(October 1951)
Harvey,
1949 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- every other month
- On-sale Date
- 1951-08-10
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Home Comics, Inc.
- Brand
- Harvey Publications H [Heart]; True Love Stories
- Editing
- Leon Harvey (editor)
Issue Notes
Indexed from scanned copy at http://digitalcomicmuseum.com. On-sale date from publisher's advertisement.
Contents
table of contents / 1 page
- Script
- Leon Harvey
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Reprints
-
in First Love Illustrated (Harvey, 1949 series) #79 (August 1957)
-
Indexer Notes
On inside front cover.
Moonlight Madness
comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Ruby; Ted; Dirk
- Synopsis
- Ruby can’t decide whether to marry “romantic” Ted or “wonderful” Dirk. She goes on a picnic with them both; a storm capsizes their sailboat and Dirk has to choose between rescuing Ted or Ruby. He saves Ruby. Ted is apparently drowned, although his body isn’t found. Ruby weds Dirk, who’s then inducted into the Army. Ted returns, having just recovered from amnesia. Dirk catches him kissing Ruby and is angry, but when he learns Ted didn’t know they were married, he forgives them both.
- Reprints
- in True Brides' Experiences (Harvey, 1954 series) #10 (February 1955)
- in First Love Illustrated (Harvey, 1949 series) #79 (August 1957) [retitled, 2 pages removed]
-
Tomorrow Is for Tears!
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Joan Baxter; Mrs. Baxter; Pedro Arbon
- Synopsis
- Joan falls in love with dance teacher Pedro and travels with him to Central America as his partner. Once they arrive, he admits “marriage wouldn’t fit my temperament!” and claims they only had a “business arrangement!” Joan goes home and hopes to someday “be able to tell the difference between an illusion of love and the real thing...”
- Reprints
- in True Brides' Experiences (Harvey, 1954 series) #10 (February 1955)
- in First Love Illustrated (Harvey, 1949 series) #79 (August 1957)
-
- Keywords
- Latin America
Desperate Decision
text story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- romance
- Reprints
- in True Brides' Experiences (Harvey, 1954 series) #10 (February 1955)
-
[no title indexed]
Love Makes the World Go 'Round / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Quarreling couples in Assam, India must live together for a week...
- Genre
- non-fiction; romance
Keep it Gay!
text story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- romance
- Reprints
- in True Brides' Experiences (Harvey, 1954 series) #10 (February 1955)
-
Midnight Kisses!
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- medical; romance
- Characters
- Gerald "Jerry" Baker; Dr. April Webster; Joe; Dr. Les Warren
- Synopsis
- April “vowed to renounce love” when she became a doctor. Fellow doctor Les pursues her but she rejects his romantic “foolishness.” Jerry is brought in suffering from a serious tropical fever he contracted while in the Army. April tries to reinstill a will to live in him and they fall in love. Les says Jerry has only months to live; Jerry threatens to commit suicide. April tells Jerry that they will make the most of their time together.
- Reprints
- in True Brides' Experiences (Harvey, 1954 series) #10 (February 1955) which is reprinted
- in First Love Illustrated (Harvey, 1949 series) #79 (August 1957) [retitled]
-
- Keywords
- suicide; woman doctor
in Know Your Man!
text article / 1 page
- Reprints
- in True Brides' Experiences (Harvey, 1954 series) #10 (February 1955) which is reprinted
-
My Fallen Star
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Dexter Fleming; Susan Davis; Jean Baxter; Ted
- Synopsis
- Jean and her friend Susan both have crushes on handsome actor Dexter when he makes a personal appearance in their town. They compete for his affections but Jean seems to have the inside track, and dumps her hometown boyfriend Tom. But when Jean learns Dexter is married and their affair was “just for laughs,” Jean apologizes to Susan and reconciles with Tom.
- Reprints
- in True Brides' Experiences (Harvey, 1954 series) #10 (February 1955)
- in First Love Illustrated (Harvey, 1949 series) #79 (August 1957)
-
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
-
1.
Contents
-
2.
Moonlight Madness
-
3.
Tomorrow Is for Tears!
-
4.
[no title indexed]
Ask Jane Jones -
5.
[no title indexed]
My Blind Date -
6.
Desperate Decision
-
7.
["Quarreling couples in Assam, India must live together for a week..."]
Love Makes the World Go 'Round -
8.
Keep it Gay!
-
9.
Love Can't Wait!
-
10.
Midnight Kisses!
-
11.
Know Your Man!
-
12.
My Fallen Star
-
13.
[no title indexed]
Data on Dating -
14.
["Thrill to the all-true stories of ecstatic romance in..."]
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15.
["The Whole World is Shouting First Love is first on our magazine Hit Parade!"]
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16.
["Read all of these wonderful magazines written and edited especially for you."]
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