Magic Moment Romances #70

Published
December 1968
Page count
84
Cover price
0.25 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/320460

Credits

Editing
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Show/hide Cover Untitled [Episode 20] (Reach for Happiness) Cover, 1 page

"This is what I think of you--and your so-called love for me!"

Featuring

Feature
Reach for Happiness
Genre
Romance

Credits

Art
Jay Scott Pike
Letters
Gaspar Saladino
Editing
Jack Miller

Reprint history

First print
United States
Secret Hearts (DC, 1949 series) #129 (July 1968)
Episode 20
Show/hide 1. Check Mates! (Mad Mad Modes for Moderns) Comic story, 1 page

"Play DC's checkerboard fashion game!"

Featuring

Feature
Mad Mad Modes for Moderns
Genre
Non-Fiction

Credits

Script
Jill Taylor
Art
Tony Abruzzo
Editing
Jack Miller

Reprint history

First print
United States
Falling in Love (DC, 1955 series) #88 (January 1967)
Check Mates
Also printed
Australia
Man and Woman (Colour Comics, 1969? series) #1 ([October 1969?])
Untitled [Check mates!]

Notes

Only one page of this original two page feature is reprinted in this issue.

Show/hide 2. Episode 20 (Reach for Happiness) Comic story, 16 pages

Featuring

Feature
Reach for Happiness
Genre
Romance

Credits

Script
Jack Miller
Pencils
Jay Scott Pike
Inks
George Roussos
Editing
Jack Miller

Reprint history

First print
United States
Secret Hearts (DC, 1949 series) #129 (July 1968)
Episode 20

Synopsis

Scott explains his true feelings for Karen, who tells him to be patient. Later, Barry takes Karen to a party at the home of his wealthy and eccentric producer, B. W., who is also interested in Karen.

Show/hide 3. How Could He Stop Loving Me? Comic story, 7 pages

Featuring

Genre
Romance

Credits

Pencils
Tony Abruzzo
Editing
Jack Miller

Reprint history

First print
United States
Girls' Love Stories (DC, 1949 series) #139 (November 1968)
How Could He Stop Loving Me?
Show/hide 4. Untitled (Cindy the Salesgirl) Comic story, 4 pages

"We got these new midi length numbers in, just in time."

Featuring

Feature
Cindy the Salesgirl
Genre
Romance

Credits

Pencils
Jay Scott Pike
Editing
Jack Miller

Reprint history

First print
United States
Heart Throbs (DC, 1957 series) #116 (October-November 1968)
Untitled
Show/hide 5. The Truth About a Lie Comic story, 8 pages

Featuring

Genre
Romance

Credits

Pencils
John Romita (p 1)
Mike Sekowsky (pp 2-8)
Inks
John Romita
Editing
Phyllis Reed

Reprint history

First print
United States
Falling in Love (DC, 1955 series) #50 (May 1962)
The Truth about a Lie!
Also printed
United States
Heart Throbs (DC, 1957 series) #116 (October-November 1968)
The Truth About a Lie!

Notes

This version is probably sourced from the reprint in Heart Throbs (DC, 1957 series) #116 (October-November 1968).

Show/hide 6. Sweet Mystery of Love Comic story, 4 pages

Featuring

Genre
Romance

Credits

Pencils
John Rosenberger
Editing
Jack Miller (editor)
Barbara Friedlander (associate editor)

Reprint history

First print
United States
Secret Hearts (DC, 1949 series) #124 (December 1967)
Sweet Mystery of Love!

Synopsis

Helen is fascinated by a man she sees in a restaurant, but it's his friend who actually asks her out and ends up marrying her.

Show/hide 7. Tell Me You Love Her Comic story, 5 pages

Featuring

Genre
Romance

Credits

Pencils
Tony Abruzzo
Editing
Jack Miller

Reprint history

First print
United States
Secret Hearts (DC, 1949 series) #132 (December 1968)
Tell Me You Love Her!
Also printed
United States
Young Romance (DC, 1963 series) #183 (June 1972)
Does He Love Me?  (retitled and updated)
Show/hide 8. I Couldn't Trust Him (I Confess! True-to-Life Dramas that strip bare the innermost secrets of a girl's soul!) Comic story, 9 pages

Featuring

Feature
I Confess! True-to-Life Dramas that strip bare the innermost secrets of a girl's soul!
Genre
Romance

Credits

Script
Jack Miller
Art
Tony Abruzzo
Letters
Ira Schnapp
Editing
Jack Miller

Reprint history

First print
United States
Girls' Romances (DC, 1950 series) #137 (December 1968)
I Couldn't Trust Him!
Also printed
United States
Young Love (DC, 1963 series) #113 (December 1974-January 1975)
Someday He'll Be Jealous, Too!

Notes

Second episode of "I Confess." Gail was called Lisa in the previous installment in Heart Throbs (DC, 1957 series) #117 (December 1968-January 1969) and in the next installment in Girls' Love Stories (DC, 1949 series) #141 (February 1969).

Show/hide 9. The Boy Next Door Comic story, 7 pages
Show/hide 10. When Love Goes Away Comic story, 6 pages

Featuring

Genre
Romance

Credits

Pencils
John Rosenberger
Editing
Jack Miller
Carmine Infantino (Editorial Director)

Reprint history

First print
United States
Girls' Romances (DC, 1950 series) #135 (September 1968)
When Love Goes Away!

Synopsis

A terrible auto accident renders Rick blind. He meets Jen, a blind girl, at the Mitter School for the Blind. The two fall in love and Rick proposes. Rick's sight is restored following an operation. Jen sends him away, not wanting to be a burden to him. A month later, Rick reappears and assures Jen that his love is real. She agrees to marry him.

Show/hide 11. My Weeping Heart Comic story, 5 pages

Featuring

Genre
Romance

Credits

Pencils
Bill Draut
Editing
Phyllis Reed

Reprint history

First print
United States
Falling in Love (DC, 1955 series) #49 (March 1962)
My Weeping Heart
Also printed
United States
Secret Hearts (DC, 1949 series) #128 (June 1968)
My Weeping Heart
Show/hide 12. I Don't Love You Anymore Comic story, 9 pages

Featuring

Genre
Romance

Credits

Editing
Jack Miller

Reprint history

First print
United States
Girls' Love Stories (DC, 1949 series) #134 (April 1968)
I Don't Love You Anymore!

Synopsis

Judy falls in love with Chuck, a ranch hand, but insists that he take a job in her father's company. But when he devotes himself to the new job she resents the time he's spending on it.

Show/hide 13. Tunics 'n' Tights (Mad Mad Modes for Moderns) Comic story, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Mad Mad Modes for Moderns
Genre
Non-Fiction

Credits

Script
Barbara Friedlander ?
Pencils
Jay Scott Pike
Editing
Jack Miller
Carmine Infantino (Editorial Director)

Reprint history

First print
United States
Girls' Romances (DC, 1950 series) #135 (September 1968)
Tunics 'n' Tights!
Also printed
Australia
Love Stories (Colour Comics, 1970? series) #6 ([1970?])
Tunics 'N' Tights!

Notes

Only one page of the original two page feature is reprinted.

Show/hide 14. Untitled (Mad Mad Modes for Moderns) Comic story, 1 page

"Holy Hanna! You can be Batman's girl wonder in super-fab capes designed to capture the opposite sex!"

Featuring

Feature
Mad Mad Modes for Moderns
Genre
Non-Fiction

Credits

Script
Barbara Friedlander ?
Pencils
Tony Abruzzo ?
Editing
Jack Miller

Reprint history

First print
United States
Secret Hearts (DC, 1949 series) #118 (March 1967)
"Holy Hanna! You too can be Batman's girl wonder..."
Also printed
Australia
Man and Woman (Colour Comics, 1969? series) #1 ([October 1969?])
Untitled
 
Australia
Love Stories (Colour Comics, 1970? series) #6 ([1970?])
Untitled

Notes

Only one page of the original two page feature is reprinted.


Status

AusReprints ID

  • 40198

Entry created

  • 30/12/2009

Cover added

  • 28/05/2021

Index completed

  • 30/12/2009

Last updated

  • 29/12/2018