Issue Details

Issue	#4
Published	August 1949
Frequency	bimonthly
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	68
Editing	Marion McDermott
Notes	This is an oversize issue measuring 7.5" by 11". It combines comic book and magazine features.

Cover Details

Pencils	Shostal (photograph)
Inks	Shostal (photograph)
Colors	Shostal (photograph)

3 page text story "Moonlight Escapade"

Letters	typeset
Notes	Illustrated with full-page black and white photograph and a small spot illo.

4 page text story "Never Gamble on a Lie"

Pencils	? (photograph)
Inks	? (photograph)
Letters	typeset
Notes	Illustrated with a full-page black and white photograph.

2 page filler "You're What the Boys Like"

Letters	typeset
Notes	Fashion page illustrated with black and white photographs and a background drawing.

2 page text article "Does Necking Increase a Girl's Popularity?"

Pencils	Warren Kremer
Letters	typeset; Warren Kremer
Notes	One full-page black and white illustration. The feature logo and the two faces are by Warren Kremer.

2 page text article "Hollywood Pin-Ups - Peter Lawford"

Pencils	? (photograph)
Inks	? (photograph)
Letters	typeset
Notes	4 black and white photographs.

7 page story "They Called Me a Love Thief"

Genre

romance

4 page text story "Pleasure Boat"

Letters	typeset
Notes	3 color illustrations

1 page Mopsy filler "Beside the regular sales tax, there's an amusement tax on that model!"

Genre	humor
Script	Gladys Parker?
Pencils	Gladys Parker?
Inks	Gladys Parker?
Notes	3 single-panel gag cartoons

4 page text story "Phony Love Affair"

Pencils	Matt Baker
Inks	Matt Baker?
Letters	typeset
Notes	Montage of 4 illustrations on double-page title spread, plus one more illo on third page.

10 page story "I Couldn't Give Up My Secret Love"

Genre	romance
Pencils	Matt Baker
Inks	Matt Baker?
Reprinted	in Diary Secrets (St. John, 1952 series) #13 (August 1952); in Diary Secrets (St. John, 1952 series) #30 (September 1955)

1 page text story "I'll Not Date in August"

Letters	typeset
Notes	Black and white illo.

1 page filler "Short Cuts to Glamour"

Letters	typeset
Notes	Fashion advice, with 5 black and white spot illos.

Half page filler "Platter Chatter"

Letters	typeset
Notes	Brief record reviews, with black and white header illo.

Half page text story "Step Out, Please"

Letters	typeset
Notes	One black and white spot illo.

Half page filler "Movie Previews"

Pencils	? (photograph)
Inks	? (photograph)
Letters	typeset
Notes	2 black and white photographs.