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Illustration on Cover, Front

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Dick Giordano

Inker(s): Dick Giordano

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino

Subject Matter

Genres: romantic

Feature(s): The Swinger

First Line: Introducing Lily Martin...

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Pages: 1

Job Number: G1145

You've Arrived...

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): Len Wein

Penciller(s): ?

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

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Pages: 1

Job Number: G-1153

Love Is a Swinger!

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Robert Kanigher

Penciller(s): Werner Roth

Inker(s): Vince Colletta

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: romantic

Feature(s): The Swinger

Character(s): Michelle Moore; Dick Dayton; Sue; Lily Martin

First Line: The stormy seas of heartbreak have finally flung lovely young Michelle Moore into the safe harbor of Dick Dayton's arms.

Synopsis: Michelle is engaged to a wonderful guy, but feels his ring is an anchor dragging her down as she envisions their future. She takes off his ring and plans to give it back to him when he takes her to a discotheque one evening. Before she can tell him how she feels, she is stunned to see him get up and dance with the attractive singer playing there. She later catches him kissing Lily and realizes that she does love him now that she has lost him. But Dick had just been using Lily to try to forget Michelle when he had noticed she had taken his ring off.

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Pages: 10

Job Number: G-879

Notes: First appearance, The Swinger. Previous indexer thought the penciler was Ric Estrada.

The Test of Time

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Tony Abruzzo

Inker(s): Bill Draut

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: romantic

Character(s): Bob; Jim; Joan; Sue

First Line: We'd planned two gay weeks of celebrating, but, before that time was up, we'd lost the reason for celebrating but found a reason for giving love...

Synopsis: Sue gets engaged and invites her brother to come for the weekend to reveal her big surprise. When Jim arrives, he has his own surprise as he is also engaged and arrives with his fiancee. They plan to have a two week celebration before their wedding, but before the two weeks are up Sue and Jim catch their partners kissing each other.

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Pages: 8

Job Number: G-861

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Text Article on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Elizabeth Berube

Penciller(s): Elizabeth Berube [as Elizabeth] (signed)

Inker(s): Elizabeth Berube [as Elizabeth] (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Beauty on a Budget

First Line: Blend your way to beauty!!

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Pages: 1

Job Number: G-839

Will I See Him?

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Joe Gill

Penciller(s): John Celardo (signed)

Inker(s): Vince Colletta (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: romantic

Character(s): Lew Walker [Lew Colton]; Anne; Joan; Marla

First Line: Anne, it'll only make you feel worse if Lew is there and...

Synopsis: After breaking up with Lew, Anne goes to Joan's party wondering if she will see him there.

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Pages: 6

Job Number: G-671

Notes: Lew is referred to as Lew Walker in one panel and Lew Colton in another.

Appointment with Heartbreak

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Arthur Peddy

Inker(s): Bernard Sachs

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: romantic

Character(s): Clay; Alice Ware; Anne; Howard Quentin

First Line: It isn't easy to keep an appointment with the man you love--when you know he's going to tell you he's fallen in love with somebody else!

Synopsis: Clay has asked Anne to meet him in the park. She assumes he is going to tell her he doesn't love her anymore because she has learned that he has been seeing another girl almost every evening while she has been out of town on an extended business trip. As she approaches Clay's bench, she decides she is not ready to face him. She finds an outdoor restaurant where she tells her story to a sympathetic stranger.

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Pages: 7

Job Number: G-421

If You're Capricorn

Text Article on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Raymond Marais

Penciller(s): Elizabeth Berube

Inker(s): Elizabeth Berube

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

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Pages: 1

Job Number: G-550

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Letters Page on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ? [as Laura Penn]

Penciller(s): ?

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Laura Penn... Your Romance Reporter

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Pages: 1

Job Number: G-858

My Life for Yours!

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Gene Colan

Inker(s): Gene Colan ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: romantic

Character(s): Tad; Ellen

First Line: It had all happened long before... and the worst parts of it were now only like the memory of a bad dream...

Synopsis: Tad meets Ellen in her greenhouse after being in South America for two years. They had been in love once, but his jealousy had driven them apart and ultimately resulted in her being seriously injured when she ran away from him one evening and into an approaching car. Now she walks with a slight limp and the scar on her face is practically invisible. Tad learns that she is happy with her plant business and, most of all, loves her little girl and husband.

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In Content Item: Flag

Heart to Heart Romance Library #157 published January 1971
as My Life for Yours [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Pages: 7

Job Number: G-1088

Love Me a Little

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Mike Sekowsky

Inker(s): Bernard Sachs

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: romantic

Character(s): Andrew; Nina; Marge Jayson; Mr. Madison; Don

First Line: I was spoiled by the easy game of romance! There wasn't a man I couldn't win--if I set my cap for him!

Synopsis: Marge easily makes conquests of men, but then loses interest in them. Instead of going to Miami again on vacation, she thinks about staying home this year but her friend convinces her to go, thinking that one of the men who swarm Marge will settle for her instead. At the Beachcomber Hotel, Marge is attracted to a man who seems impervious to her charms.

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Pages: 8

Job Number: G-1089

Notes: Some faces and hairstyles updated by Vince Colletta. Previous indexer credited Werner Roth with pencils.

Rise, Love, Rise!

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Robert Kanigher

Penciller(s): Werner Roth

Inker(s): Vince Colletta

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: romantic

Feature(s): The Swinger

Character(s): Lily Martin; Tommy; Marty

First Line: You flipped? Get your foot off the brake before we...

Synopsis: Hitchhiking after the events in "Love Is a Swinger!", Lily panics when she sees a broken bridge and forces the driver to stop. The bridge brings back memories of how Tommy died. They had dated for a long time, but Lily had changed while Tommy had not. After telling Tommy her feelings, he had raced off in his car and smashed through a detour barrier where was drowned in the river. Feeling guilty for Tommy's death, Lily had set off to find herself. She helps a singer overcome his fears to perform at a rock festival, then moves on.

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Pages: 12

Job Number: G-894