Issue: #2
Published: June-July 1954, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 36, Editing: Martin Thall
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age US Paper Stock: Glossy Cover Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Notes: Indicia: HEART and SOUL, June, July-1954, Vol. 1, No. 2 Published Bi-Monthly by MIKEROSS PUBLICATIONS INC. Art and Editorial Offices at 55 West 42nd St., New York 36, N. Y., Phone: CHickering 4-4195. Editor: Martin Thall. Unsolicited Manuscripts not returned unless accompanied with stamped return envelope. Subscription rates: 8 issues-$1.00. 12 issues-$1.45. Application for Second Class Mailing Entry pending at the Post Office at Sparta, Illinois. Entire Contents Copyrighted 1954 by MIKEROSS PUBLICATIONS, INC. Any similarity between persons living or dead and those appearing in this magazine is unintended and coincidental. Printed in U. S. A.
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| Cover (1 page) |
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| Credits: |
Pencils: Ross Andru [as Andru] | Inks: Martin Thall [as Thall] |
| Genre: |
Romance |
| Comic Story (11 pages) |
Take Me Back |
| Synopsis: |
American soldier Peter marries shop clerk Luise while he is deployed in West Germany. After Peter is discharged, Luise and her brother Ludwig are reunited with him in his hometown in Ohio. Luise is shocked to learn Peter is a welder in a factory and they must live modestly in a small house. Luise doesn’t like the town or people but is impressed by Lane, playboy son of the factory owner. Ludwig runs away and while Peter is searching for him, Lane makes a pass at Luise and is rejected. When Peter and Ludwig return, Luise apologises for her actions. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Ross Andru | Inks: Jack Abel ? |
| Genre: |
Romance |
| Characters: |
Luise Peter Franklin Ludwig Lane Wentworth |
| Letters Page (1 page) |
Letters to Dr. Carol Austin |
| Synopsis: |
Romance advice column. |
| Credits: |
Script: Carol Austin | Letters: typeset |
| Comic Story (8 pages) |
A Losing Game |
| Synopsis: |
David runs a model agency. He flirts with and then discards all of his models. He wants a woman “just like me...someone who played at love!” On a trip to Sun Valley, David falls in love with his secretary Jinx, although she’s engaged to another man. David now realises how his models felt when he trifled with their affections. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Jim Mooney ? | Inks: Bernard Sachs ? |
| Genre: |
Romance |
| Characters: |
David Lionel Longton Cynthia Henry Jinx Moore Kevin Frank Muriel |
| Text Story (1 page) |
Love From Nowhere |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
| Genre: |
Romance |
| Comic Story (7 pages) |
Too-Late to Love |
| Synopsis: |
Popular singer Loren is dedicated to her career. Offered a solo spot in a Broadway show, she coldly deserts her band, even though band members Dave, Ray, and Guy are all in love with her. After a year, her solo career hasn’t progressed so Loren decides to go back to the band, only to discover Dave’s new wife is their singer now. Guy is also married, and Ray tells her that her previous actions were selfish and killed their love for her. Loren hopes some day she will find a man to love. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Jim Mooney ? | Inks: Bernard Sachs ? |
| Genre: |
Romance |
| Characters: |
Loren Bruce Dave Kent Guy Wayne Ray Norman Peter Jeb Hayward |
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