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Issue: Darling Love #11
Publication Date: January 1952
 
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Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Close-Up Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/24/1952
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 14 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: On sale date as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, 1952, page 70, registration number B388814.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Silver Age U. S.
Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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Cover, Front
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
?
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typeset
Subject Matter
romantic
Roger; Pamela; Sue
I'm crazy about you, Pamela!
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Miscellaneous
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There is no inside story for this cover.
The Secret of Treasure Cave

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
typeset
Subject Matter
childrens
Gray Shadow; Spike; Mrs. Jones; Spike's friends
Last week he yook a new air rifle in that cave.
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Inside front cover mail order ad to recruit sellers of White Cloverine Brand Salve from Wilson Chemical Co., Dept. AC-63, Tyrone, Pennsylvania.
She Wanted My Man

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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Subject Matter
romantic
Fred; Laura; Sue
Sometimes the foundations of marriage are built on the...
Laura’s “selfish man-crazy Jezebel” cousin Sue moves in with Laura and her husband Fred. Sue flirts with Fred and Laura goes home to her mother. Repentant, Fred arrives and they reconcile.
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Art credit from JVJ index card attached to online scanned version.
Previous indexer credited Bob White ? with art.
Love is for the Living

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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Subject Matter
romantic
Doreen Abbott; Martha Abbott; Agnes; Charles Watts; Greg Saunders
For six long years, I'd worshiped the memory of my father, and now I...
Office worker Doreen reveres her late father’s memory and is shocked when her mother Martha says she’s engaged to Charles. Greg consoles Doreen and they fall in love. Greg reveals that he’s a widower, and asks Doreen if she would deny him and her mother a second chance at love. Doreen apologizes to her mother and agrees to marry Greg.
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Art credit from JVJ index card attached to online scanned version. Previous indexer credited Bob White ?
[untitled]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? [as Alice]
? (illustration)
? (illustration)
?
typeset
Subject Matter
non-fiction, opinion
Ask Alice
Question: Dear Alice: My boy friend's family...
Questions about an invitation, pie baking, thigh and abdomen fat, travel wardrobe.
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Jealousy!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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Subject Matter
romantic
Jack Walton; Linda Walton; Evelyn Tyler; Mary; neighbor lady
Can a person love someone too much?
Linda, recently wed to Jack, is jealous of the other women in his life, including Mary, his secretary. When Evelyn, Jack’s old girlfriend, moves back to town, Linda worries. Finally, her jealousy provokes an outburst from Jack. Linda realizes she’s gone too far and begs him to forgive her.
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Story has female lingerie and partial nudity scenes.
The Corpse Came Back!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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?; typeset
Subject Matter
mystery
Sam Hill; Taylor
I'm a private eye, name of Sam Hill...
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1
Promo ad for the story "The Corpse Came Back" appearing in Sam Hill Private Eye (Archie, 1950 series) number 7.
I Hate Men!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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?
Subject Matter
romantic
Hester Harlow; Mrs. Spanner; Gary Harlow; Gene Harlow; Liz; Richard [Dick] Chambers
They say one picture is worth a thousand words, but...
Carhop Hester is fired for tossing coffee on a lecherous customer. Hester is a single mother who hates men because her husband Gene cheated on her. She's hired as a secretary by private detective Dick, who falls in love with her. Hester rejects his romantic advances because of her previous bad experiences. Dick saves Hester’s young son from a mad dog and tells Hester that Gene is dead, and he wasn’t unfaithful to her after all. Hester can now allow herself to love Dick.
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Miscellaneous
6.67
Previous indexer credited Bob White with art but the realistic style of this story is completely different than White's cartoony cover art.
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Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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typeset
Subject Matter
non-fiction, opinion
Darling Bandbox
Earring Economy: If you lose one of a...
Advice on earrings, high heels, inexpensive presents and candles.
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Miscellaneous
0.33
It's Easy to Win Someone When You Know How!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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? (illustrations)
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Subject Matter
non-fiction, romantic
Plaza Book Company
Every romance has pitfalls.
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Mail order ad for books titled "How to Get Along with Girls" and "How to Get Along with Boys" from Plaza Book Company, Dept. C-5510, 109 Broad Street, New York 4, New York.
Write Thrilling Love Letters

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
? (photographs)
? (photographs)
?
typeset
Subject Matter
non-fiction, romantic
Plaza Book Company
No longer need your letters be dry, awkward or uninteresting.
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Mail order ad for a book titled "How to Write Love Letters" from Plaza Book Company, Dept. L-4010, 109 Broad Street, New York 4, New York.
Here's Real Fun for You!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
? (illustration); ? (photographs)
? (illustration); ? (photographs)
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Seagee Company
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Miscellaneous
1
Mail order ad for the books 'Fun for boys' and 'Fun for Girls'; Giant Collection of 100 Games and a 'Dan'l Boone racoon hat from Seagee Company, 2 Allen Street, Dept. ACO-1, New York 2, New York.
Draw Instantly

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
? (illustrations)
? (illustrations)
typeset
Subject Matter
Master Art Helper Company
Now you can easily draw people, animals or...
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Miscellaneous
1
Inside back cover mail order ad for a copying device from Master Art Helper Company, Dept. 60, 318 Market Street, Newark, New Jersey.
Look at These 4 Wonder Bargains

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
? (illustrations)
? (illustrations)
?
?; typeset
Subject Matter
childrens
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Miscellaneous
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Back cover mail order ad for an electric movie projector, Happy the Cowboy doll, a real sewing machine and life-like Sandy doll from Novelty Mart, Dept. AC-9, 59 East 8th Street, New York 3, New York.

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