(April 1955)
Farrell,
1954 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Excellent Pub., Inc.
- Brand
- Ajax; A Farrell Publication
- Editing
- Ruth Roche (Editor); S. M. Iger (Art Editor)
Issue Notes
Indexed from a scan from http://digitalcomicmuseum.com.
Green Eyes
comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Iger Shop ?
- Inks
- Iger Shop ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Peg; Bob; Dick
- Synopsis
- Bob is jealous and possessive of his wife Peg. After he’s injured in an accident, Bob uses a wheelchair and demands constant attention, even though “the doctor said that chair isn’t necessary.” Peg believes Bob is faking and enlists her cousin Dick to pretend to be her lover. Bob leaps out of his wheelchair and confronts Dick, who punches him. Peg tells Bob “there’s no cure for your jealousy” but when she collapses from nervous exhaustion Bob nurses her and promises to change. They reconcile.
Circus Sweetheart
comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Iger Shop ?
- Inks
- Iger Shop ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Eric Knowles; Helen; Jack Mortimer
- Synopsis
- Circus animal trainer Helen loves trapeze artist Eric but sleazy ringmaster Jack says “You’re gonna be my girl, baby!” When Eric intervenes, Jack hits him in the eyes with a whip, then says he’ll blackball Eric in the circus world if he doesn’t perform. Eric falls and is nearly killed by a lion but Helen rescues him and Jack is arrested.
- Keywords
- Circus
Indexer Notes
There is some suggestion this story was altered due to the Comics Code: on page 3 and page 7, there are panels where a whip appears to have been removed from the artwork.
I Am a Sailor's Girl!
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Iger Shop ?
- Inks
- Iger Shop ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Mary Masters; Bill Summers; Mr. Masters
- Synopsis
- Mary helps her father run a ferry; he refuses to let her date sailors, even decent Naval officers like Bill. When several crooks try to hijack the ferry, Bill and Mary team up to capture them and Mary’s father decides Bill is good enough to become his son-in-law.
[no title indexed]
Dear Miss Benson / letters page / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
The first letter is captioned, "I Haven't Told the Truth..."
Loving Two... Impossible?
comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Iger Shop ?
- Inks
- Iger Shop ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Ginny Smith; Bill Lawson; Susy Smith; Teddy; Joe Smith
- Synopsis
- Ginny’s husband Joe is killed in the war, leaving her a widow with a young child. Her former suitor Bill sends a note of condolences. Time passes and Ginny’s daughter Susy grows up. One day Susy invites her new boyfriend home to meet her mother, and Ginny is shocked: it’s Bill! Bill agrees to break up with Susy, who is upset. Ginny successfully promotes a romance between Susy and Teddy, a more age-appropriate suitor, and now Ginny can marry Bill.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
Green Eyes
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2.
Circus Sweetheart
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3.
I Am a Sailor's Girl!
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4.
[no title indexed]
Dear Miss Benson -
5.
Loving Two... Impossible?
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