Issue: #5
Published: January 1955, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 36, Editing:
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Silver Age US Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Notes: Indicia: TRUE LOVE CONFESSIONS • January, 1955, Vol. 1, No. 5 • Published bi-monthly by Premier Magazines, Inc., 11 East 44th St., New York 17, N. Y. Entered as second-class matter at Post Office, New York, N. Y. under the Act of March 3, 1879. One year’s subscription in the U. S. 60c plus 15c postage, total 75c; elsewhere $1.00. Entire contents copyrighted 1954 by Premier Magazines, Inc. No similarity between any of the characters, names or persons appearing in this magazine with any of those living or dead is intended and any similarity is purely coincidental. Printed in U. S. A.
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| Comic Story (6 pages) |
Many Ways of Love |
| Synopsis: |
Debbie and Diane go on a cruise together. Diane sets her sights on wealthy Kent, then discards him for the even richer but less handsome Bryce. Debbie falls in love with Curtis, then learns he’s apparently married and breaks up with him. Since Curtis is a bank president, Diane turns her attention to him. Debbie discovers Curtis is a widower and apologises for her actions. They reconcile. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Kurt Schaffenberger | Inks: Kurt Schaffenberger |
| Genre: |
Romance |
| Characters: |
Debbie Warren Curtis Shaw Kent Farrell Diane Lee Bryce Coleman |
| Text Story (1 page) |
Young in Love |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
| Genre: |
Romance |
| Comic Story (6 pages) |
Show-Off |
| Synopsis: |
Throughout her life, Val uses “tricks and lies” to impress people. Now a nurse, she tells her co-workers that she’s dating handsome Dr. Ken and then has to trick him into paying attention to her. They fall in love but when one of her subterfuges apparently causes the death of a patient, Ken is angry. Val is going to be dismissed, but Ken discovers the patient died of other causes. A repentant Val is reunited with Ken. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Jon D'Agostino (signed) | Inks: Jon D'Agostino (signed) |
| Genre: |
Romance |
| Characters: |
Val Miller Dr. Ken Boyer Bob Henry Gert |
| Comic Story (6 pages) |
Too Young to Love |
| Synopsis: |
Novice stewardess Laurie falls in love with pilot Tim, but he is critical of her youth and inexperience. When their aircraft makes an emergency landing, Tim and Laurie wait by the plane and fall in love. Tim chooses Gwen to accompany him on his next flight, and Laurie thinks he was only using her, then learns it was a “secret government flight” so she couldn't have gone along. Tim crashes and is injured, but will recover and marry Laurie. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: William Weltman ? | Inks: Jack Abel |
| Genre: |
Romance |
| Characters: |
Laurie Lee Gwen Clark Tim Ford Mrs. Ogden Corey |
| Letters Page (1 page) |
The Reader's Corner |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
| Comic Story (5 pages) |
Too Much Fun |
| Synopsis: |
Hilary, the most popular girl in school, marries mechanic David. She yearns for her former social life and begins to spend more time with her old friends. When David catches her kissing her former boyfriend Vince, he throws her out. Hilary misses her husband and after a week she asks him to take her back. He does. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Pete Costanza ? | Inks: Pete Costanza ? |
| Genre: |
Romance |
| Characters: |
Hilary Graham Vince Parks David Vale Mrs. Jones |
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