(April 1949)
St. John,
1949 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- quarterly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- St. John Publishing Company
- Editing
- Marion McDermott
Issue Notes
The new logo starting with this issue and continuing to the end was created by Warren Kremer; Credits from John Benson in http://www.fantagraphics.com/downloads/stjohnchecklist.pdf
I Dared to Kiss and Tell
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Maureen Bailey; Miss Chadwick; Dr. Frank Perry; Doris; Mrs. Darney; Mr. Dempsey; Jimmy Benson; Miss Cole; Miss West
- Synopsis
- Student nurse Maureen loves Dr. Frank, but her nursing supervisors also have crushes on the handsome doctor and want to dismiss Maureen from the program. Maureen claims she is Frank’s fiancée, which will allow her to stay in school. She is relieved when Frank pops the question for real.
- Reprints
-
in Diary Secrets (St. John, 1952 series) #19 (August 1953)
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Indexer Notes
Title in reprint: "My Rx Love"
Mrs. Darney's name is spelt "Darnay" on page 3.
We Couldn't Be Kept Apart
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Fred Prentis; Bobby Kendall; Mr. Kendall; Mrs. Kendall; Mr. Prentis; Mrs. Prentis; Trish; Sissy Kendall
- Synopsis
- High school students Fred and Bobby love each other, but their parents don’t want them to get serious at such a young age. Fred and Bobby make a reasoned case that their “interest in each other brings forth the best qualities” in them both, and are permitted to keep dating each other.
- Reprints
- in Diary Secrets (St. John, 1952 series) #19 (August 1953)
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in Illustrated Romance Library (World Distributors, 1960 ? series) #1 ([1960s]) - in Romance Without Tears (Fantagraphics, 2003 series) (November 2003)
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Indexer Notes
Title in reprint in Diary Secrets (St. John, 1952 series) #19: "We Fought for Our Love"
They Made Me a Cinderella
text story / 3 pages
- Reprints
-
in Illustrated Romances (Young's Merchandising Company, 1950 ? series) #2 ([1950] ?) - in Diary Secrets (St. John, 1952 series) #19 (August 1953)
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Indexer Notes
2 illustrations
How Could I Fight Temptation?
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Ronnie White; Carolyn; Miss Foster; Gladys
- Synopsis
- Carolyn has a crush on fellow high school student Ronnie, even though he has a reputation as a “wolf.” They go on a date and Carolyn discovers the stories were true. She breaks up with Ronnie and vows to be smarter from now one.
- Reprints
- in Diary Secrets (St. John, 1952 series) #19 (August 1953)
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Indexer Notes
Title in reprint: "Temptation Was My Weakness"
I Took the Wrong Road to Romance
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Phil Crawford; Jean Harrison; Mr. Harrison; Mrs. Harrison; Ethel Scott; Ray Halsey; Nurse Hendrix; Rita
- Synopsis
- When her boyfriend Phil enlists in the Army, 16 year old Jean decides to quit school to follow him to camp. She tells her parents the camp is located in a state where she can legally marry him without their consent. Getting a job at the Post Exchange, Jean hopes Phil will propose to her when he completes basic training, but catches him flirting with a nurse and accepts a date from Sgt. Ray on the rebound. They fall in love, but Jean is uncertain if it’s the real thing and decides to go home and finish school. Before she goes, Ray proposes to her and says when she graduates they can be wed.
- Reprints
- in Teen-Age Romances (St. John, 1949 series) #12 (October 1950) which is reprinted
- in Gwandanaland Comics (Gwandanaland Comics, 2016 series) #1920 - A Matt Baker Romance Treasury: Volume 4 ([May] 2018)
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Indexer Notes
Title in reprint: "I Was Fooled by First Love"
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
["I Dared to Kiss and Tell"]
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1.
I Dared to Kiss and Tell
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2.
We Couldn't Be Kept Apart
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3.
They Made Me a Cinderella
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4.
How Could I Fight Temptation?
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5.
I Took the Wrong Road to Romance
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