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Issue: First Love Illustrated #89 Public Domain
Publication Date: November 1962
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Issues: #89 of 90 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
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: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 19 (13 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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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
Format Notes:  
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1 Content Item from another Issue reprinted as/in this Issue:
FlagHi-School Romance #39 published May 1955 was Reckless Romance [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
First Line: Did They Suspect That This Was My First Real Date?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Boy Loves You When...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Synopsis: How to know when a boy really loves you.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover, black-and-white.
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[untitled]

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

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
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Pages: 0.5
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Cupid's Corner

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Evelyn Underhill
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Fragments of three love poems.
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Pages: 0.25
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, military
Feature(s): Sad Sack
Character(s): Sad Sack
First Line: I'm loaded with work!
Synopsis: House ad for Sad Sack comics in the form of a three-panel strip.
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Pages: 0.25
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Nobody's Sweetheart

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Character(s): Barbara Brill; Clark Thorne; Mrs. Brill; Jack Simmons; Betty
Synopsis: 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.
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Pages: 5.75
Disclose Notes: Art credits from Matt Baker: The Art of Glamour and submitted by Jose Villarrubia via the GCD Error Tracker.
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Don't Rush Love---Patience, Patience!

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
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Pages: 0.75
Disclose Notes: Probably (like the rest of this issue) a reprint, but original source is not known.
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[untitled]

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

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
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Pages: 0.75
Disclose Notes: Probably a reprint but original source unknown.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Mutt and Jeff
Character(s): Mutt; Jeff
First Line: Ha! I've got an idea!
Synopsis: 4-panel strip promoting Mutt and Jeff Comics.
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Pages: 0.25
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Dungaree Doll

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Character(s): Casey; Casey's father; Nick Harris; Cora Slate
Synopsis: 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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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Probably a reprint but original source is not known (most likely a Harvey romance comic not yet indexed).
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My Own Rival!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Character(s): Ann; Ches Barker; Bob; Jim Fairway; Jane
Synopsis: 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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Pages: 4
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Cry for Love

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Character(s): Diane Crawford; Pete Hardy; Frank; Jones; Sherry Roberts
Synopsis: Orphaned Diane has no social life in high school because she works in her aunt’s boardinghouse 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 fiancée Sherry reappears. Pete is defeated in the championship bout but tells Diane she’s the one he loves.
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Pages: 8
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Reckless Romance

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Character(s): Dick Wilkins; Betty
Synopsis: 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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Pages: 4
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The Dutch Treat--Good or Bad?

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Readers write in with their opinions on "dutch treat" dates (where boys and girls each pay equally).
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Pages: 0.75
Disclose Notes: 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.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Strange Romantic Customs
First Line: A widow in the Amaswazi tribe in Africa
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Pages: 1
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Don't Be Dominating

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Advice to women: "a bossy, dominating gal usually ends up being a lonely gal!"
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover, black-and-white.
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It's a Date!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Advice to young women about how to act on a date.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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