Digital Comic Museum - Sweetheart Diary 10 -JVJ


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Issue: #10
Published: May 1952, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 36, Editing: Roy Ald; Will Lieberson (executive editor); Al Jetter (art editor)
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U.S Paper Stock: Newsprint Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Notes: Partial issue index from record at comics.lib.msu.edu.

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)
Credits:	Pencils: ? (photo) \| Inks: ? (photo) \| Colours: ? (photo) \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	Romance

Promo (ad From The Publisher) (1 page)
Synopsis:	House ad for "Romantic Story" comics.

Comic Story (11 pages)	I Was a Percentage Girl
Synopsis:	Supermarket clerk Shirley is engaged to mechanic Dan; they are saving their money to get married and buy a “service station and motor court upstate.” Dan gets his draft notice, which puts their plans on hold. Shirley makes friends with bargirl Dotty and becomes a “percentage girl,” getting a cut of what their dates spend at a nightclub. Shirley tells Dan she’s a model, but when she’s arrested after a club brawl, Dan learns the truth and breaks up with her.
Credits:	Pencils: Bernard Baily \| Inks: Bernard Baily
Genre:	Romance
Characters:	Shirley Dan Dotty Johnnie Kasco Frank Jack Tony Jane Ethel

Comic Story (1 page)	The Neckties
Featuring:	Impossible Irma
Synopsis:	Irma buys John two neckties but doubts he'll like them.
Genre:	Teen
Characters:	Irma John

Promo (ad From The Publisher) (1 page)
Synopsis:	Subscription form for "Sweetheart Diary."
Credits:	Letters: typeset

Comic Story (9 pages)	Age 18 Attractive… Will Marry Man with Wealth
Synopsis:	Esther loves Danny but they both live in poverty. When Esther’s father has a heart attack and has to stop working, she decides to place a personal ad offering herself as a wife for a wealthy man. Elias, a wealthy, widowed farmer, responds. Esther agrees to marry him and move away, but her parents refuse to go along. Elias learns the truth from Danny and he says he wouldn’t want to break up two people who love each other. Danny has left town, but he returns and is reunited with Esther.
Credits:	Pencils: Mike Sekowsky ?
Genre:	Romance
Characters:	Danny Esther Ebbering Mr. Ebbering Mrs. Ebbering Elias March

Comic Story (1 page)

Picture Biography of Anthony Curtis

Text Story (2 pages)	Love Lesson
Genre:	Romance

Comic Story (1 page)	Courtship Customs
Genre:	Non-fiction

Comic Story (7 pages)	A Fool in Love
Synopsis:	Kitty is engaged to Emory. She asks his boss to excuse Emory from a business trip so they can prepare for their wedding, which makes Emory angry. When Emory’s mother dies, he says his father will have to live with him and Kitty after their marriage. To avoid this, Kitty goes to a matrimonial agency and finds a new wife for the elder Kendall. However, just in time it’s discovered that the woman is a fraud who poisoned two previous husbands for their insurance. Emory breaks up with Kitty. She makes amends by caring for his father, and Emory eventually takes her back.
Genre:	Romance
Characters:	Kitty Emory Kendall Mr. Kendall Mrs. Brown Doc Jenkins

Promo (ad From The Publisher) (1 page)
Synopsis:	House ad for "Life Story" comics.

Promo (ad From The Publisher) (1 page)
Synopsis:	House ad for "True Confessions" magazine.
Credits:	Pencils: ? (photo) \| Inks: ? (photo)

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