(August 1954)
Harvey,
1949 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Home Comics Inc.
- Brand
- Harvey Publications H [Heart]; True Love Stories
- Editing
- Leon Harvey
Issue Notes
Copyright Harvey Features Syndicate.
Lovelier Hair in 7 Days
Juel Company / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Lovelier hair in 7 days or your money back.
Contents
table of contents / 1 page
- Genre
- romance
Indexer Notes
Editorial comments and panels from each of the featured stories.
Broadway Fashions, Inc.
Broadway Fashions, Inc. / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Six stylish dresses from 1954. Send 10 cents for a catalog.
Love Me Tonight
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Vic Marko; May; Hank
- Synopsis
- The small town of Cranston hosts the annual hot-rod races and Vic Marko is the star of the group. Vic stays in town and notices the young and beautiful May who is excited by his attention but fears that Cranston is too small of a town to keep Vic there. Telling Vic she can't see him anymore, she goes to the dance with Hank. During a break, Hank gets fresh, and it is Vic who jumps in, punching Hank in the jaw. He tells May that Cranston has everything he is looking for, including May.
- Reprints
-
in Hi-School Romance (Harvey, 1949 series) #57 (November 1956) [new page added]
-
Perfect Love
text story / 0.67 page
- Genre
- romance
- Reprints
- in Hi-School Romance (Harvey, 1949 series) #57 (November 1956)
-
How Young Should a Girl Marry?
promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
- Genre
- romance
Indexer Notes
House ad for "Teen-Age Brides"
Sewing Strategy!
activity / 1 page
- Genre
- romance
- Reprints
- in Hi-School Romance (Harvey, 1949 series) #57 (November 1956)
-
Indexer Notes
Sewing and fashion tips to enhance your wardrobe.
Without Regrets
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Jeff Wilson; Sandra Thomas; Amy Prentiss
- Synopsis
- After Jeff Wilson met Sandra Thomas while she worked at the local theater, they begin a whirlwind romance. Everything is perfect until Jeff tells Sandra he is shipping out and she finds a newspaper clipping announcing that Jeff is engaged to socialite Amy Prentiss. Sandra goes back to her life until, several months later, she looks up to take a ticket and saw it was Jeff. Sent home because he was wounded, he had to see Sandra to tell her she was the only one for him.
- Reprints
- in Hi-School Romance (Harvey, 1949 series) #57 (November 1956)
-
Indexer Notes
Art attribution by Ger Apeldoorn (February 2011).
You Have A Date Every Friday
Harvey Publishing / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Genre
- romance
Indexer Notes
House ad for the Harvey line of romance comics: Love Problems, First Love, Hi-School Romance, Teen-Age Brides, and First Romance.
Clear Up Pimples And Blackheads By Saturday Night
Clearoxin / advertisement / 0.5 page
Indexer Notes
Ad for Clearoxin, the amazing medical breakthrough for pimples, blackheads and other blemishes.
Whistle Bait
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Patti Hansen; Larry Gearson
- Synopsis
- Patti Hansen was young and beautiful and always found it easy to manipulate men with a look or a smile. After she got a job at the local factory, she met the new foreman, Larry Gleason, and decided that she was going to make him fall for her and give her the life she wanted. And it worked until Larry learned that Patti was still in high school. When Patti confessed, Larry forgave her, telling her that he was willing to wait until she finished school to see if they still felt the same way about each other.
- Reprints
- in Hi-School Romance (Harvey, 1949 series) #57 (November 1956) [retitled]
-
Indexer Notes
A racy lingerie panel on page 5 of the story.
My Lonely Heart
text story / 0.67 page
- Genre
- romance
- Reprints
- in Hi-School Romance (Harvey, 1949 series) #57 (November 1956)
-
Don't Miss Out on Romance!
promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
- Genre
- romance
Indexer Notes
Subscription rates for Hi-School Romance.
Doris Bigelow's Mail Bag
letters page / 1 page
- Genre
- romance
- Reprints
- in Hi-School Romance (Harvey, 1949 series) #57 (November 1956)
-
Stolen Dream
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Tom Moore; Helen; Jim Turner; Vivian
- Synopsis
- When her cousin, Vivian, lends Helen her country club membership she meets Tom Moore, the tennis pro. Even though she had been going with Jim Turner, Helen turns her affection to Tom but he tells her that Vivian had asked him to look after her. But he can't be serious since he is ten years older than she. Ashamed, Helen runs home to find Jim, waiting to comfort her after having her dreams stolen.
- Reprints
- in Hi-School Romance (Harvey, 1949 series) #57 (November 1956)
-
Be Slim Trim - An Exciting More Lovable You!
Tranzform, Inc. / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Ad for Sylphree, the new girdle that instantly slims down your figure 2 sizes!
Do You Need Money?
Cheerful Card Company / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Make $35 for selling 50 boxes of Christmas cards.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Whistlebait!!
-
1.
Lovelier Hair in 7 Days
Juel Company -
2.
Contents
-
3.
Broadway Fashions, Inc.
Broadway Fashions, Inc. -
4.
Love Me Tonight
-
5.
Perfect Love
-
6.
How Young Should a Girl Marry?
-
7.
Sewing Strategy!
-
8.
Without Regrets
-
9.
Mail Order Mart
-
10.
You Have A Date Every Friday
Harvey Publishing -
11.
Look Here For Big Money Opportunities
-
12.
Clear Up Pimples And Blackheads By Saturday Night
Clearoxin -
13.
Malen Manufacturing Company
-
14.
Whistle Bait
-
15.
My Lonely Heart
-
16.
Don't Miss Out on Romance!
-
17.
Doris Bigelow's Mail Bag
-
18.
Stolen Dream
-
19.
Be Slim Trim - An Exciting More Lovable You!
Tranzform, Inc. -
20.
Do You Need Money?
Cheerful Card Company -
21.
400 Movie & TV Star Pictures
Hollywood Star Pix -
22.
Beautiful Heavenly Lips For You
Princess Pat
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