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Issue: Dear Lonely Hearts #2 Public Domain
Publication Date: October 1953
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Issues: #2 of 8 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagComic Media
Brand: Comic Media
Indicia Publisher: Harwell Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 8 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U. S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Bernard Baily ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
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Date Hungry

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Tewks ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Character(s): Sue Carter; Mildred Norton; Tad; Bess; Mrs. Carter; Tom Anderson
Synopsis: Sue is a popular student but is never asked out on dates. Her friend Bess advises her to “loosen up” and she does, getting a reputation as “one girl a fellow could have a good time with!” While on vacation, she meets Tom and they fall in love. However, when he moves to her town and begins attending her school, Tom hears about Sue's escapades and calls her “a common tramp!” Sue confesses that loneliness made her do “the things I did” and Tom forgives her.
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Pages: 6
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What's a Father for?

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Edwin Green
Penciller(s): Don Heck (illustrations)
Inker(s): Don Heck (illustrations)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
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Pages: 2
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Exposed

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Character(s): Mildred Norton; Tina Winarski; Madame Winarski; Mark Talbot; Mr. Van Houk
Synopsis: Tina and her mother are immigrants from Galatia, “one of the oppressed countries of Europe.” Her mother opens an exclusive dress shop. Tina is wearing one of her mother’s creations when she meets the wealthy Mark, who thinks she is also rich. They fall in love, but Tina’s masquerade is exposed and she thinks Mark will dump her. However, Mark admits he’s only the bookkeeper for a rich man, and they decide to get married.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Don Perlin ?
Inker(s): Don Perlin ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Character(s): Lucy Turner; Mr. Turner; Charlie; Scott Reid; Mildred Norton?
Synopsis: Lucy’s father, a professional gambler, is killed in a card game when she’s 18. She visits a dude ranch to recover and falls in love with Scott, the owner. When Scott catches the gambling bug, Lucy beats him in a game of cards and wins the deed to his ranch. She then explains why she did this. They will wed and run the ranch together.
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Disclose Notes: Possible Perlin art per Nick Caputo, August 2017. Like the other stories in this issue, this is introduced by a female character who comments on the story. However, in this story, "Mildred Norton" is drawn very off-model (in the other stories she is drawn to resemble actress Joan Crawford).
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Problem Corner

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Mildred Norton]
Penciller(s): Don Heck (illustrations)
Inker(s): Don Heck (illustrations)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advice column by Mildred Norton.
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Price of Passion

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Frank R. Sieminsky ?
Inker(s): Vince Alascia
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Character(s): Tess Farrell; Mildred Norton; Mr. Jennings; Luke Bordon; Cole Bordon; Ma Bordon
Synopsis: Teenager Tess is adopted by the Bordon family from a detention home for “wayward girls.” Luke likes her but Ma and Cole force her to work hard on their farm and condemn her supposed sinful city ways. Tess and Luke become engaged but she and Cole begin an affair. The two brothers fight over Tess and Luke is left an invalid for life. Tess marries Luke and will spend the rest of her life caring for him, although she really loves Cole.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, romantic
Feature(s): Today's Problem
Character(s): Mildred Norton; Kitty; Les; Kitty's mother
First Line: There is a girl torn between love for her husband...
Synopsis: Kitty and Les get married, but have to care for Kitty’s invalid mother. They are stressed financially and emotionally, and when Kitty’s mother suggests she move to a hospital for care, Kitty rejects the idea but Les is in favor of it. Mildred Norton asks readers for their opinion.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advice column in comic form, readers are challenged to write their advice - to Mildred Norton, of course.

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