Text box on cover reads "Another Simon Kirby Smash Hit." This box had appeared on the last issue (#4) of the Mainline version of this title, but the first Charlton issue (#5) did not have this on the cover.
Kay Norton; Clayton Ames; Laura Ames; Thelma; Ted Rogers; Diana Randall; Mrs. Ames; Brad Rollins
Synopsis
College student Kay is denied membership in a sorority by snobbish Laura. Kay dates Laura’s brother Clayton, intending to break his heart in revenge. However, she and Clayton fall in love, and Laura eventually apologizes for her bad behavior.
Indexer Notes
Wessler credit per Biblio in Robin Snyder's The Comics Vol 24, #9, September 2013.
Elderly Caroline returns to her hometown after many years. As a teen, she and John were in love, but her family moved away. She learns John is now dead, but he had never married and had loved her until the day he died.
Ben is suspicious when he sees his wife reading some letters. He discovers they are his love letters to her, written before they were married. He promises to pay more attention to her.
Larry Cumbley; Connie Kimball; Carter J. Michim; Audrey Michim
Synopsis
Connie and her boyfriend Larry both work in a factory. Audrey, the factory owner’s daughter, falls in love with Larry but he is faithful to Connie. Audrey’s father offers Connie $15,000 to dump Larry so his daughter can marry him. She accepts the money then changes her mind, but Larry has already found out and breaks up with Connie. Connie returns the check to Audrey’s father before she leaves town. Audrey and Larry overhear Connie declare her love for Larry. Larry and Connie reconcile.
Ned and Lisa date, but he doesn’t propose marriage, fearing responsibility. One day, Lisa says she’s lost her job and is moving away. Ned decides to marry her. Afterwards, he says it was lucky she got fired because it forced his hand, and Lisa admits she wasn't fired: she quit her job.
Ray Hart didn’t have to go far to locate this particular case
Genre
romance
Characters
Ray Hart; Miss Roberts; Glenn
Synopsis
Miss Roberts tells "Love Counsellor at Large" Ray Hart that she’s engaged to lawyer Glenn, but they have differing opinions on “politics, religion, clothes, everything,” and constantly disagree. Ray tells her “a difference of opinions always is stimulating...Keep your mind alert and your sense of humor, and you’ll have a rare and wonderful marriage!”
Two men spot a teen girl dancing in a malt shoppe and ask her to pose for a "teen age ad." But when she shows up at their office, she's now dressed in mature, fancy clothes.
Pam and Tom argue and break up. After two weeks, she swallows her pride and writes a letter of apology. They reconcile and are married. Tom admits that he stayed away for those two weeks on the advice of Pam’s mother.