My Own Romance
#33
(August 1953)
Marvel,
1949 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- Monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1953
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Authorized A. C. M. P. Conforms to the Comics Code
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marjean Magazine Corp.
- Brand
-
Atlas [black & white]
- Editing
- Stan Lee (editor)
I Love You, Laura!
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Al Hartley (signed)
- Inks
- Al Hartley (signed)
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- romance
Indexer Notes
Coloring credit per Stan Goldberg.
The Man I Married!
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jay Scott Pike (signed)
- Inks
- Jay Scott Pike (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- C-754
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Marie Carey; Jim Carey; Paul Ross
- Synopsis
- Childhood sweethearts Marie and Jim wed, but later become infatuated with other people – Marie with her new boss Paul, and Jim with his new secretary. They decide to divorce, but come to realise that they really love each other, and reconcile.
- Keywords
- divorce
A Kiss for Kathy
comic story / 7 pages
- Job Number
- C-974
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Kathy; Frank; Joe; Bill Kowal; Rosie; Ethel; Wanda; Kathy's mother; Kathy's father
- Synopsis
- Kathy works in a cotton mill but refuses to date “a man in coveralls smeared with oil and sweat.” She meets Frank and they fall in love, but she hides the fact that she’s a mill worker. When Kathy sees Frank with another woman, she decides to attend the mill workers’ dance and bumps into Frank – he’s also an employee, and the “other woman” was his mother (who also works there). Frank and Kathy kiss.
Male, Female and Secretary
text story / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jay Scott Pike (illustration)
- Inks
- Jay Scott Pike (illustration)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- 6563
- Genre
- romance
I Love You, Laura
comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- C-823
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Laura; John Thane; Cal; Chris
- Synopsis
- Beautiful model Laura is pursued by many men, but she’s waiting for “a man with wealth, position, great ability and popularity! Handsome as I am beautiful!” She falls in love with actor John Thane and they wed, but he turns out to be as self-centered as Laura: “You must realize how lucky you are to be married to such as handsome man as I! Please don’t imagine you own me!” Laura, who really loves John, realises she will never have “happiness and love” with her selfish husband.
Indexer Notes
Art credits per Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr. via Atlas Tales. Previous indexer credited Doug Wildey.
The Greener Grass
comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- C-651
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Fern Stevens; Jack; Mel Case; Carol Stevens
- Synopsis
- Jack has been in love with Fern for years, but she takes him for granted and repeatedly dates other men. She partners with professional skater Mel, but he turns out to be “a cheaply handsome woman-chaser.” Fern returns and tells Jack “I’m back . . . for good! I want to marry you!” However, Jack has married her sister Carol in the meantime: Fern is left alone.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
I Love You, Laura!
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1.
The Man I Married!
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2.
A Kiss for Kathy
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3.
Male, Female and Secretary
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4.
I Love You, Laura
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5.
The Greener Grass
This issue was modified by, among others
- Nick Caputo
- Peter Croome
- Katy Hayhurst
- Jim Stangas
- Gary L. Watson (R.I.P.)
- David Wilt
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