Girls' Love Stories, #5
Published: April-May 1950
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Partners in Romance!
Credits
- Pencils: photography
- Inks: photography
- Colors: photography
Story Notes
Photo by Ted Koepper from Globe.
Contents
Story Notes
inside front cover
Partners in Romance
Storyline
Alma is a lonely office worker in New York City. She is bitter and rejects the friendly advances of Daniel, whom she later discovers lives in a neighboring apartment building. When a fire breaks out in Alma’s building, Daniel directs her to the roof and urges her to jump into his arms. She trusts him, and they fall in love.
Characters
- Alma
- Daniel Brand
Credits
- Script: Robert Kanigher
- Pencils: Carmine Infantino
Story Notes
Credits from Robin Snyder.
Secret Hearts Reveals Your Heart!
Featuring Secret Hearts
My Other Life
Storyline
Judy wakes up one day and has amnesia. She feels “free,†and begins a new life. Judy gets a job and is promoted to be the secretary of Stan, the boss. They fall in love but Judy must uncover her past before they wed. She discovers she ran away after her brother was accused of murder, but now learns he was acquitted. Judy and Stan can marry.
Characters
- Judy Allen [Alice]
- Stan Ferris
- Miss Higgins
- Alma
- Charles
- Alice's father
Stand-In for Glamor
Storyline
Jackie is hired as the stand-in for Linda, her former roommate who’s now a movie star. When Jackie falls in love with Tracy, a novelist whose work was the basis for Linda’s new film, the studio orders them to break up. A fire breaks out on set, and Tracy risks his life to save Jackie. They will be married.
Characters
- Jackie Allenby
- Tracy Lansing
- Linda Lawson
- Bill
- Mr. Cochran
- Aldo
- Tom
Story Notes
Jackie has blonde hair in one panel on page 1 but red thereafter.
Close to My Heart
Storyline
Ginny writes greeting cards for a living, but is a serious poet in her private life. She falls in love with her boss Alan, and he inspires her poems. Alan reads the poems and sends them to a publisher; the embarrassed Ginny says a friend wrote them, and her friend Carol takes credit. However, Alan eventually tells Ginny he knew she was the author and just wanted her to admit it.
Characters
- Ginny Parker
- Alan Walters
- Carol Lang
Featuring Daisy's Diary
"Dear Diary, Harold dropped in for a visit..."
Storyline
To please her boyfriend Harold, Daisy refuses to talk during a movie. However, he does talk, and is ejected from the theatre.
Characters
- Daisy
- Harold
You'll Just Know
Love Letters
Storyline
Laura grows up in the shadow of her more glamorous younger sister Jo. Ray, her brother’s roommate in another town, writes Jo a love letter after seeing her photo; Jo dismisses it but Laura replies in Jo’s name. Laura and Ray correspond, with Laura posing as “Jo.†He finally visits, and Jo finds him handsome so she doesn’t reveal the truth. Ray falls in a bog and Laura rescues him. He confesses he loves her and knew the truth because she accidentally signed her own name to a photo of Jo she’d sent him.
Characters
- Laura
- Jo
- Ray Brown
- Laura's mother
- Victor
- Jim
Credits
- Pencils: Carmine Infantino
Seeing Stars
Storyline
4 stanzas of a poem and 4 black-and-white illustrations.
Story Notes
poem; inside back cover
For You Only!
Featuring Girls' Romances
Story Notes
back cover