Best Love #35

(January 1950)

I Learned What it Meant to Be Jilted! (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Natalie Krigstein

Pencils

Bill Everett

Inks

Bill Everett

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Everett

Job Number

6490

Genre

romance

Characters

Claire Hall; Lon; Mark Grant; Billie Day; Jane; Johnny; Mr. Fleming

Synopsis

Claire gets jilted by fiancé Lon and swears to never fall in love again. She gets a new job as secretary to Mark Grant, publisher of "Bi-Focal" glamour magazine. She tries to hide her feelings for Mark as he falls for fashion model Billie Day. One day in the dark room Mark kisses Claire by mistake and she realizes she is madly in love with Mark. Billie leaves Mark for a film career with Mr. Fleming. Mark tries to get over Billie and starts dating Claire. Lon appears and wants Claire. She refuses. Billie comes back and wants Mark. He refuses. Mark and Claire end up with each other.

Indexer Notes

Writer information from AtlasTales.com and confirmed per biblio info published in Robin Snyder's The Comics, Vol 27, No. 5, May 2016.

Am I in Love? (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Lin Streeter

Inks

Lin Streeter

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

romance

Characters

j___L____; Dick

Synopsis

Written in form of writing a letter to Best Love. J.L(name not revealed) writes that she met Dick when he rescued her when she had a cramp while swimming. They began to date and Dick said he loved her. He wanted to know if she loved him, but she said she didn't know. She wanted him to write her and she will think about it. He keeps writing and has now proposed. Does she really love him or is it just an infatuation? Was it just a summer romance? Well readers what do you think? Send in your opinion to Best Love.

With Tears in My Heart! (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Mike Sekowsky

Inks

Vince Alascia; Christopher Rule

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

6138

Genre

romance

Characters

Eve Flint; Burt Farrell; Alderman Flint; Dr. Evans; Mr. Crane; Jarvis (the Butler); Helen (the Maid)

Synopsis

Eve is expecting Burt to propose at dinner, which he does. She accepts. Her father asks Burt to support his bill he is proposing for a highway on the South Side of town. Burt tells him no, that he will not support it due to Mr. Flint owning the land on the south side and he will be the only one to profit. Mr. Flint tells Burt he does not own land there. Burt tells him he knows he does. This leads to Mr. Flint having a heart attack. Burt attacks Flint's plan in his newspaper and his bill is defeated. He has another heart attack and Eve blames Burt. Burt was right and they reunite.

Indexer Notes

Christopher Rule appears to take over the inking on the final two pages.

Case File on Love (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Henry Kiefer ? (signed as H.C.)

Inks

Henry Kiefer ? (signed as H.C.)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

6562

Genre

romance

Characters

Odelys (Ody) Bergstrom; Mary Huber; Hal; Timmy Regan; Theodore Stockdale [Ted Regan]

Synopsis

Social worker Ody Bergstrom wants the Timmy Regan case and gets it over her fiancé Hal. She goes to the house and introduces herself to Timmy and his older brother Ted. She tells Ted that he needs to clean up the house and be more supportive of Timmy. She also wants Timmy to come to the dance tonight. Ted says he will clean up the house and get Timmy there if she will dance with him. Ody says no deal but she will see him at the dance. Ted arrives and cuts in on Hal and dances with Ody. They fall in love but Ted is really socialite Theodore Stockdale. All ends well.

Indexer Notes

Two small illustrations are both initialed "H.C." (previous indexer thought the signatures were B.C.). I think it is Henry Kiefer but cannot be certain.

Can a Girl Love Her Sworn Enemy? (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Pete Tumlinson

Inks

Pete Tumlinson ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

6483

Genre

romance

Characters

Vanya Tauhof; Captain Kurt Helgar; Nazi Commandant; Mr. Toser; Pegley (Code name for undercover operative); Peter, Doctor

Synopsis

Vanya is an operative for the Polish underground helping smuggle children to the Allies. She is working at Nazi headquarters as secretary for her new boss Captain Kurt Helgar and supplies information to the underground. The last movement of children is to take place but one is sick so they have to call a doctor who must report it. They have to move quickly and take all the children. The Nazis are after them in a boat but another boat approaches and rams the Nazis. It is Pegley. They bring him on board and discover that it is Kurt. Vanya and Kurt go to America and live happily ever after