Secret Hearts
#58
(October 1959)
DC,
1949 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly, with the exception of Mar., June, Sept. and Dec.
- On-sale Date
- 1959-07-02
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Arleigh Publishing Company
- Brand
-
National Romance Group
- Editing
- Phyllis Reed (editor)
Issue Notes
Synopses and some other information from Ed Boner. On-sale date from copyright registration.
Love Was Like This!
comic story / 9 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Synopsis
- The librarian believes that love is sweet, warm, and wonderful; the writer believes that it's hard, cruel, and full of despair. Like they say, opposites attract.
- Reprints
-
in Heart Throbs (DC, 1957 series) #100 (February-March 1966) [updated] which is reprinted -
in Magic Moment Romances (K. G. Murray, 1958 series) #53 ([February 1966] ?)
-
His Magic Spell!
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Synopsis
- Hank just happened to be the first guy Cathy met in her new town. Nothing special, but they found the most interesting places...romantic places. If only she were with the right guy. It's when she meets the "right guy" that she finds the "magic" wasn't in the places, but with the "right guy."
- Reprints
- in Young Romance (DC, 1963 series) #139 (December 1965-January 1966)
- in Girls' Love Stories (DC, 1949 series) #161 (August 1971) [retitled and updated]
-
Indexer Notes
Roth pencils per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited John Forte.
Out of Love's Reach!
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Synopsis
- A writer rents a beach house, partly for privacy, partly to get away from the girl he's broken up with. Enter Wilma, who becomes his friend and ends up hearing the details of his breakup. Falling for the writer, Wilma starts to understand the other woman's perspective, and explains it to him. But is she pushing him back into the other woman's arms?
[no title indexed]
Ann Martin, Counselor-at-Love / letters page / 2 pages
- Script
- ? [as Ann Martin]
- Pencils
- ? (logo illustration)
- Inks
- ? (logo illustration)
- Colors
- ? (logo illustration)
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Advice Column
A Heart Full of Pride!
comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Tony Abruzzo ? (p 1); John Romita ? (pp 2-8)
- Inks
- John Romita
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ira Schnapp
- Genre
- romance
- Synopsis
- Mib has had a crush on Jimmy since grade school, but he never pays her attention. Until a friend points out to her that some boys don't like to be chased. It isn't until she stops chasing, that she gets caught.
- Reprints
- in Young Love (DC, 1963 series) #53 (January-February 1966) [updated] which is reprinted
- in Showcase Presents: Young Love (DC, 2012 series) #1 ([May] 2012) [black and white]
-
Indexer Notes
Splash page used as cover. Possible Romita pencils per Nick Caputo and previous indexer. Mike Sekowsky previously credited on pencils and Frank Giacoia on inks.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
A Heart Full of Pride!
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1.
Contents
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2.
Love Was Like This!
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3.
His Magic Spell!
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4.
Out of Love's Reach!
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5.
[no title indexed]
Ann Martin, Counselor-at-Love -
6.
A Heart Full of Pride!
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7.
["Hi all: I can't tell you how pleased I am that the 'Pat Boone book' has been 'born.'"]
Pat Boone -
8.
A Moment of Love
This issue was modified by, among others
- Boris Ammerlaan
- Dwayne Best
- Nick Caputo
- Jochen G.
- Axel Kahlstorff
- Edgar Loftin
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Stangas
- Jim Van Dore
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