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Issue: Modern Love #2
Publication Date: August 1949
 
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Title:
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Rating: Authorized A. C. M. P. Conforms to the Comics Code
Publisher: FlagEC
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Indicia Publisher: Tiny Tot Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/13/1949
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Authorized A. C. M. P. Conforms to the Comics Code
Content Items: 15 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): William M. Gaines
Disclose Notes: On sale date as given in the copyright application as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, January-June 1949, page 81, registration number B190953.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U.S.
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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I Craved Excitement

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Johnny Craig; Al Feldstein [as F. C. Al Jon] (signed)
Johnny Craig; Al Feldstein [as F. C. Al Jon] (signed)
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Jim Wroten
Subject Matter
romantic
Bill Davis; Dorothy 'Dotty' Doran; Al Davis
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FlagModern Love #2 published September 1949
as I Craved Excitement [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
Miscellaneous
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Take Pictures Day or Night

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
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Subject Matter
Martins-David Company
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Miscellaneous
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Inside front cover mail order advertisement for a camera and flash attachment from Martins-David Co., Dept. C-588-H, 179 North Michigan, Chicago 1, Illinois.
I Craved Excitement!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Dorothy Doran (story); Al Feldstein (adaptation)
Johnny Craig; Al Feldstein [as F. C. Al Jon] (signed)
Johnny Craig; Al Feldstein [as F. C. Al Jon] (signed)
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Jim Wroten
Subject Matter
romantic
Bill Davis (pilot); Dorothy 'Dotty' Doran; Al Davis (mechanic)
A love triangle has two brothers desiring the same woman. When Bill enlists for the armed services, Al sees his chance to move in and eventually asks Dotty to marry him, and she agrees. But when Al loses his job, the wedding is put off until another job can be found. When Al finally gets a job, he is rarely around to see Dotty, and as days and months drag on, Dotty gets more resentful of Al being away. Then Bill comes home and the spark is rekindled, leaving Al in the lurch.......or so it seems.
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Script credit from Tales of Terror: The EC Companion.

Feldstein fictionalized the names of all people in this story in his adaptation, as originally told by the fictionally named Dorothy Doran.

Parts of the story are told in flashback.

Dissatisfied with Craig's slow output of work, editor Feldstein tried a short-lived experiment where he and Craig teamed up on some stories, using the pen name of "F.C. Aljon" (derived from the initials of their last names and compounded first syllables of their first names). In an interview in 1983 with John Benson, Feldstein, speaking of these stories, said "I penciled and John would ink it. He would straighten out my lousy drawing." But the stories themselves cast some doubt on such a precise division of labor.

Thommy Burns, in Fantagraphics "The Woman Who Loved Life and Other Stories (October 2019), states that Feldstein is the dominate artist here, although Craig is evident in most of the faces in profile throughout the story.
Your Newsdealer He Is Your Friend!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Al Feldstein; Bill Gaines
Al Feldstein
Al Feldstein
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Jim Wroten
Subject Matter
opinion
Hank Carter; Hank's friends; Mr. Newsdealer; Pee Wee Reese (mentioned)
Hank asks his friends not to hang out at the entrance to a store.
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Script credit from Tales of Terror: The EC Companion.
To the Highest Bidder!

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Al Feldstein (illustration)
Al Feldstein (illustration)
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typeset
Subject Matter
romantic, teen
Sally Evans; Tommy Randall; Jim Weston
Sally hastily chooses to go to the prom with Jim although she had already accepted Tommy's invitation.
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Miscellaneous
1
The three characters in the illustration are drawn identical to the main characters in the "I Craved Excitement!" story.
Money Stood in the Way of My Happiness

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Ed Waldman [as Waldman] (signed)
Ed Waldman [as Waldman] (signed)
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Jim Wroten
Subject Matter
romantic
Janet Mason; Aunt Mary; Ken Vanderbilt; Jimmy Hardy
Aunt Mary is determined that Janet must marry a man of wealth.
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Miscellaneous
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Keeping Up With the Jones Family!

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
romantic
Jane Brush; Paul Brush; Fred Jones; Myra Jones
Jane keeps pushing her husband to buy her all the material things that the Joneses have.
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Famous Banner Fireworks!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
Banner Fireworks
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Miscellaneous
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Mail order advertisement for fireworks from Banner Fireworks Mfg. Co., Inc. Dept. 194, 446 Capistrano, Toledo 12, Ohio.
[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
religious
Picture Stories from the Bible
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Miscellaneous
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Mail order ad for three issues of Picture Stories from the Bible from Educational Comics, Inc., 225 Lafayette St., New York 12, New York.
A Night Away From Home

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Graham Ingels
Graham Ingels
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Jim Wroten
Subject Matter
romantic
Fay Carr; Bill Summers; Jimmy Garland; Fay's mother; old man with lantern; Joe
Fay and Bill become stranded in a rain storm that forces them to seek shelter for the night.
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Miscellaneous
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Fireworks Zow-e-e-e!!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
Buckeye Fireworks Company
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Miscellaneous
0.5
Mail order advertisement for fireworks from Buckeye Fireworks Company, Dept. 104, Wapakoneta, Ohio.
Picture Stories from American History

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
historical, science and technology
Educational Comics
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Miscellaneous
0.5
Mail order ad for issues of Picture Stories from American History, Picture Stories from Science and Picture Stories from World History from Educational Comics, Inc., 225 Lafayette St., New York 12, New York.
Make-A-Card

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
Make-A-Card; Educational Comics
Bob; Betty
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Miscellaneous
1
Comic strip style mail order ad for a Make-A-Card set from Educational Comics, Inc., 225 Lafayette St., New York 12, New York.
Jim Prentice Electric Baseball

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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? (ad agency)
Subject Matter
sports
Tom; Tom's friends
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Miscellaneous
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Inside back cover mail order ad with sequential art for the 1949 Jim Prentice Electric Baseball Game from Electric Game Company, 99 Front Street, Holyoke, Massachusetts.
Painted Zipper Billfolds

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
Illinois Merchandise Mart
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Miscellaneous
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Back cover mail order ad for painted zipper billfolds from Illinois Merchandise Mart, Dept. 5005, 1227 Loyola Ave., Chicago 26, Illinois.

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