Digital Comic Museum - Love Diary 010 -JVJ


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Love Diary 010 -JVJ (c2c)

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Issue: #10
Published: November 1950, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 52, Editing: Ray Hermann
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age US Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)	Bachelor Girl
Credits:	Pencils: ? (photo) \| Inks: ? (photo) \| Colours: ? (photo) \| Letters: typeset

Comic Story (10 pages)	Bachelor Girl
Synopsis:	Stenographer Judy isn’t interested in marriage or a family, preferring her freedom. She dates Jerry but is troubled when he admits he isn’t the “marrying kind,” because she’s used to rejecting men's marriage proposals. They both eventually realize love and marriage is what they’ve always wanted.
Credits:	Pencils: John Buscema \| Inks: John Buscema
Genre:	Romance
Characters:	Jerry Walker Judy Dave Helen Ann Henry Frankie

Comic Story (10 pages)	Mockery of Love
Synopsis:	Lorraine takes a cruise to Europe and has a shipboard romance with Bob but doesn’t want to get serious. In Marseilles, she meets Count Anton and he proposes marriage. She learns he’s poor and thinks she’s a rich American. Lorraine goes back to her midwestern home in the USA and is surprised when Bob shows up; he lives nearby and their romance rekindles.
Credits:	Script: Bill Woolfolk \| Pencils: Mort Leav (signed) \| Inks: Mort Leav (signed)
Genre:	Romance
Characters:	Lorraine Hunt Bob Dunning Count Anton Braffio Carla Mrs. Hunt

Comic Story (3 pages)
Featuring:	Prescription for Happiness
Synopsis:	Ruth and Dirk become engaged, against her mother’s wishes. After a drunken car crash, Dirk is sent to prison for five years for manslaughter. Ruth promises to wait for him, but her mother says this would be foolish. Ray Mann asks Love Diary readers for their opinions.
Genre:	Romance
Characters:	Ray Mann Ruth S. Dirk E. Mrs. S.

Comic Story (7 pages)	Mexican Madness
Synopsis:	Junior high school history teacher Millie books a tour of Mexico. She develops a crush on Ted, an aspiring artist working as a tour guide. Millie lies and says she’s engaged, purchasing a photo in a curio shop as “proof.” She is shocked to later meet her “fiancé” in the flesh: José Fernando, a famous bullfighter. José goes along with the gag, but later makes unwanted advances on Millie. Ted rescues her. Millie and Ted will be wed.
Credits:	Letters: Typeset
Genre:	Romance
Characters:	Millie Mathews Ted Dixon José Fernando Ruth

Text Story (2 pages)	Time on my Hands
Credits:	Letters: Typeset
Genre:	Romance

Comic Story (9 pages)	A Love D-I-V-I-D-E-D
Synopsis:	Hairdresser Linda supports her younger brother and sister after her mother’s death, and has no time for romance, although she’s courted by the stolid Ed. Linda falls in love with college student Tom, but they can’t marry until he finishes school. Linda decides she’ll marry Ed so her siblings can have a better life, but the two children run away when they overhear Ed saying he’ll send them to boarding school. Linda breaks up with Ed and will wait for Tommy.
Genre:	Romance
Characters:	Kitty Marsh Mrs. Mandrake Ed Benton Joey Marsh Linda Marsh Officer Murphy Tom Winslow

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