Romantic Story #33

(August 1956)

My Dream Man (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Gill ?

Pencils

Charles Nicholas

Inks

Vince Alascia

Colors

?

Letters

Jon D'Agostino

Job Number

S866

Genre

romance

Characters

Lise Todd; Manfred Drake; Ted Drake; Ralph

Synopsis

Actress Lise idolises famous actor Manfred, who offers to give her voice lessons and later professes his love for her. Manfred’s son Ted warns Lise that Manfred is just using her to try and recapture his lost stardom. Lise is angry at Ted but Manfred admits the truth and Ted confesses he loves Lise himself.

The Missing Key (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Gill ?

Pencils

Charles Nicholas ?

Inks

Rocco Mastroserio

Colors

?

Letters

Jon D'Agostino

Job Number

S832

Genre

romance

Characters

Janice; Eve Abbott; Fred Cullen; Kurt Johnson; Dick Strong; Bob Smith

Synopsis

Janice is a serious university student with no social life. Her roommate Eve gives her a makeover and Janice becomes popular. Eve’s boyfriend Bob even says he loves Janice, but she won’t betray her best friend. Instead, Janice decides she loves fellow bookworm Fred.

From Hunger to Romance (Table of Contents: 3)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

romance

I Wanted to Live (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Gill ?

Pencils

Charles Nicholas

Inks

Jon D'Agostino

Colors

?

Letters

Jon D'Agostino

Job Number

S815

Genre

romance

Characters

Doris; Don Bolling; Bob; Mr. Bolling

Synopsis

Doris loves Bob but he accepts an engineering job in Central America and will be away for 2 years. Bob’s friend Don agrees to “look after” Doris for his pal. They spend a lot of time together, but Doris remains faithful to Bob. Bob contracts malaria and comes home: he’ll marry Doris right away.

Indexer Notes

Nicholas and D'Agostino credits per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Rocco Mastroserio.

I Lied About Love (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Gill ?

Pencils

?

Inks

Sal Trapani ?

Colors

?

Letters

Jon D'Agostino

Job Number

S854

Genre

romance

Characters

Tad Norris; Rita Mann; May Clary; Mr. Welles

Synopsis

Secretary Rita wants to marry a successful man and decides young engineer Tad is a good prospect. Rita’s campaign to hook Tad seems to be working but when she admits to co-worker May that she’s marrying Tad because “he’ll give me the things I want” but she’ll have to “learn to love him,” Tad overhears and breaks their engagement. Rita follows him to Central America and apologises, also saving his life from a landslide. Tad decides he will marry her after all.

Reprints

• in Love Confessions Illustrated (Magazine Management, 1968 ? series) #3448 ([February 1974])

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Beauty Briefs / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Fred Bell

Inks

Fred Bell

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

[None]

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Warm weather brings thoughts of the beach

Characters

Helen Leeds; Dot; Billy; Betty Rogers

Synopsis

Helen is self-conscious about her poor posture. She improves it and her social life improves as well.

Reprints

• from True Life Secrets (Charlton, 1951 series) #1 (March-April 1951)

Indexer Notes

Original version was inside back cover, black-and-white but the art has been coloured in the reprint.