Heart Throbs
#138
(February 1972)
DC,
1957 Series
- Volume
- 24
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1971-12-23
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [character]
- Editing
- Dorothy Woolfolk; Ethan C. Mordden (Assistant Editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Comic Reader #77.
What Mother Never Told Me
comic story / 13 pages
- Job Number
- D-452
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It never fails! Those urgent phone calls at the oddest moments!
- Genre
- romance
- Synopsis
- Zina's engagement to Tod is endangered by his extreme closeness to his mother.
- Reprints
in The Man I Married
comic story / 3 pages
- Job Number
- D-591
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Once, long ago, I'd been in love with Marsh and he had turned away from me.
- Genre
- romance
- Synopsis
- Ellen's estranged husband Marsh wants to get back together again, but she is hesitant.
It's In the Stars
letters page / 2 pages
- Job Number
- D-680
Indexer Notes
horoscopes and astrological advice to reader questions
Memory of Love
comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- D-617
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- H-how can I go in there -- my cottage of love -- when I know he won't be there -- ever?
- Genre
- romance
- Synopsis
- Emily has to sell the house her fiancee bought for them before he was killed in the Viet Nam war.
- Reprints
-
from Girls' Romances (DC, 1950 series) #124 (April 1967) [retitled and updated]
-
No Other Man
comic story / 7 pages
- Job Number
- D-559
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Thanks for showing me what a fool a man can be, Betsy! And how cruel a girl can be!
- Genre
- romance
- Synopsis
- Betsy runs away from a humiliating experience with a man and settles in the big city, only to treat a new suitor exactly the same way she was treated, before she realizes her mistake.
- Reprints
- from Girls' Love Stories (DC, 1949 series) #69 (March 1960) [retitled and updated]
-
Indexer Notes
original title: "A Runaway Heart."
[no title indexed]
Like It Is! / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Carol Fein ? [as Donna Fayne]
- Pencils
- ? (logo illustration)
- Inks
- ? (logo illustration)
- Colors
- ? (logo illustration)
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- D-679
Indexer Notes
advice column
Don't Break My Heart!
comic story / 7 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Bert Hughes is the most exciting designer in the business!
- Genre
- romance
- Synopsis
- Model Marcy insists that she won't fall in love with fashion designer Bert, but he eventually wears down her resistance.
- Reprints
- from Girls' Romances (DC, 1950 series) #88 (December 1962) [retitled and updated]
-
in Miroir du Cœur (Arédit-Artima, 1962 series) #41
-
Indexer Notes
Original title: "Catch a Falling Heart!"
Editing
This Issue is currently being edited by
Juan Gonzalez
(since 2024-04-17,
last edit 2024-04-17)
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
What Mother Never Told Me!
-
1.
What Mother Never Told Me
-
2.
The Man I Married
-
3.
It's In the Stars
-
4.
Memory of Love
-
5.
No Other Man
-
6.
Love Is... What It's All About!
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7.
[no title indexed]
Like It Is! -
8.
Don't Break My Heart!
This issue was modified by, among others
- David B
- Steve Belknap
- Dwayne Best
- Nick Caputo
- Bob Hughes
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Stangas
- Jim Van Dore
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