(May 1952)
Harvey,
1949 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- every other month
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Harvey Enterprises Inc.
- Editing
- Leon Harvey
Contents
table of contents / 1 page
- Reprints
-
in First Love Illustrated (Harvey, 1949 series) #53 (June 1955)
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Indexer Notes
Contains small reprints of the first page of each story.
Scandal-Smeared Love
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Carol Granville; Ted Rader; Lorna Murdock; Bill Brown
- Synopsis
- Newspaper photographer Lorna threatens to ruin the reputation of Ted’s skating rink unless he sells out to her boss Bill Brown. The paper publishes a photo of Ted kissing his fiancée Carol and claims the rink is an unwholesome place for teens. Ted secretly tape records Brown making his threats and blackmails him into apologizing and even supporting Ted’s business.
- Reprints
-
in Romance Library (Magazine Management, 1951 ? series) #32 ([1954] ?) - in First Love Illustrated (Harvey, 1949 series) #53 (June 1955) [retitled]
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Indexer Notes
Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
Mad Flirtation
text story / 1 page
- Genre
- romance
Indexer Notes
Previous indexer suggested Bob Powell ? for pencils and inks.
He Loved Me Not
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Laurie-Ann; Ken Brill
- Synopsis
- Florist Laurie-Ann is in love with regular customer Ken, but refuses to respond to his romantic advances because she thinks he’s sending flowers to another woman. Ken explains that the “other woman” is the widow of “a dead Army buddy of mine!” and he really loves Laurie-Ann.
- Reprints
in In Love With a Married Man!
text story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- romance
- Reprints
- in First Love Illustrated (Harvey, 1949 series) #53 (June 1955) [retitled]
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Indexer Notes
Part of the centerfold with "Strange Romantic Customs" and "Torch for the Wrong Guy."
Strange Romantic Customs
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; romance
Indexer Notes
Part of the centerfold straddling two pages and sandwiched between two half-page text stories, "In Love With a Married Man!" and "Torch for the Wrong Guy."
Torch for the Wrong Guy
text story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- romance
- Reprints
- in First Love Illustrated (Harvey, 1949 series) #53 (June 1955)
-
Indexer Notes
Part of the centerfold with "In Love With a Married Man!" and "Strange Romantic Customs."
Choose Well, My Heart!
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Susan Parker; Mrs. Parker; Jeff Thompson; Harkins; Tony Wayde; Dr. Thompson
- Synopsis
- Susan and Jeff are in love, but can’t get married until he earns his engineering degree. She doesn’t want to wait. One day, Susan is struck by wealthy Tony’s car but not seriously injured. They begin to date and Susan dumps Jeff. However, when Susan suffers a delayed reaction from the crash, Tony says “I don’t want a cripple on my hands!” and she breaks up with him. Jeff returns and offers to marry Susan right away, but she is now happy to wait until he graduates.
- Reprints
- in First Love Illustrated (Harvey, 1949 series) #53 (June 1955)
-
Indexer Notes
Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. coined this unknown artist's style as "Juv-Elias".
Your Problem
letters page / 0.5 page
- Reprints
- in First Love Illustrated (Harvey, 1949 series) #53 (June 1955)
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[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Aflame with the throbbing raptures of youthful romance..
- Genre
- romance
Indexer Notes
House ad for True Love Problems and Advice Illustrated #13 with a small reproduction of the cover.
Tragic Awakening
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Peggy; Miss Stevens; Mac; Toni; Ted Mills
- Synopsis
- Peggy drops out of high school and gets a factory job. She finds her new freedom fun at first, but when college student Ted interviews her for a project, he is shocked that she voluntarily left school and Peggy begins to regret her actions. Peggy dates Ted but feels he looks down on her and goes back to her factory boyfriend Mac. However, Ted explains he does love Peggy and urges her to return to school so they can have a better life together. She agrees.
- Reprints
- in First Love Illustrated (Harvey, 1949 series) #53 (June 1955)
- in True Life Love Library (Magazine Management, 1966 ? series) #49-24 ([August 1969])
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Indexer Notes
Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
Previous indexer suggested Bob Powell ? for pencils and inks.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Scandal-Smeared Love
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1.
Contents
-
2.
Scandal-Smeared Love
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3.
Mad Flirtation
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4.
He Loved Me Not
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5.
In Love With a Married Man!
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6.
Strange Romantic Customs
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7.
Torch for the Wrong Guy
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8.
Choose Well, My Heart!
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9.
Your Problem
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10.
["Aflame with the throbbing raptures of youthful romance.."]
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11.
Tragic Awakening
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- Nick Caputo
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