Cinderella Love
#15
(August 1954)
St. John,
1953 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bimonthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- St. John Publishing Company
- Brand
-
St. John
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
All stories reprinted from Cinderella Love (Ziff-Davis) 5 (Winter 1951-1952).
My Textbook Sweetheart
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Ken Wiley; Connie Thompson; Carol Saunders; Red Franklin; Guy Saunders
- Synopsis
- College student Connie offers to tutor football star Ken, a Marine war veteran now attending school on the G.I. Bill. They become friends and he takes her to the prom after arguing with his rich girlfriend Carol. Carol threatens to use her father’s influence to have Carol expelled, but Ken says he’ll quit the football team if that happens. Carol’s father is a big football fan and says Carol is wrong. Ken proposes to Connie.
- Reprints
-
from Cinderella Love (Ziff-Davis, 1950 series) #5 (Winter 1951 / 1952)
-
The Wall of Wealth
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Gustav Barton; Simon Lessingham; Ingrid Barton; Edwin Lessingham
- Synopsis
- Ingrid’s elderly father has a heart attack trying to tear down a wall that rich Simon Lessingham built in an attempt to force them to sell their cottage and land to him. Edwin, Simon’s son, tries to make amends to Ingrid and her father. Edwin and Ingrid fall in love. Her father opposes the match but eventually changes his mind. Edwin buys Ingrid’s house before his father can, and says she and her father can continue to live there. He hopes someday he and Ingrid will also live there, as man and wife.
- Reprints
- from Cinderella Love (Ziff-Davis, 1950 series) #5 (Winter 1951 / 1952)
-
Penny-Pinching Love
text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Reprints
- from Cinderella Love (Ziff-Davis, 1950 series) #5 (Winter 1951 / 1952)
-
The Long Way Home!
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Private Beth Blake; Cynthy; Private Bob Stevens; Colonel Montgomery; Count Henri de la Tour; Odette; Madame Prunier
- Synopsis
- Army private Beth is sent to Paris. Although fellow soldier Bob flirts with her, she is more attracted to French nobleman Henri. However, Henri is revealed to be a spy, and Bob (who is working for Army intelligence) captures him. Bob and Beth fall in love.
- Reprints
- from Cinderella Love (Ziff-Davis, 1950 series) #5 (Winter 1951 / 1952)
-
You Can't Trap Love
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Joyce Purcell; Delia Dillon; Doug Brown; Harry; Dick Jones [Radville]
- Synopsis
- Salesclerk Joyce tries to crash high society by volunteering at a club for underprivileged children that socialite Delia supports. However, Joyce is overeager and scares off all of the rich, eligible bachelors who also volunteer there. Delia arranges for Joyce to meet her cousin Dick, who is rich but devotes “all his time and fortune” to charity. They fall in love.
- Reprints
- from Cinderella Love (Ziff-Davis, 1950 series) #5 (Winter 1951 / 1952)
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Indexer Notes
Art looks like Sparling's work and Bails credits him with romance comic work for St. John in this period.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
["The Wall of Wealth"]
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1.
My Textbook Sweetheart
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2.
The Wall of Wealth
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3.
Penny-Pinching Love
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4.
The Long Way Home!
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5.
You Can't Trap Love
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- Alberto Becattini
- Katy Hayhurst
- Dan Kurdilla
- David Wilt
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