(January 1952)
Harvey,
1949 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- Every other month
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Home Comics, Inc.
- Brand
-
Harvey Publications H [Heart]
- Editing
- Leon Harvey
Issue Notes
Indexed from scanned copy at http://comicbookplus.com
Most of this issue was reprinted as True Love Problems and Advice Illustrated 32 (March 1955).
Most of this issue was reprinted as True Love Problems and Advice Illustrated 32 (March 1955).
Bittersweet Love
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Betsy King; Sam; Pop King; Toby Regent; Rosalind Crosby
- Synopsis
- Betsy and her father run a desert gas station. One day Toby wanders in and is hired to help. Betsy tries to make friends but Toby is cold to her. She discovers an inscribed photo of actress Rosalind in Toby’s room and he says he was married to her. Betsy is shocked but Toby later says his wife died several years before; he’s a novelist and couldn’t write, but Betsy’s love has cured his writer’s block. Betsy and Toby will wed.
- Reprints
-
in True Love Problems and Advice Illustrated (Harvey, 1949 series) #32 (March 1955) which is reprinted - in Romance Stories of True Love (Harvey, 1957 series) #47 (September 1957)
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Intimate Interlude
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Harriet; Edward Prescott; Mrs. Prescott
- Synopsis
- Harriet takes a cross-country train to a new job in California. On the journey, she meets Ed and they have an affair. However, when they arrive in Los Angeles, Ed is greeted by his wife and children. Harriet is “numb with sadness and disillusion!” and is “at the bottom of the abyss of heartache!” but she decides to “make the best of my mistake!”
- Reprints
- in True Love Problems and Advice Illustrated (Harvey, 1949 series) #32 (March 1955) which is reprinted
- in Romance Stories of True Love (Harvey, 1957 series) #47 (September 1957)
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Can I Trust Him?
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Pat; Ted; Daphne
- Synopsis
- Pat is engaged to Ted but he confesses he’s having an affair with diner waitress Daphne. He says he loves Pat and “Daphne is everything I hate and despise! Yet I can’t resist her!” They break up. Three months later, Ted asks Pat to take him back. Pat asks the readers of Love Problems to advise her if she can trust Ted or not.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Coupon at bottom of last page urging readers to send in their advice.
My Scarlet Affair!
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- John; Doris Eliot; Rodney Dupray
- Synopsis
- Although boyfriend Johnny wants her to “forget all these career ideas” and marry him, Doris wants to be an artist. Middle-aged patron of the arts Rodney offers to help Doris. Doris allows Rodney to make love to her to repay his assistance. Doris breaks up with Johnny. Rodney finally allows Doris to have a show of her paintings: she is ridiculed by all. Rodney tells her “your talents are all in your face—not in your hands!!” and says she should forget her “ridiculous attempts at painting!” Doris leaves, vowing to study and become a great artist and “someday…ask for Johnny’s forgiveness…”
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Buttonnosed characters.
Broken Love
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Valerie Matthews Raynal; Barry Raynal; Sue Robbins; Dean
- Synopsis
- College teacher Valery marries Barry, an older student back in school because “the war had interrupted [his] education.” They have to keep their marriage a secret because it is against the college’s rules. Valery is jealous of Barry’s friendship with female student Sue. The truth comes out and Valery resigns so that Barry can stay and complete his education. They won’t have much money until he graduates and gets a real job, but they’ll be happy together.
- Reprints
- in True Love Problems and Advice Illustrated (Harvey, 1949 series) #32 (March 1955) which is reprinted
- in Romance Stories of True Love (Harvey, 1957 series) #47 (September 1957)
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Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
My Scarlet Affair!
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1.
Contents
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2.
Bittersweet Love
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3.
I Won't Cry Anymore!
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4.
Intimate Interlude
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5.
["War is Hell!"]
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6.
Can I Trust Him?
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7.
["Spine-Tingling Thrillers"]
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8.
My Scarlet Affair!
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9.
Broken Love
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10.
["I learned my lesson the hard way!"]
What I Learned From Love -
11.
["I offered my heart first to one man"]
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