Digital Comic Museum - Darling Romance 005 -JVJ


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A JVJ Collection comic

Issue: #5
Published: May-June 1950, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 52, Editing: Marie Antoinette Park; Harriet Small (executive editor); Gilda Rae (story editor); Milton Sorul (art director); Isabel Ross (production manager)
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U. S. Paper Stock: Glossy Cover Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format:
Notes: Indexed from scanned copy at http://digitalcomicmuseum.com

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)	My Love Was Wrong!
Credits:	Pencils: ? (photo) \| Inks: ? (photo) \| Colours: ? (photo) \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	Romance
Characters:	Barbara Bates (photo)

Table Of Contents (1 page)	Table of Contents
Credits:	Letters: typeset

Comic Story (9 pages)	My Phantom Rival
Synopsis:	Laura visits the Southern plantation of her fiancé, widower John. John’s wife Anne died several years before. John and housekeeper Abigail constantly remind Laura about Anne. Laura decides to leave, feeling John can never love anyone else. John takes her into Anne’s locked room and tells Laura that Anne was “a cruel vicious and arrogant woman!” Laura decides to marry John after all.
Credits:	Pencils: Nina Albright ?: Lucey Ames ?
Genre:	Romance
Characters:	John Manse Laura Abigail Jenks Anne Manse

Text Article (1 page)
Featuring:	Personality and You From Your Handwriting
Credits:	Script: Ellyn Lee \| Letters: typeset

Comic Story (7 pages)	Forbidden Love
Synopsis:	Brenda and Lee are engaged but when Brenda’s brother has a nervous breakdown and she learns one of her aunts was insane, Brenda fears it’s hereditary. She breaks up with Lee, but later learns Tim’s illness was caused by a blood clot. Brenda searches for Lee and sees him dining with a woman. She fears she’s lost him, but the woman is a doctor that Lee brought in to help in Tim’s case. Brenda and Lee are reunited.
Credits:	Pencils: Walter T. Johnson ?
Genre:	Romance
Characters:	Brenda Lee Crawford Tim Larry Sarah Dr. Berger Dr. Alice Saxon

Text Article (0 pages)
Featuring:	Platter Previews
Credits:	Letters: typeset

Comic Story (10 pages)	The Most Dangerous Game!
Synopsis:	Diner waitress Jean falls in love with truck driver Hank, then meets slick Lucky, who’s opening a gambling hall nearby. Jean learns Lucky and his henchman intend to hijack a shipment of furs that Hank is driving. They use her to try and stop Hank’s truck, but he crashes into their car instead. The crooks are killed and Hank forgives Jean for her unfaithfulness.
Genre:	Romance
Characters:	Jean Winters Mr. Winters Mrs. Winters Joe Mr. Walsh Hank Barton Lucky Largo

Activity (0 pages)
Featuring:	You Can Be a Prettier Darling
Credits:	Script: Phyllis Poole \| Letters: typeset

Letters Page (1 page)
Featuring:	The Answer Woman
Credits:	Letters: typeset

Promo (ad From The Publisher) (1 page)	I Want My Soldier Boy
Featuring:	Darling Love

Comic Story (7 pages)	My Love Was Wrong
Synopsis:	Dennis and Vera are childhood sweethearts. When they graduate, they intend to wed, but Vera’s parents urge her to wait, since she’s never dated anyone else. They try to set her up with Kent; Vera and Kent decide to play along “on a friendly basis.” However, Kent falls in love with Vera for real. She turns him down, but Dennis finds out and breaks up with Vera. Kent and Dennis fight, and Dennis confesses that he met someone he really loves. Vera realizes she loves Kent, so everything is alright.
Credits:	Pencils: Pen Shumaker
Genre:	Romance
Characters:	Dennis Hunt Vera Beck Mr. Beck Mrs. Beck Kent Combs

Comic Story (7 pages)	Spoiled!
Synopsis:	Trudi grows up spoiled, demanding the best from her parents and boyfriends, regardless of the cost. All that matters is that she gets what she wants. She meets Roy and falls for him, but he returns to his hometown and never writes. When Roy returns, Trudi makes an effort change her selfish ways. Roy says he didn’t write because he had feelings for her but didn’t want to love a spoiled woman. But now they can be together because she’s changed.
Genre:	Romance
Characters:	Trudi Artie Jenks John Jim Roy Small Ann Peter

Text Story (0 pages)
Featuring:	Thrill of a Lifetime
Credits:	Script: Mary Ann Schaefer \| Letters: typeset

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