Digital Comic Museum - Sweethearts 026


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Sweethearts 026 Charlton Sep-1954 36p c2c

Issue: #26
Published: September 1954, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 36, Editing: Al Fago (Executive Editor)
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Silver Age US, Later Standard Modern Age US Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Notes: designed by Al Fago studios.

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)
Credits:	Pencils: Leon Winik ? \| Inks: Ray Osrin ? \| Letters: typeset

Comic Story (9 pages)	Insincerely Yours
Synopsis:	High school student Nancy meets soldier Ray, 12 years her senior, and dates him over the objections of her friends and family. When he’s sent overseas, she stubbornly continues to write to him “to create excitement among [her] friends.” She is pleased when he sends her an engagement ring, although she has no intention of marrying him. Nancy falls in love with Tom. She is shocked when Ray and his parents show up with plans for the wedding. Tom tells Ray and Ray says “I wouldn’t want any part of [Nancy] on a silver platter!” Tom says Nancy is “too young, too immature” to plan for a future now.
Credits:	Script: Joe Gill ? \| Pencils: Bob Powell \| Inks: Bob Powell ? \| Letters: Charlotte Jetter
Characters:	Nancy Marion Irma Jen Ray Henley Mr. Henley Mrs. Henley Nancy's Mother Nancy's Father Tom Emery

Comic Story (6 pages)	Mother had a Secret
Synopsis:	Matty refuses to marry Jeff because he’s a sailor and will be away for long periods at sea. Matty’s mother Sally tells her the story of how she feared the same thing and lost the man she loved, Jim. Matty accepts Jeff’s proposal. Matty’s father complains to Sally—-he’s Jim and he did come back to her. Sally says she lied to Matty out of good intentions, and it worked.
Credits:	Script: Joe Gill ? \| Pencils: Leon Winik (signed) \| Inks: Ray Osrin (signed) \| Letters: Charlotte Jetter
Characters:	Matty Peters Jeff Sally Martins Captain Martins Jim Peters

Comic Story (1 page)	Dale Robertson
Featuring:	Dream Beau of the Month
Credits:	Script: Joe Gill ?
Genre:	Non-fiction Biography

Text Story (1 page)	Glamour Girl
Credits:	Letters: typeset

Text Story (1 page)	Rendezvous of the Heart
Credits:	Letters: typeset

Comic Story (7 pages)	The Dark Veil
Synopsis:	Linda loves psychiatrist Joel; they become close treating Margot, whose boyfriend was killed in Korea right after she wrote him a break-up letter. Linda suspects Joel and Margot are becoming romantically involved and she undermines Margot's treatment, causing a relapse. Joel says he can’t marry Linda while Margot is still ill: his younger brother was her late boyfriend and he is determined to cure her. Linda tries to undo the harm she’s done, but Joel overhears and says “What I felt for you is dead!” Linda will devote her life to helping others as atonement for her selfish actions.
Credits:	Script: Joe Gill ? \| Letters: Ed Hamilton
Characters:	Dr. Joel Busch Linda Margot

Comic Story (4 pages)	Desire Me
Synopsis:	Alice is blackmailed into working as a hostess in Ace’s skating rink/bar to protect her younger brother Peter, who went joy-riding in Ace’s car. Alice meets sailor Jim and tries to warn him away from the crooked joint. Jim brings his shipmates to wreck the skating rink and beat up Ace; Peter confesses to the police and joins the Navy. Alice will marry Jim.
Credits:	Script: Joe Gill ? \| Letters: Charlotte Jetter
Characters:	Ace Dolan Jim Farraday Alice Peter

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