Volume: #2, Issue: #5 (11)
Published: May-June 1949, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 52, Editing: Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U. S.; Later Standard Silver Age U. S. Paper Stock: Glossy Covers; Newsprint Interiors Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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| Cover (1 page) |
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| Credits: |
Pencils: Jack Kirby | Inks: Jack Kirby | Letters: Ben Oda |
| Genre: |
Romance |
| Comic Story (8 pages) |
The Language of Love! |
| Synopsis: |
Librarian Nancy marries steelworker Steve. Her sister Ethel is appalled by Steve’s bad manners and low social status, and Steve orders her to leave their house. Nancy goes along. She invites Steve to Ethel’s town to see if he can behave in “civilised” company. He acts “vulgar” but Ethel’s friends like it, calling her a “stuffed shirt.” Nancy and Steve reconcile. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Bill Draut | Inks: Bill Draut | Letters: Ben Oda |
| Genre: |
Romance |
| Characters: |
Nancy Calkins Andrews Steve Andrews Louise Andrews Ethel Calkins William Thompson Cecil Bartholomew Miriam Hathaway |
| Comic Story (7 pages) |
My Father’s New Wife! |
| Synopsis: |
College student Kit is shocked when her widowed father marries Carol, who’s only a few years older than Kit. Her boyfriend Pete sees nothing wrong with this and Kit breaks up with him as a result. She even thinks he’s having an affair with Carol. Kit’s father points out the error of her ways and Kit apologizes, then reconciles with Pete. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Lee Elias ? | Inks: Lee Elias ? | Letters: Ben Oda |
| Genre: |
Romance |
| Characters: |
Kit Carol Pete Kit's Father |
| Text Story (2 pages) |
Second Chance for Love |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Bill Draut (spot illos) | Inks: Bill Draut (spot illos) |
| Genre: |
Romance |
| Comic Story (3 pages) |
Steady Boy Friends |
| Featuring: |
Nancy Hale's Problem Clinic |
| Synopsis: |
High school student Sue wants to go steady with Frankie, but her mother says she's too young. Sue visits Nancy Hale for advice and meets Mrs. M, who says she went steady with a boy when she was young. However, when they broke up she was very lonely because everyone thought she was "taken." Sue decides to wait before going steady with anyone. |
| Credits: |
Letters: Ben Oda |
| Genre: |
Romance |
| Characters: |
Nancy Hale Sue B. Frankie Mrs. B. Mrs. M. |
| Comic Story (8 pages) |
Big City Girl! |
| Synopsis: |
Vicki and her parents move to a small town from the big city. Vicki’s high school peers think all girls from the city are “fast” and this affects her social life. She dates Pete and when he is injured in an accident, Vicki is blamed. She considers suicide but Pete recovers and they eventually marry. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Leonard Starr (signed) | Inks: Leonard Starr | Letters: Ben Oda |
| Genre: |
Romance |
| Characters: |
Vicki Russell Mr. Russell Mrs. Russell Burt Struthers Nina Vinson Pete Davis Mrs. Davis Mrs. Tate |
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