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COVER DETAILS
Characters:
Male Skier; Female Skier
Pencils:
Ken Bald
Inks:
Ken Bald
Notes:
Art credits identified by Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.
STORY DETAILS
Title:
Romance on Thin Ice
Characters:
Betsy Winfield; Ed Loughlin; Coach of the U.S. Olympic Skating Team; U.S. Olympic Team Members; Jan Cerny; Olympic Judge; Communist Agent; Ship's Chaplain; College Students
Synopsis:
Betsy and Ed plan to marry after graduation, but Betsy is invited to join the Olympic figure skating team. Ed threatens to end their relationship if she joins. Betsy refuses to submit to his control and ends the relationship herself. At the games, Betsy falls in love with Czech Jan Cerny and accepts his marriage proposal. Ed warns Betsy that Jan is a communist who will to use her to validate the communist life. Betsy scoffs at Ed's allegations, but is shocked to discover that Jan is exactly doing so. Ed flattens Jan with a right to the jaw. Betsy and Ed marry on a ship as they return home.
Pages:
7.000
Pencils:
Lin Streeter
Inks:
Lin Streeter
Notes:
Art credits identified by Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.
Title:
Always a Lady
Characters:
Connie; Don; Male Moviegoer
Synopsis:
Connie and Don are considered the exemplary young couple, but Connie wishes there was something a bit wild in their conventional romance. One night in the lobby of a movie theater, Connie gives another moviegoer a come-hither look. When the moviegoer approaches Connie, Don drives him off with a twist of the arm and the flash of a knife. Connie is thrilled to discover her lover is a bit of a bad boy, and Don is thrilled to discover his girl is not quite the straitlaced lady he thought.
Pages:
1.000
Letters:
typeset
Title:
Too Young To Be Married!
Characters:
Nora Radcliffe; Honey Radcliffe; Henry Wesley; Hubert Wesley
Synopsis:
Nora is alarmed when her 16-year old sister Honey announces plans to marry Hubert Wesley. She doesn't know Hubert, but believes he's an unscrupulous older man taking advantage of a naive child. She goes to his apartment and discovers a handsome man she accuses him of playing false with her sister. He takes her in his arms and kisses her passionately. She enjoys the kiss, but slaps him and leaves. At home, Nora discovers the man who kissed her was Hubert's older brother Henry. Nora apologizes when Henry arrives and the two anticipate an exciting romance.
Pages:
4.000
Pencils:
Dick Beck
Inks:
George Klein
Notes:
Art credits identified by Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.
Title:
Party Line Kisses
Characters:
Myra Adams; Jack Fairfax; Aunt Hazel Adams; Sue Haywood; Townspeople
Synopsis:
Myra is an exhausted New York chorine who takes a break from work at her aunt's home in a small town. She has a single date with handsome local, Jack. He ends the evening with a passionate kiss that is observed by his sometime girlfriend, Sue. The next day, Myra discovers the gossips describing her as a loose woman over the party line. Myra believes Jack is the 'kiss and tell' type and snubs him. When she prepares to leave for New York, Sue confesses to having seen the kiss and smearing Myra's reputation. Jack overhears Sue, drops her, and begs Myra to forgive him. She does, and they marry.
Pages:
6.000
Pencils:
John Rosenberger
Inks:
John Rosenberger
Notes:
Art credits identified by Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.
Synopsis:
Office girl Trudy Williams gift-shops for a soon-to-be-married co-worker. She finds an expensive negligee but cannot afford it. Wealthy Terence Locke, a male customer, offers to buy it for her. She's confused by his offer and astonished when he takes her in his arms and kisses her passionately. He's fallen in love at first sight and asks the saleswoman to put the negligee in storage for three months while he gets to know the woman who is going to be his bride.
Pages:
3.000
Title:
The Girl for His Money
Characters:
Roberta; Zach; J.C. Taylor
Synopsis:
Roberta and Zach are co-workers in the manufacturing firm of J.C. Taylor. They date, and fall in love. Zach wants marriage but not until he has a better-paying job. One day, J.C. Taylor promotes Zach. Roberta is astonished and delighted to learn he is Taylor's son. Zach has been learning the business from the ground up.
Pages:
1.000
Letters:
typeset
Title:
Million Dollar Heartbreak
Characters:
Linda Lawrence (heiress); Bob Andrews; Timmy (Linda's childhood playmate); Opportunist; Linda's Father; Linda's Mother; Steve Blanchard; Steve's Best Man; Employment Agency Worker; Construction Company Head; Carlton Wood (theatrical producer); News Photographer; Suzanne (society girl)
Synopsis:
Linda believes men are only interested in her money. She runs away to a town where she is unknown and accepts a clerical job in a construction company. She falls in love with Bob, a construction worker and an aspiring playwright who needs a backer for his new play. Linda secretly finances the production, but a journalist exposes her true identity. Bob doesn't want to be a rich girl's "kept man" and leaves her. She searches for him, but when she finds him, he is in danger of being hit by a wrecking ball. She guns her car, puts herself between the ball and Bob, and takes the blow. He realizes then that she is not just a rich girl looking for a man to use, but a woman who truly loves him.
Pages:
7.000
Title:
How to Turn a Date into a Catastrophe
Characters:
Rita; Bob (Rita's date); Young Woman
Synopsis:
When Rita snags her hose on a cafe chair, two possible courses of action are proposed: 1) treat the incident as a shattering tragedy, harp on it in a thousand ways, and make her date miserable, or 2) treat the incident as a minor mishap, forget about it, and enjoy her date's company.
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