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Issue: Pictorial Love Stories #23
Publication Date: January 1950
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Issues: #23 of 5 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagCharlton
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Charlton Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 9 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Charles J. Levy; Charles Santangelo
Disclose Notes: Indexed from information from Ger Apeldoorn via the GCD Error Tracker and a scan by "blastaar" from http://digitalcomicmuseum.com.

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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Don Ornitz (photo, credited)
Inker(s): Don Ornitz (photo, credited)
Colorist(s): Don Ornitz (photo, credited)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Character(s): Joy Lansing (photo)
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: "Cover Girl: Joy Lansing, Hal Roach Television starlet. (Photo by Don Ornitz, Globe)." Joy (later Joi) Lansing's acting career lasted until about 1970 (she died in 1972), including recurring roles on "The Beverly Hillbillies" and "The Bob Cummings Show."
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Danger! Thin Shoulders!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Fred Bell
Inker(s): Fred Bell
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Feature(s): Pictorial Love Stories' Beauty Briefs
Character(s): Lorna; Betty; Lorna
Synopsis: Lorna advises Betty to build up her "thin shoulders" so she can attract boys.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Black and white. Inside front cover.
Art credits from JVJ index card attached to online scanned version.
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Lorrie Lane

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Fred Bell
Inker(s): Fred Bell
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Feature(s): Hotel Hopeful
Character(s): Lorrie Lane; Linda Lane; Mrs. Lucinda Michaels; Jean Stagg; Gary Granlund; Mary
Synopsis: Lorrie arrives at the boarding house run by Mrs. Michaels. She is the twin sister of actress Linda Lane and wants to break into show business herself. Linda asks Lorrie to impersonate her for a few days so she can go home and rest. Lorrie, accompanied by Jean, faces hordes of fans and others competing for her attention. Actor Gary urges “Linda” to break her contract and appear in a film with him, but Jean knows it’s just to revive his own career. Lorrie decides acting is not for her and goes back to her hometown and her waiting boyfriend.
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Art credits from JVJ index card attached to scanned online version.
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Tim Adair and Barbara Crawford

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Art Gates ?
Inker(s): Art Gates ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Feature(s): Me ... Dan Cupid
Character(s): Dan Cupid [Danny]; Barbara "Babs" Crawford; Tim Adair; Sherry Fanning; Mrs. Crawford; Horace Schmazey
Synopsis: Babs breaks up with Tim because he’s a magazine illustrator who falls for all of his models, especially Sherry. Babs, urged by her mother, agrees to marry wealthy Horace instead. Tim convinces her to change her mind. Sherry tries to cut in, but Dan Cupid changes into handsome young man “Danny” and distracts her. Once his job is done, “Danny” vanishes, leaving Sherry all alone.
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Art credits from JVJ index card attached to online scanned version.
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The Lights of Broadway

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
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Pages: 2
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Case 157: Sally Smith

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Feature(s): Carter's Case Book
Character(s): Catherine Carter; Sally Smith; Jim Nolan; Danny Dix
Synopsis: Advice columnist Catherine gets a letter from Sally, who says she fears marrying her fiancé Jim will cause his death. Catherine visits the couple and Sally tells her story: she was a hat check girl in a club and was romanced by gangster Danny. Jim rescued her and Danny vows revenge. The criminal shows up and plans to kills Tim but Sally—at Catherine’s urging—shoots Danny and saves her boyfriend.
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Disclose Notes: In the previous issue, the protagonist's name was spelled "Catharine" but is "Catherine" in this issue (except in the last panel, where it reverts to "Catharine" again).
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I Was a Small Town Snob

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bill Allison
Inker(s): Bill Allison
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Character(s): Betsy Beldon; Jud Forman; Gerald Marsh; Cal; Jimmy
Synopsis: Betsy and her boyfriend Jud dislike the horde of summer tourists who come to their small town. When visitor Gerald kisses Betsy at a barn dance, she informs Jud. Jud and two friends beat up Gerald, but Betsy realizes she actually loves him. Gerald catches Jud alone, and knocks him out. Betsy and Gerald will be married.
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Pages: 7
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Fred Bell
Inker(s): Fred Bell
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Feature(s): Trudy 'n Judy
Character(s): Trudy; Judy
First Line: There goes the phone!
Synopsis: Judy answers a phone call and accepts a marriage proposal from a man, but doesn't want to interrupt him to find out which of her suitors it is.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Black and white. Inside back cover.

Art credits from JVJ index card attached to online scanned version.
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Ad for Florida Fashions Inc. dresses

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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