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Issue: Diary Secrets #20
Publication Date: September 1953
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Issues: #20 of 21 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagSt. John
Brand: St. JohnView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: St. John Publishing Company
On Sale Date: 07/14/1953
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 7 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Stories are all reprints in this issue.
On sale date as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, July-December 1953, page 225, registration number B426704.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Ring Around My Heart

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagLonely Heart Library #23 published January 1957
as Ring Around My Heart [Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagBlue Ribbon Comics #2 published April 1949
was Jealousy Taught Me to Love [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Original title: "Jealousy Taught Me to Love."
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My Stand-in for Love

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Character(s): Rita Stewart; Sam Bishop; N.G. Stellar
First Line: My name is Rita Stewart...
Synopsis: Orphan Rita wants to become an actress for “fame and money.” After freezing during an amateur contest, she thinks boyfriend Sam is mocking her. Working as a carhop, Rita pretends to faint and gets a screen test but the producer says he doesn’t believe she really wants to be an actress. Sam finds Rita and says “being a wife is a career in itself!” Sam and Rita will wed.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagHollywood Confessions #1 published October 1949
was Love Came Second [Story on Interior Page(s)]with one page cut and panels extended at top and bottom to change page shape
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Original title: "Love Came Second." Story credit in the St. John Romance Comics Checklist.
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[untitled]

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Comedy Column
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Joke page with illustrated border
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[untitled]

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Gag-Bag
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Joke page with illustrated border
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The Face of an Angel

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Character(s): Jon Koslo; C.B. Mille; Percy Westover; Vivian; Sue; Gina Kenny; Dr. Kerr; Mr. Flemming
First Line: Kindness, warmth, and understanding...
Synopsis: Jon has been mocked for his unattractive face since childhood. He becomes an engineer but is “discovered” by a film producer and is hired as a screen villain. Actress Gina is kind to him, and when Jon is badly burned saving others in a studio fire, she visits him in the hospital. Plastic surgery makes him handsome, and Gina is rewarded for her devotion.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagHollywood Confessions #1 published October 1949
was Too Ugly to Love! [Story on Interior Page(s)]with panels extended at top and bottom to change page shape
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Original title: "Too Ugly to Love." Credits by John Benson in the St. John Romance Comics Checklist.

Some of the character names are parodies of actual people in the film industry: C.B. Mille (Cecil B. DeMille), Percy Westover (Perc Westmore), Mr. Flemming (Victor Fleming).
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My Boomerang Lies

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Character(s): Georgia Thurman; Carl; Susan Chambers; Thelma; Wilbur Burns
First Line: Don't be so sure...
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagPictorial Confessions #2 published October 1949
was What Happens to Love When Lies Come True? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Original title: "What Happens to Love When Lies Come True?" Credit in the St. John Romance Comics Checklist.

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