(August 1972)

DC, 1957 Series
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Volume
24
Price
0.20 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1972-06-22
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Brand
DC [heart]
Editing
Dorothy Woolfolk (editor); Deborah Anderson (assistant editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader #85.

[Come Closer, Love] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jay Scott Pike (signed)
Inks
Jay Scott Pike (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

Job Number
D-1006
Genre
romance

Indexer Notes

redrawn version of the cover of Secret Hearts (DC, 1949 series) #28

Treat Me Like a Princess (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Art Saaf ?
Inks
Vince Colletta
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
P-641
Genre
romance
Synopsis
Pam plays the role of a princess on a childrens' television show, but her new boyfriend Gordon is a lawyer leading protests against the station where she works, which complicates their romance.

Indexer Notes

Possible Saaf pencils per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited George Tuska.

Are You Afraid to Grow Up? (Table of Contents: 2)

Test Yourself / activity / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
D-968

Come Closer, Love (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Tony Abruzzo
Inks
Joe Giella ?
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino
Editing
Zena Brody (original story)

Job Number
D-1044
Genre
romance
Synopsis
Ava does everything she can to prove she's not interested in rich Ricky Randolph, but he finally wears down her resistance.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Original title: "Distant Love." Some re-inking to update hairstyles and other details.

Special Announcement! (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Advertisement for Jack Kirby's magazines In the Days of the Mob (DC, 1971 series) and Spirit World (DC, 1971 series). The first printing had sold out and a special new printing is offered here, available from "Collectors Magazines."

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Like It Is! / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Carol Fein ? [as Donna Fayne]
Pencils
? (illustration)
Inks
? (illustration)
Colors
? (illustration)
Letters
typeset

Job Number
D-1049

Indexer Notes

advice column

Personality Plus (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Win Mortimer ?
Inks
Tony DeZuniga; ?
Colors
?
Letters
Jean Simek ?

Job Number
D-880
Genre
romance
Synopsis
Kelly assures her friends that she can attract a boyfriend any time she wants. Though her method is rather unusual, it works.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [Come Closer, Love]
  2. 1. Treat Me Like a Princess
  3. 2. Are You Afraid to Grow Up?
    Test Yourself
  4. 3. Come Closer, Love
  5. 4. Special Announcement!
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    Like It Is!
  7. 6. Personality Plus
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Boris Ammerlaan
  • Dwayne Best
  • Nick Caputo
  • Bob Hughes
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jim Stangas
  • Jim Van Dore