Digital Comic Museum - First Love Illustrated 053 -JVJ


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A Rangerhouse scan,
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From the JVJ Collection.
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This book is part of the 2017 St Valentine's Day Romance'acre.
'Looking for digital love in all the wrong places.'

Issue: #53
Published: June 1955, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 36, Editing: Leon Harvey
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden And Silver Age U. S. Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)

Table Of Contents (1 page)	Contents
Credits:	Pencils: Various \| Inks: Various

Comic Story (7 pages)	Unhappy Love
Synopsis:	Newspaper photographer Lorna threatens to ruin the reputation of Ted’s skating rink unless he sells out to her boss Bill Brown. The paper publishes a photo of Ted kissing his fiancée Carol and claims the rink is an unwholesome place for teens. Ted secretly tape records Brown making his threats and blackmails him into apologising and even supporting Ted’s business.
Genre:	Romance
Characters:	Carol Granville Ted Rader Lorna Murdock Bill Brown

Text Story (1 page)	The Choice Was Mine
Credits:	Pencils: ? (illustration) \| Inks: ? (illustration) \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	Romance

Comic Story (4 pages)	He Loved Me Not
Synopsis:	Florist Laurie-Ann is in love with regular customer Ken, but refuses to respond to his romantic advances because she thinks he’s sending flowers to another woman. Ken explains that the “other woman” is the widow of “a dead Army buddy of mine!” and he really loves Laurie-Ann.
Genre:	Romance
Characters:	Laurie-Ann Ken Brill

Text Story (1 page)	In Love and Miserable!
Credits:	Letters: typeset
Genre:	Romance

Text Story (1 page)	Torch for the Wrong Guy
Credits:	Letters: typeset
Genre:	Romance

Comic Story (6 pages)	Choose Well, My Heart!
Synopsis:	Susan and Jeff are in love, but can’t get married until he earns his engineering degree. She doesn’t want to wait. One day, Susan is struck by wealthy Tony’s car but not seriously injured. They begin to date and Susan dumps Jeff. However, when Susan suffers a delayed reaction from the crash, Tony says “I don’t want a cripple on my hands!” and she breaks up with him. Jeff returns and offers to marry Susan right away, but she is now happy to wait until he graduates.
Credits:	Pencils: Al Gordon ? \| Inks: Al Gordon ?
Genre:	Romance
Characters:	Susan Parker Mrs. Parker Jeff Thompson Harkins Tony Wayde Dr. Thompson

Letters Page (1 page)
Featuring:	Your Problem
Credits:	Script: ? (as Nancy Powers) \| Letters: typeset

Comic Story (5 pages)	Tragic Awakening
Synopsis:	Peggy drops out of high school and gets a factory job. She finds her new freedom fun at first, but when college student Ted interviews her for a project, he is shocked that she voluntarily left school and Peggy begins to regret her actions. Peggy dates Ted but feels he looks down on her and goes back to her factory boyfriend Mac. However, Ted explains he does love Peggy and urges her to return to school so they can have a better life together. She agrees.
Genre:	Romance
Characters:	Peggy Miss Stevens Mac Toni Ted Mills

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