Secret Hearts (1949) comic books 1967

Cover pencils by Gene Colan. Stories by Jack Miller and unknown. Art by John Rosenberger, Gene Colan, Arthur Peddy?, Tony Abruzzo, Bernard Sachs and unknown. Karen and Peggy reconcile over their similar romantic troubles. Rita's night out with Greg is spoiled by two encounters with people they know in Episode 8 of "Reach for Happiness"! Plus: When Ruth is mistaken for her glamorous employer, she does nothing to correct the assumption but then fears that her secret will be discovered in "3 Days of Love!" Also: Patty is confident in her relationship with Gary so she gives advice to all her girl friends, but she doesn't know what to do when Gary starts showing interest in someone else in "Girl + Boy = Love!" And: Mad Mad Modes for Moderns filler. Plus: You Can Be Beautiful filler "Between Us Girls"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

Stories by Jack Miller and unknown. Art by Jay Scott Pike, John Rosenberger and unknown. Ray Silva tries unsuccessfully to come between Rita and Greg. Karen helps her sister Peggy make plans to prepare for her first reintroduction to her old boyfriend Bob, but Bob drops by unexpectedly in Episode 9 of "Reach for Happiness"! Plus: Lisa is waiting at the train station for her childhood sweetheart to return to town, but a surprise awaits her in "Waiting for the One I Love!" Also: Terry doesn't believe she will ever fall in love again after her boyfriend Brad dies in a car accident in "My Love was a Dream"! And: Mad Mad Modes for Moderns filler. Plus: Letters page by Ann Martin, Counselor-at-Love. Statement of ownership -- average print run 333,000; average paid circulation 181,705. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

Stories by Jack Miller and unknown. Art by John Rosenberger, Mike Sekowsky, Tony Abruzzo, Bernard Sachs and unknown. Bob and Peggy hope that they can be together when Bob's divorce is final. Lila questions Greg about his commitment to Rita, while Rita realizes that her father may not fit in with her new life in Episode 10 of "Reach for Happiness"! Plus: Eva plots to steal Eddy from the girl he really loves in "There is No Forever!" Also: Connie falls in love with Phil, but he's with her friend Margot so she gives him up. Years later, they meet again in the reprint story "My Heart's Desire!" And: Mad Mad Modes for Moderns filler "Absolutely Now!"; make-up tips in You Can Be Beautiful filler "Face to Face!"; and letters page by Ann Martin, Counselor-at-Love. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover pencils by Jay Scott Pike. (Note: It is not a Neal Adams cover, as stated in the Overstreet Price Guide, which is probably confusing it with Heart Throbs (1949 Quality/DC) #120.) Stories by Jack Miller and unknown. Art by Jay Scott Pike, Mike Sekowsky, Tony Abruzzo, Bernard Sachs and unknown. Peggy stands up for Rita when Lila's society friends judge her at the engagement party Lila has given for Greg and Rita. Later, Peggy meets Bob by chance and they decide to go out together, but they are discovered by Bob's wife in Episode 11 of "Reach for Happiness"! Plus: Ruth dreams about the perfect guy named Keith and isn't interested in having a real date with anyone who won't measure up to the man of her dreams in "Please, Please -- Don't Let Me Wake Up!" Also: Judy and her friend Phyllis reconcile after a long estrangement, then Judy finds herself attracted to Phyllis's new boyfriend in the reprint story "Winter in My Heart!" And: Mad Mad Modes for Moderns filler. Plus: Letters page by Ann Martin, Counselor-at-Love. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Jay Scott Pike. Stories by Jack Miller and unknown. Art by Carl Pfeufer, Arthur Peddy, Tony Abruzzo, Bernard Sachs and unknown. Peggy is upset after her confrontation with Bob's wife Brenda. When Rita and Greg learn that Richy and Joanie are planning to elope again, Rita makes a call that disrupts their plans, but later, Greg is angry to learn that it was Ray that she called in Episode 12 of "Reach for Happiness"! Plus: Ginny waits years for her childhood sweetheart Brian to return as he promised in "Two Hearts on a Tree!" Also: Jane is finally realizing her dream of leaving her small town to live in the big city when she meets Ross on the bus trip and everything changes in the reprint story "There Goes My Heart!" And: Mad Mad Modes for Moderns filler. Plus: Letters page by Ann Martin, Counselor-at-Love. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover pencils by Jay Scott Pike. Stories by Jack Miller and unknown. Art by Jay Scott Pike, Win Mortimer?, Tony Abruzzo, Bernard Sachs and unknown. Greg and Rita have a huge argument about her past with Ray, but then they reconcile. Karen wonders if she can ever get over her love for Greg. Richy's grandfather convinces Richy and Joanie to wait a year before getting married. And Roger considers himself a failure for not being able to resolve the situation himself in Episode 13 of "Reach for Happiness"! Plus: Best friends Dina and Fran like all the same things -- including the same boys -- in "The Battle of Love"! Also: Claire's embittered roommate Roberta tries to convince Claire that her new boyfriend Larry is undependable and unfaithful, just like all other men, in the reprint story "Dreams are for Fools"! And: Mad Mad Modes for Moderns filler. Plus: Letters page by Ann Martin, Counselor-at-Love. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

Stories by Jack Miller and unknown. Art by Mike Sekowsky, Tony Abruzzo, Bill Draut and unknown. When Karen learns that Greg and Rita have set a date for their wedding, she thinks about her past decisions. Later, she finds herself at the Silva Club, where Ray suggests that perhaps they could console each other over their lost loves in Episode 14 of "Reach for Happiness"! Plus: Robin plots to steal Jamey away from her friend Sally, but then she isn't sure she wants him after all in "A Stolen Dream!" Also: Buck is tormented by Eve's tempestuous behavior until he finally meets another girl who seems much more suited to him in the reprint story "Love Me, Love Me Not"! And: Mad Mad Modes for Moderns filler. Plus: Letters page by Ann Martin, Counselor-at-Love. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover pencils by Jay Scott Pike. Stories by Jack Miller and unknown. Art by Jay Scott Pike, John Rosenberger, Tony Abruzzo, Bernard Sachs and unknown. Karen goes out with Ray, though no one seems to think they should be together in Episode 15 of "Reach for Happiness"! Plus: Helen is fascinated by a man she sees in a restaurant, but it's his friend who actually asks her out and ends up marrying her in "Sweet Mystery of Love!" Also: Kathy meets the mysterious man who has been leaving her messages on the beach, but misunderstandings threaten to end their relationship before they get to know one another in the reprint story "Letters in the Sand!" And: Mad Mad Modes for Moderns filler "Laff It Up!" Plus: Letters page by Ann Martin, Counselor-at-Love. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.