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Issue: Secret Hearts #86
Publication Date: March 1963
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Issues: #86 of 153 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: Arleigh Publishing Corporation
On Sale Date: 01/03/1963
Volume:
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 10 (4 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US; standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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The Secret of Love!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Genres: romantic
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Made Simple Self-Teaching Encyclopedia
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No Heartbreak for Me!

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Genres: romantic
Character(s): Sally Edwards; Charles Olcott; Mary Rogers; Bill Powers; Susan Adams
First Line: All the unhappiness, I'd hoped was at last behind me, had suddenly returned with this stranger - overwhelming my heart with new despair as I fought and kept telling myself there'll be...
Synopsis: At a restaurant and again later at a bus stop, Susan senses a stranger staring at her and approaching her, but each time she looks away and he disappears. That night at her apartment, she is expecting her neighbor to come over, but when she opens the door it is the stranger. His ex-fiance and her ex-fiance had eloped together weeks earlier, and the stranger wanted to meet Susan, hoping to find some answers. Having struggled to get past her earlier relationship, Susan initially wants nothing to do with the stranger.
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No Love for a Soldier!

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Genres: romantic
Character(s): Hildy Allen; Rita; Jeff
First Line: One look at Hildy in her wedding dress -- and I knew that I shouldn't have come -- that I was just a ghost from the past -- that there was...
Synopsis: An Air Force sergeant being transferred misses the express when he sees a woman's cool grey eyes in a wedding announcement of the local newspaper while grabbing a cup of coffee. His heart turns back to the time he met her at a U.S.O. dance. He had been haunted by her pleading eyes, but had been unable to return her love then. Now he realizes his mistake and rushes to her address. But when he sees her in her wedding dress he knows if he really loves her, the least he can do is get out of her sight forever.
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Missing Heart!

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Genres: romantic
Character(s): Richard; Gail; Mona
First Line: Richard and I made a bargain! No strings -- no romantic entanglement! And so, I simply banished my heart... after all, you can't fall in love--can you? --If you have a ...
Synopsis: Gail and Richard share a romantic first encounter, but after kissing her on the terrace he tells her not to take the kiss too seriously. She is embarrassed by his words, but they agree be just friends, although she secretly hopes someday it will become more. After being stung by him on several occasions when she tries to show him how she feels, she resolves to never suffer another blow from him. When he finally tells her he loves her, she bursts out laughing as it is against the rules of the game for him to love her.
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[untitled]

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Genres: romantic
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The Secret of Love!

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Genres: romantic
Character(s): Joan Bently; Troy; Lana; Joey; Bill Downing; Don Masters; Charlie
First Line: I did everything in my power to help Joan overcome her shyness--to share the popularity with men that I enjoyed! How was I to know that I was destined to fall into the same trap--once I learned...
Synopsis: Lana has no trouble attracting men and she tries to help her friend Joan overcome her shyness with men. But when Joan introduces Lana to Troy, their situations are reversed as Lana falls for him immediately and finds she is the shy one. When he finally asks her to dance she tries to explain that she really isn't shy, but he replies that he knows because when he had danced with Joan he discovered Joan really wasn't shy at all. As they finish their dance, he mentions that he hopes she can come to his wedding to Joan.
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Feature(s): Best Values Co.
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Feature(s): House of Cosmetics
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