Issue: #32
Published: December 1952, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 36, Editing:
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age US Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Notes: On sale date from the on stand date reported in the Comic Magazine Publishing Report (George W. Dougherty, 1942 series), #129 (October 1952). Also reported as being a monthly comic.
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| Cover (1 page) |
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| Credits: |
Pencils: John Buscema (signed) | Inks: John Buscema (signed) |
| Genre: |
Romance |
| Comic Story (10 pages) |
Darling, there's no tomorrow! |
| Synopsis: |
Shelley falls in love with her neighbor Dennis, although he is implusive and irresponsible, and seems only interested in having fun. Shelley loses her job as a bank teller because of her late nights with Dennis. Eventually, she breaks up with him and gets her job back. Dennis changes his ways, gets a good job as an architect, and Shelley takes him back. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Mort Leav (signed) | Inks: Mort Leav (signed) |
| Genre: |
Romance |
| Characters: |
Shelley Dennis Craig Ruth Eddie Nicky Guedala Jimmy Craig Marge Craig Jimmy Craig Jr. Joe George Ellis |
| Comic Story (7 pages) |
A Heart Like Stone! |
| Synopsis: |
Viola is brutally frank with everyone, including her friends, and can’t understand why they are hurt by her comments. Her friend Susan has a heart condition, and Viola convinces her it would be wrong to get engaged to her boyfriend Jim because she’s “unfit to be any man’s wife!” Susan nearly commits suicide as a result and Viola’s boyfriend Webb breaks up with her because she has "a heart of stone." |
| Credits: |
Script: Bill Woolfolk | Pencils: John Buscema | Inks: John Buscema |
| Genre: |
Romance |
| Characters: |
Viola Susan Deland Webb Hamilton Ann Jim |
| Comic Story (2 pages) |
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| Featuring: |
Prescription for Happiness |
| Synopsis: |
High school students Jean and Guy are in love, but he’s crazy about sports and she’s not interested. They break up, and Jean comes to Ray Mann for help. |
| Credits: |
Script: Bill Woolfolk | Pencils: Harry Anderson | Inks: Harry Anderson | Letters: Typeset |
| Genre: |
Romance |
| Characters: |
Ray Mann Jean B. Guy |
| Comic Story (7 pages) |
Passion's Whirlpool! |
| Synopsis: |
Small town resident Lisa wins a cruise to Cuba in a recipe contest. She falls in love with Jeff, a college student working as a steward on the ship, but doesn’t tell him that she won the trip in a contest. Jeff turns lecherous in a Havana nightclub, telling Lisa he knows all about single women who takes cruises. She flies home. Jeff follows her and apologizes; he learned she’s a decent girl who won the trip as a prize and regrets his attempt to seduce her. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Syd Shores |
| Genre: |
Romance |
| Characters: |
Lisa Martin Jeff Grant Mrs. Martin Susie Doreen |
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