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Issue: Secret Hearts #131
Publication Date: October 1968
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Issues: #131 of 153 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/20/1968
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Jack Miller
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US; then standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Dick Giordano ?; Carmine Infantino ? (see notes)
Inker(s): Dick Giordano
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Feature(s): Reach for Happiness!
Character(s): Dr. Greg Marsh; Rita Phillips; Karen Wilder Sommers
First Line: She is very beautiful...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Nick Caputo suspects Infantino either provided the cover layout or the pencils. Cover is also used as splash page for interior story.
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Pity -- Not Love

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Mike Sekowsky
Inker(s): George Roussos
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): John Costanza
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Synopsis: On Jimmy and Linda's first date, a car accident makes it unlikely that Linda will ever walk again. Though Jimmy stays by her side, Linda fears that he only pities her.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Sekowsky pencils and Roussos inks per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Jay Scott Pike on pencils and inks.
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Duel of Hearts!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bill Draut
Inker(s): Bill Draut
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Editor(s): Phyllis Reed (original story)
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Synopsis: Abby's childhood friend Maureen always gets for herself exactly what Abby has. When they grow up, Maureen goes after Abby's boyfriend Barry, and Abby assumes Maureen will get him too.
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From Content Item: FlagGirls' Love Stories #73 published September 1960
was Duel of Hearts! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Previous indexer credited Tony Abruzzo and Bernie Sachs on art.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Miller
Penciller(s): Jay Scott Pike; Dick Giordano ?; Carmine Infantino ?
Inker(s): Jay Scott Pike (pages 1-2); George Roussos (pages 3-16)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino; Ira Schnapp (pages 1-2); Ray Holloway (pages 3-16)
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Feature(s): Reach for Happiness!
Character(s): Karen Wilder Sommers; Barry Gordon; B. W.; Dr, Greg Marsh; Rita Phillips
Synopsis: Karen convinces B. W. not to fire Barry. When the powerful producer offers Karen a chance to star in his movies, she fantasizes about how her former fiancee Greg will react when he takes his new girlfriend Rita to see her onscreen.
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Pages: 15
Disclose Notes: script credit suggested by the Who's Who of American Comic Books.

Art credits per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Vince Colletta on inks.
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Ann Martin]
Penciller(s): Mike Sekowsky (logo illustration)
Inker(s): Dick Giordano ? (logo illustration)
Colorist(s): ? (logo illustration)
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Feature(s): Ann Martin, Counselor-at-Love
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: advice column; reader poll indicates that they want the Reach for Happiness serial to leave Hollywood and return to its original small town setting

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