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Issue: Darling Love #2
Publication Date: December 1949
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Issues: #2 of 11 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: A Darling MagazineView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Close-Up Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/26/1949
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 20 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Gilda Rae (credited) (story editor); Isabel Ross (credited) (production manager)
Disclose Notes: On sale date as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, July-December 1949, page 184, registration number B213639.
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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
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Colorist(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Character(s): Lola Lynn (photo)
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Pages: 1
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Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Includes indicia.
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Forever Yours!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Character(s): Grant Perry; Tom Baily; Sheila Crane; Derek Watson; Walt Garnet
First Line: I've been waitin' a long time, Grant!
Synopsis: Magazine photographer Sheila is assigned a story on New England fishing boats. Captain Grant and his crew think it’s bad luck to have a woman aboard. When a storm wrecks the boat, Grant saves Sheila and has to protect her from the vengeful crewmen. They’re rescued and Grant and Sheila find they are in love, but he refuses to give up the sea. Sheila waits anxiously while Grant sails out to rescue some fellow fishermen: he returns safely.
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Pages: 9.67
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You Possess my Heart

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Lamar Miller (credited)
Penciller(s): ? (illustration)
Inker(s): ? (illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
First Line: The world is brighter for your smile
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Eight line poem with an illustration.
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Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (illustration)
Inker(s): ? (illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction, opinion
Feature(s): Your Handwriting
First Line: Whether or not this boy is truly in love with you...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ellyn Lee analyses handwriting from two submitted samples.
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Mama's Apron Strings

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Character(s): Rick Hayes; Meg; Mrs. Hayes
First Line: Could I ever hope to marry Rick, or was...
Synopsis: Department store sales clerk Meg dates concert pianist Rick. Rick’s mother thinks Meg is a gold-digger and opposes their relationship. Meg fears Rick will be influenced by his mother, but when he risks injury to his hands to save her from a foul ball at a baseball game, Meg and Rick’s mutual love is confirmed.
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In Content Item: FlagAgonizing Love #[nn] published January 2011
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7.67
Disclose Notes: An almost identical story is "First Claim on Him" in First Love Illustrated (Harvey, 1949 series) 43 (August 1954).
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Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (illustration)
Inker(s): ? (illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: drama, non-fiction
Feature(s): What's Cookin'?
First Line: Evenings will be getting cooler, and it will be...
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Simple recipes for Pecan Glace and Cheese Furters.
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Lose Weight Where it Shows Most

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photographs)
Inker(s): ? (photographs)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science and technology
Character(s): Mary Martin of Long Island City; Nancy Mace of the Bronx
First Line: Doctors prove by actual test that this...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Mail order ad for a weight loss massage cream from The Spot Reducer Co., Dept. 184, 871 Broad Street, Newark, New Jersey.
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Until Death Do us Part

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Character(s): Kathy Fiske; Steve Crandall; Chet Rogers
First Line: You would never associate death and Kathy...
Synopsis: Army doctor Steve and Red Cross representative Kathy meet in Europe during World War II. They are reunited after the war in New York, where Kathy is now a copywriter and Steve is a medical researcher. They plan to wed but Steve learns Kathy is suffering from a potentially fatal blood clot in the brain as a result of a war injury. He tries to keep this a secret from her but she finds out. They decide to carry on with their lives and enjoy their love as long as they can.
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Story narrated by Steve. The initials 'JE' appear on a bass drum on the first page, possibly the artist?
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Sensational Scatter-Pin Offer!

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (illustrations)
Inker(s): ? (illustrations)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Feature(s): Suretest Products
First Line: Yes - it is true, any 3 pins as shown...
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Mail order ad from Suretest Products, Inc., Pin Dept., 124 East 16th St., New York 3, New York.
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Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Miss Darling]
Colorist(s): ? (background)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Feature(s): The Darling Bandbox
First Line: The one and only: Hat, that is.
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: A half page of fashion tips. This issue: hats, pot holders, double duty dress.
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The Life of the Party

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Character(s): Jack Davis; Tad Hendricks; Midge Rawson; Joyce Kane; Shep
First Line: To what extremes will a man go to combat loneliness?
Synopsis: As a boy, Jack overcomes his loneliness by becoming an extroverted “life of the party,” and continues this into college. Jack falls for Joyce at a party but learns she is embarrassed by his constant clowning. Jack decides to change his ways and Joyce admits she loves him.
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Pages: 6.67
Disclose Notes: Narrated by Jack (the second story in this issue narrated by a man).
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Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (illustration)
Inker(s): ? (illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Platter Patter
First Line: Latch on to your steady date when you're...
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Record reviews. Featured are Vic Damone, Perry Como, Jane Powell, Jerry Wayne and the Boston Pops Orchestra.
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Here it is! Your Archie Annual

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (illustration)
Inker(s): ? (illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
First Line: You asked for it... and now here it is...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo ad for the first Archie Annual (Archie, 1949 series), 1949-1950 edition. Includes a mail-in coupon to order a copy for 25 cents.
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What Price Love?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Character(s): Val Phillips; Gil Randall; Mrs. Phillips; Charlie Payne; Mr. Phillips
First Line: Gil would have paid any price to marry me.
Synopsis: Recent college graduate Val is courted by rich but humble Gil and her hometown boyfriend Charlie. When Gil’s car crashes, Charlie risks his life to save him, and Val realizes Charlie is the one she loves. They wed.
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Pages: 8.67
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Current Rave

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Irene Martin (credited)
Penciller(s): ? (illustration)
Inker(s): ? (illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
First Line: He's big and tall
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: An eight line poem.
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Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (illustration)
Inker(s): ? (illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction, romantic
Feature(s): What's on Your Heart?
First Line: Problem: Two years ago, when I was seventeen...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advice column. Letters from Patricia S. and Gloomy Gloria.
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Here's Proof... Save Your Hair

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (illustration); ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ? (illustration); ? (photograph)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science and technology
Feature(s): Comate
First Line: If you are troubled by thinning hair...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Mail order ad for a hair growing product from Comate Laboratories, Dept. 1-DC, 366 Madison Avenue, New York 17, New York.
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What You Can Do About Pimples

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (illustrations); ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ? (illustrations); ? (photograph)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science and technology
First Line: When pimply skin is your problem, the first...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover mail order ad for pimple treatment from Dornol Products, Inc., Dept. 1310-C, 4257 Katonah Ave., New York 66, New York.
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Have a Slimmer Youthful Feminine Appearance Instantly!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photographs)
Inker(s): ? (photographs)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Feature(s): Adjust-O-Belt
Character(s): two unnamed women
First Line: Don't look old before your time!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover mail order ad for Adjust-O-Belt girdle from Adjust-O-Belt Co., Dept. 64, 1025 Broad Street, Newark, New Jersey.

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