Digital Comic Museum - Lovelorn 053


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Issue: #53
Published: September - October 1954, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 36, Editing: Richard Hughes [as Richard E. Hughes]
Color: Full Color Dimensions: Standard Silver Age U.S. Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing
Notes: Indexed from scanned copy at http://comicbookplus.com

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)	Heart of a Drunkard!
Genre:	Romance
Characters:	Alice Mason Frank Dennis

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Featuring:	Kal-X Gum Co.
Credits:	Pencils: ?; ? (photograph) \| Inks: ?; ? (photograph) \| Letters: typeset

Comic Story (13 pages)	Heart of a Drunkard!
Synopsis:	“Alky Alice” tells her story. Her mother “robbed [her] of self-reliance” as a child. Alice loved Frank but her mother broke them up. Alice begins drinking to handle the stress of her mother’s death from cancer. Alice continues to drink, loses her job and panhandles and steals to buy liquor. She meets Frank on the street but he doesn’t recognize her and is repulsed. Alice joins Alcoholics Anonymous and marries Frank, but relapses. Frank throws her out. The ward doctor says Alice never loved Frank: she angrily denies this. Frank has been listening and says he’ll help her battle her addiction.
Genre:	Romance
Characters:	Alice Mason Phil Frank Dennis Mrs. Mason Doctor

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Featuring:	U. S. School of Music
Credits:	Pencils: ? (photograph) \| Inks: ? (photograph) \| Letters: typeset

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Featuring:	C. H. Landis
Credits:	Letters: typeset

Text Story (1 page)	Hospital Romance
Synopsis:	Nurse Agatha disregards a doctor's order that a patient receive "no excitement whatever".
Credits:	Letters: typeset
Genre:	Medical Romance
Characters:	Agatha Wilson Will Dr. Morrison

Comic Story (2 pages)	That Little Spark!
Synopsis:	A young man and a young woman show up to babysit a friend’s child. They argue but when the child cries, they team up to help and discover they are attracted to each other.
Genre:	Romance
Characters:	Tommy

Comic Story (3 pages)	How to Get Yourself Talked About!
Synopsis:	While visiting her cousin Marge in a small town, Sally decides to pursue “the town’s most eligible bachelor,” Tom. She calls him for a date, draws attention to herself, brags and lies, drinks too much, and becomes a scandalous figure in town. Tom says “I don’t want to have anything more to do with you!” and tells Marge he prefers her.
Genre:	Romance
Characters:	Tom Giles Sally Burns Marge

Text Story (1 page)	A Matter of Finance
Synopsis:	Marian's roommate is dating Bob for his money.
Credits:	Letters: typeset
Genre:	Romance
Characters:	Marian Lynn Bob Tonner

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Featuring:	More-Wate
Credits:	Letters: typeset

Comic Story (7 pages)	Imitation of Love
Synopsis:	Shelly gets engaged to the middle-aged but wealthy Warren even though she doesn’t love him. Warren is badly injured in a car crash and Dr. Lee Boardman says he may be an invalid for life. While Warren is hospitalized, Shelly and Lee fall in love, but he feels their romance is wrong. Lee tells Shelly that Warren needs the will to live if he’s to survive his operation, so Shelly pretends to care for him. Warren recovers and tells Shelly that he doesn’t love her any more: he prefers his nurse Eve. Shelly and Lee can now be together.
Genre:	Romance
Characters:	Shelly Baron Warren Sloane Dr. Lee Boardman Mrs. Parks Eve Harvey

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Credits:	Letters: typeset

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Credits:	Script: Jennifer Turner \| Pencils: ? (photograph) \| Inks: ? (photograph) \| Letters: typeset

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Credits:	Letters: typeset

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Featuring:	Colonial Studios
Credits:	Letters: typeset

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