Life Story #22

(January 1951)

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A Tainted Memory (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 11 pages (report information)

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Genre

romance

Characters

Rita Lorner; Mark Drake; Blanche; Van; Mr. Lorner; Mrs. Lorner

Synopsis

Broke and desperate, Rita teams up with two other women who drug their wealthy dates and rob them; she takes $300 from her victim. The next day Rita gets a job in a department store; she and store owner Van fall in love. Rita sends back the $300 from her earnings. Van introduces her to his uncle Mark, who turns out to be the man Rita had robbed. Van orders her to leave. She goes home. Later, Mark meets her parents and learns Rita isn’t the bad person he'd feared she was. Mark contacts Van and tells him what he learned; Van and Rita may reunite, someday.

Dawn of Despair (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

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Genre

romance

Characters

Sue Ryan; Bob Blake; Dan Corbin

Synopsis

Sue wins the “Miss America” contest. Dan shows up with a contract she’d signed earlier, making him her manager. As part of the contract, Sue can’t acknowledge her fiancé Bob for a year. Sue discovers being a reigning beauty queen is “hard, heartbreaking work.” Dan romances her to keep her in line, but later tells Sue “You were only a meal ticket to me, baby!” Bob and Sue reconcile.

Keywords

beauty pageant; Miss America

Indexer Notes

The "Miss America" pageant and title are specifically named in this story. However, Dan's contract allows him to promote Sue as "Miss Cotton," probably to avoid depicting the "Miss America" organization in a bad light.

Although Bob calls himself "Bob Blake" on page 2 of the story, Sue introduces him as "Bob Martin" on page 3.

Bottom 1/3 of final page is Statement of Ownership.

Statement of the Ownership, Management, Circulation, Etc. (Table of Contents: 4)

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

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No Love Without Faith (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Louise Starr

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Genre

romance

Love's Rival (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 11 pages (report information)

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romance

Characters

Alice Carter; Jerry Davis; Mr. Carter; Mrs. Carter; David; Dr. Bender

Synopsis

Alice loves professional football player Jerry but an injury ends his career and delays their wedding indefinitely. Jerry pushes himself to try and find a job, but suffers a “complete breakdown” and is sent to a sanatorium. Tired of waiting for him to recover, Alice moves away and becomes lawyer David’s secretary. They become engaged and visit Alice’s parents. Jerry escapes from the hospital and confronts Alice, but collapses. David breaks up with Alice when he learns how “heartless” she was in her treatment of Jerry. Alice says she’ll wait for Jerry to recover and they will marry.

Indexer Notes

Professional football

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