First Love Illustrated #23 (1952) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Al Avison; inks: Al Avison; letters: Joe Rosen
2	Contents First Love November No. 23	table of contents	1
4	I Was a Japanese War Bride	comic story	7	pencils: Jack Sparling; inks: Jack Sparling
5	Too Fast for Me!	comic story	5	pencils: Tom Hickey; inks: Tom Hickey
6	Strange Passion	comic story	6	pencils: Bob Powell; inks: Bob Powell
7	Model for Heartbreak	text story	0.75	letters: typeset
8	I Didn't Believe in Love	comic story	5	pencils: John Sink; inks: John Sink

Plus 6 pages of advertisements and other matter across 4 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
First Love Illustrated #57	1955	On eBay ›

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