(January 1953)

Fawcett, 1949 Series
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Volume
3
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
Bi-Monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Fawcett Publications Inc.
Editing
Roy Ald

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
? (photograph)
Inks
? (photograph)
Colors
?
Letters
?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (photo)
Inks
? (photo)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Sweetheart Diary...the drama, the poignancy of love at first sight
Synopsis
House ad for Sweetheart Diary comics.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover, black-and-white.

Don't Be a Beggar with Life (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
romance
Characters
Alice; Mr. Meyers; Jerry; Lila; Mrs. Pawley; Mrs. Baker
Synopsis
Alice and her fiancé Jerry buy a corner grocery store together. Alice begins to economize drastically and spends all her time on store business. Jerry finally breaks up with her because of her “money-mad mania” and leaves. Business also falls off due to Alice’s bad business decisions. Alice realizes “how stupid and wrong I was!” and changes the way she runs the store. Business picks up again; Jerry returns and reconciles with a contrite Alice.

A Linguist (Table of Contents: 3)

Dizzy Daisy / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Howard Boughner
Inks
Howard Bougher
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor
Characters
Daisy
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Bottom half of page is subscription form.

“Now You Can Get SWEETHEART DIARY Every Other Month, By Mail” (Table of Contents: 4)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Synopsis
Subscription form for Sweetheart Diary.

If I Had Another Chance (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
romance
Characters
Margot; Tom Chester; Janice; Professor Furey; Ralph Coley
Synopsis
Margot works for struggling inventors Professor Furey and Tom. When they receive a $10,000 check, Margot keeps it a secret and convinces Tom’s girlfriend Janice that Tom should give up. Tom quits and Margot’s fiancé Ralph is hired in his place. Margot then pretends the check just arrived, only to learn a disheartened Professor Furey has just sold the rights for $300! Ralph and Furey discover Margot's perfidy; Ralph breaks up with her. Margot convinces the purchasers of the invention to hire Furey, Tom and Ralph. She’s left alone because “I only cheated myself in the end.”

Richard Widmark (Table of Contents: 6)

Dream Beau of the Month / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
non-fiction; biography

Halfway to Paradise (Table of Contents: 7)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
John Martin (credited)
Pencils
? (illustration)
Inks
? (illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
romance

Lovers Must Learn (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 7.5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
romance
Characters
Fay; Aunt Ellen Norris; Jack; Walter; Mr. Sommers
Synopsis
Fay breaks up with Jack after seeing him with another woman, without allowing him to explain. Her Aunt Ellen says she lost her fiancé years before because she didn’t trust him. Fay apologizes to Jack, who says the “other woman” was a fellow worker who just got bad news about her soldier husband. Fay and Jack reconcile.

Drugged (Table of Contents: 9)

Dizzy Daisy / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Howard Boughner
Inks
Howard Boughner
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Know the Man You Love!
Synopsis
House ad for Romantic Story comics.

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover, black-and-white.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (photo)
Inks
? (photo)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hollywood Scoops from Motion Picture and Television Magazine
Synopsis
House ad for Motion Picture and Television Magazine.
Keywords
Marilyn Monroe; Mario Lanza; Mitzi Gaynor; Scott Brady

Indexer Notes

Photo-cover reproduction and 4 black-and-white photos of celebrities.
Back cover, black-and-white.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
  2. 1. ["Sweetheart Diary...the drama, the poignancy of love at first sight"]
  3. 2. Don't Be a Beggar with Life
  4. 3. A Linguist
    Dizzy Daisy
  5. 4. “Now You Can Get SWEETHEART DIARY Every Other Month, By Mail”
  6. 5. If I Had Another Chance
  7. 6. Richard Widmark
    Dream Beau of the Month
  8. 7. Halfway to Paradise
  9. 8. Lovers Must Learn
  10. 9. Drugged
    Dizzy Daisy
  11. 10. ["Know the Man You Love!"]
  12. 11. ["Hollywood Scoops from Motion Picture and Television Magazine"]
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Gary L. Watson (R.I.P.)
  • David Wilt