(January 1970)

DC, 1949 Series
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Price
0.15 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly, with the exception of Feb., May, Aug., and Nov.
On-sale Date
1969-11-20
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.

[20 Miles to Heartbreak] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Bill Draut
Inks
Vince Colletta
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

Job Number
G-513
Genre
romance
Characters
Melanie Winters; Juan Perez

Indexer Notes

Cover is revised from Dick Giordano's original version, as seen in Dick Giordano: Changing Comics, One Day at a Time (October 2003).

20 Miles to Heartbreak [Part II] (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Barbara Friedlander
Pencils
Alex Toth (signed)
Inks
Vince Colletta (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Alex Toth

Job Number
G-106
Genre
romance
Characters
Melanie Winters; Juan Perez; Roger Bryan
Synopsis
As Melanie is hitchhiking out of town, she accepts a ride from Juan Perez and they discuss how society would never approve of them being together. They stop at a restaurant for dinner and decise to join other couples who are dancing, but a fight breaks out when others object to them. Melanie runs out and is hit by a car, and wakes up back at her mother's house where she learns that Juan was arrested.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

continued from Young Love (DC, 1963 series) #78; continues in Secret Hearts (DC, 1949 series) #142

From Chipmunks to Love (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Barbara Friedlander
Pencils
John Celardo
Inks
John Celardo
Colors
?
Letters
John Costanza

Job Number
G-447
Genre
romance
Synopsis
Two lonely people meet while they are feeding chipmunks in the park.

Indexer Notes

Previous indexer thought Bernard Sachs inked this story.

Joanna! (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Barbara Friedlander
Pencils
Ric Estrada
Inks
Frank Giacoia
Colors
?
Letters
Milt Snapinn ?

Job Number
G-233
Genre
romance
Synopsis
Kelly is afraid that her boyfriend Carl is still in love with his former girlfriend Joanna.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Happenings / illustration / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Barbara Friedlander ?
Pencils
Jay Scott Pike ?
Inks
Vince Colletta
Colors
?
Letters
Milt Snapinn

Job Number
G-486
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Viva the turtleneck and jumper ensemble!
Genre
fashion

My Brother... My Rival? (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
G-315
Genre
romance
Synopsis
Bill keeps monopolizing the attention of the guys his sister brings home, but he later tells her that he knows them all and none of them is good enough for her.

Indexer Notes

Unknown art per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Bernard Sachs on inks.

Love Is... What It's All About! (Table of Contents: 6)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
various
Inks
various
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
romance

Indexer Notes

house ad for DC's romance line of comics

The Girl Nobody Loved! (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Win Mortimer
Inks
Vince Colletta
Colors
?
Letters
Ben Oda

Job Number
G-420
Genre
romance
Synopsis
Jan doesn't believe that the handsomest and most interesting guys could could possibly want to date her, so she settles for more ordinary dates.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Ann Martin, Counselor-at-Love / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Carol Fein ? [as Ann Martin]
Pencils
Mike Sekowsky (logo illustration)
Inks
Bernard Sachs ? (logo illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
G-569

Indexer Notes

advice column

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [20 Miles to Heartbreak]
  2. 1. 20 Miles to Heartbreak [Part II]
  3. 2. From Chipmunks to Love
  4. 3. Joanna!
  5. 4. ["Viva the turtleneck and jumper ensemble!"]
    Happenings
  6. 5. My Brother... My Rival?
  7. 6. Love Is... What It's All About!
  8. 7. The Girl Nobody Loved!
  9. 8. [no title indexed]
    Ann Martin, Counselor-at-Love
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Dwayne Best
  • Nick Caputo
  • Edgar Loftin
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jim Stangas
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Jim Van Dore