(May 1954)
Master Comics,
1953 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Master Comics Inc.
- Editing
- ?
I Hated Men
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Lila; Dave Hudson; Frank; Paul; Steve; Les Rogers; Marion Hayes; Pauline Rogers
- Synopsis
- Lila expects to marry Dave, but he turns out to be a two-timer who says “I’m just not the marrying kind!” Lila vows to never fall in love again and to make fools of every man she meets. She dates Les, a divorced police detective, and even though she thinks she may love Les, Lila turns him down when he proposes. Lila later learns his ex-wife had been unfaithful to him and was part of “a narcotics gang.” Lila apologizes to Les and they reconcile.
Indexer Notes
Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
Heartbreak
comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Ross Andru
- Inks
- Ross Andru ?; Mike Esposito ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset (Leroy lettering)
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Lora; Harvey Ralston; George Franklin; Lora's mother; Elaine Harper; Hank Wayne
- Synopsis
- Lora, tired of her boring boyfriend George, takes a job as a waitress at a fancy summer resort. Sheltering from a storm, she meets cynical Hank in a beach cabin and sparks fly. However, Lora begins to date wealthy guest Harvey. Hank says his wife divorced him for “some guy with a big bankroll” and considers Lora a gold-digger as well. However, Harvey says “men in my social position don’t marry waitresses! That’s what happens in fairy tales...” Lora decides to marry Hank instead.
Indexer Notes
Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
Nothing Sacred
comic story / 5.67 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Ben Martin; Pam Radford; Henry Radford; Laura Radford
- Synopsis
- Pam falls in love with Ben when he is hired to repair her wealthy family’s boat. She decides to marry him. After the wedding, Pam expects Ben to work for her father and join their social set, despite her mother’s warning: “Don’t try to make him over!” Ben refuses, and resists Pam’s attempts to integrate him into their upper-class milieu. Ben finally asks for a divorce. Pam realizes she “couldn’t buy Ben!” and vows to change. Ben and Pam are reunited.
Indexer Notes
Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
Last third of last page is in-house advertisement.
A Real Man
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Mario Rizzi (signed)
- Inks
- Mario Rizzi (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset (Leroy lettering)
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Jan Tomas; Alice Dyer; Nat Brown; Mr. Dyer; Wanda Elbe
- Synopsis
- Alice loves “passionate” mine foreman Jan but when her soldier pen-pal Nat returns from Korea, Jan dumps Alice for Wanda. Alice dates Nat. When a mine disaster strikes, Jan flees to save himself, but Nat joins the rescue team and becomes a hero. Alice now knows “what it meant to love a real man!”
- Keywords
- Korean War
Indexer Notes
Only story Mario Rizzi ever signed.
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[Heartbreak]
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1.
I Hated Men
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2.
Heartbreak
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3.
Too Young To Love
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4.
Nothing Sacred
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5.
["And for a different kind of thrill be sure to read..."]
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6.
A Real Man
This issue was modified by, among others
- Tillmann Courth
- Jochen G.
- Katy Hayhurst
- Jim Van Dore
- David Wilt
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