Heart Throbs #112

(February-March 1968)

Sweet Mystery of Love! (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Howard Purcell (signed as H P)

Inks

Jack Abel

Colors

?

Letters

Joe Letterese

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I hate to tell you what I think of a girl who plays two guys at the same time!

Genre

romance

Synopsis

Lynn is dating both Frank and Billy but she doesn't know which one she truly loves.

Reprints

• in Romantic (Arédit-Artima, 1960 series) #43 [modified for digest size]
• in Girls' Romances (DC, 1950 series) #160 (October 1971)

Temporary Sweetheart (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Tony Abruzzo

Inks

Bernard Sachs

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

First Line of Dialogue or Text

In six months Marie would be back... to claim her job that was mine only temporarily... her apartment that was mine only temporarily... and her love...

Genre

romance

Synopsis

Janis takes a temporary position to replace Marie, who is away for six months, and she also lives temporarily in Marie's apartment. When Marie's boyfriend Howard begins to date Janis, she wonders if he's just going to be temporary as well.

Reprints

• from Girls' Romances (DC, 1950 series) #69 (July 1960) [hairstyles updated]

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

Songs of Romance / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

? (logo illustrations)

Inks

? (logo illustrations)

Colors

? (logo illustrations)

Letters

typeset

Genre

romance

Indexer Notes

Poems submitted by readers Ann Romanofsky, Kathy Cyr, and Flo Fontana.

Episode 11 (Table of Contents: 4)

3 Girls -- Their Lives -- Their Loves / comic story / 16.67 pages (report information)

Script

Barbara Friedlander

Pencils

Jay Scott Pike

Inks

Vince Colletta; John Rosenberger ? (see notes)

Colors

?

Letters

Gaspar Saladino

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Marry me, Sandy -- !

Genre

romance

Characters

Sandy Simms; Chris Tyler; Marian Tyler; Tod Stone; Bud Troy; Larry Cole; Frank James; Spider Blake; Jed Crosby; Woody Allen; Joan Rivers; Lainie Kazan (cameo); Ron Ely (cameo)

Synopsis

Tod throws a huge party to impress Sandy and introduces her to some of his famous friends. Larry gives Chris a bracelet, then they meet Frank, who's been trying to get some illegal work from his old boss Spider. Marian goes to tell Jed that she loves him but he reveals that he's a married man.

Indexer Notes

Inking appears to be by more than one person. Possible Colletta and Rosenberger inks per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Russ Jones.

Includes a cameo by Woody Allen.

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

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Statement of October 1, 1967
Average number of copies sold during preceding 12 months (total paid circulation): 174,500
Actual number sold for issue nearest filing date (total paid circulation): 204,200
Owners: National Periodical Publications, Inc., Estate of Harry Donenfeld, J.S. Liebowitz, P.H. Sampliner, Irwin Donenfeld, S.U. Sampliner, Sonia Mondschein, all at 575 Lexington Ave., New York, N.Y. 10022