First Love Illustrated #12 (Harvey, 1951) CGC NM 9.4 Cream to off-white pages....

Auction amount: $528.00

Sold: Dec 10, 2024

First Love Illustrated #12 Values

Publisher: Harvey, 1951

About First Love Illustrated #12

Lee Elias cover.

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COVER DETAILS

Title: I Lost My Pride!

Pencils: Al Avison ?

Inks: Al Avison ?

Letters: Joe Rosen

Notes: The text story "The Story Behind the Cover" refers to this illustration.

STORY DETAILS

(14 Stories)

Title: I Had To Run Away

Characters: Joy; Alice; Miss Purdy; Aunt Agatha; Carl Brunt; the Warden; Marty; Charles; Nick

Synopsis: After graduation, Joy goes to live with her father, the warden of an island prison. Joy falls in love with inmate Carl and agrees to help him escape. They make it to the mainland, where Carl admits he is just using her as a hostage. Joy’s father and the police capture Carl; the warden says he’s going to quit his job so Joy can have a normal life.

Pages: 9.000

Pencils: Warren Kremer

Reprints: First Love Illustrated (Harvey, 1949 series) #48 (January 1955), | True Bride-to-Be Romances (Harvey, 1956 series) #25 (August 1957)

Notes: Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.

Title: Hasty Wedding!

Characters: Ralph Parsons; Curt Parsons; Betty; Mrs. Parsons

Synopsis: Betty is engaged to farmer Curt, but when his brother Ralph returns from college, she is attracted to him. Ralph and Betty fall in love and wed; Ralph drops out of school to run the farm, and Curt leaves. Ralph can’t manage the farm alone and asks Curt to return. When he does, Betty realises she married the wrong brother, but Curt says he’s married to someone else and Betty has to live with her decision or get out.

Pages: 5.000

Pencils: John Giunta

Inks: Manny Stallman

Reprints: First Love Illustrated (Harvey, 1949 series) #48 (January 1955), | True Bride-to-Be Romances (Harvey, 1956 series) #25 (August 1957)

Notes: Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.

Title: Hearts Divided

Characters: Bonnie MacGregor; Vic Howes; Mr. Hunkin; John; George; Betty Lou; Justice Lamb

Synopsis: Bonnie travels to Scotland to settle an inheritance, leaving her fiancé Vic behind. Her plane crashes and Vic thinks she’s dead. However, Bonnie had wandered away from the crash and is rescued by an old farm couple. After recovering, she returns to the USA and searches for Vic, but he’s vanished. She returns to her office job. Vic is now working on a ranch in Texas and nearly marries Betty Lou, but returns to New York for one last visit. He and Bonnie are reunited.

Pages: 8.000

Pencils: Warren Kremer ?

Inks: Al Avison ?

Reprints: First Love Illustrated (Harvey, 1949 series) #48 (January 1955), | True Bride-to-Be Romances (Harvey, 1956 series) #25 (August 1957)

Notes: Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.

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CGC Census Report*

Grade	NG	PG	CVR	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.8	2.0	2.5	3.0	3.5	4.0	4.5	5.0	5.5	6.0	6.5	7.0	7.5	8.0	8.5	9.0	9.2	9.4	9.6	9.8	9.9	10.0	Total
Universal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	3	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	17
Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Signature Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CGCxJSA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Restored	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	3	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	17

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