(December 1960)
Charlton,
1960 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Charlton Comics Group
- Brand
-
A Charlton Publication
- Editing
- Pat Masulli (executive editor)
Issue Notes
As with the previous issues of this title, the text at the top of the interior pages reads (alternately) "High School Confidential" (omitting Diary) and "Charlton Comics Give You More!"
They Didn't Understand
comic story / 7 pages
- Job Number
- 7000
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Donna; Alex; Miriam; Mr. Carter; Mrs. Carter
- Synopsis
- Donna and Alex feel a kinship, despite their backgrounds. But when Donna's parents find out she is seeing a 'dirty foreign kid', they forbid her to have contact with him.
Indexer Notes
Although Mr. Carter calls Alex "a dirty foreign kid," Alex is not discernibly foreign or ethnic in any way.
What Is Love?
comic story / 3 pages
- Job Number
- 7159
- Genre
- non-fiction; romance
- Synopsis
- Attempts to define what love is and how to identify if your love is real.
- Reprints
in My Reputation
comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- 6999
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Joan Harden; Peg; Paul Dunn
- Synopsis
- Joan Harden wants to be popular, but doesn't feel as pretty as the other girls. One night a TV show suggests that a plain girl can be noticed by the boys if they do the best with what they have physically and develop a vivacious, feminine character. Joan does this and boys start to notice. But she gets a reputation as a fun-girl, easy to kiss by anybody. When Joan meets Paul, she feels differently about him than the other boys. But Paul leaves Joan when he finds out about her reputation.
What Is A "School"?
comic story / 3 pages
- Job Number
- 6623
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- Discusses different aspects of what a school is.
[no title indexed]
Canteen Corner / letters page / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- We have asked one of the leading authorities in the country to write a special column for this publication
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- Dr. Harold Gluck answers letters related to the problems of teenagers in high school.
- Keywords
- advice
My Empty Heart
comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- 7001
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Judy; Hal Temple; Tina
- Synopsis
- Judy's parents move to Florida from the North. Judy starts going out with Hal, but is ostracized because Hal is half Indian. While canoeing in the Everglades, an alligator attacks their canoe. Hal lifts Judy to safety, but dies in a struggle with the 'gator.
- Keywords
- Everglades; Seminole Indian
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
They Didn't Understand
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2.
What Is Love?
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3.
My Reputation
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4.
What Is A "School"?
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5.
["We have asked one of the leading authorities in the country to write a special column for this publication"]
Canteen Corner -
6.
My Empty Heart
-
7.
What Am I?
This issue was modified by, among others
- Steve Belknap
- Mickey Coalwell
- Katy Hayhurst
- Ramon Schenk
- Richard Thomson
- Jim Van Dore
- David Wilt
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