Issue: #29
Published: April 1952, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 36, Editing: Will Lieberson (Executive Editor); Roy Ald (Editor); Al Jetter (Art Editor)
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Silver Age US Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Notes: On sale date from a stamp on a cover scan.
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| Cover (1 page) |
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Pencils: ? (photograph) | Inks: ? (photograph) | Colours: ? (photograph) | Letters: typeset |
| Genre: |
Romance |
| Promo (ad From The Publisher) (1 page) |
Lips that whisper with expectancy |
| Synopsis: |
House ad for ROMANTIC STORY. |
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Letters: typeset |
| Comic Story (11 pages) |
The Gold-Plated Heart |
| Synopsis: |
Lila breaks up with her fiancé Doug when she learns he's not wealthy. Scott, who is rich, hires Lila as a companion for his invalid wife Margaret. Lila is attracted to her employer but suspects Scott is deliberately making his wife paranoid and plans to have her institutionalized. When Margaret's doctor disagrees, Scott decides to murder his wife for her money and tells Lila she will be his accomplice. Lila instead calls for help but falls out of a window and breaks her legs. She is taken away in an ambulance as Scott is arrested. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Mike Sekowsky ? | Inks: Frank Giacoia ? |
| Genre: |
Romance |
| Characters: |
Lila Ennis Doug Scott Ryleson Margaret Ryleson Dr. Kautzer |
| Comic Story (10 pages) |
Test of Courage |
| Synopsis: |
Dot meets Chuck in Japan and they fall in love, but she is consumed with dislike for Fern, the popular and flirtatious daughter of an Army general. They are all on the same flight back to the USA when the plane has to ditch. Dot takes advantage of the crisis to belittle Fern's fear, which angers Chuck. The survivors are set adrift on rubber rafts. Dot becomes hysterical and now it is Fern who comforts her. They are rescued and Chuck and Dot reconcile. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Bob Powell | Inks: Bob Powell |
| Genre: |
Romance |
| Characters: |
Dorothy "Dot" Blair Captain Chuck Wilson Fern Glendell General Glendell Mr. Jason Mrs. Jason |
| Text Story (2 pages) |
Love Under Construction |
| Credits: |
Script: John Martin | Pencils: ? (illustration) | Inks: ? (illustration) | Letters: typeset |
| Genre: |
Romance |
| Comic Story (9 pages) |
Second Life |
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Car thief Carol is released from prison in the custody of social worker Lydia, and moves into a house with Lydia and her brother Dan. Dan falls in love with Carol but she only thinks of accumulating enough money to escape. One night Dan spots in her in a "borrowed" car and insists on driving her home; the car is stolen and she and Dan are both arrested. To clear Dan's name, Carol snitches on her partner Joey. She thinks she's going to prison but the judge releases her to marry Dan. |
| Genre: |
Crime Romance |
| Characters: |
Carol Denning Lydia Forstman Dan Forstman Warden Joey Mathis Mr. Logan Helen |
| Promo (ad From The Publisher) (1 page) |
See into the poignant heart of romance in each moving issue of... |
| Synopsis: |
House ad for LIFE STORY. |
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Letters: typeset |
| Promo (ad From The Publisher) (1 page) |
The best 10¢ buy in America |
| Synopsis: |
House ad for TRUE CONFESSIONS. |
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Pencils: ? (photograph) | Inks: ? (photograph) | Letters: typeset |
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