Volume: #1, Issue: #1 [1]
Published: February-March 1949, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 52, Editing: Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
Color: Full Color Dimensions: Standard Golden, Then Silver, Age U.S. Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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| Comic Story (10 pages) |
The Man I Loved Was a Woman-Hater! |
| Synopsis: |
Karen goes on vacation to Florida and meets artist Pete, who saves her from drowning but is otherwise hostile. Kay arrives, claiming to be his fiancee. Pete says she broke his heart but he now loves Karen. Kay wants Pete to stay with her advertising agency and threatens to blacklist him unless Karen leaves. Karen decides to go but Pete catches her and says Kay tore up his contract, so they can now be together. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Jack Kirby |
| Genre: |
Romance |
| Characters: |
Karen Nelson Pete Lewis Georgie Lester Dick Kay Norman |
| Comic Story (12 pages) |
The Plumber and Me |
| Synopsis: |
Nina moves to New York to study art. She falls in with a pretentious crowd of would-be artists, but dates down-to-earth plumber Pete. Nina and her friends mock Pete and he vanishes, then she realises she loves him. Visiting her mother and confessing her error, Nina is surprised when Pete appears: he knew she’d make the right decision eventually. They get married. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Bill Draut | Inks: Bill Draut |
| Genre: |
Romance |
| Characters: |
Nina Hunt Pete Jackson Ed Hunt Mrs. Hunt Annette Finch Karl De Vries Mr. Jackson Mrs. Jackson |
| Comic Story (7 pages) |
Fickle |
| Synopsis: |
Marcia has a reputation for dating and then dropping her boyfriends. She goes out with Steve, a college classmate of her brother, and falls in love with him. However, one of her ex-boyfriends tips off Steve that Marcia is fickle. Steve says he has the same reputation at college. Marcia thinks she’s lost him, but Steve comes back and they reconcile. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Jack Kirby |
| Genre: |
Romance |
| Characters: |
Marcia Chase Bill Hendrix Mrs. Chase Steve Clay Ralph Chase |
| Text Article (2 pages) |
The Proper Thing to Do |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Jack Kirby | Letters: typeset |
| Comic Story (7 pages) |
Two Loves |
| Synopsis: |
Psychiatrist Jim prevents Kit from committing suicide over a failed love affair. They become friends. He’s a widower and 20 years older than she, but asks Kit to marry him. Pat, the girlfriend of Jim’s son Paul, thinks Kit is a gold-digger like she is. When Kit tells Paul about Pat, he says he knew it all along; he then proposes to Kit himself. To avoid hurting Jim, Kit leaves but he tracks her down and says if she doesn’t love him then he wants her to marry Paul instead. She does. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Bill Draut | Inks: Bill Draut |
| Genre: |
Romance |
| Characters: |
Kit Evans Dr. James Kirk Paul Kirk Patricia West Paul Kirk Jr. |
| Comic Story (7 pages) |
Lady Luck |
| Synopsis: |
Ruth is engaged to oil driller Roy but finds herself attracted to his gambler friend Johnny. Roy says he lost his well to Johnny. Ruth dares Johnny to wager the oil well against her love: if he wins, he gets her and the well. If he loses, he’ll leave town and Roy and Ruth will marry. They match cards and Johnny admits defeat. Ruth weds Roy and a year later Johnny sends her a note: he really won the bet but realised he didn’t deserve her love. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Bill Draut | Inks: Bill Draut |
| Genre: |
Romance |
| Characters: |
Ruth Wilder Roy Kennedy Mr. Wilder Johnny Burke |
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