Dates
- Cover date
- February 1952
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers
- Original editionSource ↗
Creators
Stories
- Big City Blues · 9 pages
Department store clerk Karen is lonely in the big city. She agrees to double-date with co-worker Lois but is propositioned by Nick and walks out. She dates store owner David but learns he’s married. Karen answers a personal ad and discovers it was placed by her co-worker Harry, who has admired her from afar.
- Too Fast · 6 pages
Doreen dates “fast” Roy and hangs out with his friends, disappointing her next-door neighbor Dale. Doreen participates in a game of “chicken” (two cars driving towards each other at full speed) but leaps from the car in fear and is badly injured. Roy leaves town, but faithful Dale sticks by his friend and they fall in love.
- The Bride Wore Black · 8 pages
Shelley’s boyfriend Ernie is killed in an auto accident. She meets Bob Logan on a cruise and they fall in love and decide to wed. However, everyone in Shelley’s town thinks she’s marrying on the rebound. She cancels her engagement but when Bob shows up, Shelley realizes her love for Bob is mature and real.
- Two Seats on the Aisle · 1 pages
- Stolen Kisses · 7 pages
Orphan Marilou is raised by two old-fashioned aunts. She sneaks out to a traveling skating rink run by Bart Long. Her aunts find out and convince the mayor to shut it down; Bart thinks Marilou was in on the scheme. Marilou runs away, reunites with Bart, and they will be married.
Reprinted in
Love Secrets (1953), Love Letters (1954), Girls in Love (1955)