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True Life Secrets 011 Charlton Jan-1953 36p c2c

Issue: #11
Published: January 1953, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 36, Editing: Al Fago [as Alfred V. Fago]
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age US, Later Standard Silver Age US Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)
Credits:	Pencils: Art Cappello (signed) \| Inks: Al Fago (signed)
Genre:	Romance

Table Of Contents (1 page)	True Life Secrets Presents
Credits:	Pencils: Frank Frollo (signed) \| Inks: Frank Frollo (signed)
Genre:	Romance

Comic Story (7 pages)	Understudy to a Tragedy
Synopsis:	Gail, having spent her inheritance, visits her wealthy twin sister Wendy. When Wendy is killed in a private plane crash that Gail survives, Gail decides to assume her identity. She agrees to marry Wendy's rich boyfriend Scott. However, the fisherman who rescued Gail blackmails her and she decides to murder him. She's interrupted by Scott, who is then exposed as a married fortune-hunter. Wendy returns, having also been picked up at sea. She orders Gail to leave forever.
Credits:	Pencils: Art Cappello (signed) \| Inks: Art Cappello (signed)
Genre:	Romance
Characters:	Gail Sawyer Wendy Sawyer Scott Scott's Wife Fisherman Wendy's Husband

Comic Story (8 pages)	They Called Me a Sinner... But!
Synopsis:	A woman ducks into Charlie's bar to get out of the rain. He allows her to dry her clothes in the backroom, and she tells her story. To save her younger sister Luana from marrying Huey, she marries him herself. The woman divorces Huey and lives a shady life and loses touch with Luana. The woman, hospitalized after an accident, seduces her doctor: he steals a diamond and hides it in her bandage. She tells him to get a divorce then discovers he's married to Luana, who doesn't recognize her sister. The woman leaves for Luana's sake. Her story told, she departs from the bar.
Credits:	Pencils: Art Cappello (signed) \| Inks: Art Cappello (signed)
Genre:	Romance
Characters:	Luana's Sister Charlie Luana Huey Doctor Joe

Text Story (2 pages)	It Happened That Way...
Credits:	Pencils: ? (illustration) \| Inks: ? (illustration) \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	Romance

Comic Story (8 pages)	My Diary Exposed My Secret
Synopsis:	Ruth goes with her friend Lee to a weekend party. She and fellow guest Chris are attracted to each other. Diana, another guest, steals Ruth's diary, which contains details of Ruth's conviction for robbery. Chris finds the diary and Ruth thinks he is the one who took it. She then learns the truth, and also discovers Diana wants to wed the wealthy Chris to solve her father's financial woes. Chris intervenes: he loves Ruth and doesn't care about her past.
Credits:	Pencils: Art Cappello (signed) \| Inks: Art Cappello (signed)
Genre:	Romance
Characters:	Ruth Larson Lee Chris Diana Pearce Fred Pearce

Comic Story (7 pages)	Out of the Darkness
Synopsis:	Ellen has a secret in her past: her father was insane, and her mother killed him in self-defense. Ellen falls in love with Dave, but is afraid to tell him about this. She agrees to elope with him. Dave shows up early and is shot to death by Ellen's mother: he was really a burglar who romanced women to get information on them. Ellen and Jack then fall in love, but she fears revealing her secret. Ellen's mother says she was adopted. Ellen can now marry Jack with a clean conscience.
Credits:	Pencils: Art Cappello (signed) \| Inks: Art Cappello (signed)
Genre:	Romance
Characters:	Ellen Jack Dave Dawson Ellen's Mother Doris

Comic Story (1 page)
Credits:	Script: Lord Byron (original poem); ? (adaptation) \| Pencils: Frank Frollo (signed)
Genre:	Romance

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