Diary Loves #13

(August 1951)

Miss Lee-Fashions (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Miss Lee-Fashions / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

False Idol (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 9 pages (report information)

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Genre

romance

Characters

Kit Lansing; Steve Duncan; Andre Latour; Giano; Dr. Lorenz

Synopsis

Receptionist Kit is engaged to Steve. She gives penniless artist Andre money to buy paints, remembering her late father, who was also an artist. Andre tries to impress Kit with his artistic genius, scheming to have her finance his career. Steve exposes Andre as a talentless fraud.

My Betrayal (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Genre

romance

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Lucy Barton; Jimmy Lane; Don Lawrence; Mr. Reiner

Synopsis

Lucy is engaged to Jimmy, the sales manager at the paint company where she works. Chemist Don, who also loves Lucy, invents a new type of paint that Jimmy thinks will make a lot of money. When Jimmy and Lucy discover a flaw in the paint, they agree to cover it up, but Lucy changes her mind and exposes the problem before the company can go into production. She also decides Don is the man she really wants to marry.

Reprints

• in Love Confessions (Quality Comics, 1949 series) #50 (April 1956) [title changed for reprint]

Pages Out of the Past (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

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Genre

romance

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Donna Preston; Paul Grant; Stan Haines; Mary Dalby [also as Mary Preston] (flashback); Tom Preston (flashback); Mr. Dalby (flashback); Mrs. Dalby (flashback); Franklin Lockwood (flashback)

Synopsis

Donna and Paul plan to wed and move to a ranch in Wyoming. She has second thoughts when wealthy Stan urges her to marry him instead. Donna finds her grandmother’s diary. Mary Dalby’s parents tried to force her to marry rich Franklin, but she ran off to participate in the Oklahoma Land Rush with her true love Tom. They lived a long and happy life. Donna knows now that Paul is the one for her, despite his lack of money.

The Bold Approach (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 1 page (report information)

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Genre

romance

Characters

June Jarvis; Dick Reed

The Snob (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 9 pages (report information)

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Editing

Harry Stein (original); Elaine Allen (original associate); Gloria Bley (original associate); Alfred Grenet (original associate)

Genre

romance

Characters

Maggy Holmes [as Mona Mason]; Chris Randall; Dobbs Crane III; Mrs. Holmes; Mr. Holmes; David Zellnor; Smythson

Synopsis

Farm girl Maggy wants to be a movie star. Agent Chris has her change her name to Mona Mason and guides her career. Chris loves Maggy but she refuses to commit. Instead, she sets her sights on socialite Dobbs Crane III, passing herself off as high society herself. They become engaged. Chris brings Maggy’s parents to Hollywood but, ashamed, she introduces them as former servants of her family. The old people nearly die in a fire, but are rescued by Maggy and Chris. With her true origins revealed, Maggy is dumped by Dobbs but now admits she loves Chris.

Reprints

• from Hollywood Diary (Quality Comics, 1949 series) #2 (February 1950) [title changed for reprint]

Sally's Wedding is Next Month (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Dean Rose Piano Studios / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Glamour Set (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Jasta Shop, Inc. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)