Issue: #22
Published: August 1953, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 36, Editing: Leon Harvey
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age US, Latter Issues Standard Silver Age US Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Notes: Publisher in indicia: Home Comics, Inc., with contents copyright Harvey Features Syndicate.
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Cover (1 page) |
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Pencils: Al Avison | Inks: Al Avison ? | Letters: Joe Rosen |
Genre: |
Romance |
Advertisement (1 page) |
The Hour Glass Waist Nipper |
Featuring: |
Ward Green Company |
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Pencils: ? (Photo) | Inks: ? (Photo) | Letters: Typeset |
Table Of Contents (1 page) |
Contents |
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Pencils: Various | Inks: Various | Letters: Typeset |
Genre: |
Romance |
Advertisement (1 page) |
Appear Slimmer Instantly! |
Featuring: |
Ward Green Company |
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Pencils: ? (Photo) | Inks: ? (Photo) | Letters: Typeset |
Comic Story (5 pages) |
Passionate Stranger |
Synopsis: |
Gary Palmer arrives in the California mountains to write a story on a festival celebrating their Spanish heritage. The school assigns Rita, their best history student, to explain their local customs to Gary. Rita and Gary fall madly in love but he has contempt for the sleepy town, calling it half-dead. Rita loves Gary but tells him she loves the town more and if he doesn't then they can't stay together. At the festival ceremony the mayor makes a humbled Gary an honorary citizen. Realizing his error he runs to Rita, asking forgiveness and asks to marry her in Bellano. |
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Pencils: Jack Sparling | Inks: Jack Sparling ? | Letters: Joe Rosen |
Genre: |
Romance |
Characters: |
Rita Gary Palmer |
Comic Story (1 page) |
What To Wear |
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Tips on what to wear to catch your guy's eye. |
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Pencils: Al Avison | Inks: Al Avison ? | Letters: Joe Rosen |
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Fashion Romance |
Text Story (1 page) |
Heroes Girl |
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Letters: Typeset |
Genre: |
Romance |
Promo (ad From The Publisher) (0 pages) |
Passion From The Past |
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Letters: Typeset |
Genre: |
Romance |
Comic Story (5 pages) |
Tease! |
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Some girls are cautious with their kisses, but Janie Carson was very generous and was the most popular girl at East High School. When she decides to run for class president, she finds her opponent is a new student named Walt Paine. When Janie turned her charms on Walt, he also fell under her spell, but was it real or just a tease? |
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Pencils: Bob Powell | Inks: Bob Powell ? | Letters: Joe Rosen |
Genre: |
Romance |
Characters: |
Janie Carson Walt Paine |
Advertisement (1 page) |
Fat Folks! Your Dream Has Come True! |
Featuring: |
Robin Products Company |
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Pencils: ? (Photo) | Inks: ? (Photo) | Letters: Typeset |
Promo (ad From The Publisher) (1 page) |
Harvey Famous Name Comics Are Loved By Millions |
Featuring: |
Harvey Publishing |
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Letters: Typeset |
Advertisement (1 page) |
I Gained 60 Pounds of Shapely, Mighty Muscle! |
Featuring: |
Jowett Institute of Physical Training |
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Pencils: ? (Photo) | Inks: ? (Photo) | Letters: Typeset |
Advertisement (1 page) |
How 'Black Beauty' Turns An Also-Ran Into "Video Vic" |
Featuring: |
Strongmen's Club of America |
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Letters: Typeset |
Comic Story (5 pages) |
I Wanted More Than Kisses |
Synopsis: |
Kay dates Stan Dryden, a much older man who her friend warns is not the marrying kind. The two date against her parents’ wishes and face her father's wrath when they arrive home. Stan temporarily calms the father down but soon keeps Kate out too late and is forbidden from seeing her. That night Kay sneaks out of the house as the couple race across state lines where Kay expects to be married. Stan tells her he has no such intentions and her screams draw the attention of a state trooper. Kay lies to avoid Stan being arrested and in gratitude Stan proposes but Kay has learned her lesson. |
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Letters: Joe Rosen |
Genre: |
Romance |
Characters: |
Kay Lucy Stan Dryden |
Letters Page (1 page) |
Doris Bigelow's Mail Bag |
Synopsis: |
Love advice to teen readers. |
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Letters: Typeset |
Genre: |
Romance |
Text Story (1 page) |
Words of Love |
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Letters: Typeset |
Genre: |
Romance |
Promo (ad From The Publisher) (0 pages) |
Don't Miss Out on Romance! |
Featuring: |
Harvey Publishing |
Synopsis: |
Subscription offer for Harvey Romance comics. 12 issues for $1.00 or 25 issues for $2.00. |
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Letters: Typeset |
Genre: |
Romance |
Comic Story (5 pages) |
Flight From Heartbreak |
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Greatly affected by her parents’ divorce when she was five, Helen avoided romantic relations until Dean Randall came to town. Dean had every girl's heart fluttering; Helen's friend Trudy was his first date and she fell head-over-heels for him. Dean soon called on Helen and she accepted. They became a steady item until she felt trapped and suddenly broke it off. Dean and Trudy began dating again but when Helen visits her friend, a heartbroken Trudy confesses that Dean is only interested in her. The two reunite but both hope Trudy will find a love as deep as theirs. |
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Pencils: John Sink | Inks: John Sink | Letters: Joe Rosen |
Genre: |
Romance |
Characters: |
Helen Trudy Dean Randall |
Advertisement (1 page) |
Rinse Away Your Blackheads |
Featuring: |
Para Laboratories Sales Corp. |
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Letters: Typeset |
Advertisement (1 page) |
Giant Beach Ball |
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Young Products |
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Letters: Typeset |
Advertisement (1 page) |
Introducing Comfo-Gard |
Featuring: |
Malen Manufacturing Company |
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Pencils: ? Photo | Letters: Typeset |
Advertisement (1 page) |
1000 Live Baby Turtles |
Featuring: |
Honor House Products, Corp. |
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Letters: Typeset |
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