Dotty #40
(May 1949)

Ace Magazines, 1948 Series
< Previous Issue |
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
A. A. Wyn Inc.
Brand
An Ace Magazine
Editing
A. A. Wyn

Issue Notes

Last issue as "Dotty", continues as "Glamorous Romances" with issue 41.

Available as a scan at digitalcomicmuseum.com.

Glamorous Romances (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
romance
Cover Thumbnail for Dotty (Ace Magazines, 1948 series) #40
Edit cover
Cover gallery

Take A Chance on Love (Table of Contents: 1)

Dotty / comic story / 6.67 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Hartley (signed)
Inks
Al Hartley (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
romance; teen
Characters
Dotty; Del Tremaine
Synopsis
Dotty starts dating Del Tremaine, but dumps him when she realizes he is a coward.

Indexer Notes

Much more serious than previous Dotty strips, more like a traditional romance strip with Dotty put into the lead role.

Sur-Prize Contest (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Not Good Enough for Him (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
romance
Characters
Dotty; Jeanette Mart; Don Edenbrook

Indexer Notes

Dotty appears in the first panel only, introducing the strip. Her logo does not appear in story.

Three-Cornered Romance (Table of Contents: 4)

Dotty / comic story / 6.67 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Hartley (signed)
Inks
Al Hartley (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
romance; teen
Characters
Dotty; Jack Hodges; Gil Harrison
Synopsis
Jack Hodges and Gil Harrison make a bet about how woman really are and Jack starts dating Dotty to prove it.

Indexer Notes

More like a straight romance story than a Dotty story.

Statement of Ownership (Table of Contents: 5)

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

Letters
typeset
Synopsis
Statement of Ownership. No circulation figures and only A. A. Wyn is mentioned by name.

A Kiss in Time (Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Joan Cramer (credited)
Letters
Typeset
Genre
romance

His Kisses Didn't Count! (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
romance
Characters
Janet Gray; Van Carlton; Henry
Synopsis
Janet is dating Henry when Van Carlton, the millionaire, starts showing an interest in her. But is he really Van Carlton, or just an imposter?
Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Glamorous Romances
  2. 1. Take A Chance on Love
    Dotty
  3. 2. Sur-Prize Contest
  4. 3. Not Good Enough for Him
  5. 4. Three-Cornered Romance
    Dotty
  6. 5. Statement of Ownership
  7. 6. A Kiss in Time
  8. 7. His Kisses Didn't Count!
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Peter Croome
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Matt Tauber
If you believe any of this data to be incorrect, please let us know.
Cover thumbnails are used for identification purposes only. All rights to cover images reserved by the respective copyright holders.
Creative Commons License All portions of the Grand Comics Database™, except where noted otherwise, are copyrighted by the GCD and are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0). This includes but is not necessarily limited to our database schema and data distribution format.
The GCD Privacy Policy. The GCD Web Site code is licensed under the GNU General Public License.