Digital Comic Museum - Life Story 03


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From the JVJ collection.

Scans by Rangerhouse,
edits by Dave H.

Verified by Soothsayr that this is complete
and is only a 36 page book, confirmed by
a visit to the LOC and checking their copy.

Issue: #3
Published: June 1949, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 36, Editing: Roy Ald; Will Lieberson (executive editor)
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age US Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Notes: Indexed from scanned copy at http://digitalcomicmuseum.com

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)
Credits:	Pencils: ? (photograph) \| Inks: ? (photograph) \| Colours: ? (photograph) \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	Romance

Table Of Contents (1 page)	Contents
Credits:	Letters: typeset

Comic Story (12 pages)	No Life of Her Own
Synopsis:	Carol compels her younger sister Edna to constantly practice the piano, hoping she’ll become a concert pianist. This means Edna has no chance for a social life. Carol cultivates music critic Lyle and they fall in love, but she still pushes Edna. Carol urges Edna’s boyfriend Johnny to give her up because “your love is selfish.” Edna and Johnny rebel and Edna quits piano. Carol, her dream shattered, moves away. She comes home to find a happy Edna and Johnny and reconciles with Lyle.
Credits:	Pencils: Marc Swayze \| Inks: Marc Swayze
Genre:	Romance
Characters:	Carol Lucey Edna Lucey Mrs. Nelson Johnny Carter Lyle Taylor

Comic Story (8 pages)	Too Young to Know!
Synopsis:	19-year-old Tina wants to be a model, so she moves to the city and stays with her aunt Harriet, a former model herself. Harriet is 35, and is dating Fred, head of the ad agency for whom she had worked. Tina flirts with Fred to advance her career, and steals him from Harriet. Tina then falls in love with Rand, a younger man. Fred says “you’re too shallow and ambitious to love anyone but yourself.” Rand dumps Tina. Tina reunites Fred and Harriet, who get married, and Tina hopes “one day love will come to me again.”
Genre:	Romance
Characters:	Fred Lewis Harriet Beecher Tina Barry Mr. Barry Mrs. Barry Miss Johnson Rand Ayres

Text Article (2 pages)	Exclusive Interview with Burt Lancaster
Credits:	Script: ?; Burt Lancaster \| Letters: typeset

Comic Story (10 pages)	Goodbye, My Love!
Synopsis:	Star circus aerialist Joan is upset when Jerry is promoted to be her co-star. She complains to lion tamer Hugo, wishing Jerry would be a failure. Hugo rigs the equipment and Jerry is badly injured in a fall. He requires an expensive operation, so Joan quits the circus and does dangerous stunts with a daredevil troupe to pay the fees. Jerry recovers and becomes a star again. Joan visits the circus and is reunited with Jerry, who knows what she did for him.
Genre:	Romance
Characters:	Joan Topping Jerry Fairbanks Mr. Davis Mr. Haines Dr. David

Activity (1 page)	I.Q. Crossword Puzzle
Credits:	Letters: typeset

Illustration (1 page)	Exclusive Interview with Burt Lancaster
Credits:	Pencils: ? (photograph) \| Inks: ? (photograph) \| Colours: ? (photograph) \| Letters: typeset
Characters:	Burt Lancaster

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