Heart Throbs #83

(April-May 1963)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

Made Simple Self-Teaching Encyclopedia / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

Deceiving Heart! (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Tony Abruzzo ? (see notes); Bernard Sachs ? (see notes)

Inks

Bernard Sachs

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

First Line of Dialogue or Text

As a nurse in a general hospital, I thought I knew what pain was! But that was before I began writing love letters to someone else's sweetheart--and became a prisoner to my own...

Genre

romance

Characters

Mrs. Anderson; Richard; Alma; Eve Forrest; Dean

Synopsis

A patient in a hospital dictates a letter to a nurse for her boyfriend, who is out of town for a few weeks. She wants to break the news that there is now someone else in her life, but the nurse is smitten with the patient's old boyfriend herself and can't bear to hurt him. Instead, she writes love letters to him on the patient's behalf, thinking the patient will change her mind when they meet again.

Reprints

• in Calypso (Arédit-Artima, 1962 series) #10 (septembre 1964)
• in Falling in Love (DC, 1955 series) #102 (October 1968) [hairstyles updated]

Keywords

hospital; love letters; nurse; room 316

Indexer Notes

Pencils previously credited to Mike Sekowsky.

Three Lost Loves (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

John Romita ? (see notes)

Inks

Bill Draut (see notes)

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

First Line of Dialogue or Text

We were three sisters... and two of us had known heartbreak. Now our third was joining us, to make ours a sad total of...

Genre

romance

Characters

Terry; Jason; Paula; Jane

Synopsis

Two older sisters receive letters from their younger sister. Reading between the lines, they realize that she is no longer planning to marry her fiance that summer. They hurry home to find out what's going on to discover that the younger sister has stopped seeing her boyfriend because he wants to work at a gas station instead of being an engineer. One of the older sisters slaps her and shows her a newspaper clipping with the town's family of the year. She tells her sister that it could have been her family, but she had been too proud to settle for a man who wanted to run a hardware store.

Reprints

• in Calypso (Arédit-Artima, 1962 series) #10 (septembre 1964)

Keywords

Devonville; gas station; newspaper clipping

Indexer Notes

Possible Romita pencils and Draut inks per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Draut on pencils and Jay Scott Pike on inks.

I Need You; The First Time; Love (Table of Contents: 4)

The Rhyme and Reason for Love and Romance / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

Helen Schneider; Nilsa Salva; Shirley Thompson

Letters

typeset

Genre

romance

Lost Love; Sweet Misery (Table of Contents: 5)

The Rhyme and Reason for Love and Romance / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

Rosemary Pellegrini; Pauline Hinds

Letters

typeset

Genre

romance

Come to My Arms (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Mike Sekowsky

Inks

Mike Peppe ?

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

First Line of Dialogue or Text

There's a girl who needs comforting... but what can I do about it?

Genre

romance

Characters

Joan Bailey; Bill; Adam

Synopsis

A writer driving in the country on a working vacation catches a glimpse of a girl crying on a bus and can't get her out of his mind. He returns to the small town restaurant and finds her sitting alone. He discovers her boyfriend had gotten a new job in another city and, over time, their letters slowed until she received a letter telling her he didn't love her anymore. Having used up all her money, she gets a job as a waitress to save enough to go see her boyfriend. The writer stays on too, hoping she will eventually turn to him as more than a friend.

Reprints

• in Young Love (DC, 1963 series) #71 (November-December 1968)

Keywords

bus; restaurant; waitress; writer

Never Look at Love! (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

John Romita (splash, p 1, see notes); Werner Roth (pp. 2-8, see notes)

Inks

John Romita

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I thought I could tell when I could see love in someone's eyes--but each time I was wrong! And my heart paid for my mistakes--until I turned my back on romance--

Genre

romance

Characters

Lila; Mark; Lew; Philip; Annette

Synopsis

Annette tries to read men's feelings toward her by the look in their eyes, but she is constantly misreading their intentions.

Reprints

• in Girls' Love Stories (DC, 1949 series) #140 (January 1969)

Keywords

bandaged ankle; carousel; park bench; subway turnstile

Indexer Notes

The title differs from that on the cover.

Penciling and inking previously credited to John Romita and Bernard Sachs. Splash page art was also used for the cover.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Lois Lane / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Kurt Schaffenberger; Curt Swan (illustrations)

Inks

Kurt Schaffenberger; George Klein (illustrations)

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Can Cupid's arrows pierce...

Genre

adventure; romance

Indexer Notes

A promotional house advertisement for Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (DC, 1958 series) #40 (April 1963).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Best Values Coins and Currency / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

House of Cosmetics / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Back cover.