Sweetheart Diary (1949) 10
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Issue #10
Published 1952 by Charlton Comics Group.$20.00
View scan- 5.75" Cumulative spine split. Cover detached.
$69.00
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Photo cover. "I Was a Percentage Girl," art by Bernard Baily; Supermarket clerk Shirley is engaged to mechanic Dan; they are saving their money to get married and buy a "service station and motor court upstate"; Dan gets his draft notice, which puts their plans on hold; Shirley makes friends with bargirl Dotty and becomes a "percentage girl," getting a cut of what their dates spend at a nightclub. "Age 18 Attractive… Will Marry Man with Wealth"; Esther loves Danny but they both live in poverty; When Esthers father has a heart attack and has to stop working, she decides to place a personal ad offering herself as a wife for a wealthy man; Elias, a wealthy, widowed farmer, responds; Esther agrees to marry him and move away, but her parents refuse to go along. Picture Biography of Anthony Curtis. "Love Lesson" text story. Courtship Customs fact page. "A Fool in Love"; Kitty is engaged to Emory; She asks his boss to excuse Emory from a business trip so they can prepare for their wedding, which makes Emory angry; When Emorys mother dies, he says his father will have to live with him and Kitty after their marriage; To avoid this, Kitty goes to a matrimonial agency and finds a new wife for the elder Kendall. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.
