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Issue: My Love Secret #26 Public Domain
Publication Date: October 1949
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Issues: #26 of 7 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagFox
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Hero Books Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 6 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: Indicia reads: "MY LOVE SECRET (formerly PHANTOM LADY)."

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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock:  
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
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Pages: 1
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I Played at Love

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Wally Wood; Harry Harrison
Inker(s): Wally Wood
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Character(s): Kent Barnes; Karen; Irene; Mr. Grand
Synopsis: Inspired by her older sister Irene, "an executive in a large firm," Karen goes to work in Mr. Grand's dress shop while still in high school. She is eventually promoted to Mr. Grand's assistant. Karen falls in love with and marries Kent, but refuses to quit her job. Mr. Grand retires and makes her store manager; Kent fears this will mean she has no time for him. He's right, and asks Karen for a divorce. She decides to "quit my job and spend my time being your wife!"
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Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Story begins on the inside front cover.
Art credit from JVJ index card attached to scanned version online. JVJ does not specify who did what but the faces look less Wood-ish than usual.
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I Wanted Both Men

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Louis Zansky
Inker(s): Louis Zansky
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Character(s): Dave; Jim Munn; Corinne; Irene Brown; Frank Brown; Mrs. Munn; Mr. Munn; Mr. Brown; Mrs. Brown
Synopsis: Factory worker Irene falls in love with farmer Jim, but "he has nothing to offer me." Irene and Jim go on a double date with Corinne and her boyfriend Dave. Irene thinks Dave "is more my type and...makes gobs of money." They all visit Jim's farm, but Dave recklessly drives a hay wagon and hits a truck, killing Corinne and Jim. Irene separates from Dave: "Will Dave and I find true love through our grief? I don't know."
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Possible alternate title: "Dog in the Manger."
Art credit from JVJ index card attached to scanned version online.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Mary Allen]
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Cupid's Mailbag
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Pages: 1.5
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How's the Weather Up There?

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Mary Allen]
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): PostScript
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My Short-Term Marriage!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Al Davoren ?
Inker(s): Al Davoren ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Character(s): Wilma Dayton; Ned Coomb; Marsha Baxter; Tom; Cameron Clayton
Synopsis: Department store clerk Wilma is engaged to policeman Ned, but she is pursued by handsome salesman Cameron. A jealous Ned punches Cameron and Wilma gets angry; she sends Ned's ring back to him. Cameron and Wilma elope. Soon, Wilma discovers her husband drinks and runs around with other women. Before she can ask him for a divorce, Cameron gets drunk and falls to his death from a balcony. Wilma is now free to marry Ned.
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Art credit from JVJ index card attached to scanned version online.

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