Secret Hearts
#138
(September 1969)
DC,
1949 Series
- Price
- 0.15 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly, with the exception of February, May, August, and Nov.
- On-sale Date
- 1969-07-03
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Editing
- Dick Giordano
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
[Episode 29]
Reach for Happiness / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dick Giordano ?; Carmine Infantino ? (cover layout)
- Inks
- Dick Giordano
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- Job Number
- G-363
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Karen Wilder Sommers; Dr. Greg Marsh
Indexer Notes
Previous indexer credited Infantino but Nick Caputo believes he only provided the cover layout.
How to Lose the Man You Love
comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh, Rick, we shouldn't! It's wrong!
- Genre
- romance
- Synopsis
- When Liza's boyfriend Paul catches her with another guy, she reflects on their relationship and realizes that she doesn't really love Paul after all.
- Reprints
-
in Romantic (Arédit-Artima, 1960 series) #43 -
in Magic Moment Romances (K. G. Murray, 1958 series) #75 ([October 1969] ?)
-
Indexer Notes
Pike pencils per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Rosenberger on pencils.
Lonely Lovesong
comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Tony Abruzzo (p. 1); Sy Barry (pp. 2-8)
- Inks
- Bernard Sachs
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ira Schnapp
- Editing
- Phyllis Reed ? (original story)
- Job Number
- G-333
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- My best friend, Alice, arranged the picnic to help me forget my shattered romance!
- Genre
- romance
- Synopsis
- Mary goes away on a vacation when she and Bill break up but she can't stop thinking about him. Fortunately, when she returns, he's waiting to apologize.
- Reprints
-
from Secret Hearts (DC, 1949 series) #41 (August 1957) - in Romantic (Arédit-Artima, 1960 series) #54 (mars 1963) [modified to fit digest size]
-
Episode 29
Reach for Happiness / comic story / 13 pages
- Script
- Barbra Friedlander ?; Jack Miller ?
- Pencils
- Jay Scott Pike
- Inks
- George Roussos
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Charlotte Jetter; Gaspar Saladino (page 2)
- Job Number
- G-176
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Y-you walk out on me again, Karen -- and it's the last time I'll ever let you do it!
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Karen Wilder Sommers; Dr. Greg Marsh; Peggy Wilder; Richy Smathers; Joanie; Lila Smathers; Roger Smathers
- Synopsis
- Karen nearly runs away again when she can't decide whether to marry Greg, but when she mistakenly believes that he has been in an accident she realizes how much she loves him. Richy and Joanie agree to wait until they have finished college to get married. Peggy finally gets Bob to set a wedding date for them.
Indexer Notes
final episode.
Who Is Lois Lane?
Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- Genre
- superhero
Indexer Notes
house ad for Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane (DC, 1958 series) #95 [80 Page Giant #G-63], on sale July 8
[no title indexed]
Ann Martin, Counselor-at-Love / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Jack Miller ? [as Ann Martin]
- Pencils
- Mike Sekowsky (logo illustration)
- Inks
- Bernard Sachs ? (logo illustration)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- G-249
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Dear Miss Martin: There is a boy at...
- Keywords
- advice
Indexer Notes
advice column; header reprinted from earlier issue.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[Episode 29]
Reach for Happiness -
1.
How to Lose the Man You Love
-
2.
Lonely Lovesong
-
3.
Episode 29
Reach for Happiness -
4.
Who Is Lois Lane?
Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane -
5.
["Dear Miss Martin: There is a boy at..."]
Ann Martin, Counselor-at-Love
This issue was modified by, among others
- Steve Belknap
- Dwayne Best
- Nick Caputo
- Axel Kahlstorff
- Edgar Loftin
- Mike Nielsen
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Stangas
- Jim Van Dore
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