First Love Illustrated #12

(May 1951)

I Had To Run Away (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Warren Kremer

Inks

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Colors

?

Letters

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Genre

romance

Characters

Joy; Alice; Miss Purdy; Aunt Agatha; Carl Brunt; the Warden; Marty; Charles; Nick

Synopsis

After graduation, Joy goes to live with her father, the warden of an island prison. Joy falls in love with inmate Carl and agrees to help him escape. They make it to the mainland, where Carl admits he is just using her as a hostage. Joy’s father and the police capture Carl; the warden says he’s going to quit his job so Joy can have a normal life.

Reprints

• in First Love Illustrated (Harvey, 1949 series) #48 (January 1955)
• in True Bride-to-Be Romances (Harvey, 1956 series) #25 (August 1957) [retitled]

Indexer Notes

Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

First Love Winners / text article / 0.5 page (report information)

Letters

typeset

Synopsis

Readers write in anecdotes and get money for it.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Your Problem / letters page / 0.5 page (report information)

Letters

typeset

Synopsis

Nancy Powers gives advice to readers.

Hasty Wedding! (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

John Giunta

Inks

Manny Stallman

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

romance

Characters

Ralph Parsons; Curt Parsons; Betty; Mrs. Parsons

Synopsis

Betty is engaged to farmer Curt, but when his brother Ralph returns from college, she is attracted to him. Ralph and Betty fall in love and wed; Ralph drops out of school to run the farm, and Curt leaves. Ralph can’t manage the farm alone and asks Curt to return. When he does, Betty realises she married the wrong brother, but Curt says he’s married to someone else and Betty has to live with her decision or get out.

Reprints

• in First Love Illustrated (Harvey, 1949 series) #48 (January 1955)
• in True Bride-to-Be Romances (Harvey, 1956 series) #25 (August 1957) [retitled]

Indexer Notes

Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.

Easy Living (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

romance

Strange Romantic Customs (Table of Contents: 6)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Warren Kremer

Inks

Warren Kremer ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.

I Asked For It! (Table of Contents: 7)

text story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

romance

What's Your T.Q.? (Table of Contents: 8)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Warren Kremer ?

Inks

Warren Kremer ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor

Synopsis

Be smart on the phone and use your Telephone Quotient.

Hearts Divided (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Warren Kremer ?

Inks

Al Avison ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

romance

Characters

Bonnie MacGregor; Vic Howes; Mr. Hunkin; John; George; Betty Lou; Justice Lamb

Synopsis

Bonnie travels to Scotland to settle an inheritance, leaving her fiancé Vic behind. Her plane crashes and Vic thinks she’s dead. However, Bonnie had wandered away from the crash and is rescued by an old farm couple. After recovering, she returns to the USA and searches for Vic, but he’s vanished. She returns to her office job. Vic is now working on a ranch in Texas and nearly marries Betty Lou, but returns to New York for one last visit. He and Bonnie are reunited.

Reprints

• in First Love Illustrated (Harvey, 1949 series) #48 (January 1955)
• in True Bride-to-Be Romances (Harvey, 1956 series) #25 (August 1957)

Indexer Notes

Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.

What I Learned From Love! (Table of Contents: 10)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Letters

typeset

Synopsis

Readers write in anecdotes and get money for it.

Reprints

• in First Love Illustrated (Harvey, 1949 series) #48 (January 1955)

Beauty Can Be Skin Deep! (Table of Contents: 11)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction

Synopsis

Advice for skin care.

Reprints

• in First Love Illustrated (Harvey, 1949 series) #48 (January 1955)
• in True Bride-to-Be Romances (Harvey, 1956 series) #25 (August 1957)
• in Love Confessions Illustrated (Magazine Management, 1968 ? series) #3613 ([1975])
• in True Life Love Library (Magazine Management, 1966 ? series) #39003 ([1979])

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

Cupid's Corner / text article / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Robert Browning; Heinrich Heine; Burns; Tennyson; Woodberry; Palmer

Letters

typeset

Genre

romance

Synopsis

Love poems.

Reprints

• in First Love Illustrated (Harvey, 1949 series) #48 (January 1955)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

Love Laughs / text article / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

humor

Synopsis

Love jokes.

Reprints

• in First Love Illustrated (Harvey, 1949 series) #48 (January 1955)

The Story Behind The Cover (Table of Contents: 14)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

romance

Reprints

• in First Love Illustrated (Harvey, 1949 series) #48 (January 1955)