Issue: #107
Published: August 1959, 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: CONFESSIONS OF THE LOVELORN, published monthly and © 1959 by Best Syndicated Features, Inc., Second & Dickey Streets, Sparta, Illinois. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. Editorial offices 347 Fifth Ave., New York 16, N.Y. Richard E. Hughes, Editor; Frederick H. Iger, Business Manager. Subscription (12 issues), $1.20; single copies, $0.10; foreign postage extra. All characters are fictitious and use of any real names is coincidental. For advertising information, address American Comics Group, Inc., 347 Fifth Ave., New York 16, N.Y. Second-Class Postage Paid at Sparta, Ill. and at additional mailing offices. No. 107, August, 1959. Printed in U.S.A.
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| Cover (1 page) |
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| Credits: |
Pencils: John Rosenberger [as John R.] (painting; signed) | Inks: John Rosenberger [as John R.] (painting; signed) | Colours: John Rosenberger [as John R.] (painting; signed) |
| Genre: |
Romance |
| Characters: |
Albert Prentiss Wendy Briggs |
| Comic Story (10 pages) |
The Girl No Man Wanted! |
| Synopsis: |
Louise is rejected by Carl because she talks too much; Lew drops her because she's afraid of spiders and such; Stan breaks up with her because she's a soft touch for bums. One day Louise rescues a man who faints on a railroad track; as he recovers in the hospital, she visits him and helps restore his will to live. Louise learns he's Nick, a famous playwright who had a nervous breakdown. Nick says all of her "bad" traits helped cure him, and they will be married. |
| Credits: |
Script: Richard Hughes ? | Pencils: John Rosenberger | Inks: John Rosenberger | Letters: Ed Hamilton |
| Genre: |
Romance |
| Characters: |
Louise Banner Carl Mrs. Banner Lew Cleary Stan Ellison Nick Greer |
| Text Story (1 page) |
Man Collector |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
| Genre: |
Romance |
| Comic Story (7 pages) |
If I Had It To Do Over Again! |
| Synopsis: |
Carol marries Dave but objects when he opens a bookstore rather than taking a secure job in a bank. She badgers him and gets a job herself to help support them. Dave goes broke and Carol tells him that she's pregnant. She says "I don't need a spineless weakling like you!" and he leaves. Dave sends a check each week but won't return. Carol has a daughter and divorces Dave. Several years later, Dave comes back, now successful. He and Carol will remarry. |
| Credits: |
Script: Richard Hughes ? | Letters: Ed Hamilton |
| Genre: |
Romance |
| Characters: |
Carol Holland Dave Holland Jeanne Holland Carol's Mother Cliff |
| Text Story (1 page) |
I've Had It! |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
| Genre: |
Romance |
| Comic Story (2 pages) |
Tips on Trysts |
| Synopsis: |
Dos and Don'ts for Dates. |
| Comic Story (7 pages) |
The Romance of a Sissy |
| Synopsis: |
During World War II, Sgt. Olsen is disgusted by Albert, a soldier in his platoon who displays signs of weakness and sensitivity. Olsen tells his WAC girlfriend Wendy to pretend to be interested in Albert. Wendy discovers she actually likes Albert, who is humiliated when Olsen exposes his scheme. During training, troops are trapped in a forest fire and Olsen intends to abandon them; Albert knocks him out and supervises the rescue. Albert is the only one left and Wendy saves him, because she really loves him. |
| Credits: |
Script: Richard Hughes ? | Pencils: John Rosenberger (signed) [as John R.] | Inks: John Rosenberger (signed) [as John R.] | Letters: Ed Hamilton |
| Genre: |
Romance |
| Characters: |
Albert Prentiss Wendy Briggs Sgt. George Olsen |
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