever men.” Ellen and doctor Paul fall in love, but he doesn’t appreciate her act: “don’t you believe in facing any sort of grown-up responsibilities?” They break up. When a dam breaks and Paul and his nurse Joan are endangered while trying to rescue others, Ellen takes her father’s boat and rescues them. Paul and Ellen reconcile.
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
The Road To Happiness
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2.
Campus Queen
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3.
Ranger's Romance
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4.
Strictly Business
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5.
A China Doll's No Wife!
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6.
Say the Right Things!
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- Howard Bender
- Nick Caputo
- Katy Hayhurst
- Michael Hoskin
- Ramon Schenk
- David Wilt
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