True Life Secrets #25

(March 1955)

Check the Kind of Body You Want! (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Charles Atlas / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Trouble Maker (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

Ed Hamilton

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hello,darling. We're waiting dinner for you.

Characters

Bob Hart; Connie; Kitty Hart; Alicia; Mother Hart; Jim Russell; Mr. Hart

Synopsis

Alicia desires Bob Hart for herself and causes trouble between Bob and his girlfriend Connie.

Reprints

• from Romantic Secrets (Fawcett, 1949 series) #2 (December 1949)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Love's Mailbox / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

? [as Hortense Palmer]

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Dear Miss Palmer: I've been going steady for almost two years.

Genre

romance

Indexer Notes

Advice column with letters from Worried in Texas, J.B. of Buffalo, New York, D.L. of Cleveland, Ohio and B.W. of Corpus Christi, Texas.

Ride to Romance (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Mrs. Manley ran a very nice boarding house on East Simpson Street.

Genre

romance

Characters

Mrs. Manley; Grace O. Atkinson; Gus Rudinger; Peter Sloss; Wilbur Sheridan

Synopsis

Grace gets into a dispute with a bus driver that attracts the attention of a lawyer and the newspapers.

Keywords

Immerman Inn; Number 3 bus

I Was Deceitful (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

June accepted the faith and trust of others.

Genre

romance

Characters

June Carney; Pat Carney; Rod Sand; Windy Anderson; Andy Anderson

Synopsis

By coincidence, June has to negotiate a contract with the handsome man that rescued her father. They fall in love and June avoids negotiating, for fear of losing this man.

Reprints

• from Romantic Secrets (Fawcett, 1949 series) #2 (December 1949)

Keywords

ocean liners; Rushmore Shipping Company; steamships; tugboats

Stealing What I Wanted (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Gill ?

Pencils

Art Cappello (signed)

Inks

Art Cappello (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Mom had insisted I attend college, so she scrimped and saved to make it possible.

Genre

romance

Characters

Jackie; Alice; Ted

Synopsis

Jackie steals money from her roommate Alice in order to buy a new gown for a dance.

Reprints

• from True Life Secrets (Charlton, 1951 series) #15 (September 1953)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

What Would You Do ? / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Joe Gill ?

Pencils

Art Cappello ?

Inks

Art Cappello ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Months had passed since John went to jail...

Genre

romance

Characters

John; Marge; Marge's father

Synopsis

Should Marge break up with John or wait until he gets out of prison?

Reprints

• from True Life Secrets (Charlton, 1951 series) #15 (September 1953)

Indexer Notes

A feature that has an unresolved story and asks the readers to write in and offer a solution. The address to send letters is: Editor, Charlton Comics, True Life Secrets, 1480 Broadway, New York City (not Derby, Connecticut.)

[3-D He-Man] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Jowett Institute of Physical Training / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[Radio-Television] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

National Radio Institute / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[Prizes Given] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

The FUNman / advertisement / 1 page (report information)