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Issue: First Love Illustrated #89 Public Domain
Publication Date: November 1962
 
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagHarvey
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Harvey Enterprises, Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 19 (13 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Leon Harvey
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Golden and Silver Age U. S.
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted anywhere.
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1 Content Item from another Issue reprinted as/in this Issue:
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
romantic
Did They Suspect That This Was My First Real Date?
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Miscellaneous
1
The Boy Loves You When...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Tom Hickey
Tom Hickey
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Subject Matter
romantic
How to know when a boy really loves you.
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Miscellaneous
1
Inside front cover, black-and-white.
[untitled]

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Miscellaneous
0.25
The rest of the page is the first part of the story "Nobody's Sweetheart," which continues after one page of text features.
All's Fair in Love

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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typeset
Subject Matter
romantic
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Miscellaneous
0.5
Cupid's Corner

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Evelyn Underhill; Edgar Allan Poe; Sir Walter Scott
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typeset
Subject Matter
Fragments of three love poems.
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0.25
[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous, military
Sad Sack
Sad Sack
I'm loaded with work!
House ad for Sad Sack comics in the form of a three-panel strip.
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0.25
Nobody's Sweetheart

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Matt Baker
Angelo Torres
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Subject Matter
romantic
Barbara Brill; Clark Thorne; Mrs. Brill; Jack Simmons; Betty
High school athlete Barbara is sensitive about her femininity and lack of dates. Clark offers her a full scholarship to State U. but she says she’s going to an all-girl college out of state. Clark says “boys like their girls dainty, feminine” and Barbara undergoes a makeover, hoping to attract fellow student Jack. Jack gets engaged to another girl. Barbara falls in love with Clark and decides to go to State U.
Reprinting
Probably reprinted from Hi-School Romance (Harvey, 1949 series) 49 (March 1956). However, #49 is not currently available to verify this. The page discrepancy can be explained because this story actually begins on the "Contents" page but the story-page numbering begins on the next page (which has the title) with "1."
Miscellaneous
5.75
Art credits from Matt Baker: The Art of Glamour and submitted by Jose Villarrubia via the GCD Error Tracker.
Don't Rush Love---Patience, Patience!

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
romantic
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Miscellaneous
0.75
Probably (like the rest of this issue) a reprint, but original source is not known.
[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Little Audrey
Little Audrey
Golly, Little Audrey, you have the most wonderful dreams!
4-panel strip promoting Little Audrey comics and Little Audrey cartoons on television.
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0.25
All That Love--And Nothing in the Bank!

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
romantic
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Miscellaneous
0.75
Probably a reprint but original source unknown.
[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous
Mutt and Jeff
Mutt; Jeff
Ha! I've got an idea!
4-panel strip promoting Mutt and Jeff Comics.
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0.25
Dungaree Doll

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
romantic
Casey; Casey's father; Nick Harris; Cora Slate
When her father becomes an invalid, Casey has to take over his gas station and feels she’s lost her femininity. She exaggerates the mechanical problems with Nick’s auto to keep him in town. They fall in love.
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Miscellaneous
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Probably a reprint but original source is not known (most likely a Harvey romance comic not yet indexed).
My Own Rival!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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John Sink
John Sink
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Subject Matter
romantic
Ann; Ches Barker; Bob; Jim Fairway; Jane
Ann turns down the marriage proposal of Ches because he’s just a small-town grocery clerk and she wants financial security and luxuries. Ann moves to the city and gets a job; she dates many men but cannot find one who is both interesting and well-off. Returning home for her sister’s wedding, Ann meets Ches again and realises he is the man she should have chosen. Ches says he still loves her and they are reunited.
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Miscellaneous
4
Cry for Love

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Bob Powell
Bob Powell
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Subject Matter
romantic
Diane Crawford; Pete Hardy; Frank; Jones; Sherry Roberts
Orphaned Diane has no social life in high school because she works in her aunt’s boarding house after school. She rescues former boxer Pete when he jumps off a train. With the aid of railroad worker Frank, Diane encourages Pete to resume his boxing career. Pete’s a success and Diane thinks she’s lost him, especially when his former fiancee Sherry reappears. Pete is defeated in the championship bout but tells Diane she’s the one he loves.
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Miscellaneous
8
Reckless Romance

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
romantic
Dick Wilkins; Betty
Betty has a crush on pilot Dick and takes flying lessons to be near him, but she’s not a good student. Dick has recurring attacks of malaria from his wartime service. He collapses and Betty has to fly him to a hospital to save his life. Dick thanks Betty and kisses her.
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Miscellaneous
4
The Dutch Treat--Good or Bad?

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
Readers write in with their opinions on "dutch treat" dates (where boys and girls each pay equally).
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Miscellaneous
0.75
The title and the masthead illustration are the same as in First Love Illustrated 14 (September 1951), but the "letters from readers" are different and this later version omits several smaller pieces of (Bob Powell) art, as well as the publisher's address and solicitation of additional reader comments on the topic.
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
Strange Romantic Customs
A widow in the Amaswazi tribe in Africa
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Miscellaneous
1
This is certainly a reprint but the original issue is unknown.
Don't Be Dominating

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Tom Hickey
Tom Hickey
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Subject Matter
Advice to women: "a bossy, dominating gal usually ends up being a lonely gal!"
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Miscellaneous
1
Inside back cover, black-and-white.
It's a Date!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Tom Hickey
Tom Hickey
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Subject Matter
Advice to young women about how to act on a date.
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Miscellaneous
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Back cover.

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