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Issue: Miss America Magazine #5 [29]
Publication Date: March 1947
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Issues: #5 [29] of 82 Issues
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Publisher: FlagMarvel
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Indicia Publisher: Miss America Publishing Corporation
On Sale Date: 02/07/1947
Volume: 5
Pages: 76
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 29 (4 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Vol. 1, Part 2, No. 1&2, Periodicals, 1946-47, p. 240, Copyright number: B60129.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: magazine size
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Genres: teen
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Table of Contents

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First Line: The other day a friend of mine…
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Character(s): Don Defore (photo); Gale Storm (photo); Diana Lynn (photo); Dave Street (photo); Frank Sinatra (photo); Nancy Barbato Sinatra (photo)
First Line: News of this star, and that…
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First Line: Ever helpful and understanding Jean Goodman…
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Mind Your P's and Q's

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It's All in Your Mind

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First Line: Our star rises higher and higher!
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Feature(s): Shopping Notes
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Sophocles Was Her Pin-Up

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First Line: Mrs. Borden walked briskly across the room and raised the shade.
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How to Handle Crushes

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Character(s): Shirley Temple (photos); John Agar (photo); Guy Madison (photo); Franchot Tone (photo); Peter Lawford (photo)
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Reluctant Romeo

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First Line: Whisking covers off counters that morning, Dottie Barman felt lovely, simply lovely, inside.
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Once Around the Park

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My Date with Rory Calhoun

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Character(s): Rory Calhoun (photos); Cathy Downs (photos)
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Outside, Looking In—Inside, Looking Out

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A Shoe Tree Grows in St. Louis

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First Line: Vicky's version of what happened…
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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Miss Seedy [French teacher]; Monsieur Chevalier [Miss Seedy's replacement]
First Line: Ho, hum! Foreign languages bore me!
Synopsis: When Hedy's actions cause Patsy to be given detention, Patsy, Buzz, and Nancy conspire to get Hedy in trouble with the new French teacher.
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Lonely Heart

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Disclose Notes: The magazine's synopsis reads: "You're in a gay, laughing crowd—yet, somehow, deep down you feel alone, an outcast, a misfit... Why, why, why can't you be bright and witty and charming? Must you go through life not quite being part of things? Here are a few heartening answers..."

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Genres: humorous, teen
First Line: When lovely maid selects a sweet, Time draggeth by on sluggard feet.
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Follow This Party Line

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When Love Steps In

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First Line: Della bent over her desk, her dark smooth cap of hair swinging forward to hide her face, scribbled the words and folded the note quickly.
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Meet Me in St. Louis

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Straight to Your Head

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Disclose Notes: An article of hair care tips.

Appears on pages 54 (1p), 55 (1p), and 74 (0.5p).
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Right Up Your Alley

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First Line: Here's your chance to speak up!
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Disclose Notes: Letters from: CAP (Civil Air Patrol) Cadet Ev Higgins, Florence Wright, Gloria Parke, Justine Miele, and Shirley Hill.
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First Line: But Gertrude—just because I asked you if you could cook, you don't have to jump to conclusions!
Synopsis: A flustered young man shouts at a lovestruck young lady in front of steps that hold a sign saying "Justice of the Peace."
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Feature(s): Professor Quiz
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First Line: I used to like it better when you and your boy friend were just getting acquainted and sending one another nice quiet postcards!
Synopsis: An elderly mailman has difficulty handling a large box he is delivering to an excited young lady.
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Disclose Notes: A one-panel cartoon and accompanying one-line caption that appear on page 70 (alongside the unrelated "Reluctant Romeo" text story).

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