(December 1949)
Pines,
1949 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- quarterly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Standard Magazines Inc.
- Brand
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Standard Comics
- Editing
- ?
The Fool Was I!
comic story / 9 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Laura Stewart; Frank Jameson; Tom Drake; John Varden; Marie; Charles Deering
- Synopsis
- Laura will marry Tom as soon as he can provide “security!” She helps build up his garage business but Tom feels pressured by her ambition. When he learns Laura flirts with men to get them to sign service contracts with the garage, Tom breaks up with her and gives her the business. Laura realizes money can’t make her happy, and donates the company to charity. She asks Tom’s friend Frank to take her to Tom. Tom is now running a small town garage and he takes Laura back.
Indexer Notes
Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
Love Lore
comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- non-fiction
Indexer Notes
Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
My Problem Sister
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Barbara Gordon; Kate Gordon; Mrs. Gordon; Tommy Duncan; Jimmy Joyce; Dr. Ted Joyce
- Synopsis
- Kate’s sister Barbara is selfish and subject to “terrible rages!” When widowed doctor Ted proposes to Kate, Barbara decides to steal him away. She gets her way and Ted’s son Jimmy runs away because he doesn’t like her. Jimmy is injured in a fall and Ted has to operate; Barbara is too squeamish to help and Kate has to do it. Jimmy recovers and Ted decides Kate is the right wife for him after all.
Indexer Notes
Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
The Legend of Gretna Green
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- History of Scottish town where marriages are performed.
What Should I Do?
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Sylvia; Sylvia's father; Dick Stone; Professor John Crane
- Synopsis
- Sylvia, whose father was “the center of my universe,” rejects suitor Dick for older professor John. However, as Sylvia matures she realizes “youth and age may sometimes mix – but that, normally, people should grow old together!” She goes back to Dick.
Indexer Notes
Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
Kirk Douglas... Real Life Star!
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- biography
Indexer Notes
Information on this sequence supplied by Steve Saaf and Jim Vadeboncouer, June 2008.
Hearts at Sea
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Martha Coyle; Jeb Thomas; Randolph
- Synopsis
- Martha refuses to marry Jeb unless he gives up his job as a fisherman. He refuses. Wealthy Randolph courts Martha but when they go for a sail and a storm blows up, Randolph reveals his cowardice. Jeb rescues them and Martha decides she’ll marry him, because she no longer fears or hates the sea.
Indexer Notes
Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
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Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
The Fool Was I!
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2.
Love Lore
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3.
My Problem Sister
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4.
The Legend of Gretna Green
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5.
Romance for Sally
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6.
What Should I Do?
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7.
Kirk Douglas... Real Life Star!
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8.
It Pays To Be Different
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9.
Hearts at Sea
This issue was modified by, among others
- Tillmann Courth
- Peter Croome
- Katy Hayhurst
- Steven Rowe
- David Wilt
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