Volume: #2, Issue: #12
Published: February - March 1953, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 36, Editing: Edward Cronin
Color: Full Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U.S. Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing
Notes: Indexed from a scanned copy at http://digitalcomicmuseum.com
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| Comic Story (4 pages) |
Summer... The Lake... |
| Synopsis: |
Two years after a summer romance, Ellen and Chris meet again. Although they are each engaged to someone else, they wonder if they are making a mistake. However, Ellen’s aunt and her longtime beau explain that they never married because they are too much alike: Ellen and Chris realize this is their case as well. They part as friends and return to their new loves. |
| Genre: |
Romance |
| Characters: |
Ellen Chris Miles Jake Rickert Janet Stone Aunt Lillian George Darrel |
| Comic Story (7 pages) |
No Wonder You Laughed... |
| Synopsis: |
High school student Jane has a crush on college student Don, the brother of her friend Freddie. Don also falls for Jane, but they can’t marry until he’s able to support them. Jane presses him to elope; he agrees, even though it will mean he has to work part-time and they’ll have to live in a shabby apartment. Jane reconsiders, and tells Don they can wait until he graduates and “I’ve had a chance to grow up...” |
| Genre: |
Romance |
| Characters: |
Jane Scott Freddie Franklin Don Franklin Claire Mr. Scott Mrs. Scott |
| Comic Story (1 page) |
Love's $64 Answer |
| Synopsis: |
A young man at a masquerade ball is shocked when his dance partner removes her ugly mask. |
| Genre: |
Humor |
| Comic Story (1 page) |
Long Time No See |
| Synopsis: |
Long-apart lovers are reunited, but with significantly different hairstyles than what they remembered. |
| Genre: |
Humor |
| Characters: |
Irving Veemus Barbara |
| Comic Story (7 pages) |
My Love - But with Strings... |
| Synopsis: |
Hank and Marion are in love, but he’s with the District Attorney’s office and her older brother Jimmy is “mixed up in the numbers racket!” Marion asks him to help Jimmy for her sake. He refuses. Marion overhears Jimmy and his gangster friends talking about intimidating witnesses, and Jimmy has to rescue her from the other men. During his trial, Jimmy suddenly turns state’s evidence and will get a lenient sentence. Hank and Marion reconcile. |
| Genre: |
Romance |
| Characters: |
Hank Marion Fields Jimmy Fields Mr. James |
| Text Story (2 pages) |
No More Junes |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
| Genre: |
Romance |
| Comic Story (1 page) |
Solid Comfort |
| Synopsis: |
Elmer hopes to spend a date in his new girlfriend's apartment to save money, but she has no furniture so they have to go out. |
| Genre: |
Humor |
| Characters: |
Edgerton Elmer Hortense |
| Statement Of Ownership (0 pages) |
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| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
| Comic Story (7 pages) |
Love Has Four Faces |
| Synopsis: |
Doris and her brother Ned are very close. When Doris starts dating Scott, he resents her spending so much time with Ned and this angers Doris. However, when Ned announces his engagement to Jeanne, Doris schemes to break them up. Jeanne and Scott both walk out on the siblings, tired of their antics. Doris apologizes to Jeanne and Jeanne reconciles with Ned. Scott is also willing to start over with Doris. |
| Genre: |
Romance |
| Characters: |
Doris Ned Ken Jeanne Clark Scott Wood |
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