Digital Comic Museum - Diary Loves 028 -JVJ (upgrade)


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From the JVJ Collection. Original scan by Snard. Upgraded cover scans by titansfan

Issue: #28
Published: January 1953, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 36, Editing: Alfred Grenet; Richard Arnold (associate); Everett M. Arnold (general manager)
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U.S. Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Notes: Copyright 1952 by Comic Magazines.

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)
Credits:	Pencils: ? (photograph) \| Inks: ? (photograph) \| Colours: ? (photograph)
Genre:	Romance

Comic Story (9 pages)	Kisses for Cash
Synopsis:	Penniless Arda participates in a radio quiz show that will award her cash for making the acquaintance of a stranger in the park. She’ll get more money if a romance develops. The “stranger” is Steve. Arda and Steve date and he later confesses he’s fallen in love with her. Arda fears Steve will think she’s just stringing him along so she can earn the prize money. Steve finally reveals he’s the writer for the radio show and arranged the stunt so Arda would fall in love with him.
Credits:	Pencils: Ogden Whitney (signed) \| Inks: Ogden Whitney (signed)
Genre:	Romance
Characters:	Arda Hale Don Casey Mrs. Orson Mitzy Steve Kinney

Comic Story (6 pages)	Homeless Heart
Synopsis:	Jane is disgusted by the men around her mother, famous writer Nedra Wales, because they all want Jane’s assistance in promoting their own writing. Raoul mistakes Jane for Nedra’s secretary and she doesn’t correct him. They fall in love, then Raoul admits he knows Jane’s true identity and she dumps him. Jane takes up with Andre on the rebound, but Nedra points out that Andre is trying to take advantage of her to advance his own literary career. Raoul, on the other hand, loved Jane for herself. Jane and Raoul get back together.
Credits:	Pencils: W. G. Hargis \| Inks: W. G. Hargis
Genre:	Romance
Characters:	Andre Jane Wales [also As Jane White] Nedra Wales Raoul Crais

Comic Story (7 pages)	My Youthful Fling
Synopsis:	Edna falls in love with Dale, then meets Bruce, an older man who knows her mother. Edna decides she prefers the more sophisticated Bruce, only to learn Bruce and her mother are engaged to marry. Realizing she just had an foolish crush on the older man, Edna goes back to Dale.
Credits:	Pencils: Charles Sultan
Genre:	Romance
Characters:	Bruce Rowland Dale Jackson Edna Ford Laura Jackson Mrs. Ford

Text Story (1 page)	Bright Future
Credits:	Letters: typeset
Genre:	Romance
Characters:	Detective Conrad Don Walker Jay Watts Kathy Morris

Comic Story (6 pages)	The Other Man
Synopsis:	Carrie, suffering from “spells of depression,” visits her uncle Ralph’s ranch in Montana. Local Dr. Gary Rountree says her depression might be simply boredom, and they begin to keep company, eventually falling in love. Carrie has her doubts about the relationship when she meets and kisses rancher Mike (who’s engaged to her cousin Jane), but when she is reunited with Gary she knows he’s the one she truly loves.
Credits:	Inks: Bill Ward ?
Genre:	Romance
Characters:	Aunt Sarah Carrie Dobson Dr. Gary Rountree Jane Mike Tracy Uncle Ralph

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