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True Life Secrets 019 Charlton May-1954 36p c2c

Issue: #19
Published: May 1954, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 36, Editing: Al Fago [as Designed by Al Fago Studios]
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age US, Later Standard Silver Age US Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)	Which one found the true secret to happiness?
Credits:	Pencils: Art Cappello (signed) \| Inks: Al Fago (signed) \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	Romance

Comic Story (7 pages)	Their Secret Decision
Synopsis:	Upon graduating from high school in 1943, four girls reveal their plans for the future. Gloria wants to become an actress, Ruby wants "power and authority," Vickie craves "plenty of money and a good social position," while May wants to "raise a family and get a man to look after me." They agree to meet again in ten years to see what their lives are like.
Credits:	Pencils: Art Cappello (signed) \| Inks: Art Cappello (signed) \| Letters: Jon D'Agostino
Genre:	Romance
Characters:	Gloria Haines Vickie Adams Ruby Moran May

Comic Story (7 pages)	Price Tag on Love!
Synopsis:	Vickie leaves her secretarial job for a better-paying position as a welder on the factory floor. Her boyfriend Fred breaks up with her as a result. "It's money that counts--nothing else!" Vickie works hard to become "the best worker at the plant." She dates fellow worker Vic but he doesn't have enough money to take her to fancy nightclubs, etc. She marries older, wealthy socialite Morgan but is not physically attracted to him. Vickie offers Vic the chance to have an affair but he rejects her, and Morgan finds a mistress. Vickie realizes she's been a "blind, greedy fool!"
Credits:	Pencils: Art Cappello (signed) \| Inks: Art Cappello (signed)
Genre:	Romance
Characters:	Vickie Adams Fred Vic Thompson Morgan Whitelow Mrs. Adams

Text Story (2 pages)	Office Romance
Credits:	Pencils: ? (illustration) \| Inks: ? (illustration) \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	Romance

Comic Story (6 pages)	I Cheated My Heart
Synopsis:	Artist Walt helps Ruby achieve her goal of becoming a fashion designer because he loves her, but she steals his designs to further her own career. Becoming Steve's assistant, she does the same thing and takes his job. Ruby romances John, the head of the firm, then secretly buys stock and takes over the company. Too late, Ruby realizes no man would love her for herself, because that would be "loving the power-mad, ruthless, scheming person I had become!"
Credits:	Pencils: Art Cappello (signed) \| Inks: Art Cappello (signed)
Genre:	Romance
Characters:	Ruby Moran Walt Freeman Steve Miller Thomas Matthews John B. Withers

Comic Story (8 pages)	My Greatest Sin!
Synopsis:	May works as a babysitter for John, who has custody of his two young siblings. They fall in love, marry and have two children of their own. However, John's salary is barely sufficient to support them. John and May constantly argue and she plans to leave him, but decides to attend the 10-year reunion with her high school friends first. When she does, May realizes that her husband and children have made her happier than her more "successful" friends.
Credits:	Pencils: Art Cappello ? \| Inks: Art Cappello ?
Genre:	Romance
Characters:	May John Berrel Betty Berrel Jimmy Berrel Charlie Skinner Ruby Moran Vickie Adams Gloria Haines

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