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Genres: romantic

Character(s): Gina; Bret Norton

First Line: I promised myself I'd kiss the first girl I saw in two years - that's you!

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Pages: 1

Notes: The cover serves as the first page of the lead story.

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Genres: romantic

Character(s): Gina; Bret Norton; Lisa

First Line: I had no right to grab you like that - why, you're trembling!

Synopsis: After spending two years on Wideaway Island making a go of the big farm his dad left him, infamous girl-chaser Bret Norton sees Gina at the dock and tells her he had promised himself he would kiss the first girl he saw. He backs off when he sees her reaction and spends night after night dating different girls. Actually, he had sworn to himself that he wouldn't fall in love with the first girl he saw after two years away. But after kissing every other girl in town, he realized he had fallen in love with Gina that first morning back.

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Penciller(s): José Carlos (signed)

Inker(s): José Carlos (signed)

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Genres: romantic

Feature(s): Tab - He's a Boy with the Girls!

Character(s): Tab; Cliff; Pete

First Line: Exquis... woner where he met her?

Synopsis: Tab is watching Cliff dance with a nice blonde when the jukebox freezes up. Seeing his chance for an intro, Tab starts working on the jukebox even though he has no idea how to fix it. When Cliff tells him he's doing it wrong, Tab lets him take over and leaves with the blonde.

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Job Number: T.76

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Genres: romantic

Feature(s): Jungle Girl

Character(s): Litana; Achmet Aliyah; Drew Breton; Shelley Pearson; Raab

First Line: You ask am I in love! What is being in love?

Synopsis: Litana, a beautiful orphan girl of white parents, has been brought up in the Malayan village of Ranjibat by Achmet, her 'father-in-the-heart'. Achmet has decreed whom Litana shall marry, but she will not meet her bridegroom until their wedding day. An Australian explorer meets Litana in the jungle and they are at once drawn to each other. Litana meets a woman from Drew's expedition and learns that, among his people, the girl can choose if she is to be married.

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Pages: 4

Notes: The splash page has the symbol for "A Marilyn Picture Serial". In tiny lettering, certain panels on each page are numbered from P65-P68 (perhaps page numbers in the serial?) and the final panel states: "Next week: Litana Meets Her Destiny".

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Genres: romantic

Feature(s): You Promised

Character(s): Tom Dent; Patsy Mason; Biddy Bardolph; Luke Bannon; Lavinia Marshall

First Line: I've just two days to get shot of you - or you'll wreck my life!

Synopsis: Tom, a photographer, took a picture of Patsy ten years ago when she was an orphan and that picture made Tom famous. He promised Patsy that one day she would also be famous. Now Patsy has sailed with Tom to San Juan where Tom is taking a photograph of a star at a film festival. But when Patsy gets in the way, it becomes a headline story. Realizing Tom had smuggled her in without a passport, Patsy wants to protect him and feigns a loss of memory. But as Lavinia, a star spotter for the producer, whisks her away from Tom, she tells Patsy that she knows she's faking and wants the truth.

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Pages: 3

Notes: The splash page has the symbol for "A Marilyn Picture Serial". In tiny lettering, certain panels on the last two pages are numbered YP14 and YP15 (perhaps page numbers in the serial?) and the final panel states: "Next week: The Truth Comes Out".

Let Me Explain!

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Genres: romantic

Character(s): Gwen; Ted

Synopsis: After Gwen saw Ted with another girl on his motor-bike, he tries to talk to her at work. But she closes the door and says she never wants to see or speak to him again. She had to work overtime, but when she was finished she discovered the door wouldn't open. She calls out to the factory yard for help, but Ted is the only one there. He climbs up the waterspout and tells her she'll get out when they've had a talk. He explains the circumstances of why his neighbor needed a ride to meet her fiancee. Then Gwen discovers that Ted had the key to the door and locked her in to arrange their talk.

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Genres: romantic

Feature(s): Looking in on Life!

Character(s): Kathy; Dick

First Line: Why isn't Dick more romantic?

Synopsis: Dick and Kathy met at a dance and he seemed to like her. But if she didn't call on him, they wouldn't have any dates.

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Pages: 0.8

Notes: Comic sequence representation of an advice column letter.

The Missing Years

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Genres: romantic

Character(s): Ken Baker; Frank Evans; Jean Dale; Mrs. Dale; Mr. Clayden; Julian Brown

Synopsis: As Jean takes off her coat in the office, Ken comes in and asks her what she is doing there. She tells him she has been working there since leaving school, but soon discovers that her boss had sold the place to his boss three years ago. Realizing she had lost her memory of the past three years, Ken takes her to a doctor. The next day her memory returns and she tells Ken of a staff member she met three years ago who had a way with girls. She loved him until the day he told her he was getting married, but had been haunted by the memories of the way Julian treated her prior to her memory lapse.

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Genres: humorous

First Line: Use a few drops of our perfume like this - you'll smell lovely all day.

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Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous

Feature(s): Fido 'n' Flo

First Line: I could do with that bone...

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Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Ruby

First Line: D'you think Judy will attract many boys -

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Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Big Boy

First Line: Try this one, sir -

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Writer(s): June Laverick

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Genres: informational

Feature(s): New Fashions

First Line: The latest from America is to use dad's old round collar box for a handbag.

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Genres: biography

Feature(s): Can You Spot This Top Record Star?

First Line: This handsome American singer writes his own songs!

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