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Issue: Love Diary #17 Public Domain
Publication Date: June 1951
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Issues: #17 of 48 Issues
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Publisher: FlagOrbit-Wanted
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Our Publishing Co.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 9 (6 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Back-Alley Girl!; How to Get a Man and Hold Him!

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Genres: romantic
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Back Alley Girl

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Genres: romantic
Character(s): Bess Nelson; Mrs. Nelson; Mrs. Connors; Joe Melton; Jim Nelson; Bix; Tony Landrow; Sammy Nelson
Synopsis: Bess and her family live in the slums. She attracts the attention of big shot Tony, to the consternation of local cop Joe, who has a crush on Bess himself. Tony uses Bess’s little brother Sammy as a lookout for a robbery, and Sammy is shot. Tony refuses to let him be taken to a hospital. Bess goes to Joe for help and Tony is arrested. Bess realizes Joe is “twice the man” that Tony is.
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I Married For Money!

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Genres: romantic
Character(s): Laura; Jeannie; Ted; Gilbert Rand; May
Synopsis: Store clerk Laura marries Gilbert for his money, although she doesn’t love him. Her former co-worker Jeannie weds Ted and they live happily despite their working-class status. Gilbert wants to construct veteran’s housing instead of offices, but Laura sees this as a threat to her economic security and convinces him to give up the idea. Some time later, Gilbert says he’s lost his money and they move to a small apartment. Laura confesses she married him for money and he leaves her. Laura moves in with Jeannie and her husband and changes her attitude. Gilbert returns and they reconcile.
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How to Get a Man and Hold Him!

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[untitled]

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Writer(s): Miles Cahn
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Genres: romantic
Character(s): Ray Mann; Connie J.; Steve
First Line: Connie J. has a serious problem she cannot resolve alone!
Synopsis: Connie and Steve are childhood sweethearts but as an adult she thinks of him only as a friend. Steve is drafted and asks Connie to marry him when he returns from overseas. Connie comes to Ray Mann for advice: should she agree to the engagement to make Steve happy now, or confess that she doesn’t love him? Ray says the readers of Love Diary might be able to solve her problem.
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Frankly Speaking

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Man Crazy!

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Genres: romantic
Character(s): Gale Starr; Nancy Greene; Barry Nelson; Ross Flint; Anna
Synopsis: At boarding school, Gale has dates with many different boys. After graduation she goes home, thinking “I’m not going to settle for any one boy! I want to have dozens of them!” She doesn’t break up with her hometown boyfriend Barry, but openly dates others. When Ross asks her to a dance, Gale sets up Barry with her ex-roommate, mousy Nancy. However, Ross goes home at the end of the summer and Gale discovers Nancy and Barry have fallen in love.
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Wanted; Wild Bill Pecos

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Synopsis: House ad for "Wanted" and "Wild Bill Pecos".
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I Was a Slave To Tradition!

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Genres: romantic
Character(s): Priscilla Newell; Mrs. Pettigrew; Roger Purcell; Paul Stewart
Synopsis: Priscilla comes from an old family in the town of Braxton and opposes the efforts of newcomer Paul to build a tourist motel there. She encourages the townspeople to boycott his project but Paul finds other workers and supplies. Paul is attracted to Priscilla and she thinks she can convince him to change his plans, but he refuses. Priscilla gets his credit cut off, then learns Paul is a wounded veteran who loves the town as well as she does. She gets everyone to help build the motel and Paul and Priscilla admit their love for each other.
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