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Pictorial Confessions (1949) comic books

  • Issue #1
    Pictorial Confessions (1949) 1
    • Slight amateur restoration
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s)
    • RESTORATION: Very minor amount of color touch on cover.
    • Label #1201577001
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #4256054003
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

    Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Matt Baker and Dana Dutch. Beautiful covers and art by legendary good-girl artist Matt Baker elevate St. John's 1950s romance comic above the norm. Kathy finally meets Tom, a nice guy who actually likes her, but his sister's jealousy could ruin everything, in a story with art by Baker. In another Baker story, Betty dates bad boy Harry despite the warnings of her friends and parents, but when she finally sees the truth about him, he threatens to ruin her reputation. Reputations are also foremost in the thoughts of Jane when she starts dating wealthy Ron, and keeps it secret from her real friends like Bud. I Threw Away My Reputation on a Worthless Love; My Double Life Caught Up with Me; I Talked Myself into Love Troubles; Two-Timing Taught Me to Love. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #2
    Pictorial Confessions (1949) 2

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    Stories and art by Matt Baker, Max Elkan, Chuck Miller and Dana Dutch. Beautiful covers and art by legendary good-girl artist Matt Baker elevate St. John's 1950s romance comic above the norm. Redheaded convict Anne reveals how she went from beauty queen and Hollywood starlet to felon, in a cautionary tale with art by Baker. In another Baker story, Mona is torn between Dick, a student her age, and Professor Wentworth, who looks like Reed Richards' evil twin brother. When Thelma's sister gets engaged, she asks to use Thelma's hope chest, making Thelma wonder if she'll ever meet anybody herself. Cover by Baker. I Tried to Be a Hollywood Glamour Girl; What Happens to Love When Lies Come True?; My Strange Complex; Hope-Chest Calamity. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #3
    Pictorial Confessions (1949) 3

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    Cover by Matt Baker, Joe Kubert and Jack Sparling. Stories and art by Matt Baker, Joe Kubert, Irwin Stein, and Jack Sparling. Beautiful covers and art by legendary good-girl artist Matt Baker elevate St. John's 1950s romance comic above the norm. Department-store clerk Margery dates three men who could help her career, but there's trouble when they find out about each other, in a cautionary tale with art by Baker. In another Baker story, redheaded showgirl May can't help coming on to every handsome man she meets, and that includes her sister's boyfriend, Gregory. Mike and Judy have a tempestuous romance as he struggles to make it as a race-car driver, in a story with early art by future comics legend Joe Kubert. Cover by Baker. They Caught Me Cheating at Love; The Heart's Trophy; I Was Fooled by Love; I Played at Love. Final issue under this title; series continues as Pictorial Romances (1950) #4. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.