(April 1959)
American Comics Group,
1956 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- Monthly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Best Syndicated Features Inc.
- Brand
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American Comics Group ACG
- Editing
- Richard Hughes [as Richard E. Hughes]
Issue Notes
Indexed from scanned copy at http://comicbookplus.com/
Flight from Love!
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Nick Moreno; Iris Hanson; Wally Harris; Mrs. Hanson
- Synopsis
- Iris leaves her hometown boyfriend Wally to fulfill her life-long dream of becoming an actress in New York. She falls in love with fellow actor Nick while waiting for her big break. Wally visits but she considers him a “hick” and turns down his marriage proposal. Nick, on the other hand, has no intention of marrying Iris. Iris is advised she’ll never become a professional actress, and Nick marries someone else. So she goes home and will marry Wally after all.
Indexer Notes
Pencils credit identified by Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr. Inker is listed as DLS? or ELS?
You've Got to Think You're Beautiful!
comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Ogden Whitney (signed)
- Inks
- Ogden Whitney (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Francie Browning; Ted Armbruster; Professor Everett Nelson; Elvira Anson; Frank; Ed
- Synopsis
- Francie grows up convinced she’s unattractive. She’s rejected by her crush Ted. Everett, a university professor “who’s made a study of beauty in the American culture,” tells Francie about a homely girl who believed she was beautiful and people treated her that way. Francie has “all the qualities that could make for beauty” but her poor self-image makes her seem plain. Everett puts Francie through a strict makeover regimen. Francie wins the Miss Indiana beauty pageant and now Ted is interested in her, but she discovers she doesn’t want him. Francie and Everett have fallen in love.
- Keywords
- beauty pageant
Remember the Little Things!
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- romance
- Synopsis
- Women who remember their boyfriends' preferences are more likely to get that wedding ring.
Indexer Notes
Art credits identified by Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.
Heart of the Northland!
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Sally Merritt; Johnny Edwards; Chuck Forrest; Aunt Helen
- Synopsis
- Sally is determined to become a famous skier, and deprecates Johnny because he is more interested in going to medical school. She even thinks he may be a coward. Olympic champion Chuck trains Sally and also makes romantic overtures when they're in a mountain cabin. Johnny appears and warns Chuck and Sally that a blizzard will soon close the trails, trapping them, and Sally insists they take a dangerous route back home. Chuck proves to be a coward on the trip and Johnny has to rescue him. Sally now realizes Johnny is the man for her.
- Keywords
- skiing
Indexer Notes
Tentative pencils credit from Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr. index card attached to online scanned version. Previous indexer listed John Rosenberger but this appears to refer to the previous (1-page) story in the issue.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Flight from Love!
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1.
Flight from Love!
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2.
Don't Marry for Money!
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3.
You've Got to Think You're Beautiful!
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4.
Remember the Little Things!
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5.
Spring Fever
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6.
Heart of the Northland!
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- Katy Hayhurst
- Michael Hoskin
- Ramon Schenk
- David Wilt
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