(June-July 1955)

DC, 1949 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1955-04-10
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Arleigh Publishing Company
Editing
Zena Brody (uncredited)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

Distant Love! (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Tony Abruzzo
Inks
Tony Abruzzo
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Genre
romance

Indexer Notes

Cover art taken from splash page of last story in this issue.

Louise Simonson, in DC Comics Covergirls (2007), attributed full art to Tony Abruzzo.

Contents (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Listing of stories in this issue.

Heartbreak Date! (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
Bernard Sachs ?
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Genre
romance
Synopsis
Wynn learns to her surprise that she is no longer in love with the man she met in Japan two years earlier when she meets him again.

No Wedding for Me! (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Sid Greene ?
Inks
Sid Greene ?
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Genre
romance
Synopsis
Cindy's sister Marsha, unhappy over a broken engagement, tries to help Cindy and her boyfriend Bob, but Bob's pride is hurt by Marsha's expensive gifts.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Possible Greene pencils and/or inks per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Gil Kane on pencils.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Ann Martin, Counselor-at-Love / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
? [as Ann Martin]
Pencils
? (logo illustration)
Inks
? (logo illustration)
Colors
? (logo illustration)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I am 15 years old and a sophomore in high school.

Indexer Notes

relationship advice

I Learned Too Late! (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Romita
Inks
Mike Esposito ?
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Genre
romance
Synopsis
Anne convinces her friend Linda to stay in the big city and not go back to Smallville and her boyfriend Jeff. But when Anne has to go to Smallville on business, she finds herself falling in love with Jeff.

Indexer Notes

Romita pencils and possible Esposito inks per Nick Caputo.

Distant Love (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Tony Abruzzo
Inks
Tony Abruzzo
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino; Ira Schnapp (splash)

Genre
romance
Synopsis
Ava does everything she can to prove she's not interested in rich Danny Randolph, but he finally wears down her resistance.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Splash page art used as cover for this issue.

Previous indexer had suggested Bernard Sachs on inks.

Everyone Loves a Love Story! (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Girls' Love Stories; Girls' Romances / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Artistic Card Co., Inc. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Judy and Jim Defy Savage Gorilla! (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Wilson Chemical Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Distant Love!
  2. 1. Contents
  3. 2. Heartbreak Date!
  4. 3. No Wedding for Me!
  5. 4. ["I am 15 years old and a sophomore in high school."]
    Ann Martin, Counselor-at-Love
  6. 5. I Learned Too Late!
  7. 6. Distant Love
  8. 7. Everyone Loves a Love Story!
    Girls' Love Stories; Girls' Romances
  9. 8. [no title indexed]
    Artistic Card Co., Inc.
  10. 9. Judy and Jim Defy Savage Gorilla!
    Wilson Chemical Co.
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Boris Ammerlaan
  • David B
  • Dwayne Best
  • Nick Caputo
  • Merlin Haas
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Van Dore