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1October-November 1949
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Darling Love #1

Archie · October-November 1949 · on sale 1949-08-09

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Identification plate

Series
Darling Love (Archie, 1949 series)
Issue
#1
Publication date
October-November 1949
Key date
1949-10-00
On-sale date
1949-08-09
Indicia publisher
Close-Up Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0I Was Jiltedcover1pencils: ? (photo); inks: ? (photo); colors: ? (photo); letters: typesetPatricia Ann McElroy (1928-2005)
1-table of contents1letters: typeset
2I Was Jilted!comic story9Alan Brent; Alice Barnes; Laura Thomas; Tony Graham
3I Stole My Sister's Manpromo (ad from the publisher)1script: Mary Woods; pencils: Bill Fix; inks: Bill FixNancy Kent
4Two Loves Have Icomic story8.67Dean Gregory (death); Ellen Thomas; Steve Gregory
5Rascal Hearttext story0.33script: Irene Martin
6Your Handwritingtext article1script: Ellyn Lee
7I Was Branded Badcomic story7.67Dale Hammer; Dotty [Dorothy Gates; also as Dorothy Manning]; Mrs. Gates; Mrs. Taylor; Curly (villain); Nicky Dennis (villain, death)
8What's Cookin'?text article0.33pencils: ? (illustration); inks: ? (illustration); letters: typeset
9I Married for Revengetext story2pencils: ? (illustration); inks: ? (illustration); letters: typesetEve Henny [also as Eve Merrill]; Scott Henny; Lil Merrill
10I Lied for Lovecomic story6pencils: Pen Shumaker; inks: Pen ShumakerDavid Payne; Hank; Lorna
11The Darling Bandboxtext article1script: ? [as Miss Darling]; pencils: ? (illustration); inks: ? (illustration); letters: typeset
12Star-Lightstext article1letters: typeset
13Too Wise for Love!!comic story8.67Edith Wayne [also as Edith Forrest]; Larry Hawes; Mark Wayne; Mr. Maxwell
14Reminiscencetext story0.33script: May Richstone
15What's on Your Heart?letters page1script: Laura Brown

Plus 2 pages of advertisements and other matter across 2 sequences, as published.

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