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Issue: Darling Romance #2
Publication Date: November 1949
 
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Indicia Publisher: Close-Up Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/14/1949
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 17 (8 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 B213153.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U. S.
Paper Stock: Glossy cover
Binding: Saddle-stitched
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Goodbye, My Love! Good Bye!

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Subject Matter
romantic
Louise Venier (actress b. 1928)
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Cover girl credited on contents page.
Darling Romance

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Inside front cover. Includes indicia.
Social Climber!

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Subject Matter
romantic
Janice Grant; Charles Grant; Bob Phelps; Helen Phelps; Niles Thomas; Henry Graham
I had always promised myself that someday, I would be...
Janice wants to have the better things in life but her husband objects.
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Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Phyllis Pool (credited)
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Subject Matter
informational, non-fiction
You Can Be a Prettier Darling
The prettiest face is the one with make-up used sparingly...
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Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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non-fiction, opinion
The Answer Woman
Many of my dresses have been lengthened and show a...
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Questions and answers on various topics of interest.
Goodbye, My Love! Goodbye!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
crime, romantic
Ginny Marlowe; Phil Morgan; Peggy Ames; Monte Basile; Eddie Gans
I had to see you, Ginny...
Ginny goes to New York City with hopes of becoming a Broadway actress.
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Lose Weight Where it Shows Most

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Subject Matter
science and technology
Mary Martin of Long Island City; Nancy Mace of the Bronx
Doctors prove by actual test that this...
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Mail order ad for a weight loss massage cream from The Spot Reducer Co., Dept. 184, 871 Broad Street, Newark, New Jersey.
Misfit!

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Subject Matter
romantic
Chuck 'Marble-Mouth' Morgan; Nancy; Helen Nolan; Alice; Phil Crowley; Mr. Borden
I hated the laughing, jeering world which denied me...
Chuck suffers from stuttering to the point that he feels like a misfit. Helen, whom he likes, tries to help him overcome his disability.
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Forget Me

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Shirley Deebay (credited)
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Subject Matter
romantic
unnamed man and woman
He left me standing there alone
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A Poem.
[untitled]

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Subject Matter
non-fiction, opinion
Personality... and You from Your Handwriting
It is not at all surprising that you had...
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Ellyn Lee analyses handwriting from two submitted samples.
The Heel

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Subject Matter
crime, romantic
Eve Perry; Mal Graham; Sharon Cummins; Tony Gandella
How much does a dream cost?
Mal and Eve are struggling together as a vaudeville act and then Sharon breaks it all apart.
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8.67
[untitled]

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Beatrice Hamner (credited)
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Subject Matter
romantic
Thrill of a Lifetime
Beatrice Hamner; Joe
Two weeks ago, I was the unhappiest girl...
Joe surprises Beatrice with a diamond engagement ring.
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0.33
This feature awards a $5.00 prize for the winning letter describing an exciting or memorable experience. Beatrice Hamner of Chicago, Illinois is the writer of this issue's winning letter.
Forbidden

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romantic
Kathie; Rand Danvers; Bill Marshall; Harrison Hawkins
When I first met Rand Danvers, I knew he...
Kathie is engaged to Bill but she desires Rand after Bill forbids her to dance with him.
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The Right to Marriage

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Subject Matter
romantic
Alan Strand; Eileen Payne; Mrs. Payne; Amy Payne; Lester Payne
But Eileen, my darling, I want you to marry me!
Alan is frustrated that Eileen keeps putting off the wedding due to having to care for her mother and family.
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Here's Proof... Save Your Hair

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Subject Matter
science and technology
Comate
If you are troubled by thinning hair...
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Mail order ad for a hair growing product from Comate Laboratories, Dept. 1-DC, 366 Madison Avenue, New York 17, New York.
What You Can Do About Pimples

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Subject Matter
science and technology
When pimply skin is your problem, the first...
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Miscellaneous
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Inside back cover mail order ad for pimple treatment fromDornol Products, Inc., Dept. 149-C, 4257 Katonah Ave., New York 66, New York.
Have a Slimmer Youthful Feminine Appearance Instantly!

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Subject Matter
Adjust-O-Belt
two unnamed women
Don't look old before your time!
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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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