Issue: #31 [1]
Published: October 1949, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 36, Editing:
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age US Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Notes: Indicia reads: "MY DESIRE, intimate confession (formerly JO-JO)."
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| Comic Story (10 pages) |
I Couldn't Be Faithful |
| Synopsis: |
Waitress Mitzi agrees to marry book salesman Steven if and when he gets a promotion; she doesn’t love him, but he can help support her invalid aunt. She also becomes engaged to medical student Fred, but will marry him only after he opens his own practice. The two men meet each other and fight, which causes Aunt Hilda to have a heart attack and die. Mitzi confesses her scheme and admits she doesn’t love either Fred or Steven. She’s left all alone. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Paul Gattuso | Inks: Maurice Gutwirth ? |
| Genre: |
Romance |
| Characters: |
Mitzi Fred Jackson Steven Daly Aunt Hilda Dr. Brady |
| Comic Story (10 pages) |
They Called Me Wayward |
| Synopsis: |
When their parents separate, Pearl goes with her mother and Martha stays with her father. Years later, Pearl’s mother dies in an accident and the 18-year-old Pearl returns to live with her father and sister in their small town. Pearl’s city upbringing makes her seem flashy and crude to the others. Pearl dates George but feels socially inferior to him and moves away to another town. George tracks her down and proposes marriage. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Ken Battefield |
| Genre: |
Romance |
| Characters: |
Pearl Wright Martha Wright John Wright Mrs. Wright Mrs. Bunte Mrs. Norey Bob Helen George Pailey |
| Letters Page (2 pages) |
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| Featuring: |
Love's Mailbox |
| Credits: |
Script: ? [as Kathy Price] | Letters: Typeset |
| Text Article (1 page) |
How's Your Smile Today? |
| Featuring: |
It's Personal |
| Credits: |
Script: ? [as Kathy Price] | Letters: typeset |
| Comic Story (9 pages) |
He Must Never Know |
| Synopsis: |
Doreen is courted by bank clerk Terry and by wealthy Calvin but marries Terry. Doreen’s mother falls ill and the newlyweds can't pay for her treatment. Calvin loans Doreen the money. Terry is arrested when $500 is missing from the bank, and Doreen fears he stole it for her. She goes out with Calvin but he makes improper advances. Terry is cleared of suspicion and released from jail. Doreen confesses the truth about Calvin, and Terry forgives her because he’s also gotten a loan from the bank to pay her aunt’s medical bills. |
| Credits: |
Inks: Greene ? (see notes) |
| Genre: |
Romance |
| Characters: |
Doreen Terry Black Calvin |
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