Teen-Age Temptations #8 Values

Publisher: St. John, 1954

About Teen-Age Temptations #8

Matt Baker cover and art. Teenagers smoke marijuana. Next to last issue of the title.

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COVER DETAILS

Characters: Sonya; David Fenton; Swede Murvy

Pencils: Matt Baker

Inks: Matt Baker?

Notes: The cover art is based on the interior story "Fool's Paradise."

STORY DETAILS

(5 Stories)

Title: Fool's Paradise

Characters: Swede Murvy; Sonya; Louis Ravoletti; Mrs. Ravoletti; David Fenton

Synopsis: Sonya’s parents, before they die, arrange to have Swede smuggle their daughter into the USA. Swede intends to use Sonya as bait for a blackmail scheme. He takes compromising photos of Sonya and David. Because she’s fallen in love with David, Sonya steals the photos and turns herself in. David takes Sonya to Canada and marries her. Someday she’ll be able to return to the USA legally as his wife.

Pages: 9.000

Pencils: Matt Baker

Inks: Matt Baker ?

Title: Tell-Tale Love

Characters: Ann Johnson; Mr. Johnson; Mrs. Johnson; Clark Adams; Tom Hancock; Phyllis Walters

Synopsis: Ann loves Clark although he’s 15 years older than she. When Clark announces his engagement to Phyllis, Ann schemes to break it up by spreading rumours. Clark finds out and Ann apologises. She knows she has “a lot of growing up to do before I was worthy of a love like” Phyllis and Clark’s.

Pages: 5.000

Pencils: Matt Baker ?

Letters: John Duffy

Title: Masquerade Marriage

Characters: Pat Cooper; Jetta Lenter; Bob; Harry; Mr. Cooper; Mr. Lenter; Mrs. Cooper

Synopsis: 16-year-old Pat and Jetta hang out near waterfront taverns and pick up two factory worker boyfriends, Bob and Harry. Pat won’t go all the way with Bob unless he marries her, so he suggests they elope. Both couples get married and spend the night in a motel. Pat: “It wasn’t anything like wedding nights I’ve read about...Bob...was rough...almost brutal!” The girls discover the marriages were fake. They’re picked up by the police. Bob and Harry get 10 months in jail. Pat and Jetta have to live with their reputations: “None of the nice fellows ever ask us for a date now.”

Pages: 9.000

Script: Dana Dutch

Pencils: Matt Baker

Inks: Matt Baker ?

Letters: John Duffy

Notes: Dana Dutch credited by John Benson in Romance Without Tears (Fantagraphics Books, 2003 series) #[nn]

Title: The Price of Sinful Dates

Characters: Doris; Gloria; Mike; Ricky Vinton; Mabel; Catfish

Synopsis: Doris takes up with bandleader Ricky, leaving her decent boyfriend Mike behind. When Ricky has to flee due to criminal charges against him, he takes Doris with him across state lines. Doris escapes but is arrested. Her sister Gloria and Mike testify that Doris was an innocent dupe, and the charges are dropped. Mike isn’t happy, but he eventually takes Doris back.

Pages: 7.000

Script: Dana Dutch

Pencils: Matt Baker ?

Letters: John Duffy

Notes: Dana Dutch credited by John Benson in Confessions, Romances, Secrets, and Temptations (Fantagraphics, 2007 series) #[nn] On the second page of this story, there is an oblique reference to Ricky and a friend smoking marijuana. His friend says "Give me a couple of drags on that," but Ricky warns him they have "an audience" (Doris).

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