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Issue: Darling Love #6
Publication Date: October 1950
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Issues: #6 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: 07/26/1950
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 14 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On sale date as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, July-December 1950, page 190, registration number B258015.
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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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Foolish Kisses

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Inker(s): ? (photo)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
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Pages: 1
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Table of Contents

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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: This page contains the indicia, editorial credits and a table of contents for this issue.
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Hot Love and Cold Hearts

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Character(s): Maya; Matilda; Long Jim; Tom Drake; Mrs. Drake; Dr. Hall
Synopsis: Maya is a Native American who grows up on a reservation. In college, she encounters racism from white students and returns to the reservation to teach after graduation. Writer Tom arrives to do research and falls in love with Maya. She reluctantly accepts, fearful of more discrimination. Tom’s mother opposes the match but when Maya provides a life-saving blood transfusion, Mrs. Drake changes her mind.
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Pages: 9.67
Disclose Notes: Tentative art credits from JVJ Index card attached to scanned version online.
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Good Stuff On Records

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: informational, non-fiction
Feature(s): Platter Patter
Synopsis: Recommended listening with an accompanying illustration.
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Pages: 0.33
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The Life Of The Party

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Feature(s): Tootsie
Character(s): Tootsie; Ken
Synopsis: Ad for Tootsie Roll candy.
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Pages: 1
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Your Handwriting by Ellyn Lee

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: informational, non-fiction
Feature(s): Your Handwriting
Synopsis: Handwriting analysis of samples sent in by readers with an accompanying illustration and information on how to send in handwriting samples for future analysis.
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Foolish Kisses

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Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Character(s): Janet Blaine; Walter Horton; John Bly; Eric; Rod; Edward; Jacque; Bonnie
Synopsis: Famous model Janet wonders if she’s capable of love since she’s never had a sustained romance. However, when she kisses Walter, the head of the modeling agency, they both realize they are in love.
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Pages: 8.67
Disclose Notes: Tentative art credits from JVJ index card attached to online scanned version.

Janet's last name is "Blaine" on page 1 and "Blain" on page 2.
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What's Cookin'?

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: informational, non-fiction
Feature(s): What's Cookin'
Synopsis: Recipes for Luncheon Potato Balls and Cocoanut [sic] Kisses submitted by Anne Norci and Evelyn Mitchum respectively with an accompanying illustration.
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The Darling Bandbox

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? [as Miss Darling]
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
Feature(s): The Darling Bandbox
Synopsis: Helpful household hints submitted by readers.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters from Dorothy Loveland; Merilyn Sokolowski; Shirley Jean Scott; Diane Maiacos; Darlene Abraham.
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Careless Lover

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Genres: romantic
Character(s): Ellen Martin; Dan White; Mr. Key; Mr. Leslie; Judy
Synopsis: Secretary Ellen, plain but hardworking, is sent to Bermuda by her company to win a contract. She meets Dan on the boat and he’s friendly but she thinks he’s engaged to fellow passenger Judy. Later, Ellen is nearly drowned when her sailboat is caught in a storm, but she’s rescued by Dan and Judy on their yacht. Dan professes his love for Ellen and she’s confused until he explains Judy is his cousin and he was the best man at her wedding. Dan and Ellen become engaged.
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Man Proposes

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Poem with accompanying illustration.
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A Victim Of Girl Glamour

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Synopsis: Ad for Darling Romance comics.
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Honkytonk Girl

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Subject Matter
Genres: crime, romantic
Character(s): Yvonne Butler; Harry Rivers; Mrs. Butler; Bill Vail; Mike; Rex White; Joe
Synopsis: Yvonne is raised by her cynical mother. At 18, Yvonne becomes a nightclub hostess, giving men drugged drinks so they can be robbed. She saves Rex from a similar fate but refuses to give in to his romantic overtures for his own safety. Her boss Harry hits Yvonne and warns her not to act foolishly again. When Rex returns to the club, Yvonne tries to warn him but he’s drugged. Harry and his men take Rex and Yvonne to the countryside to kill them, but Rex was only faking: he’s an undercover cop and arrests the gang. Yvonne thinks Rex was just using her but he says his love is real.
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Pages: 10
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What's On Your Heart?

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): What's On Your Heart?
Synopsis: Letters asking for advice.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Submissions from Sally H.B. and Babs R.

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