First Love Illustrated #39

(April 1954)

For Love or Money (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

John Prentice

Inks:

John Prentice

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

romance

Characters:

Alice Charney; Mr. Charney; Mrs. Charney; Bill Rolland; Matthew, Earl of Kent; Mr. Farthing

Synopsis:

Alice falls in love with struggling engineer Bill but her wealthy father thinks he’s a fortune-hunter. Alice agrees to move to England with her parents for 6 months to prove her love for Bill can stand the separation. Once there, she’s courted by penniless aristocrat Matt and wonders if she’s falling for him. Bill arrives for a visit and Alice overhears him admit to Matt that he only cares for Alice's money. Alice decides to marry Matt.

Reprints:

• in First Love Illustrated (Harvey, 1949 series) #71 (December 1955)
• in Real Love Pictorial (Magazine Management, 1959 ? series) #88 ([1959] ?)

Dangerous Escapade (Table of Contents: 2)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

Reprints:

• in First Love Illustrated (Harvey, 1949 series) #71 (December 1955)

Intuition (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Tom Hickey

Inks:

Tom Hickey

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

non-fiction

Reprints:

• in First Love Illustrated (Harvey, 1949 series) #71 (December 1955)
• in Hi-School Romance Datebook (Harvey, 1962 series) #3 (March 1963)

Indexer Notes

Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. and Hames Ware.

Driven To Ruin (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Manny Stallman

Inks:

Manny Stallman

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

romance; sports

Characters:

Steve Walters; Sally Grenton; Coach

Synopsis:

Sally’s boyfriend Steve plays professional football but isn’t good enough. He refuses to acknowledge his failure and Sally criticises him for it; they break up. Steve is cut from the team and realises he has to give up on that dream and start life anew. He and Sally reconcile.

Reprints:

• in First Love Illustrated (Harvey, 1949 series) #71 (December 1955)

Keywords:

professional football

Indexer Notes

Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. and Hames Ware.
Previous indexer suggested Werner Roth ? for pencils and inks.

My Hidden Heart! (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Warren Kremer

Inks:

Lee Elias

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

romance

Characters:

Ella; Lance Arthurs; Arnie

Synopsis:

Ella is engaged to Arnie but finds herself attracted to singer Lance. Despite feeling “cheap and wanton,” she has an affair with Lance, even though he freely admits they don’t have a future together. Ella loans Lance money to pay his gambling debts, but he’s murdered anyway. Since the money was in a joint account, Arnie knows what Ella did. She begs him to forgive her, and they agree to start afresh.

Reprints:

• in First Love Illustrated (Harvey, 1949 series) #71 (December 1955)

Indexer Notes

Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. and Hames Ware.
Previous indexer suggested Lee Elias for pencils, too.

In some panels Arnie definitely looks African-American but that's highly unlikely, given the period in which this was published.

Take Care, My Heart (Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

Genre:

romance

Your Problem (Table of Contents: 7)

Nancy Powers / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

Love Walked Out (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bob Powell

Inks:

Bob Powell

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

romance

Characters:

June Marlow; Cobb Lawrence; Inez Gentry; Mr. Whitney

Synopsis:

Government worker June falls in love with her boss, Cobb, but his secretary Inez is jealous. June is accused of stealing secret documents and fired. June sees Cobb kissing Inez, but he later explains that he was just gaining her confidence: Inez is the one who stole the papers and framed June. Cobb and June will be married.

Reprints:

• in First Love Illustrated (Harvey, 1949 series) #71 (December 1955)