Lovers' Lane
#9
(February 1951)
Lev Gleason,
1949 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- Bi-Monthly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Authorized A. C. M. P. Conforms to the Comics Code
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Lev Gleason Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Lev Gleason Publications
- Editing
- Charles Biro; Bob Wood
You Can't Marry a Stranger
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Bob Fujitani (signed) (painting)
- Inks
- Bob Fujitani (signed) (painting)
- Colors
- Bob Fujitani (signed) (painting)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- romance
Love's White Lie
comic story / 9 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Bob Reynolds; Jack Crandall; Mr. Mason; Mrs. Mason; Mr. Smally; Mr. Reynolds; Mrs. Reynolds; Sarah; Sheila Mason [also as Sheila Reynolds; also as Sheila Crandall]; Judge Garrick
- Synopsis
- Teenagers Bob and Sheila elope but are caught by their parents and the marriage is annulled. Bob leaves town. Time passes: Sheila finishes high school and marries Jack. They are happy but Jack meets Bob and learns he and Sheila were married. Jack doesn’t feel he can trust Sheila since she kept this from him. Sheila confronts Bob at his apartment, but while she’s there, Jack arrives and she hides. She goes home and confesses this to Jack: he says he can trust her now.
- Keywords
- elope
Indexer Notes
Art identification from Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
How "Mini-Gym" Turns Dateless Dorothy into Dazzling Dotty!
Mini-Gym Corp. / advertisement / 1 page
- Genre
- sports
- Characters
- Bill; Dorothy; Harry
- Keywords
- weight lifting
After My Own Heart!
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Albert; Howard; Ken; Jane; Peggy; Tom
- Synopsis
- Teenager Peggy falls in love with all of the men her older sister Jane dates, to the consternation of her own boyfriend Ken. When Jane marries Tom, Peggy continues to have a crush on him until she sees that Tom is a henpecked “dish rag!” Peggy decides she prefers “masterful” Ken.
[no title indexed]
How Did He Propose? / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's so lovely sitting out here
- Genre
- non-fiction; romance
- Characters
- May; Roger
- Synopsis
- May and her boyfriend Roger are trapped in a stalled elevator. To pass the time, each passenger describes what they are going to do when they are rescued. Roger says he’s going to propose marriage to May, and she says she’s going to accept.
Indexer Notes
Art identification from Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
Andorra
Stamp Page / text article / 0.33 page
- Script
- Sidney Elias (credited as Sidney M. Elias)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- non-fiction
[Statement of the Ownership, Management, Circulation]
statement of ownership / 0.33 page
- Genre
- non-fiction
You Can't Marry a Stranger
comic story / 9 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Mr. Pearson; Mrs. Pearson; Mr. Taylor; Mrs. Taylor; Ned Taylor; Ruth Pearson
- Synopsis
- Ned proposes to Ruth after they’ve known each other for just two weeks. Both sets of parents urge them to wait. Ruth is invited to spend a week with the Taylor family in Florida, and then Ned joins Ruth’s family at their winter lodge. Ned and Ruth find their future in-laws delightful and the feeling is mutual. When Ned and Ruth argue and decide to break up, they just can’t bring themselves to disappoint their parents, so the wedding is on.
- Keywords
- Miami
Indexer Notes
Art identification from Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
[no title indexed]
The Love Clinic / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Can a girl love more than one boy at a time?
- Genre
- romance; non-fiction
- Characters
- Ada Nevill; Glenda S.; Jack
[no title indexed]
Ada Nevill Answers Your Love Problems / letters page / 2 pages
- Genre
- romance; non-fiction
- Keywords
- advice column
Indexer Notes
Letters from readers - Confused, P.T., Martha K., Worried, Louise, Sorry and C.L.
[no title indexed]
Love Letter of the Month / letters page / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You asked me a question this evening
- Genre
- romance; non-fiction
- Characters
- Ada Nevill; Phyllis
One Love to Give
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Claire; Lucy; Paul; Tom
- Synopsis
- Lucy loves Paul but takes her friend Claire’s advice and refuses to go steady with him. She tells Paul they should date other people to make sure their love is real. But when Lucy goes out with Tom, she doesn’t have a good time. Paul asks Claire for a date and Lucy gets jealous. She apologizes to Paul and agrees to go steady with him.
Indexer Notes
Art identification from Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
You Can't Marry a Stranger
-
1.
Love's White Lie
-
2.
How "Mini-Gym" Turns Dateless Dorothy into Dazzling Dotty!
Mini-Gym Corp. -
3.
After My Own Heart!
-
4.
["It's so lovely sitting out here"]
How Did He Propose? -
5.
Andorra
Stamp Page -
6.
[Statement of the Ownership, Management, Circulation]
-
7.
You Can't Marry a Stranger
-
8.
["Can a girl love more than one boy at a time?"]
The Love Clinic -
9.
[no title indexed]
Ada Nevill Answers Your Love Problems -
10.
["You asked me a question this evening"]
Love Letter of the Month -
11.
One Love to Give
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- Gregory Fischer
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