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Issue: True Life Secrets #11 Public Domain
Publication Date: January 1953
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Issues: #11 of 29 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagCharlton
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Capitol Stories, Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 8 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Al Fago [as Alfred V. Fago]
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Golden Age US, later Standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was ongoing
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Art Cappello (signed)
Inker(s): Al Fago (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
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Pages: 1
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True Life Secrets Presents

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Frank Frollo (signed)
Inker(s): Frank Frollo (signed)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Contents page. Inside front cover. Black-and-white. Two of the four story titles are incorrect (the story titles on the cover do match the actual stories).
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Understudy to a Tragedy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Art Cappello (signed)
Inker(s): Art Cappello (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Character(s): Gail Sawyer; Wendy Sawyer; Scott; Scott's wife; fisherman; Wendy's husband
Synopsis: Gail, having spent her inheritance, visits her wealthy twin sister Wendy. When Wendy is killed in a private plane crash that Gail survives, Gail decides to assume her identity. She agrees to marry Wendy's rich boyfriend Scott. However, the fisherman who rescued Gail blackmails her and she decides to murder him. She's interrupted by Scott, who is then exposed as a married fortune-hunter. Wendy returns, having also been picked up at sea. She orders Gail to leave forever.
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Pages: 7
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They Called Me a Sinner... But!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Art Cappello (signed)
Inker(s): Art Cappello (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Character(s): Luana's sister; Charlie; Luana; Huey; Doctor; Joe
Synopsis: A woman ducks into Charlie's bar to get out of the rain. He allows her to dry her clothes in the backroom, and she tells her story. To save her younger sister Luana from marrying Huey, she marries him herself. The woman divorces Huey and lives a shady life and loses touch with Luana. The woman, hospitalized after an accident, seduces her doctor: he steals a diamond and hides it in her bandage. She tells him to get a divorce then discovers he's married to Luana, who doesn't recognize her sister. The woman leaves for Luana's sake. Her story told, she departs from the bar.
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: The protagonist has no given name.

Inside front cover lists title as "I'm No Sinner."

On page 3, one of the envelopes is marked "Adress Unknown."
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It Happened That Way...

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Penciller(s): ? (illustration)
Inker(s): ? (illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
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My Diary Exposed My Secret

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Art Cappello (signed)
Inker(s): Art Cappello (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Character(s): Ruth Larson; Lee; Chris; Diana Pearce; Fred Pearce
Synopsis: Ruth goes with her friend Lee to a weekend party. She and fellow guest Chris are attracted to each other. Diana, another guest, steals Ruth's diary, which contains details of Ruth's conviction for robbery. Chris finds the diary and Ruth thinks he is the one who took it. She then learns the truth, and also discovers Diana wants to wed the wealthy Chris to solve her father's financial woes. Chris intervenes: he loves Ruth and doesn't care about her past.
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover lists story title as "Tears From My Diary."
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Out of the Darkness

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Art Cappello (signed)
Inker(s): Art Cappello (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Character(s): Ellen; Jack; Dave Dawson; Ellen's mother; Doris
Synopsis: Ellen has a secret in her past: her father was insane, and her mother killed him in self-defense. Ellen falls in love with Dave, but is afraid to tell him about this. She agrees to elope with him. Dave shows up early and is shot to death by Ellen's mother: he was really a burglar who romanced women to get information on them. Ellen and Jack then fall in love, but she fears revealing her secret. Ellen's mother says she was adopted. Ellen can now marry Jack with a clean conscience.
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Pages: 7
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Lord Byron (original poem); ? (adaptation)
Penciller(s): Frank Frollo (signed)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
First Line: On with the dance!
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Black-and-white. Bottom half of page is an advertisement.

Credited to "Byron, Childe Harold, III."

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