Girls' Love Stories #53 (1958) - Printings, Contents and Key Issues

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Take My Love to Heart!	cover	1	pencils: John Romita; letters: Ira Schnapp
1	Contents	table of contents	1	letters: typeset
2	A Lesson in Love!	comic story	7
3	The Lonely Eyes of Paris	comic story	7	pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Jim Mooney
4	Carol	comic story	0.67	script: Irwin Hasen; pencils: Irwin Hasen; inks: Irwin Hasen	Carol; Bill
5	-	statement of ownership	0.33	letters: typeset
6	Ring Around My Finger	comic story	7	pencils: John Forte; inks: Bernard Sachs
7	-	letters page	2	script: ? [as Barbara Miles]; letters: typeset
8	Take My Love to Heart!	comic story	8	pencils: John Romita
9	Oddities in Romance	comic story	1
10	National Romance Group -- A Sure Sign of Love!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: Ira Schnapp

Collection	Year
Alter Ego #189	2024	On eBay ›

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