Digital Comic Museum - Lovelorn Confessions of the 078 -JVJ


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From the JVJ Collection.

Issue: #78
Published: February 1957, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 36, Editing: Richard Hughes [as Richard E. Hughes]
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Silver Age U. S. Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Notes: Indexed from scanned copy at http://comicbookplus.com

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)	Like Unto Like!
Credits:	Pencils: Ken Bald \| Inks: Ken Bald \| Letters: Ed Hamilton
Genre:	Romance

Comic Story (9 pages)	Like Unto Like!
Synopsis:	Phyllis and extrovert Wes are childhood sweethearts but by high school she thinks they’re too “opposite.” Phyllis begins dating wealthy Rod but he dumps her. In college, Phyllis is attracted to “sensitive” Floyd but he accuses her of being “a husband-hunter” and they break up. Back home, Phyllis and Wes are reunited, but she falls in love with Neil, who is engaged to Greta. Wes and Greta get together, and Neil says he planned it that way: he realized Greta wasn’t his type, so he set her up with Wes. Neil and Phyllis can now marry.
Credits:	Pencils: Bill Fix
Genre:	Romance
Characters:	Phyllis Turner Wes Mitchell Rod Hoffman Floyd Winston Greta Hayes Neil Bryant

Text Story (1 page)	Romance of the Road!
Credits:	Letters: typeset
Genre:	Romance

Comic Story (1 page)	Class Celebrities
Synopsis:	Types of boys in school: Handsomest Boy, Class Athlete, Best Dancer, Most Likely to Succeed. “Nothing about being a celebrity…guarantees a good mate!” Find your True Love instead.
Credits:	Pencils: John Rosenberger \| Inks: John Rosenberger
Genre:	Romance
Characters:	Ruthie

Comic Story (8 pages)	Love on Ice!
Synopsis:	In 1954, Alice and her mother visit Sun Valley so Alice can prepare for the ice skating championships. Alice badly injures a leg. She falls in love with Dr. Hal but says she can’t marry him until 1956, after the Olympics, because marriage “would disrupt my training schedule completely!” Hal says “I’ve never heard anything so insane in my life!” They break up. In 1956, Alice competes in the Olympics against “that communist skater from Russia,” but is still depressed about Hal. Alice’s mother sends Hal a cable; he arrives to encourage Alice. Alice wins the gold medal and will now marry Hal.
Credits:	Pencils: Charles Sultan \| Inks: Sam Citron
Genre:	Romance Sports
Characters:	Alice Kroll Mrs. Kroll Dr. Hal Rackley George

Text Story (1 page)	A Kiss Is Worth Far More!
Credits:	Letters: typeset
Genre:	Romance

Comic Story (7 pages)	For the Love of Helene!
Synopsis:	American heart specialist Alan travels to France to attend to Madame Du Marnier, and falls in love with her daughter Helene. However, Helene’s father has arranged for Helene to wed the Baron, a member of another family with “noble blood.” After Alan saves her mother’s life, Helene has the courage to tell her parents that she will marry Alan, the man she loves.
Credits:	Pencils: Pete Riss \| Inks: Pete Riss
Genre:	Romance
Characters:	Dr. Alan Wright Countess Helene Du Marnier Madame Du Marnier Count Du Marnier Baron

Comic Story (1 page)	How to Meet That Special Man!
Synopsis:	Various ways to meet a new man in town: introduction by a mutual friend, basically stalking him, and the “direct approach.”
Credits:	Pencils: John Rosenberger \| Inks: John Rosenberger
Genre:	Romance
Characters:	Carl Taylor Alice Grant

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