Heart Throbs #11

(June 1952)

Skinny Girls Don't Have Oomph! (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

U. S. Nature Products Corp. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

I Married a Good Time Charlie! (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

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Genre

romance

Characters

Fran Sykes; Gordy Sykes; Janet; Burke

Synopsis

Fran marries Gordy but can hardly be alone with him because he is so social and popular. She eventually leaves him and goes home to her parents. Fran discovers that she was partly to blame, because she resented Gordy’s friends and never made an attempt to join in the fun. She goes home to Gordy and he says they’ll moderate their social lives in the future so they have time alone.

Reprints

• in Brides Romances (Quality Comics, 1953 series) #13 (October 1955) [title changed]
• in Agonizing Love (HarperCollins, 2011 series) (2011) [splash page]

Man Crazy (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Gene Colan

Inks

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Colors

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Letters

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Genre

romance

Characters

Celia; Bruce Fuller; Aunt Sarah Carver

Synopsis

Celia’s guardian Sarah refuses to let her date, except men Sarah chooses. When Celia meets young lawyer Bruce, she decides to see him secretly. They fall in love, and when Aunt Sarah finds out, she threatens to withhold Celia’s inheritance from her. However, when Sarah is unjustly charged with reckless driving, Bruce clears her and she consents to his marriage to Celia.

Reprints

• in Girls in Love (Quality Comics, 1955 series) #48 (November 1955)

Indexer Notes

Pencils attribution by Ger Apeldoorn (March 2011).

Kisses Came Second (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

John Forte

Inks

John Forte

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

romance

Characters

Jill Sager; Gary Russell; Mrs. Sager

Synopsis

Jill agrees to marry co-worker Gary, but she gets caught up in the preparations: “that was what marriage meant to me—a chance to play house, to accumulate material things that would impress my friends and please my vanity!” She has no time for Gary due to the wedding preparations; he says she’s only interested a “wholesale shopping spree” and breaks up with her. He arranges a transfer to Arizona. Jill apologizes and will go along with him, as his wife.

Reprints

• in Brides Romances (Quality Comics, 1953 series) #10 (March 1955)
• in Agonizing Love (HarperCollins, 2011 series) (2011)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Advice on Love Problems / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

Marilyn Minton (credited)

Letters

typeset

Genre

romance

Keywords

advice column

Indexer Notes

Marilyn Minton answers love letters from M.B., Barbara C. and Blanche D.

Third Time Is Lucky (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

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Genre

romance

Characters

Terry Parks; Dan Branson; Allen Seeley; Roger Drake

Synopsis

Terry is upset when she catches her boyfriend Roger with another woman. She dates old friend and neighbor Dan on the rebound, but drops him when she meets Allen. She falls in love, then learns Allen’s engaged to someone else. Dan comes back and Terry realizes he’s the man for her.

Reprints

• in Brides Romances (Quality Comics, 1953 series) #12 (September 1955)

Do You Want Longer Hair? (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Juel Company / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

If You Can Whistle or Hum a Tune (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Hopkinson Corp. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

100 Blooming Size Rainbow Mix Gladiolus (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Michigan Bulb Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)