(February 1953)

Pines, 1950 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
Quarterly
On-sale Date
1952
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Standard Magazines Inc.
Brand
Standard Comics
Editing
?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
? (photograph)
Inks
? (photograph)
Colors
? (photograph)
Letters
typeset

Genre
romance

A Fool in Love (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Sid Greene
Inks
Sid Greene
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
R-756
Genre
romance
Characters
Jessica; David Bannister
Synopsis
Waitress Jessica meets mechanic/inventor David Bannister. She offers to bankroll his invention as a strictly “business” proposition even though she's fallen in love with him. Her friends and family tell her she’s a sucker. When he leaves town without notice, she thinks she’s been fleeced. However, he has her meet him in Detroit, tells her he sold his invention, and proposes marriage.

Indexer Notes

Art identification confirmed by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.

Accent on Charm (Table of Contents: 2)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Martha Hale
Pencils
? (illustration)
Inks
? (illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Synopsis
Advice to girls.

Undecided Heart (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Alex Toth
Inks
Mike Peppe
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
R-703
Genre
romance
Characters
Eve Lonigan; Chris Granger; Morty
Synopsis
Mousy small-town secretary Eve Lonigan splurges on a fabulous vacation to Puerto Rico. She meets Hollywood screenwriter Chris Granger but prefers a “solid citizen” like pudgy Toledo banker Morty. However, she falls in love with Chris and also discovers Morty is a womanizer.
Reprints

Gifts for Thought (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Vernon Greene (signed as VG)
Inks
Vernon Greene (signed as VG)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Love Can Be Natural (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Jay Worthington
Pencils
Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio (illustrations)
Inks
Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio (illustrations)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
R-370?
Genre
romance

Indexer Notes

Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.

You're My Man (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Celardo
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
R-764
Genre
romance
Characters
Laura Fraser; Pete Monoghan; Warren Wright
Synopsis
Elementary school teacher Laura Fraser is engaged to policeman Pete Monoghan, but she fears he’ll be killed in the line of duty, as her policeman father was. They break up and she dates boring accountant Warren Wright. When Pete risks his life to save one of Laura’s students, she realizes she loves him and agrees to marry him.

Indexer Notes

Pencils identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
Previous indexer suggested Mort Meskin? for pencils.

Kissing Tells (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Vernon Greene
Inks
Vernon Greene
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
R-716

Indexer Notes

Art identification confirmed by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.

Too Sure of Love (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Paul Robinson
Inks
Paul Robinson
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
R-736
Genre
romance
Characters
Marie; Bill Dover; Jill Hunter
Synopsis
Marie takes her faithful and attentive boyfriend Bill Dover for granted. Suddenly, Bill stops calling and Marie sees him going out with her best friend Jill. Marie discovers she misses Bill. Jill explains she was just making Marie jealous so she’d wake up and appreciate Bill.

Indexer Notes

Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
Previous indexer suggested Art Saaf for pencils and inks.

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
  2. 1. A Fool in Love
  3. 2. Accent on Charm
  4. 3. Undecided Heart
  5. 4. Gifts for Thought
  6. 5. Love Can Be Natural
  7. 6. You're My Man
  8. 7. Kissing Tells
  9. 8. Too Sure of Love
This issue was modified by, among others
  • mcomics
  • Tillmann Courth
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Axel Kahlstorff
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Gary L. Watson (R.I.P.)
  • David Wilt