Best Place to Sell Lovers' Lane #15

Publisher: Lev Gleason, 1951

About Lovers' Lane #15

Tony DiPreta and Allen Baron art.

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COVER DETAILS

Title: Extra Special Date

Pencils: ? [as DownSo] (signed)

Inks: ? [as DownSo] (signed)

Colors: ? [as DownSo] (signed)

Letters: typeset

Notes: Although the cover carries the story title "Extra Special Date," the scene depicted is not related in any way to the interior story with the same title.

STORY DETAILS

(9 Stories)

Title: One More Kiss

Characters: Dorothy; Glenn Allen; Tessie Williams

Synopsis: U.S. Navy sailor Glenn returns to his hometown and meets Dorothy, who had a crush on him when they were younger. Dorothy is jealous when Glenn dates his former girlfriend Tessie; she later agrees to go out with him, but is cold to him throughout. They go on “one last date” and by the end of the night realise they are in love.

Pages: 8.000

Pencils: Lee Ames

Inks: Lee Ames

Notes: Art identification from Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.

Title: The Sealed Letter

Characters: Amelia Barrow; Bert Parsons; Ginger Hart; Mrs. Hart

Synopsis: Bert dates Ginger, who has a reputation as the most curious girl in their high school. As a test, he gives her a sealed envelope and makes her promise not to open it for six weeks. However, after they date for a while, he asks for the envelope to be returned, unopened. Ginger reads the letter inside and sees that Bert criticised her strongly. Bert claims his opinion of her has changed for the better. They break up but reconcile when Ginger says she’ll suppress her excessive curiosity in the future.

Pages: 8.000

Pencils: Tony DiPreta [as DiPreta] (signed)

Inks: Tony DiPreta [as DiPreta] (signed)

Characters: Judy; Tom Edwards

Synopsis: Office worker Judy sells lawyer Tom a ticket to a charity dance and agrees to accompany him there. They date regularly and one day Tom gives her a “raffle ticket”—it’s a marriage proposal.

Pages: 2.000

Pencils: Allen Baron [as Baron] (signed)

Inks: Allen Baron [as Baron] (signed)

Notes: Although readers were urged to submit their personal experiences to the publisher, these "How Did He Propose?" stories usually did not carry any attribution, making their "non-fiction" status very questionable. The artist "Baron" has been confused with Tom Baron previously.

Title: Play it Straight

Characters: Bill; Freddie; Jill; Jim; Joe; Ken; Nita; Roy; Tom

Synopsis: Jill’s boyfriend Bill breaks up with her shortly before the school prom. She tries to find another date, finally agreeing to go out with shy and studious Freddie. She even offers to teach him to dance. When popular athlete Joe asks Jill to the dance, she ponders dumping Freddie; then Bill apologises and asks her as well. Jill accepts Bill’s offer and tells Joe, but is unable to hurt Freddie’s feelings. Jill and Freddie go to the prom together and have a good time, but afterwards Jill reconciles with Bill. They agree to be "straight" with each other from now on.

Pages: 8.000

Pencils: Sid Greene

Inks: Sid Greene

Notes: Art identification from Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.

Characters: Eloise Taylor; Jim; Sally

Synopsis: Eloise advises Sally to take it slow with Jim and not scare him off by declaring her love for him immediately.

Pages: 2.000

Script: Eloise Taylor (credited)

Pencils: Robert Martinott

Inks: Robert Martinott

Notes: Art identification from Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.

Title: Extra Special Date

Characters: Ada West; Betsy West; Dave Ingalls; Miss Blake; Mr. West

Synopsis: Dave proposes to Betsy but she refuses because she’s only 18 and isn’t sure she loves him; she won’t even agree to an engagement or going steady. Dave decides they can’t be “just friends” and breaks up with her. Dave is drafted and Betsy begins to correspond with him. When Dave comes home on leave, she hints that she’d go steady with him now, but he refuses because of his military service obligation. Finally Betsy proposes to him; Dave agrees to an engagement, because he still loves her.

Pages: 8.000

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