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Issue Details

Issue #64
Published February-March 1960
Frequency bi-monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Phyllis Reed

Cover Details - "Take My Heart!"

Genre romance
Pencils John Romita
Inks Bernard Sachs
Letters Ira Schnapp
Notes cover art taken from the splash page of the last story in this issue

1 page text article "Table of Contents"

Letters Typeset

7 page story "Your Dreams Are Mine!"

Synopsis Meg's boyfriend Adam encourages her to pursue a singing career away from their small town, and he wants to go along as her manager. She becomes very successful in Los Angeles, but the big city lifestyle starts to change Adam.
Genre romance
Pencils Mike Sekowsky
Inks Bernard Sachs
Notes "I was just a small-town girl with small-town dreams - but Adam was different...he dreamed of the whole universe spinning around us! I knew if his dreams came true, I would be trapped in a nightmare of heartbreak!" -- from Table of Contents.
Reprinted in Girls' Love Stories (DC, 1949 series) #157 (February 1971)

7 page story "Love Came Too Late!"

Synopsis On vacation in Maine, Mimi meets sea captain Doug, who keeps suggesting she give up her career as a school teacher and marry him. However, she finds that he seems equally charming to other women as well.
Genre romance
Inks Bernard Sachs ?
Notes "When love came my way, some strange, inner force made me fight against it...I fought it with everything I had - and even when I began to lose the battle, I refused to recognize it...until suddenly I knew the terrible truth..." -- from Table of Contents.
Reprinted in Young Love (DC, 1963 series) #74 (May-June 1969)

1 page It Happened in Hollywood text article

Synopsis Anecdotes about movie and television stars, including Steve Reeves and Audrey Hepburn.
Genre fact; celebrity
Letters Typeset

Half page statement of ownership

Letters typeset
Notes Statement of October 1, 1959 No circulation information given Owner: Arleigh Publishing Co., 575 Lexington Avenue, New York 22, N.Y.; George H. Levy, 30-A Arleigh Road, Great Neck, N.Y.; Philip H. Sampliner; Sonia Iger; Ronald Stillman

5 page story "My Heart Kept on Counting!"

Synopsis Rick sees Paula again nearly a year after they broke up, but happily realizes that he is no longer in love with her and can move on with Ellen.
Genre romance
Pencils Mike Sekowsky
Inks Bernard Sachs
Notes "After a year of heartbreak, I ran into Paula again...As soon as our eyes met I could feel myself being bound to her all over again! I never wanted her to know that, even though I had long since stopped counting the days since we parted--" -- from Table of Contents.

11 page story "Take My Heart!"

Synopsis Roy falls in love with Dena at first sight, but she's with Nick. He keeps trying to spend time with the couple but Nick is jealous and always tries to show him up. However, Dena eventually chooses Roy over Nick.
Genre romance
Pencils John Romita ?
Inks Bernard Sachs
Notes "All I wanted was the moon - until I saw Dena...and when her picture hung inside my locker door, it outshone even the moon! Then all I wanted was the impossible..." -- from Table of Contents.

1 page Pat Boone promo (ad from the publisher) "Make Your Reservation Early"

Genre celebrity
Pencils ? (photographs)
Inks ? (photographs)
Letters Ira Schnapp; typeset
Notes Inside back cover; house ad for Pat Boone (DC, 1960 series). Features photos of Johnny Mathis, Bobby Darin, Diane Baker, and Pat Boone in the 20th Century Fox film "Journey to the Center of the Earth."

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "'Tis the Season to Be Loved!"

Genre romance
Letters Ira Schnapp
Notes Back cover; house ad for the titles of the "National Romance Group" (Girls' Romances, Girls' Love Stories, Secret Hearts, Heart Throbs, Falling in Love)