(October 1952)
American Comics Group,
1949 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- Monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Best Syndicated Features Inc.
- Brand
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American Comics Group ACG
- Editing
- Richard E. Hughes
Love of a Librarian
comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Carol Long; Andrew Westcott; Victor Reed
- Synopsis
- Carol takes the job of librarian in the small town of Hollisville. She’s warned that her private life must be exemplary. Carol dates handsome Andrew and is also the object of the romantic advances of bank president and library board chairman Victor. Victor says Andrew is a drunkard and Carol must break up with him to save her job. Carol does, but also rejects Victor’s marriage proposal, so he sends two thugs to wreck the library. Andrew proves Victor is to blame. Andrew is not a drunk, but a doctor testing a drug to cure alcoholism. Andrew and Carol reconcile.
Can You Say..."I'm Sorry"?
comic story / 1 page
- Characters
- Marilee; Marilee's mother
- Synopsis
- Marilee tells her mother she broke up with her boyfriend because he was complimenting another girl, even though she had just finished complimenting another boy. Marilee's mother advises her daughter to call her boyfriend and apologize.
Design for Heartbreak!
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Carol Long; Mr. Forzon; Faith Rogers; Bill
- Synopsis
- Junior fashion designer Carol refuses to marry architect Bill until she proves she “can be equally successful at a job of my own,” believing he won’t respect her otherwise. Carol buys some dress designs from novice Faith, passing them off as her own work, and is promoted at work. Faith shows up later because she needs more money for her sick father, and Bill learns the truth. He breaks up with Carol. Carol sells her wedding trousseau and gives the money to Faith. When Bill finds out, he asks Carol to marry him and she agrees.
- Reprints
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in Confessions of the Lovelorn (American Comics Group, 1956 series) #101 (January 1959) which is reprinted
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in Indexer Notes
Reprinted as "Love Knows No Competition."
Dream World
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Mimi Pasco; Craig Carson
- Synopsis
- Diner waitress Mimi splurges on a gown and enviously observes the fancy Moonlight Ball, only to be invited inside by Craig. Mimi lets Craig believe she’s a wealthy society girl. They fall in love, but when Mimi brings up marriage, Craig says he can’t marry her. She thinks he knows about her subterfuge and they break up. A year later, she goes back to the Moonlight Ball and is accosted by a masher, who is put in his place by a nearby cab driver. It’s Craig: he’s a poor working man just like Mimi. They are reunited.
Heart Specialist...Wanted!
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Dr. Donald Grainge; Lisa
- Synopsis
- Nurse Lisa and Dr. Donald are in love, but his busy schedule gives them no time for marriage. Lisa finally makes an "emergency" call to bring Donald to her apartment. They get married the next morning.
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
["Come back, darling...for me!"]
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1.
Kilroy is Here!
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2.
Love of a Librarian
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3.
Can You Say..."I'm Sorry"?
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4.
Kissin' Kin
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5.
Design for Heartbreak!
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6.
Dream World
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7.
Happily Ever After!
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8.
Heart Specialist...Wanted!
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9.
Who's Number One in the Laugh Lineup?
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- Katy Hayhurst
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Van Dore
- David Wilt
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