Issue Details

Issue	#1
Published	September-October 1949
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	52
Editing	Marie Antoinette Park (editor); Milton Sorul (art director)
Notes	Indexed from a scanned copy. Contents page says "Cover Girl - Kevin Daley (Miss Army Day 1949)"

Cover Details - "I Stole My Sister's Man"

Genre	Romance
Pencils	? (photo)
Inks	? (photo)
Colors	? (photo)
Letters	Typeset
Notes	Indexed from a scanned copy. Contents page says "Cover Girl - Kevin Daley (Miss Army Day 1949)"

1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Darling Romance"

Synopsis	Table of contents, including writers names for most of the issue.
Letters	Typeset
Notes	Inside front cover. Includes indicia.

8 page story "...Gossip!"

Genre	Romance
Script	Joan August
Notes	Writer credit from table of contents page.

Half page text story "Two Loves"

Genre	Romance
Letters	Typeset

1 page text article "Personality... and You"

Synopsis	Ellyn Lee analyses handwriting.
Script	Ellyn Lee (credtied)
Letters	Typeset

8 page story "I Stole My Sister's Man"

Genre	Romance
Script	Mary Woods
Pencils	Bill Fix (signed)
Inks	Bill Fix (signed)
Notes	Writer credit from table of contents page.

Half page text article "You Can Be A Prettier Darling"

Script	Phyllis Poole ?; Phyllis Pool ?
Letters	Typeset
Notes	Writer credit from table of contents page says Phyllis Poole, credit on story says Phyllis Pool. Table of contents incorrectly says this is on page 11.

2 page text story "Take A Chance With Romance"

Genre	Romance
Script	Toni Park
Letters	Typeset
Notes	Writer credit from table of contents page.

9 page story "No Time For Love"

Genre	Romance
Script	Kate Tempest
Notes	Writer credit from table of contents page.

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Two Loves Have I"

Synopsis

Promo for a future issue of Darling Love.

6 page story "She Played With Love"

Genre	Romance
Script	Rhoda Temple
Notes	Writer credit from table of contents page. Table of contents gives title as "I..."

Half page Thrill of a Lifetime text article "The most thrilling moment of my life happened just last week."

Genre	Fact; Romance
Script	Alice Hedersonn
Letters	Typeset

1 page The Answer Woman letters page "My fingernails are so brittle..."

Letters

Typeset

9 page story "I Was a Heart-Breaker"

Genre	Romance
Script	Neila Garland
Notes	Writer credit from table of contents page.

1 page advertisement "Reduce Fat!"

Synopsis

Ad for weight loss from American Healthaids Co.

1 page advertisement "Have a Slimmer Youthful Feminine Appearance Instantly!"

Synopsis	Ad for Adjust-O-Belt.
Notes	On back cover of comic.