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My Life (1948) comic books

  • Issue #4
    My Life (1948) 4
    • Cover loose at staples. Heavy water damage. Staple rust with migration.
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    Fox Feature Syndicate presents the third romance title to launch the romance comics craze, following Crestwood's "Young Romance" and Timely/Marvel's "My Romance". Numbering continues from Meet Corliss Archer (1948) #3. Jane tries to prevent her new step-daughter Susie from dating a young hood, and gets beaten up for her trouble; A moment of drunken debauchery ruins Faith's life and her romance with a football star; When Tom runs out of money to buy his wife nice things, he takes to gambling and gets in trouble with gangsters. Plus love advice to readers. Mentioned in the classic anti-comics tome Seduction of the Innocent. I Was a Stepmother at Twenty; I Was a Spoiled Brat; The Key to His Heart; Selfish!!; Lucky Day. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $750 My Life 4 Fox Features Synd. 1948 Used In The SOTI CGC 1.8

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  • Issue #5
    My Life (1948) 5

    "Counterfeit"; Pat takes photos in a nightclub and sells Lonnys perfume to customers; Lonny admits he buys stolen perfume from a fence; Dexter tells Lonny he can counterfeit perfume cheaper than buying from the fence, and Pat reluctantly agrees to go along because shes in love with Lonny; She convinces old friend Dino, a gangster who owns various clubs, to stock the perfume. "My Love Will Ever Haunt Me," art by Rudy Palais; Stella tells her story to arguing couple Kay and Tim. She fell in love with Johnny, a boxer turned songwriter; When his music career falters, Johnny goes back to the ring. Stella isnt happy ("I thought I was marrying a songwriter not a prizefighter"), dates old friend Charlie, and sends Johnny a breakup letter on the night of his championship fight; Johnny loses badly and is injured; Stella marries Charlie but he is an abusive drunk. "I Stood Accused" text story. "I Almost Didn't Marry My War Hero, Because," art by Jack Kamen; Pam and Larry fall in love, but Peg shows up and says shes Larrys wife; Larry explains: he knew Peg during the war and she appeared again, afterwards, angling for a marriage proposal; He didn't love her, so he turned her down. Now she wants $5000 for her "broken heart." Indicia states "MY LIFE, True Stories in Pictures. (Formerly Meet Corliss Archer)." 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #7
    My Life (1948) 7

    Art by Vernon Henkel and Warren Broderick. Fox Feature Syndicate presents the third romance title to launch the romance comics craze, following Crestwood's "Young Romance" and Timely/Marvel's "My Romance". A reporter bends the facts to help his actress girlfriend's career, and loses his job over it; Linda wants to steal her sister Beth's man through trickery, and when that doesn't work, she tries to do Beth in; Nell tries to lure lawyer Sam away from her polio-stricken sister Wilma, then causes an auto wreck. Plus love advice to readers. I Broke Her Heart and Laughed About it; Kill for Love; Facts You Wouldn't Believe; May I Tell You About Anne?; I Was a Love Thief. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #15
    My Life (1948) 15

    Art by Ken Battefield and others. Fox Feature Syndicate presents the third romance title to launch the romance comics craze, following Crestwood's "Young Romance" and Timely/Marvel's "My Romance". Nancy falls for the handsome man she hired; A newlywed doesn't know if she can deal with being separated from her husband for an extended period; A woman makes a terrible mistake. Plus love advice to readers. I Hired A Husband; Long Distance Wife; What Am I to Do?; Gloom Chasers; I Was In Trouble. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.