Digital Comic Museum - My Secret Story 026 -JVJ


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My Secret Story 026 -JVJ (c2c)

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Issue: #26
Published: October 1949, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 36, Editing: Victor Fox
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age US Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Notes: Indicia reads: "MY SECRET STORY (formerly CAPTAIN KIDD)."

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)
Genre:	Romance

Comic Story (9 pages)	I Stopped at Nothing
Synopsis:	Stenographer Lily falls in love with co-worker Tod, but her stern father Fred insists that Lily spend all of her free time caring for her invalid mother. Lily’s mother advises her to elope with Tod and they do, but her father interrupts the ceremony. Fred hits Tod and Lily throws a paperweight at her father, injuring him. When Fred wakes up, his wife is there and she castigates him for ruining Lily’s life. Fred says “that blow on my head knocked some sense into it” and gives Tod and Lily his blessing. They are married right away.
Genre:	Romance
Characters:	Lily Brent Mr. King Tod Martin Jane Fred Brent Mary Brent Reverend

Comic Story (10 pages)	His Terms for Love
Synopsis:	Alice works in an art supply store and artist Jan asks her to pose for him. Alice thinks he loves her, but once the portrait is done, Jan moves on to another model. Alice becomes engaged to friendly cab driver Dave on the rebound, but Jan asks her to come back and she agrees. But once again she discovers Jan only wants her “for a model—nothing else!” Alice goes back to Dave.
Credits:	Pencils: Ken Battefield \| Inks: Ken Battefield
Genre:	Romance
Characters:	Jan Nola Alice Brown Mr. McComber Yvonne Dave Hill

Letters Page (2 pages)
Featuring:	Heart's Desire
Credits:	Script: ? [as Nan Dalton] \| Letters: typeset

Text Article (1 page)	I Want a New Face
Featuring:	For Girls Only!
Credits:	Script: ? [as Nan Dalton] \| Letters: typeset

Comic Story (10 pages)	He Wanted More Than Love
Synopsis:	Margot is informally engaged to Ned but is “not ready to get married yet.” Margot is attracted to handsome Drake, a client of the employment agency where she works, and breaks a date with Ned to go out with him. Margot lets Drake stay at her apartment (while she stays with her sister), and buys him a new suit for a job interview. Margot is evicted and loses her job because of Drake. Ned hires her as his secretary and when Drake shows up and demands money, threatening to tell Ned that he spent the night at her apartment, Ned punches him. Ned says he still loves Margot.
Credits:	Pencils: Ken Battefield \| Inks: Ken Battefield
Genre:	Romance
Characters:	Ned Armstrong Margot Burke Drake Leonard Mr. Floyd Mrs. Carson Mr. Prescott Miss Wilson

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