(February-March 1951)
Avon,
1949 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- Bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1950-11-24
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Avon Periodicals, Inc.
- Brand
- An Avon Publication
- Editing
- Sol Cohen
Issue Notes
On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals 1952, page 214
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Del Hayden (photograph)
- Inks
- Del Hayden (photograph)
- Colors
- Del Hayden (photograph)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- romance
- Reprints
-
in Romantic Love (Malian Press, 1952 ? series) #1 -
in Romantic Love (Superior, 1950 series) #4 ([circa April 1950])
-
Indexer Notes
Photograph taken from Diversey Prize Novels #5 (1949), entitled “Love for Sale” by John Wilstach: http://www.philsp.com/pulptrader/web/pulp_mag_tablecc43.html?mag=3382&albu…
Photograph credit from Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series: 1950.
Nobody Will Ever Know!
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Rickie Kemp; Marty French; Paul Jackson; Marge
- Synopsis
- After Rickie’s parents are killed, she is consoled by her high school sweetheart Marty. He goes off to college and she attends nursing school. After graduation, she gets a hospital job and is assigned Paul as her patient: he’s a promising pianist who was badly burned in the fire that killed his family. Rickie and Paul bond over their shared tragedies and Rickie wonders if she loves him, but gives Paul’s case to another nurse at Marty’s insistence. Later, Rickie sees Paul and learns he’s engaged to her replacement. This reinforces her belief that Marty is the man she truly loves.
- Reprints
-
in Romantic Love (I. W. Publishing; Super Comics, 1958 series) #8 ([circa 1958])
-
Teardrops from My Heart
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Janey [Manton] Warren; Tom Bennett; Jeff Manton; Lois Brown
- Synopsis
- Janey and Tom are college sweethearts. She is the daughter of famous actor Jeff, but keeps their relationship secret because “people might not flock to see the glamorous Jeff Manton if they knew he had a grown daughter.” Tom thinks Janey is having an affair with the older man and they break up. When Jeff learns what happened, he brings Janey up on the stage and reveals that she’s his daughter, a scheme he and Tom cooked up. Tom and Janey reconcile.
- Reprints
- in Romantic Love (I. W. Publishing; Super Comics, 1958 series) #8 ([circa 1958])
-
Love Queries
text article / 2 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Reprints
- in Romantic Love (I. W. Publishing; Super Comics, 1958 series) #8 ([circa 1958])
-
Indexer Notes
Questions and answers about romance.
Don't Lie to Me My Love
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Tam Baker; Dr. Bob Dalton; Jed; Mary; Mrs. Baker
- Synopsis
- Nurse Tam falls in love with new doctor Bob. They date, but he confesses he’s engaged to a “girl back home” and “no one else is allowed to come into my life!” Tam is upset, but Bob later admits he lied: he didn’t want to fall in love until his career was established. Tam still isn’t sure Bob loves her, so she asks her roommate Mary to go on a date with Bob and make a play for him. Tam overhears Bob tell Mary that he loves her. Tam quits her job and leaves, but Bob tracks her down; the man she saw with Mary wasn’t him, but her secret boyfriend. Tam and Bob get back together.
- Reprints
- in Romantic Love (I. W. Publishing; Super Comics, 1958 series) #8 ([circa 1958])
-
Detour to Love
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Janet Francis; J. Wellington Worthmore; Roland Carlton; Herb; Larry
- Synopsis
- Janet dates the wealthy, much older Worthmore, but turns down his marriage proposal. However, her “regular dates” after that pale in comparison, and she decides to wed the millionaire. On her way to Worthmore’s private island, Janet has to be rescued by handsome Roland, and they spend time together while waiting for the weather to clear up. They fall in love but Janet is determined to marry Worthmore. Roland and Janet head for the island but are nearly sunk in a storm: Janet decides to give up her dreams of wealth and marry Roland instead. Little does she know that Roland is also rich.
- Reprints
- in Romantic Love (I. W. Publishing; Super Comics, 1958 series) #8 ([circa 1958])
-
Indexer Notes
Signed in panel 3 (counting the splash panel as panel 1) on page 1.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
-
1.
Nobody Will Ever Know!
-
2.
Teardrops from My Heart
-
3.
Love Queries
-
4.
Don't Lie to Me My Love
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5.
Detour to Love
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