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Issue: Modern Love #2
Publication Date: September 1949
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Issues: #2 of 6 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Authorized A. C. M. P. Conforms to the Comics Code
Publisher: FlagSuperior
Brand: A Superior PublicationView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Superior Publishers Limited
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 CAD
Indicia Frequency: Authorized A. C. M. P. Conforms to the Comics Code
Content Items: 13 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: Some colors in this issue were previously attributed to Marie Severin, but it is unlikely that Severin had begun coloring at EC when the EC’s Modern Love #2 was colored (Cassell 2012, 33–34 and 171). Severin is not known ever to have worked for Superior.
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Reference:

Cassell, Dewey, with Aaron Sultan. 2012. Marie Severin: The Mirthful Mistress of Comics. Raleigh: TwoMorrows Publishing.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: colour
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.
Paper Stock: newsprint interior; glossy cover
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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I Craved Excitement

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ? (see note)
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Character(s): Bill Davis; Dotty Doran; Al Davis
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From Content Item: FlagModern Love #2 published August 1949
was I Craved Excitement [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Colors were previously attributed to Marie Severin (see Issue Notes, above).
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Fun and Profit for Every Reader

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (illustrations)
Inker(s): ? (illustrations)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Herald Publishing Company
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover mail order ad for books from Herald Publishing Company, 2382 Dundas St. W., Toronto, Ontario.
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I Craved Excitement!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dorothy Doran (story)
Colorist(s): ? (see notes)
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Character(s): Bill Davis; Dorothy 'Dotty' Doran; Al Davis
Synopsis: A love triangle has two brothers desiring the same woman.
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Script credit from Tales of Terror: The EC Companion.

Colors were previously attributed to Marie Severin (see Issue Notes, above).
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Your Newsdealer He Is Your Friend!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ? (see notes)
Subject Matter
Genres: opinion
Character(s): Hank Carter; Hank's friends; Mr. Newsdealer; Pee Wee Reese (mentioned)
Synopsis: Hank asks his friends not to hang out at the entrance to a store.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Script credit from Tales of Terror: The EC Companion.

Colors were previously attributed to Marie Severin (see Issue Notes, above).
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To the Highest Bidder!

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ? (see notes)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic, teen
Character(s): Sally Evans; Tommy Randall; Jim Weston
Synopsis: Sally hastily chooses to go to the prom with Jim although she had already accepted Tommy's invitation.
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Disclose Notes: The three characters in the illustration are drawn identical to the main characters in the "I Craved Excitement!" story.

Colors were previously attributed to Marie Severin (see Issue Notes, above).
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Money Stood in the Way of My Happiness

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ? (see note)
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Character(s): Janet Mason; Aunt Mary; Ken Vanderbilt; Jimmy Hardy
Synopsis: Aunt Mary is determined that Janet must marry a man of wealth.
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Colors were previously attributed to Marie Severin (see Issue Notes, above).
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Keeping Up with the Jones Family!

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (illustration)
Inker(s): ? (illustration)
Colorist(s): ? (see note)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Character(s): Jane Brush; Paul Brush; Fred Jones; Myra Jones
Synopsis: Jane keeps pushing her husband to buy her all the material things that the Joneses have.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Colors were previously attributed to Marie Severin (see Issue Notes, above).
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It's Easy to Learn Dancing

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (illustrations)
Inker(s): ? (illustrations)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Dominion Mail Order Agency
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Disclose Notes: Mail order ad for dancing lessons from Dominion Mail Order Agency, 2382 Dundas St. W., Toronto, Ontario.
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A Night Away from Home

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ? (see note)
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Character(s): Fay Carr; Bill Summers; Jimmy Garland; Fay's mother; old man with lantern; Joe
Synopsis: Fay and Bill become stranded in a rain storm that forces them to seek shelter for the night.
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Colors were previously attributed to Marie Severin (see Issue Notes, above).
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Nite-Lite The Magical Luminous Paint Kit

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (illustrations)
Inker(s): ? (illustrations)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Nu-Art Products
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Disclose Notes: Mail order ad for a luminous paint kit from Nu-Art Products, 2382 Dundas St. West, Toronto, Ontario.
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40 Different Action Changes

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (cover reproductions)
Inker(s): ? (cover reproductions)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Herald Publishing Company
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Mail order ad for two Magical Picture books from Herald Publishing Company, 2382 Dundas St. W., Toronto, Ontario.
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Fun Balloons

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (illustrations)
Inker(s): ? (illustrations)
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): New Art Products
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover mail order ad for two giant army balloons and sun visor from New Art Products, 2382 Dundas St. W., Toronto, Ontario. Coupon has an address of Box 24, Station "D", Toronto, Ontario.
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Oh Boy! Terrific, Exciting Films for Only $1

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (illustrations)
Inker(s): ? (illustrations)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ? (ad agency)
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Comicscope Company of Canada
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover mail order ad for a Filmatic Viewer with 3 complete films, 66 pictures. From Comicscope Company of Canada, Box 232, Toronto, Ontario.

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