Lovers' Lane
#13
(June 1951)
Lev Gleason,
1949 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- 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
Love Is Where You Are
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Bob Fujitani (signed) (painting)
- Inks
- Bob Fujitani (signed) (painting)
- Colors
- Bob Fujitani (signed) (painting)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- romance
Indexer Notes
Although the cover title is the same as the title of a story inside this issue, there is no real connection between them. In fact, the cover depicts a sailor while the story is about a girl dating a soldier.
Every Girl Has Her Day
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Connie Fielding; Eve; Gil Morgan; Mr. Fielding; Mrs. Fielding
- Synopsis
- Department store clerk Connie dates fellow employee Gil, but he and her best friend Eve don’t get along. Connie wonders if their antagonism masks attraction and sets them up on a date; Eve falls for Gil. Connie arranges for all three of them to spend time together so she can prove she’s the better match. Gil proposes to her, saying he loved Connie from the first.
[no title indexed]
Love Customs / text article / 0.9 page
- Script
- Claude Moore (credited as C. H. Moore)
- Pencils
- Claude Moore (credited as C. H. Moore)
- Inks
- Claude Moore (credited as C. H. Moore)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A love story about George Washington
- Genre
- romance; non-fiction
- Characters
- Anna Held; Beau Brummell; George Washington; Sarah Casey
Don't Take Me for Granted
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Amy Wells; Carl Peters; Claire; Mrs. Peters; Mrs. Wells; Woody; Tuck (a dog)
- Synopsis
- High school students Carl and Amy date regularly but also argue frequently. When Amy agrees to go to a dance with Woody because Carl took her for granted, they break up. Amy gives Carl the dog they owned together, Tuck. She falls ill with pneumonia. When Amy recovers, Carl visits and admits Tuck died. Carl and Amy reconcile.
Indexer Notes
Art identification from Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
[no title indexed]
How Did He Propose? / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- ...Well, I'm not going to take it any more!
- Genre
- non-fiction; romance
- Characters
- Jerry
- Synopsis
- Jerry and his girlfriend break up. She gets a package in the mail from him, but sends it back, unopened. When it is delivered to her again, she opens it: it’s a recording in which Jerry asks her to marry him.
Indexer Notes
Art identification from Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
Although readers are urged to send in their personal "proposal" stories to the publisher, this feature does not have any source attribution so the "non-fiction" status is questionable.
Do's and Dont's of Blind Dating
text article / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bill Walton (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Walton (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- romance; non-fiction
Love Is Where You Are
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Bert Graham; Charlie Joyce; Edith Baker; Irene Joyce; Jeff Douglas; Mr. Joyce; Mr. Orsont; Mrs. Baker
- Synopsis
- Jeff won’t ask Edith to marry him because he’s just been drafted. She says then she’ll be free to date other men while he's away, and he agrees. Edith meets many young men at the photo studio where she works as a receptionist, but turns them all down. Jeff writes and says he’s dating other women, making Edith jealous. She goes out with Charlie, an Army friend of Jeff’s. He tells her that Jeff’s letters are false: all of the girls he describes are actually women Charlie dated. When Jeff comes home on leave, he and Edith admit they love each other and decide to wed.
How "Mini-Gym" Soon has 'Mousey' Twins Making Like Lions
Mini-Gym Corp. / advertisement / 1 page
- Genre
- sports
- Characters
- Tom; Molly
- Keywords
- weight lifting
[no title indexed]
The Love Clinic / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Eloise Taylor (credited)
- Pencils
- Robert Martinott
- Inks
- Robert Martinott
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- My boy friend, Jim, is in the Army
- Genre
- non-fiction; romance
- Characters
- Eloise Taylor; Eleanor R.
- Synopsis
- Eloise Taylor gives Eleanor advice about how to handle life while her boyfriend is doing his military service.
Indexer Notes
Art identification from Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
[no title indexed]
Love Problems / letters page / 2 pages
- Genre
- romance; non-fiction
- Characters
- Eloise Taylor
- Keywords
- advice column
Indexer Notes
Letters from readers - Desperate, Nick, R.L., Eleanor, Heartbroken and A.S.
...Then a Boy Came Along...
comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Dick Briefer (credited)
- Inks
- Dick Briefer (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Bob; Flora; Joyce; Ruth; Ted; Wayne
- Synopsis
- Joyce’s two long-time, platonic friends, Ted and Bob, say it’s time that she chooses which one will be her boyfriend. She dates them separately but can’t decide, so they both drop her. Joyce dates Wayne and falls in love with him.
Romulus and Remus
Stamp Page / text article / 1 page
- Script
- Sidney Elias (credited as Sidney M. Elias)
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- non-fiction
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Love Is Where You Are
-
1.
Every Girl Has Her Day
-
2.
["A love story about George Washington"]
Love Customs -
3.
Don't Take Me for Granted
-
4.
["...Well, I'm not going to take it any more!"]
How Did He Propose? -
5.
Do's and Dont's of Blind Dating
-
6.
Love Is Where You Are
-
7.
How "Mini-Gym" Soon has 'Mousey' Twins Making Like Lions
Mini-Gym Corp. -
8.
["My boy friend, Jim, is in the Army"]
The Love Clinic -
9.
[no title indexed]
Love Problems -
10.
...Then a Boy Came Along...
-
11.
Romulus and Remus
Stamp Page
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- Gregory Fischer
- Katy Hayhurst
- Jim Stangas
- David Wilt
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