(April 1952)
Comic Media,
1951 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- Bi-monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Artful Publications Inc.
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
Indexed from scanned copy at http://digitalcomicmuseum.com
I Was Afraid of Love
comic story / 9 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- John Vance; Roger Vance; Cynthia Vance; Mrs. Vance; Jeems
- Synopsis
- Cynthia marries John and they go to his isolated family home, Rooks’ Castle, for their honeymoon. She discovers John has an insane twin brother, Roger, who is kept locked in the attic. Roger escapes and trades places with John, but is discovered: he shoots and wounds his mother, then kills himself. Cynthia and John are reunited.
Soap Opera Sweetheart
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Mary Carstairs; Bill Hall; Mark; Mike Bradden
- Synopsis
- Radio actors Mary and Bill want to wed, but Mary is being stalked by her drunken ex-fiancé Mark. When Mark attacks Mary, she hits him with a fireplace poker. When the police arrive, Bill takes the blame but Mark has a change of heart and says it was an accident. Mary and Bill can now live happily ever after.
- Reprints
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in My Personal Problem (Farrell, 1955 series) #4 (November 1956) [retitled]
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First Prize Kisses
comic story / 6.67 pages
- Genre
- car; romance
- Characters
- Janice Powers; Florence Miller; Jack Carver
- Synopsis
- Florence and Janice drive midget racers and are also rivals for the affection of fellow driver Jack. Jack loves Janice, so Flo causes a wreck during a race and Janice is injured. When Janice is released from the hospital, she sees Jack kissing Flo and breaks up with him. Jack explains that he was being nice to Flo so he could record her taking credit for the crash and thus have her banned from racing. Janice and Jack reconcile.
Indexer Notes
Bottom one-third of last page is subscription form for "Dear Lonely Heart."
Office Affair
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- June; Jack Stafford; Millie Brown; Sylvia Caxton; Ben Smith
- Synopsis
- Ad agency employee June falls for her boss Jack and they become engaged. Jack was dumped by his former fiancée Sylvia, daughter of the agency’s owner. June begins to feel Jack is just using her to entertain potential clients, which is confirmed by client Ben. Jack has also reconciled with Sylvia. Ben and June fall in love and get married.
- Reprints
- in All True Romance (Farrell, 1955 series) #22 (March 1955) [Title changed from "Office Affair" to "Sweet Misery" in reprint.] which is reprinted
- in Bride's Secrets (Farrell, 1954 series) #11 (December 1955)
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Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
I Was Afraid of Love
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2.
Soap Opera Sweetheart
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3.
[no title indexed]
Dear Lonely Heart -
4.
First Prize Kisses
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5.
[no title indexed]
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6.
Office Affair
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