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Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Penciller(s): Dick Giordano (signed)

Inker(s): Jon D'Agostino (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Jon D'Agostino

Subject Matter

Genres: romantic

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Pages: 1

Last Chance for Love

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Joe Gill ?

Penciller(s): Charles Nicholas

Inker(s): Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Jon D'Agostino

Subject Matter

Genres: romantic

Character(s): Cathy; Ted Langdon; Fred; Irving Kent

Synopsis: Cathy can’t decide between suitors Ted (who has “a fine social position”) and Fred (who has “a grand job and a beautiful car!”). She says she’ll meet them in the park and give them her decision, but neither one shows up. Cathy eventually marries Irving.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 3

Job Number: S-622

Notes: credits per Nick Caputo, April 2015.

Man vs. Diary

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Joe Gill ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Jon D'Agostino

Subject Matter

Genres: romantic

Character(s): Lisa; Dave

Synopsis: Dave and Lisa have to postpone their wedding when his father needs an operation that takes all his savings. Later, when Dave’s saved up more, he has to loan it to his sister’s husband. Lisa says they can get married anyway, but Dave “won’t get married without a nest egg!” One day, Lisa shows him that she’s saved $5000—-she converted her diary entries into love stories and sold them. She promises to quit writing after they’re married.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 4

Job Number: S-290

Notes: Credits confirmed by Marc Swayze in a letter published in Robin Snyder's The Comics, Vol. 8, No. 9, September 1997.

Fair Lady

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Joe Gill ?

Penciller(s): Charles Nicholas

Inker(s): Vince Alascia ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Jon D'Agostino

Subject Matter

Genres: romantic

Character(s): Sandra Keller; Allen Munn

Synopsis: At the regular town dances, Allen admires Sandra from afar. Finally he gets the nerve to ask her for a dance and she accepts. They fall in love.

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Pages: 1

Job Number: S-635

For Granted

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Joe Gill ?

Penciller(s): Marc Swayze

Inker(s): Marc Swayze

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Jon D'Agostino

Subject Matter

Genres: romantic

Character(s): Pearl; Judy; Jeff

Synopsis: Pearl and Jeff are engaged, but he warns her “marriage is a long way off” because he wants to establish himself in business first. Pearl is left alone often and is disappointed when he gives her a diary as a gift. One day, Jeff says he read her diary and learns she’s been dating other men. But Pearl’s younger sister Judy admits she used the diary to record her romantic fantasies. Jeff says the diary made him realise he’s taken Pearl for granted, and vows to change.

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Pages: 3

Job Number: S-532

Notes: Credits confirmed by Marc Swayze in a letter published in Robin Snyder's The Comics, Vol. 8, No. 9, September 1997.

Her Dream Man

Text Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: romantic

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Pages: 2

Love Letters

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): ?

Inker(s): ?

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Subject Matter

Genres: romantic

Character(s): Louise; Roy Street

Synopsis: To impress her girlfriends, Louise writes letters to herself from “Roy,” her supposed boyfriend. Roy is based on someone she met the previous summer, and she accidentally mails one of the letters to him. Roy shows up and says he has been thinking of her, too.

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Pages: 2

Job Number: S582

Whisper to Me of Love

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): ?

Inker(s): ?

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Subject Matter

Character(s): Caroline Chambers; Mr. Perkins; Rory Taggart; Mrs. Chambers

Synopsis: Caroline grows up in poverty, and when merchant seaman Rory proposes marriage to her, she turns him down: she fears he’ll be lost at sea or “poverty that would soon destroy whatever love we had.” He goes back to sea. Caroline changes her mind, and meets him when his ship returns.

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Pages: 7

Job Number: S-582

The Late Love

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Joe Gill ?

Penciller(s): Charles Nicholas

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Jon D'Agostino

Subject Matter

Genres: western

Character(s): Rita; Jim Fielding

Synopsis: Rita is dumped by her boyfriend. Old friend Jim steps in to console her. Finally, he proposes marriage and she accepts.

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Pages: 2

Job Number: S-621

The Quarrel

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Joe Gill ?

Penciller(s): ?

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Jon D'Agostino

Subject Matter

Genres: romantic

Character(s): Bob Baxter; Red; Red's mother

Synopsis: Red breaks up with her boyfriend Bob. At home, she finds her mother’s old diary, in which she describes an argument that nearly caused her to break up with her future husband. Red calls Bob to apologise. They’re married. Red tells her mother about the diary, and her mother says she just copied a novel into the diary to improve her handwriting.

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Pages: 3

Job Number: S-331