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Issue Details

Issue #3
Published December 1949-January 1950
Frequency bi-monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing Whitney Ellsworth [credited]; Robert Kanigher [actual]

Cover Details - "Empty Arms"

Characters Male Beachgoer; Female Beachgoer
Genre romance
Pencils Theda Hall; Emerson Hall (color photograph)
Inks Theda Hall; Emerson Hall (color photograph)
Colors Theda Hall; Emerson Hall (color photograph)
Notes "Cover Photograph in Color by Theda and Emerson Hall from Globe" (indicia)

12 page story "Empty Arms"

Characters Lucille Wayne; Keith Wells; Gerald Hammond; Head Waiter
Synopsis While vacationing at Miami Beach, Lucille is wooed by two men: Keith, a waiter and struggling journalism student, and Gerald, a sexy and sophisticated man of the world. Life with Keith would be one of financial struggle, but life with Gerald would one of luxury and comfort. When Gerald reveals himself to be a fortune hunter wooing Lucille only because he believes her to be a wealthy woman, Keith flattens him with a sock to the jaw and sends him packing. Lucille marries Keith.
Genre romance
Script Robert Kanigher
Pencils Carmine Infantino
Notes Different from story in #47. Credits via Robin Snyder.

1 page Daisy's Diary story "New Earrings"

Characters Daisy; Steve
Synopsis Steve compliments Daisy on her hair, hands, and dress, but Daisy takes umbrage when he overlooks her new earrings.
Genre gags

8 page story "Borrowed Heart"

Characters Martha Crane; Craig Worth; Katherine Saxton; Doris Saxton; Jim
Genre romance

8 page story "I Reached for the Moon"

Genre Romance
Script Natalie Krigstein
Notes writer credit from Robin Snyder.

1 page Lili story "Love is Blind"

Genre Romance

8 page story "Love Sets a Trap"

Characters Val; Bart; Stella; Jim
Synopsis Val loves a man of great wanderlust who cannot settle down to married life.
Genre romance
Script Natalie Krigstein
Notes writer credit from Robin Snyder.

2 page text story "Romance Counter"

Genre Romance
Letters Typeset

7 page story "Last Chance for Happiness"

Characters Bonnie; Sheila (Bonnie's cousin); Mr. Frank (diner owner); Cab Driver; Kenneth Wilson; Chinese Curio Shop Owner; Evelyn Leith
Synopsis Bonnie moves from the farm to the city but can't get a job because all she can do is cook and sew. One day, she offers to cook for a harried diner operator and, within days, her lunches become a sensation among office workers in the neighborhood. She delivers one to lawyer Ken Wilson, and they are soon dating and falling in love. Ken's boss, Evelyn Leith, has her eye on Ken, and asks Bonnie to bake and deliver a cake for his birthday party. When she arrives at the party, she finds Evelyn has claimed Ken as her own. Bonnie is hurt, and decides to return to the farm. Ken finds her at the train station, gives her a ring, and proposes.
Genre romance

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Contest Winners"

Synopsis List of 50 letter writing contest winners.

1 page text article "The World is Ours"

Synopsis Full-page love poem with four black and white illustrations.
Genre romance
Pencils Carmine Infantino
Notes inside back cover