Love Lessons
#5
(June 1950)
Harvey,
1949 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- Every Other Month
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Harvey Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
H [Heart]
- Editing
- Leon Harvey (credited) (editor, vice-president)
Very Personally Yours
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Doris Bigelow; Effie; Margery Brandt
- Synopsis
- Margery visits the office of Doris Bigelow, the love advisor for "Love Lessons." Doris thanks Margery for allowing her story to be used as the basis for "I Played a Dangerous Game" in this issue, and urges readers to send in their personal tales of romance.
- Reprints
-
in Hi-School Romance (Harvey, 1949 series) #42 (August 1955)
-
Indexer Notes
Introduction to issue.
Framed by Love!
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Jo Treemont; Beth Treemont; Grant Farnham; Mr. Treemont; Mrs. Treemont; Vivian Barnett; Doris Bigelow
- Synopsis
- Jo falls in love with impoverished artist Grant. Although her younger sister Beth and her parents are opposed to their relationship, Jo marries him anyway. To help make ends meet, Jo gets a job and Grant teaches in an art school. Jo becomes jealous of Grant's model Vivian and leaves him. She later reads about Grant's one-man show and a portrait called "My Only Love." It's of Jo, and Grant and Jo reconcile.
- Reprints
- in Hi-School Romance (Harvey, 1949 series) #42 (August 1955)
-
My Dream Came True!
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Doris Bigelow; Dotty Camfield; Dennis Kane; Peter; Mrs. Forrestal; Mrs. Camfield; Reggie
- Synopsis
- Student Dotty works frantically in her free time to save $49 for a hat she desires, ignoring her boyfriend Peter in the process. Her earnestness impresses Dennis, son of the store owner, and they fall in love. She gets the hat and other clothes free.
- Reprints
- in Hi-School Romance (Harvey, 1949 series) #42 (August 1955)
-
[no title indexed]
Cupids's Corner / text story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- romance
Indexer Notes
This does not appear in the online scanned version at: http://comicbookplus.com/?dlid=67672
Online version is missing the centrefold (4 pages total).
[no title indexed]
Love Laughs / text story / 0.5 page
Indexer Notes
Online copy is missing the centrefold. Previous indexer listed two instances of "Letters of Love" and "Love Laughs," but only one of each appears in the scanned version.
[no title indexed]
Letters of Love / letters page / 0.5 page
- Reprints
- in Hi-School Romance (Harvey, 1949 series) #42 (August 1955)
-
Indexer Notes
This does not appear in the online scanned version at: http://comicbookplus.com/?dlid=67672
(Only one "Letters of Love" is in this issue as scanned)
I Played a Dangerous Game
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Margery Brandt; Carl Tanner; Edith; Mr. Tully; Mr. Brandt; Mrs. Kate Brandt; Doris Bigelow; Sal Stack; Irene Montez; Bill; Betty; Doris Bigelow
- Synopsis
- Margery joins the roller derby and falls in love with fellow skater Carl, which angers teammate Edith, his former girlfriend. Edith quits and joins another team. Margery thinks Carl is still interested in Edith. After Margery inadvertently injures Edith in a match, she goes to the hospital and donates blood to help her opponent. Edith explains that Carl told her that he loved Margery, and she approves. Edith becomes their teammate again and Carl and Margery get married.
- Reprints
- in Hi-School Romance (Harvey, 1949 series) #42 (August 1955)
-
[no title indexed]
Letters of Love / text story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Darling: It's been four weeks since I last heard from you.
- Genre
- romance
- Synopsis
- Text story in the form of letters between a man and a woman.
- Reprints
- in Hi-School Romance (Harvey, 1949 series) #42 (August 1955)
-
Indexer Notes
Vertical format, left-hand side of page.
[no title indexed]
Love Laughs / text story / 0.5 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Vic Herman
- Inks
- Vic Herman
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Paul: So you and Susan are going to be married.
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- in Hi-School Romance (Harvey, 1949 series) #42 (August 1955)
-
Indexer Notes
Has single panel cartoon and text jokes. Vertical format, right-hand side of page.
Blonde Crazy
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Gary; Vivian Wooster; Doris Bigelow; Florence
- Synopsis
- Gary is Vivian's boyfriend. Although she has black hair, he admires women with blonde hair: "They please my sense of beauty." Vivian wonders if he can be faithful to her, so she attends a masquerade ball wearing a blonde wig and a mask. At the ball, Gary makes a pass at Vivian and says he loves her. She runs away angrily but Gary catches up and admits he knew it was her all the time. He asks her to marry him.
- Reprints
- in Hi-School Romance (Harvey, 1949 series) #42 (August 1955)
-
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
-
1.
Very Personally Yours
-
2.
Framed by Love!
-
3.
My Dream Came True!
-
4.
[no title indexed]
Cupids's Corner -
5.
[no title indexed]
Love Laughs -
6.
[no title indexed]
Letters of Love -
7.
I Played a Dangerous Game
-
8.
["Darling: It's been four weeks since I last heard from you."]
Letters of Love -
9.
["Paul: So you and Susan are going to be married."]
Love Laughs -
10.
Blonde Crazy
-
11.
["Dear Doris: I am a girl of 18 years"]
Doris Bigelow's Mailbag! -
12.
["Read every one of these wonderful magazines written and edited especially for you."]
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katy Hayhurst
- Michael Hoskin
- Ben Samuels
- Gary L. Watson (R.I.P.)
- David Wilt
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