First Love Illustrated #12
Harvey Publications, Inc.
United States
- Published
- May 1951
- Page count
- 36
- Cover price
- 0.10 USD
- Colour
- Colour
- Format
- Comic series
- GCD
- www.comics.org/issue/259270
Credits
- Editing
- Leon Harvey
Issue contents
Cover
I Lost My Pride!
Cover, 1 page
Credits
- Art
- Al Avison ?
- Letters
- Joe Rosen
Notes
The text story "The Story Behind the Cover" refers to this illustration.
1Featuring
- Genre
- Romance
- Characters
- Joy; Alice; Miss Purdy; Aunt Agatha; Carl Brunt; the Warden; Marty; Charles; Nick
Credits
- Pencils
- Warren Kremer
Synopsis
After graduation, Joy goes to live with her father, the warden of an island prison. Joy falls in love with inmate Carl and agrees to help him escape. They make it to the mainland, where Carl admits he is just using her as a hostage. Joy’s father and the police capture Carl; the warden says he’s going to quit his job so Joy can have a normal life.
Notes
Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
2Featuring
- Feature
- First Love Winners
Credits
- Author
- Letters
- typeset
Synopsis
Readers write in anecdotes and get money for it.
3Featuring
- Feature
- Your Problem
Credits
- Letters
- typeset
Synopsis
Nancy Powers gives advice to readers.
4Featuring
- Genre
- Romance
- Characters
- Ralph Parsons; Curt Parsons; Betty; Mrs. Parsons
Credits
- Pencils
- John Giunta
- Inks
- Manny Stallman
Synopsis
Betty is engaged to farmer Curt, but when his brother Ralph returns from college, she is attracted to him. Ralph and Betty fall in love and wed; Ralph drops out of school to run the farm, and Curt leaves. Ralph can’t manage the farm alone and asks Curt to return. When he does, Betty realises she married the wrong brother, but Curt says he’s married to someone else and Betty has to live with her decision or get out.
Notes
Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
5Featuring
- Genre
- Romance
Credits
- Author
- Letters
- typeset
6Featuring
- Genre
- Non-fiction
Credits
- Pencils
- Warren Kremer
- Inks
- Warren Kremer ?
Notes
Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
7Featuring
- Genre
- Romance
Credits
- Author
- Letters
- typeset
8Featuring
- Genre
- Humor
Credits
- Art
- Warren Kremer ?
Synopsis
Be smart on the phone and use your Telephone Quotient.
9Featuring
- Genre
- Romance
- Characters
- Bonnie MacGregor; Vic Howes; Mr. Hunkin; John; George; Betty Lou; Justice Lamb
Credits
- Pencils
- Warren Kremer ?
- Inks
- Al Avison ?
Synopsis
Bonnie travels to Scotland to settle an inheritance, leaving her fiancé Vic behind. Her plane crashes and Vic thinks she’s dead. However, Bonnie had wandered away from the crash and is rescued by an old farm couple. After recovering, she returns to the USA and searches for Vic, but he’s vanished. She returns to her office job. Vic is now working on a ranch in Texas and nearly marries Betty Lou, but returns to New York for one last visit. He and Bonnie are reunited.
Notes
Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
10Credits
- Author
- Letters
- typeset
Synopsis
Readers write in anecdotes and get money for it.
11Featuring
- Genre
- Non-fiction
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Illustrated Romance Library (Jubilee, 1958 series) #67 ([July 1958?]) — Beauty Can Be Skin Deep!
-
Love Confessions Illustrated (Jubilee/South Pacific, 1976?) #3613 ([1976]) —Picture stories of Romance — Beauty Can Be Skin Deep!
-
True Life Love Library (Jubilee/South Pacific, 1979) #39003 ([1979]) —Pictorial Romances — Beauty Can Be Skin Deep!
Synopsis
Advice for skin care.
12Featuring
- Feature
- Cupid's Corner
- Genre
- Romance
Credits
- Author
- Robert Browning
Heinrich Heine
Burns
Tennyson
Woodberry
Palmer - Letters
- typeset
Synopsis
Love poems.
13Featuring
- Feature
- Love Laughs
- Genre
- Humor
Credits
- Author
- Letters
- typeset
Synopsis
Love jokes.
14Featuring
- Genre
- Romance
Credits
- Author
- Letters
- typeset
Indicia
The indicia for this issue is not recorded. The identified publisher might be an associated or parent company, rather than the specific listed publisher.