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Issue Details

Issue #131
Published August-September 1964
Frequency bi-monthly
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing Jack Miller

Cover Details - "Dreams Don't Count!"

Genre romance
Pencils John Romita
Letters Ira Schnapp
Notes Cover art taken from splash page of the last story in this issue.

8 page story "On the Eve of Happiness!"

Synopsis Cheryl has preconceived ideas about how a romance should proceed but when she meets Stuart she finds that things do not always go as planned.
Genre romance
Pencils Gene Colan

1 page Miss Young America promo (ad from the publisher)

Synopsis Two winners in DC's Miss Young America competition, Audrey Gilmore and Marilyn Kean, with sketches of the girls by John Romita.
Pencils John Romita (illustrations)
Colors ? (illustrations)
Letters typeset

1 page Beat Nick cartoon

Characters Beat Nick
Genre gags
Script Mort Drucker ?
Pencils Mort Drucker
Inks Mort Drucker
Letters Mort Drucker ?
Notes four gag cartoons

7 page story "Second Meeting!"

Synopsis Abby and Brian console each other when their respective loves run off together and elope, but Abby doesn't trust their newfound closeness and leaves Brian. Years later, will she get a second chance?
Genre romance
Pencils Jay Scott Pike ?

1 page Laura Penn... Your Romance Reporter letters page "I have a problem that is making me very unhappy."

Synopsis relationship advice
Script ? [as Laura Penn]
Letters typeset

Half page statement of ownership

Letters typeset
Notes Statement of October 1, 1963 Average paid circulation over preceding 12 months: 131,000 Single issue nearest filing date: 202,030 Publisher: Arleigh Publishing Company, 575 Lexington Avenue, New York NY 10022 Owner: All stock owned by National Periodical Publications, Inc.

1 page filler "Headdress of Ancient Brides"

Synopsis historical headwear of brides from four cultures
Genre fact

12 page Bonnie Taylor story "Dreams Don't Count!"

Characters Bonnie Taylor; Roger Taylor; Lori; Tod
Synopsis When Bonnie's roommate Lori is feared dead in a plane crash, Bonnie comforts Lori's boyfriend Tod and falls in love with him herself, but has to let him go when Lori is found safe.
Genre romance
Script Robert Kanigher
Pencils John Romita
Inks Bernard Sachs ?
Notes Kanigher script credit from the Who's Who of American Comic Books.