(October 1953)
Pines,
1949 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Standard Magazines Inc.
- Brand
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Standard Comics
- Editing
- ?
Chance For Happiness
comic story / 10 pages
- Job Number
- E-838
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Freda Morgan; Johnny Morgan; Bertram Morgan; Bill Morgan
- Synopsis
- An immigrant bride comes to the U.S. to be with her ex-G.I. husband, but must deal with the disapproval of her father-in-law.
- Reprints
in Indexer Notes
Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
Previous indexer suggested Toth for inks, too.
[no title indexed]
Ivy / comic story / 0.5 page
- Job Number
- B-732
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'd love to go to the movies, Woody!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Ivy; Woody
- Synopsis
- Woody helps Ivy buy a bathing suit.
Indexer Notes
half-page filler beneath an advertisement for The Fun Man novelty catalog.
Out of the Frying Pan...
comic story / 1 page
- Job Number
- R-709
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Joyce; Jack; Bert; Marion
- Synopsis
- Cautionary tale about lying to a potential romantic partner.
Magic of Love
comic story / 7 pages
- Job Number
- R-817
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Pinky Stevens; Myra Stevens; Jeff Mitchell; Steve; Mr. Stevens; Mrs. Stevens; Frank
- Synopsis
- Bookish sister Pinky falls in love with her glamourous sister's boyfriend.
Indexer Notes
Information on this sequence supplied by Steve Saaf and Jim Vadeboncouer, June 2008.
Call Me Darling
text story / 2 pages
- Job Number
- R849
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Geraldine Barrett; Lew Hunter
- Synopsis
- Geraldine yearns to have her neighbor Lew, a soldier on leave from Korea, to see her as more than a little girl.
Indexer Notes
Page 1 includes half-page illustrated Title comic panel (no dialogue)
Page 2 includes a single illustrated comic panel (no dialogue)
How Cosmetics and Jewelry Began
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- romance
- Synopsis
- short comparison of "primitive" culture origins of using body paint and jewelry, leaping to modern day illustration
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.
Chance For Happiness
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2.
["I'd love to go to the movies, Woody!"]
Ivy -
3.
Out of the Frying Pan...
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4.
Magic of Love
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5.
Call Me Darling
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6.
How Cosmetics and Jewelry Began
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7.
Take My Heart
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8.
And Nothing Can Be Done About It
This issue was modified by, among others
- Franklin Colletta
- Tillmann Courth
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Michael Hoskin
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Joe Ryder
- Ramon Schenk
- David Wilt
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