(November 1952)

Orbit-Wanted, 1951 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Our Publishing Co.
Editing
?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
John Buscema (signed)
Inks
John Buscema (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
romance

Indexer Notes

Art credits from the French fan magazine Back Up #14, as submitted by Stephane Petit, via the GCD Errors list, February 2009.
Additional infos come from the John Buscema checklist built by Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr and Michel Maillot.

Shameful Love (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Woolfolk
Pencils
Mort Leav (signed)
Inks
Mort Leav (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
romance
Characters
Elaine Morrison; Vince Ferris; Roy Stannard
Synopsis
Elaine comes from a poor family and works as a department store salesclerk. Childhood friend Vince, now in medical school, proposes marriage. Elaine is swept off her feet by playboy Roy, who also proposes. Roy, driving drunk, hits a girl crossing the street. Elaine realises he’ll never do any “useful work” in life and goes back to Vince.

Indexer Notes

Writer credit by Martin O'Hearn.

Ten O'Clock Town (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Syd Shores
Inks
Bob Rogers ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
romance
Characters
Peg; Herb Shaver; David Stone
Synopsis
Peg, who works in her family’s hotel, is bored with small-town life and her boyfriend Herb. She falls for handsome highway engineer David but he says he can’t marry her because his job takes him all over the world. She and Herb get married and settle down.

Indexer Notes

Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.

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

Jottings from a Love Journal / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Is it allright to pet?
Synopsis
Advice

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

S.O.S. for Love / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Buscema
Inks
John Buscema
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I'm Mark Ford, human relations counsellor for Love Journal
Genre
romance
Characters
Mark Ford; Betty D.; Mrs. D.; John; Ralph Barton
Synopsis
Betty’s mother fears her daughter will wind up unmarried like Betty's spinster aunts, so she constantly brings up the idea of marriage to Betty’s dates. Betty thinks Ralph might be “the one,” but is afraid her mother will scare him off. Betty asks Mark Ford for advice.

Indexer Notes

Art credits from the French fan magazine Back Up #14, as submitted by Stephane Petit, via the GCD Errors list, February 2009.
Additional infos come from the John Buscema checklist built by Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr and Michel Maillot.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Date Corner / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Letters
typeset

Genre
romance

I Tempted Fate (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Mort Leav (signed)
Inks
Mort Leav (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
romance
Characters
Gloria; Douglas Manfield; Rosa
Synopsis
Gloria falls in love with Doug, her new neighbor. She’s shocked when Rosa appears and claims to be engaged to Doug. Doug admits it, but says it was a mistake on his part. His love for Gloria gives him the courage to break up with Rosa.
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
  2. 1. Shameful Love
  3. 2. Ten O'Clock Town
  4. 3. ["Is it allright to pet?"]
    Jottings from a Love Journal
  5. 4. ["I'm Mark Ford, human relations counsellor for Love Journal"]
    S.O.S. for Love
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    Date Corner
  7. 6. I Tempted Fate
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Tillmann Courth
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Michel Maillot
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Richard Thomson
  • Jim Van Dore
  • David Wilt