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Issue: Love Problems and Advice, Illustrated #2 Public Domain
Publication Date: August 1949
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Issues: #2 of 2 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagMcCombs
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: McCombs Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 18 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: Indicia title is: Love Problems and Advice, Illustrated
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Lee Elias (signed)
Inker(s): Lee Elias (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
First Line: How can Marion be so cruel and show me up this way in front of Jack
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Contents

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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ? (red, white, blue)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
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I Fell In Love With the Man of My Dreams

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Character(s): Candy Barker; Joe Barker; Bob Jackson; Blanche; Betty Hale; Don Jall
Synopsis: 15-year-old Candy has a crush on 21-year-old Bob, a friend of her brother. Bob’s companion is Betty, who is his own age, but Candy plots to win him away. After Candy helps Bob during an emergency at a charity dance, they become friendly although he’s shocked to learn her true age. However, he kisses her on her 16th birthday. “He calls for [her] after school” each day and promises to wait for Candy to graduate before they marry.
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Can First Love Be True Love?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bob Powell
Inker(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Character(s): Doris Bennett; Paul Roberts
Synopsis: Doris and Paul fall in love at first sight but she “couldn’t be sure it would last.” The unnamed love advisor in the last panel says "the best test...is to wait a few months.”
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I Was Betrothed to a Stranger

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): Lee Elias ?
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Character(s): Alice Weska; Papa Weska; Mama Weska; Tony Zacco; Frank Hale; Gustav Zacco; Mrs. Zacco
Synopsis: Frank gives Alice an engagement ring but her “old-countryish” father says he’s arranged for her to marry Tony, the son of a fellow immigrant. Alice finds Tony “a corpulent, loud-mouthed oaf” but wonders if she must repay her parents’ sacrifices with one of her own. However, when Alice is trapped in a burning house, Tony acts cowardly while Frank rushes in to save her. Her parents change their minds and approve of Frank as a future son-in-law.
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Disclose Notes: Alice's hair is blonde, turns red on page 3, and then back to blonde on page 4.
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Know Your Own Mind!

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Genres: romantic
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Be Punctual!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Merilla Herman
Penciller(s): Vic Herman (signed)
Inker(s): Vic Herman (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Feature(s): How to Hold Your Man
Character(s): Smart Sue; Silly Millie
Synopsis: Smart Sue is punctual and pleases her boyfriend. Silly Millie is always late and loses her boyfriend.
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Disclose Notes: Silly "Millie" is originally spelled "Milly" and then changes in the very next panel to "Millie."
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? [as Peggy]
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Feature(s): Dear Peggy: Love Problems & Advice
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Hollywood Roddy McDowall at Monogram Pictures Studio

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Feature(s): Adventures of Popsicle Pete
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I Was Tormented!

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Genres: romantic
Character(s): Babs; Belle; Bill; Paul; Jeff
Synopsis: Babs and Belle are twins, but Babs is “such a droop compared to Belle” that Babs loses all of her boyfriends to her sister. Babs falls in love with lawyer Jeff; he says he’d never leave her for her “slinky sister.” Belle pulls her usual fake “fainting” gimmick and kisses Jeff when he helps her up—an upset Babs runs into traffic and is hit by a car. In the hospital, Belle apologises and Jeff proposes to Babs.
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Was It Love Or Pity?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bob Powell
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Character(s): Dr. Stuart Taylor; Bea Mathews; Julia Prentiss; Adolph; Dr. Mathews
Synopsis: Nurse Julia loves doctor Stuart, but he’s the boyfriend of fellow nurse Bea, whose father is head of the hospital where they all work. Stuart feels like a kept man but is unable to break up with the domineering Bea. Meanwhile, he and Julia work on a polio serum. When Bea tries to keep Stuart from responding to a polio outbreak, he and Julia go there together. Bea vows revenge but her father says Stuart’s untested serum saved many lives. He also says he’s glad Stuart “got away from my daughter...she’d ruin any man!” Stuart and Julia embrace.
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First Line: What Would You Do If You Had These Problems?
Synopsis: House ad. The top half of the page is for "Love Problems and Advice" and reproduces the cover of issue no. 3. The bottom half of the page is an ad for "Crown Comics" and reproduces the cover of issue no. 19.
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The Man I Love

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? [as J. L.]
Penciller(s): ? (illustration)
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Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
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From Dawn To Dusk

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Vic Herman
Penciller(s): Vic Herman (signed)
Inker(s): Vic Herman (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Synopsis: 4 spot cartoons. Each cartoon has the "joke" in a dialogue balloon. Under each cartoon there is typeset text describing the garments being worn by the characters.
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Disclose Notes: Fashion advice
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I Loved Two Men!

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? [as R. B.]
Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: romantic
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Ray Thompson
Inker(s): Ray Thompson
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Feature(s): Fleers Dubble Bubble
First Line: Gramps- what is Bossy doing?
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The Wishing Well; The Last Word

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: romantic
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Message to Parents: If Polio Hits Your Area This Year...

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Disclose Notes: PSA from "The National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis"

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