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Issue Details

Issue #24
Published December 1953-January 1954
Frequency bi-monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Whitney Ellsworth

Cover Details - "No Orchids for Me!"

Characters Florist; Brian; Cynthia
Synopsis Full-page illustration depicts a scene from "No Orchids for Me!"
Genre romance
Inks Bernard Sachs
Notes front cover

1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Table of Contents"

Synopsis List of the issue's four full-length stories with brief synopses and the issue's two features. Black and white spot illustrations depict young lovers.
Pencils ? (spot illustrations)
Inks ? (spot illustrations)
Letters typeset
Notes inside front cover

8 page story "This Time It's Love"

Characters Diane; Edwin Willis; Jerome Willis
Synopsis Diane wants to marry Edwin as soon as possible, but he asks her to wait until his brother Jerome returns from one of his far-flung adventures. When Jerome finally returns months later, he falls in love-at-first sight with Diane and she with him. Edwin generously steps aside. Jerome pursues an ordinary lifestyle, thinking it will please Diane. As time passes, Diane realizes she is not in love with the everyday Jerome, but with a romanticized image of him as a lusty world traveler and adventurer. She decides to end the relationship, but Edwin tells her Jerome has taken a job far from town. Edwin makes love to her. She realizes he is truly all she wants.
Genre romance

6 page story "Love Must End"

Characters Marjorie Steele; Phillip; Pete (flower vendor); Phillip's inamorata
Synopsis Marjorie looks forward to marriage with Phillip. One day, she spots him on a street corner walking away with a strange woman. She cannot believe he is unfaithful and is sure there's a logical explanation for his behavior. That evening however, he remains silent and she grows anxious. She confronts him. He declares his love for her and says the other woman was only "a crazy, final fling". He begs her forgiveness. She readily grants it, tearfully falling into his arms.
Genre romance

7 page story "Never Let Him Go"

Characters Eve; Joel Powers; Miriam Adams; Mrs. Oglevie (boarding house operator); Town Gossips
Synopsis Following a two week courtship, Eve accepts Joel's offer of marriage. His ex-girlfriend Miriam makes herself very pleasant, even congratulating the two on their forthcoming nuptials and throwing a party in their honor. Eve suspects Miriam is playing the "good sport" in order to win Joel back and to garner sympathy from onlookers. She accuses Miriam of being a cunning, deceptive poor loser. Later, Joel reveals that Miriam's domineering selfishness forced him to end their relationship and to seek real love elsewhere. They renew their relationship.
Genre romance

1 page Oddities in Romance text article "In many African tribes..."

Synopsis Descriptions of historical oddities in romance, courtship, and marriage around the world.
Genre fact; romance
Pencils Mort Drucker

2 page Julia Roberts' Romance Report letters page "Dear Miss Roberts..."

Synopsis Julia Roberts dispenses advice on dating, relationships, marriage, and romance etiquette.
Genre fact; romance
Script Julia Roberts
Pencils ? (header illustration)
Inks ? (header illustration)
Colors ? (header illustration)
Letters typeset

8 page story "No Orchids for Me"

Characters Florist (narrator); Brian; Cynthia (Brian's fiancee); Grey-Eyed Customer
Synopsis A florist becomes obsessed with a sexy young man who gazes in her shop window. She is convinced he is interested in her and begins to weave romantic fantasies about him. One day, he orders a bouquet, and, rather than sending a messenger boy to deliver the flowers, the florist delivers the bouquet herself. Alone with the young man in his apartment, she suddenly finds herself in his arms. He kisses her. A few days later, the young man enters the shop and advises the florist not to take the kiss seriously. He is engaged. He apologizes for his impulsive conduct, and leaves. She then begins weaving fantasies about a grey-eyed customer in the shop.
Genre romance

1 page advertisement "Dinnerware Offer"

Synopsis Full-page black and white ad for a 67-piece plastic dinnerware set ($6.95) from Hi-Lite Industries of Chicago, Illinois.
Script ? (ad copy)
Pencils ? (photos)
Inks ? (photos)
Letters typeset
Notes inside back cover

1 page advertisement "Clothing Offer"

Synopsis Full-page color ad for two different women's rayon suits ($7.98 and $8.98) from Broadway Fashions of New York, N.Y..
Script ? (ad copy)
Pencils ? (photos)
Inks ? (photos)
Colors ? (photos)
Letters typeset
Notes back cover