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16June-July 1953
$0.10

Secret Hearts #16

DC · June-July 1953 · on sale 1953-04-13

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Identification plate

Series
Secret Hearts (DC, 1949 series)
Issue
#16
Publication date
June-July 1953
Key date
1953-06-00
On-sale date
1953-04-13
Indicia publisher
Beverly Publishing Company
Price
$0.10
Pages
36

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Unhappy Choice!cover1inks: Joe Giella; letters: Ira Schnapp
1Contentstable of contents1letters: typeset
2Wedding Wish!comic story8letters: Gaspar SaladinoLee; Dana Guthrie; Matt Corey
3Love by Mistake!comic story6letters: Gaspar SaladinoKate Cummings; Jeff; Randall Owen; Pete
4Love Came Too Late!comic story6letters: Ira SchnappLinda; Tony; Betty
5-letters page2script: Ann Martin
6Do You Know How It Feels to Be Unloved?promo (ad from the publisher)1
7Unhappy Choice!comic story8inks: Joe Giella; letters: Gaspar SaladinoGail; Andy Bryson; Walt Emmett
8Oddities in Romancecartoon1

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

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