(September 1952)
Pines,
1952 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- quarterly
- On-sale Date
- 1952-07-18
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Visual Editions Inc.
- Brand
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Standard Comics
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
Indexed from scanned copy at http://digitalcomicmuseum.com
On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1952 Periodicals, page 251.
On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1952 Periodicals, page 251.
Bewitched
comic story / 10 pages
- Job Number
- R-676
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- June Smith; Caleb Jordan; Mrs. Jordan; Peter Warner; Leslie Carter
- Synopsis
- June, who thinks she’s “homely,” goes on a fly-fishing vacation to New England. She meets vacationing artist Peter, who says June has “an inferiority complex” because she’s tall. He also denigrates fishing as a sport. They fall in love and June blossoms, but spiteful Leslie says Peter changed “an ugly duckling into a beauty” on a bet. June leaves. Peter finally tracks her down months later at a “sportsmans show,” says Leslie lied, and they reconcile.
Answer My Love
comic story / 7 pages
- Job Number
- R-625
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Jean; Bill Furness; Ed Murrow
- Synopsis
- Jean grew up with “impetuous” Bill and “dependable” Ed. She likes Ed but Bill “is so much fun!” and accepts his marriage proposal. Bill doesn’t show up on their wedding day and Jean asks Ed to marry her and he does. Bill returns later and asks to talk to Jean, but the car they’re riding in is involved in an accident. Bill leaves town but Ed finds out. Jean fears he’ll leave her, but Ed still loves her and Jean knows she made the right choice.
Dial L-O-V-E
comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Ted; "Sweet"
- Synopsis
- A young woman lives in a small town with a “party line” telephone system. She talks to Ted on the phone and they meet and fall in love. However, she later hears Ted’s voice speaking in a romantic manner to someone else on the telephone and is upset. Ted explains that his brother Bill sounds just like him and Bill was talking to his girlfriend.
Indexer Notes
Art credit from pencilled note on online scanned version: http://comicbookplus.com/?dlid=65562
Complimentary Yours
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Edna; Gail; Randy
- Synopsis
- “Some people just don’t know how to accept a compliment gracefully. All they do is make any sweet-talking friend feel like a fool.”
Indexer Notes
Information on this sequence supplied by Steve Saaf and Jim Vadeboncouer, June 2008.
I Tricked My Heart
comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- R-663
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Sally Gillis; Roger Kinkaid; Aunt Hattie; Mrs. Kinkaid; Mr. Kinkaid
- Synopsis
- Roger proposes to his college sweetheart Sally, unaware she has been long planning revenge against his family. Her aunt Hattie was married to and then abandoned by Roger’s uncle Sam, leaving her “sick and penniless.” Hattie wants Sally to break Roger’s heart “the way his uncle broke mine!” Sally actually loves Roger and likes his family but is indebted to her aunt for raising her. She confesses the plot then learns the truth: Sam died in an auto accident or he would have returned to Hattie. Sally can now marry Roger.
Indexer Notes
Art credits identified by Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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[no title indexed]
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1.
Bewitched
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2.
Answer My Love
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3.
The Luck of a Corporal
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4.
Dial L-O-V-E
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5.
Complimentary Yours
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6.
I Tricked My Heart
This issue was modified by, among others
- Pat Conolly
- Peter Croome
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Katy Hayhurst
- Michael Hoskin
- David Wilt
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