Volume: #1, Issue: #3
Published: December 1949, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 52, Editing: Ed Cronin
Color: Full Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U.S. Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing
Notes: On sale date as given in the copyright application as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, July-December 1949, page 257, registration number B216626.
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| Comic Story (8 pages) |
I Was the Wholesome Type |
| Synopsis: |
Penny is overshadowed in high school by her more glamorous sister Gail. Bob prefers Gail but she doesn’t believe him. Penny substitutes a photo of herself for Gail in a contest entry and Gail loses as a result: but this prevents her from eloping with Greg and going to Hollywood, so it’s a good thing. Bob figures it out and says he loves Penny as she is. |
| Genre: |
Romance |
| Characters: |
Greg Grissom Penny Hulbert Gail Hulbert Bob Mr. Hulbert Mrs. Hulbert |
| Comic Story (8 pages) |
I Must Forget Eileen |
| Synopsis: |
Pilots Steve and Bart compete for the affections of airline hostess Eileen. She chooses Bart but Steve, suffering from an old war wound, goes insane and says he’ll kill them both. After a struggle in which Steve is killed, Bart flees to Brazil and takes a dangerous job with a small company. He’s asked to fly a doctor to the scene of an airliner crash and discovers Eileen is there. She says Steve didn’t die, and is recovering in a sanatorium. Bart and Eileen reconcile. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Al Ulmer [as Ulmer] (signed) | Inks: Al Ulmer [as Ulmer] (signed) |
| Genre: |
Romance |
| Characters: |
Eileen Bart Leonard Steve Gregg Sanders Pepe |
| Comic Story (6 pages) |
Do You Think You Own Me? |
| Synopsis: |
Vin breaks up with Kitty because she is too controlling. He goes to see Sally, an old girlfriend now working as a doctor’s receptionist. She’s engaged to someone else and when Vin complains about Kitty’s possessiveness, Sally says all women are that way but they don’t all show it. Vin realises he loves Kitty: he goes home and they decide to elope. |
| Genre: |
Romance |
| Characters: |
Sally Vin Kitty Elmer Kitty's Mother |
| Comic Story (6 pages) |
I Judged a Book by Its Cover |
| Synopsis: |
Elaine is bored with her small-town life and small-town boyfriend Larry. She falls in love with newcomer Brad, but she discovers Brad is a reporter who tracked down her father and now uses Elaine’s information to write a story about a 15-year-old scandal. Although Dr. Warren was cleared of wrongdoing then, the townspeople criticize the doctor until Brad stands up and defends him. Elaine realizes Larry is the man for her. |
| Credits: |
Letters: Leroy lettering |
| Genre: |
Romance |
| Characters: |
Brad Forester Elaine Warren Larry Davis Dr. William Warren Sam |
| Comic Story (9 pages) |
I Tried to Build a Fence Around My Love |
| Synopsis: |
Secretary Lynn loves her boss, lawyer Martin, but he becomes angry when she tries to make him take high-paying clients rather than helping the indigent. When the son of Martin’s old friends is hit by a car driven by gangster Big Tim, Lynn sees that poor people need legal representation as well as the rich. Martin wins the case and asks Lynn to change jobs: she’ll be his wife instead of his secretary. |
| Credits: |
Letters: Leroy lettering |
| Genre: |
Romance |
| Characters: |
Martin Darrell Lynn Shearer Mack Ma Burns Mr. Burns Tommy Burns Big Tim Paur |
| Comic Story (7 pages) |
I Lied to Myself About Men |
| Synopsis: |
Art student Joan flirts with many young men to compensate for the affection her father didn’t give her as a child, but she refuses to get serious for fear of being hurt. She falls in love with composer Frank but he plays hard to get and she sees him with other women. Frank finally admits he heard of Joan’s reputation and wanted to give her a taste of her own medicine. Joan and Frank will be married. |
| Credits: |
Letters: Leroy lettering |
| Genre: |
Romance |
| Characters: |
Joan Blythe Mr. Blythe Bob Carol Jimmie Clark Frank Gill Martha Wayne Margie Gill |
| Advertisement (1 page) |
What You Can Do About Pimples |
| Featuring: |
Dornol Products |
| Credits: |
Pencils: ? (illustrations); ? (photograph) | Inks: ? (illustrations); ? (photograph) | Letters: typeset | Editing: ? (ad agency) |
| Advertisement (1 page) |
New Silk-finish Enlargement, Ivory Gold-tooled Frame |
| Featuring: |
Hollywood Film Studios |
| Credits: |
Pencils: ? (photographs) | Inks: ? (photographs) | Letters: typeset | Editing: ? (ad agency) |
| Advertisement (1 page) |
10-Piece Knife Set |
| Featuring: |
Niresk Industries |
| Credits: |
Pencils: ? (illustrations) | Inks: ? (illustrations) | Letters: typeset | Editing: ? (ad agency) |
| Advertisement (1 page) |
Special... Introductory Offer |
| Featuring: |
H & S Sales Company |
| Credits: |
Letters: ?; typeset | Editing: ? (ad agency) |
| Characters: |
John Woman Man |
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