Magic Moment Romances #87

Published
October 1971
Page count
68
Cover price
0.30 AUD
Colour
Black & white
Size
Standard size
Interior paper
Newsprint
Cover stock
Glossy colour
Binding
Saddle-stitched
Format
Comic series
Branding
Colour Comics Pty Ltd
 
Colour Comics Pty Ltd
GCD
www.comics.org/issue/320477

Credits

Editing
, editor

Issue contents Hide all

Show/hide Cover Her Secret Shame Cover, 1 page

"Why isn't anyone dancing with that girl?"

Featuring

Genre
Romance
Code
J-686

Credits

Art
Bill Draut, line art
Colours
, colourist
Text
Gaspar Saladino, letterer
Editing
Joe Orlando, original Editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
Girls' Love Stories (DC, 1949 series) #150 (April 1970)
Her Secret Shame!!
Show/hide 1. They Fly by Night! (Mad Mad Modes for Moderns) Illustration, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Mad Mad Modes for Moderns
Genre
Fashion

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
, line art
Text
, letterer
Show/hide 2. Her Secret Shame Comic story, 10 pages

Featuring

Genre
Romance
Code
J-343

Credits

Writing
Barbara Friedlander, scripter
Art
Tony Abruzzo, penciller
 
Nick Cardy, inker
Text
, letterer
Editing
Joe Orlando, original Editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
Girls' Love Stories (DC, 1949 series) #150 (April 1970)
Her Secret Shame
Show/hide 3. Untitled [The Wrong Boy!] Comic story, 8 pages

Featuring

Genre
Romance
Code
G-441

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
Win Mortimer, penciller
 
Vince Colletta, inker
Text
, letterer
Editing
None, original Editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
Young Love (DC, 1963 series) #80 (May-June 1970)
The Wrong Boy!
Show/hide 4. Strangers in Love! Comic story, 11 pages

Featuring

Genre
Romance
Code
D-124

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
John Romita, penciller
 
, inker
Text
, letterer
Editing
Dorothy Woolfolk, original Editor

Reprint history

Based on
United States
Heart Throbs (DC, 1957 series) #93 (December 1964-January 1965)
A Date with Heartbreak  (retitled and significantly modified)
First print
United States
Young Romance (DC, 1963 series) #171 (April-May 1971)
Strangers in Love

Notes

This reprint is from a retouched US reprint originally titled 'A Date with Heartbreak!' The US reprint has the original splash page and an additional page removed.

Show/hide 5. Afraid to Love! Comic story, 11 pages

Featuring

Genre
Romance
Code
D-128

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
John Romita, penciller
 
, inker
Text
, letterer
Editing
Dorothy Woolfolk, original Editor

Reprint history

Based on
United States
Falling in Love (DC, 1955 series) #36 (August 1960)
Tomorrow's Heartache!  (retitled and updated)
First print
United States
Young Romance (DC, 1963 series) #171 (April-May 1971)
Afraid to Love!

Notes

This reprint is from a US reprint with retouched art, originally titled 'Tomorrow's Heartache!'

Show/hide 6. Untitled (Do's and Dont's of Dating) Text article, 1 page

"Oh! -- There's Bruce… What a dreamboat."

Featuring

Feature
Do's and Dont's of Dating
Code
D-212

Credits

Writing
, author [as Page Peterson]
Art
, penciller
 
Vince Colletta, inker
Text
, letterer
Editing
Dorothy Woolfolk, original Editor
 
Ethan C. Mordden, original Assistant Editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
Young Romance (DC, 1963 series) #175 (October 1971)
Untitled
Show/hide 7. Made for Love Chapter 1 Comic story, 12 pages

Featuring

Genre
Romance
Code
D-311

Credits

Writing
Jack Miller, scripter
Art
Jay Scott Pike, line art
Text
, letterer
Editing
Dorothy Woolfolk, original Editor
 
Gail Weiss, original Assistant Editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
DC 100-Page Super Spectacular (DC, 1971 series) #5 (1971)
Made For Love Chapter 1
Also printed
United States
DC 100-Page Super-Spectacular: Love Stories Replica Edition (DC, 2001 series) ([January] 2001)
Made for Love Chapter 1
Show/hide 8. Made for Love Chapter 2 Comic story, 11 pages

Featuring

Genre
Romance
Code
D-312

Credits

Writing
Jack Miller, scripter
Art
Jay Scott Pike, penciller
 
Bob Oksner, inker
Text
, letterer
Editing
Dorothy Woolfolk, original Editor
 
Gail Weiss, original Assistant Editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
DC 100-Page Super Spectacular (DC, 1971 series) #5 (1971)
Love Is Forever (Made For Love Chapter 2)
Also printed
United States
DC 100-Page Super-Spectacular: Love Stories Replica Edition (DC, 2001 series) ([January] 2001)
Love Is Forever (Made for Love Chapter 2)

Notes

The original splash page has been omitted from this reprint.

Show/hide 9. Untitled [Night attire] (Mad Mad Modes for Moderns) Illustration, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Mad Mad Modes for Moderns
Genre
Fashion

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
, line art
Text
, letterer
Show/hide 10. Lose Inches Quickly (Stephanie Bowman) Advertisement, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Stephanie Bowman

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
, photographer
Text
, typeset

Notes

This is the first issue with 30 cent pricing.

Status

This issue includes help from

  • Anthony Gillies

AusReprints ID

  • 3019

Entry created

  • 30/10/2006

Cover added

  • 20/12/2021

Index completed

  • 20/05/2022

Last updated

  • 13/06/2022