(December 1952)
American Comics Group,
1949 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- Monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1952
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Best Syndicated Features, Inc.
- Brand
-
American Comics Group ACG
- Editing
- Richard Hughes [as Richard E. Hughes]
Issue Notes
Indexed from scanned copy at http://digitalcomicmuseum.com
Escape into Tears
comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bill Walsh
- Inks
- Joe Giella
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Dr. Peter Fleming; Anne Winslow; Jim Winslow, Mrs. Winslow
- Synopsis
- Anne grows up in poverty. As a young woman, she gets a job in an ad agency and begins to live a better life. Anne meets Peter on a vacation cruise and they fall in love. He proposes marriage, but she learns he intends to give up his high-society medical practice and open a clinic in the same slums she's just escaped. Peter decides to change his plans for Anne's sake, but can't renounce his principles and breaks up with her. Anne realises she loves Peter enough to go anywhere with him, and they are reunited.
Indexer Notes
Art credits identified by Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.
Lend an Ear to Love!
comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Sam Cooper
- Inks
- Dick Beck
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- romance
Indexer Notes
Art credits identified by Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.
Love-Killer!
comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Sam Cooper
- Inks
- Sam Cooper
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Thea; Jeff Thomas; Bart; Madge; Betty; Angela
- Synopsis
- Thea catches her boyfriend Bart cheating on her and vows never to trust a man again. She moves away and gets an office job, then falls in love with her new boss Jeff. Thea suspects he's unfaithful to her but is wrong. Jeff says love can't exist when each party doesn't trust the other, but Thea vows to change.
Indexer Notes
Art credits identified by Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.
[no title indexed]
How He Proposed! / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Dick Beck
- Inks
- Dick Beck
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The man who proposes on bended knee nowadays...
- Genre
- romance
Indexer Notes
Art credits identified by Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.
Your Crowning Glory!
Are You Feminine? / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Ralph Owen
- Inks
- Ralph Owen
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- fashion
Indexer Notes
Art credits identified by Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.
My Mexican Madness
comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Frank R. Sieminsky
- Inks
- Frank R. Sieminsky
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Hubert Crane; Sue Norris; Manuel Valdez
- Synopsis
- Tired of her mouse-like fiancé, Sue is enthralled by bullfighter Manuel.
- Reprints
-
in Weird Love (IDW, 2014 series) #12 (May 2016) - in Weird Love (IDW, 2015 series) #4 - "Jailbird's Romance!" and More (November 2016)
-
- Keywords
- bullfighting; Mexico; pacifist
Indexer Notes
Sue says--and a sign indicates--she works for the "Association for [the] Prevention of Cruelty to Animals," but both Sue and Hubert later refer to it as the (real-life) A.S.P.C.A. (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals).
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Mario's Marionettes
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1.
["Something Great...and Issued Monthly!"]
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2.
Escape into Tears
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3.
Hearts and Headlines
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4.
Lend an Ear to Love!
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5.
Love-Killer!
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6.
["The man who proposes on bended knee nowadays..."]
How He Proposed! -
7.
Good Morning, Love!
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8.
Your Crowning Glory!
Are You Feminine? -
9.
My Mexican Madness
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