Love Diary
#47
(November-December 1954)
Orbit-Wanted,
1949 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- Bi-monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Our Publishing Co.
- Editing
- ?
Bewitched
comic story / 8 pages
- Characters
- Roxy Vinson; Mrs. Martin; Beth Martin; Stephen Ames
- Synopsis
- Stephen, a new arrival in town, asks flashy Roxy for a date. He is embarrassed by her crude ways and uncouth friends, but is strangely captivated with her. This causes him to ignore Beth, the daughter of his landlady, who is a decent girl. Roxy takes money from Stephen under false pretenses and he realises he’s been foolish. He and Beth date, then fall in love. Roxy tries to win him back, but Stephen won’t fall for her tricks again.
- Reprints
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from Love Diary (Orbit-Wanted, 1949 series) #16 (May 1951)
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Indexer Notes
Art credits from the French fan magazine Back Up #14, as submitted by Stephane Petit, via the GCD Errors list, February 2009.
[no title indexed]
Secrets from a Love Diary / text article / 1 page
- Script
- Rae Herman
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- romance
[no title indexed]
Prescription for Happiness / comic story / 3 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I am Ray Mann, Love Diary's human relations...
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Ray Mann; Ruth S.; Dirk E.; Mrs. S.
- Synopsis
- Ruth and Dirk become engaged, against her mother’s wishes. After a drunken car crash, Dirk is sent to prison for five years for manslaughter. Ruth promises to wait for him, but her mother says this would be foolish. Ray Mann asks Love Diary readers for their opinions.
- Reprints
- from Love Diary (Orbit-Wanted, 1949 series) #10 (November 1950)
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Indexer Notes
Art credit from JVJ index card attached to online scanned version.
[no title indexed]
Frankly Speaking / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Rae Herman
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- romance
Love Slave!
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Carla; David; Ray Moore
- Synopsis
- Carla goes to a resort hotel on vacation. Boxer Ray Moore is training nearby, and she becomes infatuated with him, although she’s engaged to David. When David comes to visit, Carla confesses all. David and Carla overhear Ray boasting about winning a bet that he could seduce Carla. David punches Ray and leaves with Carla, who realises she nearly made a terrible mistake.
- Reprints
- from Love Journal (Orbit-Wanted, 1951 series) #20 (September 1953)
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- Keywords
- boxing
Indexer Notes
Art credits from the French fan magazine Back Up #14, as submitted by Stephane Petit, via the GCD Errors list, February 2009.
They Called Me Plain Jane
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Lily Sinclair; Jane Sinclair; Dean Jennings; John Morrow; Shep Nesbitt; Tyler
- Synopsis
- Famous actress Lily Sinclair treats her teenage daughter Jane like a child. Writer Shep urges Jane to be her own person, and criticizes Lily for forcing Jane to dress plainly so Lily will seem young and beautiful in comparison. Lily decides to act her age: she marries her long-time suitor John and helps Jane blossom into womanhood. Jane and Shep fall in love.
- Reprints
- from Love Diary (Orbit-Wanted, 1949 series) #16 (May 1951)
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Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
Bewitched
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2.
[no title indexed]
Secrets from a Love Diary -
3.
["I am Ray Mann, Love Diary's human relations..."]
Prescription for Happiness -
4.
[no title indexed]
Frankly Speaking -
5.
Love Slave!
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6.
They Called Me Plain Jane
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- Richard Thomson
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