Digital Comic Museum - Intimate 001


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First of three issues published by Charlton.
numbering continues in TEEN-AGE LOVE (Charlton, 1958)?

12-April-2009 2:17 am	\|
Username:	Corinne
Comment:	Standard fare served up in five 5-page stories.

Issue: #1
Published: December 1957, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 36, Editing: Pat Masulli (Executive Editor)
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Silver Age US Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)	Why Should They Make Me Feel Ashamed?
Credits:	Pencils: Charles Nicholas (signed) \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	Romance

Comic Story (5 pages)	Ashamed of My Baby
Synopsis:	Widow Sara has a young son. She goes back to work and is courted by co-worker Jimmy. Sara is afraid to tell Jimmy that she's a mother but he says he's known about her situation "for quite a while" and it doesn't matter to him.
Genre:	Romance
Characters:	Sara Jimmy Hitsig Buster

Comic Story (5 pages)	Late Love
Synopsis:	Carmen and Brick have been in love since high school, but she says two poor people can't marry. She wants a rich husband like Clay. Carmen changes her mind and agrees to marry Brick, only to learn that he's sold his grandfather's farm to a developer and is going to be financially secure anyway.
Credits:	Pencils: Charles Nicholas (signed)
Genre:	Romance
Characters:	Carmen Brick Howell Clay Mason Richie

Comic Story (5 pages)	Heart's Desire
Synopsis:	Cleo takes an acting class from John and later gets a part in a play. Cleo fills in when the leading actress gets sick and is poised to become a star, but decides she loves John and gives up her career for him.
Genre:	Romance
Characters:	Cleo Pearce John Dagget Terry

Text Story (2 pages)	Summer Sumac Ripens Romance
Credits:	Letters: typeset
Genre:	Romance

Comic Story (5 pages)	Love's Servant
Synopsis:	Sheila moves back into her family's mansion to help her father after her mother's death. She is reunited with Tupper, the son of the family's former caretaker. They are attracted to each other, but Sheila's mother had told her to "marry in your class." Sheila asks Tupper to park cars at a big party she's giving, then learns he's actually richer than her family now. Sheila is embarrassed but Tupper doesn't care: he loves her.
Credits:	Pencils: Charles Nicholas (signed)
Genre:	Romance
Characters:	Sheila Craig Tupper Johnson Mr. Craig Biggers

Comic Story (5 pages)	A Single Tear
Synopsis:	Bonnie loves her boss Ted, but writes a letter of resignation because she believes he doesn't care for her romantically. Ted calls her in the next day and she thinks the letter blew on the floor and he didn't read it. Ted admits he's loved Bonnie for a long time, and did read her letter: but he knew she loved him because her signature was blurred by "a single tear."
Credits:	Pencils: Charles Nicholas (signed)
Genre:	Romance
Characters:	Bonnie Crews Ted Reed Mr. Lewis Mrs. Crews

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