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Issue Details

Issue #142
Published June-July 1966
Frequency bi-monthly
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing Jack Miller

Cover Details - "My Secret Love!"

Genre romance
Pencils Jay Scott Pike
Inks Jay Scott Pike ?
Letters Ira Schnapp

13 page story "Too Shy for Romance!"

Synopsis Tina is painfully shy and unable to talk to boys even when they show some interest in her. She begins to believe that she will be alone forever until she meets a boy who is just as shy as she is.
Genre romance
Pencils Gene Colan
Inks Bernard Sachs ?

1 page Laura Penn... Your Romance Reporter letters page "I have a problem I hope you can help me solve."

Script ? [as Laura Penn]
Pencils John Romita (logo illustration)
Inks ? (logo illustration)
Colors ? (logo illustration)
Letters typeset
Notes relationship advice

1 page 3 Girls--Their Lives--Their Loves promo (ad from the publisher) "Open the Door to Penthouse 5"

Genre soap; romance
Pencils Jay Scott Pike
Letters Ira Schnapp
Notes house ad for the 3 Girls continuing feature beginning in Heart Throbs (DC, 1957 series) #102, on sale April 26

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

Pencils John Romita (illustrations)
Letters typeset
Notes Two winners in DC's Miss Young America competition, Sandra Kennedy and Esther Halle, with sketches of the girls by John Romita.

13 page story "My Secret Love"

Synopsis A girl fantasizes about falling in love with every handsome man she sees, and eventually it happens for real.
Genre romance
Pencils Jay Scott Pike
Inks Jay Scott Pike ?

1 page Reach for Happiness promo (ad from the publisher) "Exposed!"

Genre soap; romance
Pencils Gene Colan
Letters Ira Schnapp
Notes house ad for the Reach for Happiness continuing feature in Secret Hearts (DC, 1949 series)

1 page You Can Be Beautiful text article "Nobody Is Perfect -- But You Can Be!"

Synopsis makeup tips
Genre fact
Script Barbara Friedlander ?
Pencils Jay Scott Pike (logo illustration)
Inks ? (logo illustration)
Colors ? (logo illustration)
Letters typeset

1 page Swing with Scooter promo (ad from the publisher) "Scooter? Who He?"

Genre teen
Script E. Nelson Bridwell ?
Pencils Joe Orlando
Inks Joe Orlando
Letters Ira Schnapp
Notes house ad for Swing with Scooter (DC, 1966 series) #1, on sale April 7