(February 1957)
Harvey,
1949 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Home Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
True Love
- Editing
- Leon Harvey (credited) (editor)
Issue Notes
Contents copyright Harvey Features Syndicate
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It was exciting... it was fun...
- Genre
- romance
- Reprints
-
in Weird Love (IDW, 2014 series) #12 (May 2016) - in Weird Love (IDW, 2015 series) #4 - "Jailbird's Romance!" and More (November 2016)
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Contents
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- romance
Indexer Notes
This page also served as the introduction for the first story, "Resort Romeo".
American Healthaids Co.
advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Ad for Kelpidine weight loss chewing gum
Resort Romeo
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- June Baker; Charlie Wayde; Tony Parker; Mrs. Baker
- Synopsis
- June Baker and her mother manage a summer resort, the only thing her father left them after his death. But it is heavily in debt and Charlie Wayde holds the mortgage and wants to marry June. After June meets Tony Parker, she begins to fall in love, but fears he is another Resort Romeo.
- Reprints
- from First Love Illustrated (Harvey, 1949 series) #43 (August 1954)
-
Through With Love
text story / 0.67 page
- Genre
- romance
- Reprints
- from First Love Illustrated (Harvey, 1949 series) #43 (August 1954)
-
[House Ad for True Bride-to-Be Romance 22]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
- Genre
- romance
Indexer Notes
Lead story: G.I. Bride.
Complexion Clues
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- romance
- Reprints
- from First Love Illustrated (Harvey, 1949 series) #43 (August 1954)
-
Indexer Notes
Fashion Hints.
Yesterday's Love
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Carla; Larry Condon; Bern Madsen
- Synopsis
- Carla has been dating Bern Madsen, and she is ready to marry him but still thinks of Jeff Condon, a pilot she met while he was on furlough from Korea. Even though she has not seen or heard from Condon after their last meeting, she goes to see him to make sure and finds him a hopeless romantic unable to commit to one woman.
- Reprints
- from First Love Illustrated (Harvey, 1949 series) #43 (August 1954)
-
Modern Methods
advertisement / 1 page
- Genre
- romance
Indexer Notes
Progressive scientific method for developing skinny legs.
Acclaimed by Millions
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Genre
- romance
Indexer Notes
House ad for First Love 24, Love Problems and Advice Illustrated 49, Hi-School Romance 61, First Romance 44, and True Bride-to-Be Romances 22.
Honor House Product
Honor House Products / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Novelty items like X-Ray specs, trick baseball, boomerangs, and "Joy Buzzer".
School Boy
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Elaine; Sharon; Phil; Larry Curtis
- Synopsis
- Sharon hates watching her sister Elaine suffer through, married to Phil who "gets by" working at a gas station. Vowing not to let that happen to her, Sharon goes to New York to find a "rich man" and meets Larry Curtis, son of her boss. After he proposes, he tells Sharon he has used every penny he had to buy into an ad agency in Dallas. He is now broke. Does Sharon go with him to Dallas?
- Reprints
- from First Love Illustrated (Harvey, 1949 series) #43 (August 1954)
-
Man Stealer
text story / 0.67 page
- Genre
- romance
- Reprints
- from First Love Illustrated (Harvey, 1949 series) #43 (August 1954)
-
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
Indexer Notes
House Ad for First Romance 44.
Doris Bigelow's Mail Bag
letters page / 1 page
- Genre
- romance
Indexer Notes
Romantic advice for teen-agers.
First Claim on Him
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Judy; Joe Banner; Mrs. Banner
- Synopsis
- Judy works at the Hi School Music Shop, and was intently listening to the new record by Joe Banner, when he enters the store. There is an immediate connection, and during their whirlwind romance, Judy learns that Joe still lives with his mother. When he takes her home to announce their engagement, the mother feigns a heart attack. Judy leaves, catching a bus home that hits a gas tanker truck exploding into flames. Joe has made a decision, and chases after Judy arriving in time to rescue her from the flames.
- Reprints
- from First Love Illustrated (Harvey, 1949 series) #43 (August 1954)
-
Preview Photos
advertisement / 0.5 page
Indexer Notes
Ad for photos of Elvis, Debbie Reynolds, and Tab Hunter, among others.
Toy Army
100 Toy Soldiers / advertisement / 0.5 page
Indexer Notes
100 Toy soldiers for $1.25.
Name of company selling them is replaced by "Toy Army". Ad is otherwise identical to that used for same product sold by Josely Company.
Skylark Originals
advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Exciting fashion values to make you more beautiful!
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
["It was exciting... it was fun..."]
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1.
12 Little Dolls
12 Little Dolls -
2.
Contents
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3.
American Healthaids Co.
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4.
Resort Romeo
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5.
Through With Love
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6.
[House Ad for True Bride-to-Be Romance 22]
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7.
Complexion Clues
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8.
Yesterday's Love
-
9.
Modern Methods
-
10.
Acclaimed by Millions
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11.
Honor House Product
Honor House Products -
12.
White House Company
-
13.
School Boy
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14.
Man Stealer
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15.
[no title indexed]
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16.
Doris Bigelow's Mail Bag
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17.
First Claim on Him
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18.
Preview Photos
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19.
Toy Army
100 Toy Soldiers -
20.
Skylark Originals
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21.
Ward Green Company
-
22.
Post Graduate Hospital School of Nursing
This issue was modified by, among others
- Steve Coates
- Peter Croome
- Wally Harrington
- Katy Hayhurst
- Donald Dale Milne
- Mike Nielsen
- Daniel Thingvold
- Jim Van Dore
- Tyler Yedinak
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