Issue: #2
Published: January 1957, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 36, Editing: Al Fago (executive editor)
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Silver Age US Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing
Notes: Indexed from scanned copy at https://digitalcomicmuseum.com
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| Cover (1 page) |
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| Credits: |
Pencils: Dick Giordano (signed) | Inks: Vince Alascia (signed) | Letters: Jon D'Agostino |
| Genre: |
Romance |
| Comic Story (5 pages) |
Explanation Not Necessary |
| Synopsis: |
Lola falls in love with her boss Ray, then learns he's a womaniser. She marries Joe instead but continues to work for Ray. One night she stays late at work and a jealous Joe crashes in. Later, Joe apologises for his distrust and reconciles with Lola. |
| Credits: |
Script: Joe Gill ? | Pencils: Bill Molno | Inks: Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio | Letters: Jon D'Agostino |
| Genre: |
Romance |
| Characters: |
Lola Lane Ray Bauer Joe |
| Comic Story (4 pages) |
Say When! |
| Synopsis: |
Don proposes to Mary and they are happy. After a year, she asks when the wedding will occur, and he says he'll have saved enough money in another four years! Mary runs off. Don follows and says they can get married right away. |
| Credits: |
Script: Joe Gill ? | Pencils: Maurice Whitman ? | Inks: Maurice Whitman ? | Letters: Jon D'Agostino |
| Genre: |
Romance |
| Characters: |
Don Purdy Mary |
| Comic Story (2 pages) |
The Old Love |
| Synopsis: |
Director Jack asks actress Peggy to marry him, but she says she has a fiancé back home. Peggy discovers her boyfriend is already married, so she decides to accept Jack's offer. |
| Credits: |
Script: Joe Gill ? | Pencils: Charles Nicholas | Inks: Vince Alascia | Letters: Jon D'Agostino |
| Genre: |
Romance |
| Characters: |
Peggy Miller Jack |
| Text Story (2 pages) |
Trousseau for a Wife |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
| Genre: |
Romance |
| Comic Story (3 pages) |
Too Shy |
| Synopsis: |
Gladys complains that her boyfriend Herman hasn't proposed yet. Her friend wonders if Herman is unsure if Gladys loves him, and Gladys says she does. Herman is sitting in the next booth in the coffee shop, and he asks Gladys to marry him right away. Gladys' friend says the whole thing was planned so Herman would overhear. |
| Credits: |
Script: Joe Gill ? | Pencils: Charles Nicholas | Inks: Jon D'Agostino | Letters: Jon D'Agostino |
| Genre: |
Romance |
| Characters: |
Gladys Herman |
| Comic Story (1 page) |
The Sudden Kiss |
| Synopsis: |
A woman at a museum with her beau fantasizes about a knight but in her fantasy the knight turns out to be ugly; returning to reality, the woman kisses her boyfriend. |
| Credits: |
Script: Joe Gill ? | Pencils: Jon D'Agostino ? | Inks: Jon D'Agostino ? |
| Genre: |
Humor Romance |
| Comic Story (2 pages) |
Trial Ending |
| Synopsis: |
Jim and Lily agree to separate for 6 months to see if their love is real. They bump into each other in the city and confess that they've been miserable, so they reconcile. |
| Credits: |
Script: Joe Gill ? | Pencils: Charles Nicholas | Inks: Vince Alascia ? | Letters: Jon D'Agostino |
| Genre: |
Romance |
| Characters: |
Jim Reed Lily Smith |
| Comic Story (1 page) |
Faint Heart |
| Synopsis: |
Jack admires Miriam from afar for years. He finally asks her for a date and she says yes. They fall in love. |
| Credits: |
Script: Joe Gill ? | Pencils: Charles Nicholas | Inks: Jon D'Agostino ? | Letters: Jon D'Agostino |
| Genre: |
Romance |
| Characters: |
Miriam Kane Jack Broadfield |
| Comic Story (7 pages) |
Song of Sorrow |
| Synopsis: |
Upset when her ex-boyfriend Herb marries another, Anise wanders into the woods and stumbles upon a cabin where Les lies ill. She helps nurse him back to health. He says he became a hermit after the war. Les falls in love with Anise and regains his will to live. Anise is still unsure of how she feels, especially when she learns Herb's wife has died. Herb returns and is reunited with Anise, but he says he's not interested in marriage: "I've been through that once!" Anise returns to Les and he takes her back. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Ken Battefield ? | Inks: Ken Battefield ? | Letters: Ed Hamilton |
| Genre: |
Romance |
| Characters: |
Herb Anise Boulet Les Simmons |
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