Issue: #1
Published: Fall 1952, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 36, Editing: Harry H. Stein
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Silver Age U.S. Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: One-Shot
Notes: Indicia: DEARLY BELOVED, Vol. 1, FALL 1952, published quarterly by Approved Comics, Inc., 185 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago 1, Ill. Executive and Editorial Office, 366 Madison Ave., New York 17, N.Y. Harry H. Stein, Editor. Application for second class entry pending at Post Office, Chicago, Ill. Single copies 10¢. Subscription rates: In the U.S., Canada, Mexico, South and Central America and U.S. Possessions $1.20 for 12 issues; in all other countries $2.20 for 12 issues. All communications about subscriptions should be addressed to the Circulation Department, 64 East Lake Street, Chicago 1, Ill. The Publisher is not responsible for unsolicited manuscripts or art work. Manuscripts or art work accompanied by self-addressed, stamped envelopes will be returned. No similarity between any of the names, characters, persons and/or institutions appearing in this magazine and those of any living or dead person or institution is intended and any such similarity which may exist is purely coincidental. PRINTED IN U.S.A.
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| Cover (1 page) |
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| Credits: |
Pencils: ? (photograph) | Inks: ? (photograph) | Colours: ? (photograph) |
| Genre: |
Romance |
| Comic Story (7 pages) |
Meet Me Under The Clock |
| Synopsis: |
College professor Lucinda discovers student Christine is the daughter of Sven, a student who fell in love with her 20 years earlier. Lucinda had rejected him then and regretted it ever since. Christine arranges a meeting between her widowed father and Christine, and it leads to a wedding. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Carmine Infantino |
| Genre: |
Romance |
| Characters: |
Lucinda Chase Christine Bjorgessen Sven Bjorgessen Ted Allbright |
| Comic Story (6 pages) |
To Love And To Cherish |
| Synopsis: |
Alice is upset when her younger sister Tina marries Ted just before he’s deployed in the Air Force. Alice blames Ted’s friend Paul for enabling the marriage. Alice and Paul had been dating, but she breaks up with him as a result. Then Alice dreams that her fiancé Fred, killed in World War Two, advises her to marry Paul, so she does. |
| Genre: |
Romance |
| Characters: |
Tina Alice Larry Major Paul Simmons |
| Comic Story (6 pages) |
Hurricane of Love |
| Synopsis: |
Sally is hired as a tutor for Harriet, daughter of wealthy Edward. He ignores the child because she reminds him of his faithless ex-wife. Edward and Sally fall in love, but she turns down his marriage proposal because he intends to send Harriet away. When a hurricane strikes, Edward rescues his daughter and Sally now agrees to marry him. |
| Genre: |
Romance |
| Characters: |
Edward Norton Sally Hedges Harriet Norton Mrs. Lee |
| Text Story (2 pages) |
A Beacon of Light |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
| Genre: |
Romance |
| Comic Story (7 pages) |
Storm in My Heart |
| Synopsis: |
Ballerina Marya wants to marry Bob but her stepmother Anna opposes the match. Former dancer Anna is living her dreams through Marya and says she must dedicate herself to her career. Marya breaks her engagement with Bob but the strain causes her to collapse on stage. Anna repents and says Marya should wed Bob if she loves him. Bob and Marya reconcile. |
| Genre: |
Romance |
| Characters: |
Anna Padova Mr. Sergova Marya Sergova Alice Bob |
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