Love Diary
#32
(December 1952)
Orbit-Wanted,
1949 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1952-09-27
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Our Publishing Co.
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
On sale date from the on stand date reported in the Comic Magazine Publishing Report (George W. Dougherty, 1942 series), #129 (October 1952). Also reported as being a monthly comic.
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- John Buscema (signed)
- Inks
- John Buscema (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- romance
Indexer Notes
Art credits from the French fan magazine Back Up #14, as submitted by Stephane Petit, via the GCD Errors list, February 2009.
Additional art infos come from the John Buscema checklist built by Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr and Michel Maillot.
Darling, there's no tomorrow!
comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Shelley; Dennis Craig; Ruth; Eddie; Nicky Guedala; Jimmy Craig; Marge Craig; Jimmy Craig Jr.; Joe; George Ellis
- Synopsis
- Shelley falls in love with her neighbor Dennis, although he is implusive and irresponsible, and seems only interested in having fun. Shelley loses her job as a bank teller because of her late nights with Dennis. Eventually, she breaks up with him and gets her job back. Dennis changes his ways, gets a good job as an architect, and Shelley takes him back.
A Heart Like Stone!
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Viola; Susan Deland; Webb Hamilton; Ann; Jim
- Synopsis
- Viola is brutally frank with everyone, including her friends, and can’t understand why they are hurt by her comments. Her friend Susan has a heart condition, and Viola convinces her it would be wrong to get engaged to her boyfriend Jim because she’s “unfit to be any man’s wife!” Susan nearly commits suicide as a result and Viola’s boyfriend Webb breaks up with her because she has "a heart of stone."
Indexer Notes
Art credits from the French fan magazine Back Up #14, as submitted by Stephane Petit, via the GCD Errors list, February 2009.
Additional infos come from the John Buscema checklist built by Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr and Michel Maillot.
[no title indexed]
Prescription for Happiness / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The Doorway to Love...
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Ray Mann; Jean B.; Guy
- Synopsis
- High school students Jean and Guy are in love, but he’s crazy about sports and she’s not interested. They break up, and Jean comes to Ray Mann for help.
Indexer Notes
Writer credits by Martin O'Hearn.
Previous indexer cited Mort Leav as artist but this is clearly Harry Anderson's work and is confirmed by the JVJ index card attached to the scanned version online.
Passion's Whirlpool!
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Lisa Martin; Jeff Grant; Mrs. Martin; Susie; Doreen
- Synopsis
- Small town resident Lisa wins a cruise to Cuba in a recipe contest. She falls in love with Jeff, a college student working as a steward on the ship, but doesn’t tell him that she won the trip in a contest. Jeff turns lecherous in a Havana nightclub, telling Lisa he knows all about single women who takes cruises. She flies home. Jeff follows her and apologizes; he learned she’s a decent girl who won the trip as a prize and regrets his attempt to seduce her.
Indexer Notes
Jeff calls Lisa "Linda" in one panel.
Art credit from JVJ index card attached to online scan version.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
Darling, there's no tomorrow!
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2.
A Heart Like Stone!
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3.
["The Doorway to Love..."]
Prescription for Happiness -
4.
Passion's Whirlpool!
This issue was modified by, among others
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Katy Hayhurst
- Michel Maillot
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Daniel Thingvold
- Richard Thomson
- Jim Van Dore
- David Wilt
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