(December 1949-January 1950)
DC,
1949 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1949-10-17
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Comics Publications Inc.
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (credited) (editor); Robert Kanigher (actual)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
Empty Arms
cover / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Theda Hall (photography); Emerson Hall (photography)
- Inks
- Theda Hall (photography); Emerson Hall (photography)
- Colors
- Theda Hall (photography); Emerson Hall (photography)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Male Beachgoer; Female Beachgoer
Indexer Notes
"Cover Photograph in Color by Theda and Emerson Hall from Globe" (indicia)
Empty Arms
comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Lucille Wayne; Keith Wells; Gerald Hammond; Head Waiter
- Synopsis
- While vacationing at Miami Beach, Lucille is wooed by two men: Keith, a waiter and struggling journalism student, and Gerald, a sexy and sophisticated man of the world. Life with Keith would be one of financial struggle, but life with Gerald would one of luxury and comfort. When Gerald reveals himself to be a fortune hunter wooing Lucille only because he believes her to be a wealthy woman, Keith flattens him with a sock to the jaw and sends him packing. Lucille marries Keith.
Indexer Notes
Different from story in #47. Credits via Robin Snyder.
[no title indexed]
Daisy's Diary / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Dear Diary Steve is taking me to a party...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Daisy; Steve
- Synopsis
- Steve compliments Daisy on her hair, hands, and dress, but Daisy takes umbrage when he overlooks her new earrings.
Borrowed Heart
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Martha Crane; Craig Worth; Katherine Saxton; Doris Saxton; Jim
I Reached for the Moon
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- romance
Indexer Notes
writer credit from Robin Snyder
[no title indexed]
Lili / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Imagine people saying: 'Love is blind!'
- Genre
- romance
Love Sets a Trap
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Val; Bart; Stella; Jim
- Synopsis
- Val loves a man of great wanderlust who cannot settle down to married life.
Indexer Notes
writer credit from Robin Snyder
Last Chance for Happiness
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Bonnie; Sheila (Bonnie's cousin); Mr. Frank (diner owner); Cab Driver; Kenneth Wilson; Chinese Curio Shop Owner; Evelyn Leith
- Synopsis
- Bonnie can't get a job in the city because all she can do is cook and sew. One day, she offers to cook for a harried diner operator and her lunches become a sensation among office workers in the neighborhood. She delivers one to lawyer Ken Wilson, and they are soon dating and falling in love. Ken's boss, Evelyn Leith, asks Bonnie to bake and deliver a cake for his birthday party. When she arrives at the party, she finds Evelyn has claimed Ken as her own. Bonnie is hurt, and decides to return to the farm. Ken finds her at the train station, gives her a ring, and proposes.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Empty Arms
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1.
Contents
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2.
Empty Arms
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3.
["Dear Diary Steve is taking me to a party..."]
Daisy's Diary -
4.
Borrowed Heart
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5.
I Reached for the Moon
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6.
["Imagine people saying: 'Love is blind!'"]
Lili -
7.
Love Sets a Trap
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8.
Romance Counter
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9.
Last Chance for Happiness
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10.
Girls' Love Stories Contest Winners!
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11.
The World Is Ours...
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12.
Romantic As a Harvest Moon
Secret Hearts
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