(August 1959)
American Comics Group,
1956 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Best Syndicated Features Inc.
- Brand
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American Comics Group ACG
- Editing
- Richard Hughes (credited as Richard E. Hughes) (editor)
Issue Notes
CONFESSIONS OF THE LOVELORN, published monthly and © 1959 by Best Syndicated Features, Inc., Second & Dickey Streets, Sparta, Illinois. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. Editorial offices 347 Fifth Ave., New York 16, N.Y. Richard E. Hughes, Editor; Frederick H. Iger, Business Manager. Subscription (12 issues), $1.20; single copies, $0.10; foreign postage extra. All characters are fictitious and use of any real names is coincidental. For advertising information, address American Comics Group, Inc., 347 Fifth Ave., New York 16, N.Y. Second-Class Postage Paid at Sparta, Ill. and at additional mailing offices. No. 107, August, 1959. Printed in U.S.A.
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- John Rosenberger (signed as John R.) (painting)
- Inks
- John Rosenberger (signed as John R.) (painting)
- Colors
- John Rosenberger (signed as John R.) (painting)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The Romance of a Sissy
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Albert Prentiss; Wendy Briggs
Indexer Notes
The cover is based on the interior story "The Romance of a Sissy."
The Girl No Man Wanted!
comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Louise Banner; Carl; Mrs. Banner; Lew Cleary; Stan Ellison; Nick Greer
- Synopsis
- Louise is rejected by Carl because she talks too much; Lew drops her because she's afraid of spiders and such; Stan breaks up with her because she's a soft touch for bums. One day Louise rescues a man who faints on a railroad track; as he recovers in the hospital, she visits him and helps restore his will to live. Louise learns he's Nick, a famous playwright who had a nervous breakdown. Nick says all of her "bad" traits helped cure him, and they will be married.
If I Had It To Do Over Again!
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Carol Holland; Dave Holland; Jeanne Holland; Carol's mother; Cliff
- Synopsis
- Carol marries Dave but objects when he opens a bookstore rather than taking a secure job in a bank. She badgers him and gets a job herself to help support them. Dave goes broke and Carol tells him that she's pregnant. She says "I don't need a spineless weakling like you!" and he leaves. Dave sends a check each week but won't return. Carol has a daughter and divorces Dave. Several years later, Dave comes back, now successful. He and Carol will remarry.
- Keywords
- divorce
The Romance of a Sissy
comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Richard Hughes ?
- Pencils
- John Rosenberger (signed as John R.)
- Inks
- John Rosenberger (signed as John R.)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ed Hamilton
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Albert Prentiss; Wendy Briggs; Sgt. George Olsen
- Synopsis
- During World War II, Sgt. Olsen is disgusted by Albert, a soldier in his platoon who displays signs of weakness and sensitivity. Olsen tells his WAC girlfriend Wendy to pretend to be interested in Albert. Wendy discovers she actually likes Albert, who is humiliated when Olsen exposes his scheme. During training, troops are trapped in a forest fire and Olsen intends to abandon them; Albert knocks him out and supervises the rescue. Albert is the only one left and Wendy saves him, because she really loves him.
- Keywords
- World War II
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
["The Romance of a Sissy"]
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1.
The Girl No Man Wanted!
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2.
Man Collector
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3.
If I Had It To Do Over Again!
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4.
I've Had It!
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5.
Tips on Trysts
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6.
The Romance of a Sissy
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Boris Ammerlaan
- Sean Byron
- Nick Caputo
- Mickey Coalwell
- Gregory Fischer
- Katy Hayhurst
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Glenn MacKay
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Van Dore
- David Wilt
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