(June - July 1952)

Hillman, 1949 Series
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Volume
2
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Hillman Periodicals Inc.
Brand
A Hillman Publication
Editing
Ed Cronin

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
John Prentice
Inks
John Prentice
Colors
?
Letters
?

Indexer Notes

Credits per Nick Caputo, March 2014.

Yes..To A Stranger.. (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Prentice
Inks
John Prentice
Colors
?
Letters
Ben Oda

Genre
romance
Characters
Bruce Walton; Ruth Fielding; Dick Kirby; Mrs. Fielding; Mr. Meyers; Aunt Meg
Synopsis
Receptionist Ruth falls in love with Bruce, her company’s former representative to South America. She discards her boyfriend Dick, over the objections of her mother, who’s afraid Ruth will ruin her life with the wrong man. Bruce has to return to South America and asks Ruth to marry him and come along, but she’s unsure. Her Aunt Meg says Ruth should follow her heart, buys Ruth a ticket, and drives her to the boat so she can be with Bruce.

Indexer Notes

Credits per Nick Caputo, March 2014.

If I Can Only Be Sure... (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ross Andru
Inks
Mike Esposito ?
Colors
?
Letters
Ben Oda

Genre
romance
Characters
Dellie; Vi; Andy; Bill; Martin Chase
Synopsis
Secretary Dellie falls in love with her firm’s vice-president, Martin, remembering her sister Vi’s advice to marry a rich man. However, Martin quits his job and intends to open an ad agency in a small town, which shocks Dellie. Martin says if she loves him and not his money, she can meet him at the train station at 6pm. Vi tells Dellie that even though she wishes her husband was rich, she loves him regardless. Dellie rushes to leave with Martin for their new life.

Indexer Notes

Credits per Nick Caputo, March 2014.

Handle With Care (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor
Synopsis
Two teens try to get a cast-off easy chair into their ramshackle clubhouse through a narrow door.

My Hush-Hush Date... (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
Ben Oda

Genre
romance
Characters
Cathy Jonas; Bill Travers
Synopsis
Ad agency employee Cathy creates a composite photo of a handsome boyfriend she calls “Bill.” When new worker Bill arrives, he bears a striking resemblance to the picture. Bill and Cathy fall in love, but he thinks she’s scheming to get his position--"women in business are after one of two things...a husband or someone else’s job!" They break up and he quits. However, Bill thinks it over and returns, applying for “that husband job.”

Westover Weekend (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Maybe There's Another... (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
Ben Oda

Genre
romance
Characters
Ted; Donna; Dave Leonard
Synopsis
Feeling ignored by her account executive boyfriend Ted, Donna breaks up with him and dates artist Dave. Emotionally-needy Dave proposes marriage but Donna decides “his work would never be more than second rate” and procrastinates about accepting. The eccentric Dave can’t wait and marries someone else on the spur of the moment. Donna, happy she dodged a bullet, reconciles with Ted.

I Hope She Loves You... (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bill Ely (signed)
Inks
Bill Ely (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
romance
Characters
Tom; Ceil; Madame Sophie; Roger Daye
Synopsis
Tom and Ceil are engaged, but when he decides to give up his architecture career for the security of being a vice-president in his father’s cannery, they break up. Ceil becomes a dress designer for Madame Sophie in New York. One day a woman brings a sketch of a wedding gown she wants Ceil to make for her, and Ceil recognises it as the gown she designed for her wedding to Tom. Tom shows up: the woman was his secretary, and he used her to find Ceil. Ceil and Tom apologize to each other and decide to reconcile.
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
  2. 1. Yes..To A Stranger..
  3. 2. If I Can Only Be Sure...
  4. 3. Handle With Care
  5. 4. My Hush-Hush Date...
  6. 5. Westover Weekend
  7. 6. Maybe There's Another...
  8. 7. I Hope She Loves You...
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Nick Caputo
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Jim Van Dore
  • David Wilt
  • Warren Zeigler