Love Illustrated #9

([1954] ?)

Heartsick Cinderella (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

typeset

Editing

Al Grenet (original editor); Richard Arnold (original associate editor); Busy Arnold (original general manager)

Genre

romance

Characters

Jane Smith; Hal Marden; Sam Smith; Mrs Smith; Doris Evans;

Synopsis

Violin play Sam Smith loses two fingers in a film studio accident and bans everything related to movies in his house. His daughter Jane is discovered by producer Hal Marden, who makes her a star. The two fall in love, but the conflict of hiding her other life from her father gets too much for Jane and she quits. But Hal tracks her down.

Reprints

• from Love Letters (Quality Comics, 1949 series) #9 (May 1951)

Selfish (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

John Forte

Inks

Bill Ward

Letters

?

Editing

Harry Stein (original editor); Al Grenet (original associate editor); Elaine Allen (original associate editor); Gloria Bley (original associate editor); June Andrus (original associate editor); Richard Arnold (original associate editor); Busy Arnold (original general manager)

Genre

romance

Characters

Dr Bill Clark; Yvonne Taylor; Roy; Polly Adams

Synopsis

After Dr Bill Clark professes his love for Yvonne, intern Roy makes a play for her. She likes his attention and dates him whenever Bill is working. But Roy loses his job when he skips doing an important blood test to go out with Yvonne. Bill decides Yvonne is as immature as Roy and accepts a new job in Guatemala. Yvonne discovers he still loves her and follows.

Reprints

• from Diary Loves (Quality Comics, 1949 series) #7 (September 1950)

Cupid's Camera (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

typeset

Editing

Al Grenet (original editor); Richard Arnold (original associate editor); Busy Arnold (original general manager)

Genre

romance

Characters

Janie Clark; Jock Lawrence; Andy Benton

Synopsis

Jock tells Janie that she's had to wait a year for him because he's been on secret overseas service for the USA. She gets a job with Andy in a photography shop to save money for her marriage to Jock. Andy tells her that Jock has been in prison and that there is photographic proof of a new crime. As Jock and Andy accuse each other of the robbery, Janie uncovers the truth just in time.

Reprints

• from Love Letters (Quality Comics, 1949 series) #9 (May 1951)

Desperado Sweetheart (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Charles Thomsey ?

Inks

Pete Riss ?

Letters

?

Editing

Harry Stein (original editor); Al Grenet (original associate editor); Elaine Allen (original associate editor); Gloria Bley (original associate editor); June Andrus (original associate editor); Richard Arnold (original associate editor); Busy Arnold (original general manager)

Genre

romance

Characters

Bull Henley; Mr. Roane; Pinto Jim Baker; Sally Roane

Synopsis

Sally's father tells her to be careful as killer Pinto Jim Baker has come back to Sage Gap. When Sally's horse is hurt, Jim comes to her aid. They talks, and Sally discovers that Jim had been cleared on self defence, but now suffered from a reputation as an outlaw. She sees him as a sensitive man and falls in love with him. But she can't hurt her father by telling him and decides to meet Jim one final time at dusk to say goodbye. When Jim is accused of a murder at the time of her meeting, she knows she must tell the truth and Bull Henley is exposed as the real killer.

Reprints

• from Range Romances (Quality Comics, 1949 series) #5 (August 1950)

Out of the Depths (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bill Ward

Inks

Bill Ward

Letters

?

Editing

Al Grenet (original editor)

Genre

romance

Characters

Jean Farrel; Jean's boss; Nick Chambers; McCoy; Sam Fox; Rowley; Linetti; David Rowley

Synopsis

Nick Chambers is convicted of throwing Carl Hummel into the concrete foundations of a new bridge. Successful Daily Globe gossip columnist Jean Farrel goes to the prison to write a human interest story on him, convinced that he doesn't look like a killer. She discovers his construction site was experiencing strange accidents and Hummel seems to be involved, trying to get Chambers to lose the construction contract. Following Chamber's arrest, the mysterious Atlas Engineering Company takes over the contract. And the head of that company turns out to be Chamber's defence attorney.

Reprints

• from Heart Throbs (Quality Comics, 1949 series) #8 (October 1950)

Indexer Notes

The original story was nine pages. Page 3 of the original story has been removed from this reprint, with a caption from the middle of the page used as introductory narration on the next page. On the missing page, Jean talks to Pop who shares her feeling that Chambers might be innocent and secures access to speak to him.