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Issue: Intimate Love #16 Public Domain
Publication Date: February 1952
 
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Publisher: FlagPines
Brand: Standard ComicsView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Standard Magazines Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 12 (10 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: No editor is credited in the indicia. Joseph Archibald is listed in the Statement of the Ownership.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US; then standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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[untitled]

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The Man I Wanted

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Shelley Gorman; Mrs. Gorman; Joan; Mary; Allan Thayer; Meg; Bill
Teenager Shelley moves to a new town and doesn’t know anyone, so she takes the initiative and asks a boy for date. He accepts and Shelley resolves “never again to waste time in waiting” and continues this policy when she graduates and goes to work. She pursues new coworker Allan and he eventually confesses his love for her. Shelley even proposes marriage to Allan. Coworker Joan confronts Shelley and says Allan loves her. Allan confirms it, saying “every man likes to feel he’s doing the choosing.” Shelley gives up Allan and hopes someday to “find the happiness I pray for!”
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Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
Party Pests

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Watch out for the “Smoochers,” the “She-Wolf,” the “Bookworm,” and the “Gossip.”
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Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
Pretty as a Picture

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How to prepare to have your photo taken.
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Art identification confirmed by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
Too Smart for Love

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Iris Baker; Lola; Don; Ted; Mrs. Ames; Ed Warren
High school student Iris is highly intelligent but a “social flop.” She “pretend[s] to be a bird-brain” and becomes popular. However, Ed knows she’s smart because he is, too: “I want a smart girl, one I can talk to!” They begin dating.
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Accent on Charm

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Martha Hale
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Small Town Girl

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Amy Hewitt; Ben; Mrs. Hewitt; Mr. Hewitt; Jack Lynd
Amy is 23 years old and unmarried, despite the best efforts of her mother and her mother’s friends to set her up with eligible bachelors. When Jack is coerced into calling for a date, Amy claims she’s Amy’s cousin Edna and they go out. “Edna” and Jack fall in love; she confesses the truth and Jack says he knew all the time, but he still loves her.
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Art identification confirmed by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
Smart Talk from the Boys

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George; Don; Doris; Carolyn; Barbara; Nancy
George and Don discuss the types of girls they don’t like.
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credit from Art Saaf's son, Steve; per email Nov 11, 2007. Last panel has statement of ownership and management.
All for Love

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Love Problems
Marcy; Hank
Hank, we've had such a lovely evening!
Marcy dates Hank but acts cool towards him, because “a boy loses interest in a girl, once she lets him know how much she cares.” Hank finds another girlfriend, because “a man likes to be told his girl is crazy about him!”
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Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
My Reckless Heart

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Elaine Walsh; Tod Kirby; Pete Baxter; Mrs. Walsh; Mary Watson
Elaine and Tod are on a date and she urges him to drive faster, which results in an accident when a tire blows. Pete, in the other vehicle, is injured and Elaine feels guilty. She has Pete move into her family’s home until he’s recovered. Pete and Elaine fall in love. However, Elaine discovers Pete has a hometown girlfriend, Mary; he is only grateful to Elaine, not in love with her. Elaine and Tod reconcile, and they reunite Pete and Mary.
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Art identification confirmed by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
Miss Know-It-All

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Sandra
Sandra “knows everything except the value of modesty.”
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Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.

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