Sweethearts Library #42
Jubilee Publications Pty. Ltd.
Australia
- Published
- August 1957
- Page count
- 68
- Cover price
- 1/3 [0-1-3 AUP]
- Colour
- Black & white
- Size
- Standard size
- Interior paper
- Newsprint
- Cover stock
- Glossy colour
- Binding
- Saddle-stitched
- Format
- Comic series
- GCD
- www.comics.org/issue/1015787
Credits
- Editing
- , editor
Issue contents
Cover
Afraid to Love
Cover, 1 page
1"I had been dating Don Ryan who didn't thrill me! But if I married him, I felt sure I would never be poor!"
Featuring
- Genre
- Romance
- Characters
- Don Ryan; Sally Stevens; Ted Wagner
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
- First print
-
Love Confessions (Quality, 1949 series) #8 (May 1951) — Misguided Motive
- Also printed
-
Love Illustrated (Young's, 1951? series) #12 ([December 1951?]) — Misguided Motive
-
Love Secrets (Quality, 1953 series) #42 (January 1955) — Misguided Motive
Notes
Reprint information confirmed from data at the Digital Comic Museum (https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/).
2"After two years in a junior college, I transferred to Hammer University to get my degree!"
Featuring
- Genre
- Romance
- Characters
- Jane Dearing; Deanna Lewis; Lonnie Mains; Skeets Paulson
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
- First print
-
Campus Loves (Quality, 1949 series) #1 (December 1949) — I Stole My Roommate's Man
- Also printed
-
Love Illustrated (Young's, 1951? series) #13 ([January 1952?]) — I Stole My Roommate's Man
Notes
Reprint information confirmed from data at the Digital Comic Museum (https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/). Page 3 from the original story has not been included in this reprint.
3"You would have said that I had everything I needed to make me happy...youth, beauty, money, a man who adored me, and a streamlined automobile in which to run away from it all."
Featuring
- Genre
- Romance
- Characters
- Kathleen Harris; Nils Anderson; Bix Barton; Harold Harris; Joey Ganti; Jim Johnson
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
- First print
-
Diary Loves (Quality, 1949 series) #7 (September 1950) — Alibi of Anguish
- Also printed
-
Love Illustrated (Young's, 1951? series) #12 ([December 1951?]) — Alibi of Anguish
Notes
Reprint information confirmed from data at the Digital Comic Museum (https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/).
4"Why are you staring at that fellow, Ellen? Do you know him?"
Featuring
- Genre
- Romance
- Characters
- Jay Carten; Ellen Lowry; Janet Blake; Karen Rollins; Ken Marlin
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
Synopsis
Ellen's jealousy drives away the man she loves. When she dates another man who is as possessive as she was, she realizes the error of her ways.
Notes
Reprint information confirmed from data at the Digital Comic Museum (https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/).
5Featuring
- Genre
- Romance
- Characters
- Lyle; Buck Holloway; Wes Delbert; Dr. Campbell; Charlotte
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
- First print
-
Love Letters (Quality, 1954 series) #21 (June 1952) — Gambler's Girl
- Also printed
-
Cupid Pictorial (Regal, 1961? series) #134 ([May 1962?]) — Gambler's Girl
Notes
Reprint information confirmed from data at the Digital Comic Museum (https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/). Indexer's copy is missing pages from the middle of the book which would have included the beginning of this story. Based on the existing page count, the missing pages probably included a complete story between this one and "I Loved Him Too Much!".
6"I used to look across the harbor at night to the city and yearn to be a part of it's gayety. Although our island, called Rocky Horn, was barely a half mile from shore, it was a world apart."
Featuring
- Genre
- Romance
- Characters
- Sally Todd; Cap'n Jake; Bill; Roy Jennings; Cap'n Todd
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
- First print
-
Hi-School Romance (Harvey, 1949 series) #1 (October 1949) — Lighthouse Girl
- Also printed
-
Romance Library (Barmor, 1952 series) #23 ([June 1953?]) —Love Lessons — Lighthouse Girl
Synopsis
Sally lives with her grandfather on a tiny island where he looks after the lighthouse for the harbor. A chance encounter in the school cafeteria with a boy from a wealthy family changes her life, but her grandfather warns her that the boy's family "ain't our kind" of people.
Notes
Reprint information confirmed from data at the Digital Comic Museum (https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/).
7"You shouldn't act like that, Barney! You're supposed to be rooting for Central, not razzing the pitcher!"
Featuring
- Genre
- Romance
- Characters
- Barney; Gracie; Jock; Patty Byrne; Tub Nolan; Helen; Jean Webb; Wally; Miss Redmond
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
- First print
-
Blue Ribbon Comics (St. John, 1949 series) #4 (June 1949) — I Should Have Played Hard-to-Get
- Also printed
-
Pictorial Romances Jumbo Edition (Jubilee/South Pacific, 1975?) #45039 ([September 1975]) — I Should Have Played Hard-to-Get -- I Didn't, and He Ran Away!
Synopsis
Gracie falls for the baseball team's pitcher, but comes on too strong when all he really wants is to have fun before going off to college.
8"He loves me ... he loves me not ... he loves me ..."
Featuring
- Genre
- Romance
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
- First print
-
Romantic Adventures (ACG, 1949 series) #10 (September-October 1950) — Love Symptoms
- Also printed
-
Romance Library (Barmor, 1952 series) #14 ([September 1952?]) —Love Lessons — Love Symptoms
Notes
Reprint information confirmed from data at the Digital Comic Museum (https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/).
9"Ken could never really care for you, Tula Lee! You're nothing but a primitive island girl!"
Featuring
- Genre
- Romance
- Characters
- Tula Lee; Babs Doring; Ken Scott
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
- First print
-
Love Confessions (Quality, 1949 series) #11 (August 1951) — Destined to be Lonely
- Also printed
-
Love Illustrated (Barmor, 1952 series) #14 ([February 1952?]) — Destined to be Lonely
-
Wedding Bells (Quality, 1954 series) #6 (December 1954) — Destined to Be Lonely
-
Pictorial Romances (Jubilee, 1966) #36-61 ([1966]) — Destined to Be Lonely
Synopsis
Tula was raised by her father on the South Sea island of Panoa after the death of her mother. As she grows older, she feels lonely with no other people her age on the island. However, that changes when a boat crashes into the reef during a hurricane.
Notes
Reprint information confirmed from data at the Digital Comic Museum (https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/).
10Featuring
- Genre
- Romance
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Text
- , typeset
Notes
Advertisement for Illustrated Romance Library No. 59, which was also on sale at the time. Ad includes art for title story of that issue, "My Hasty Heart".
Notes
Adaptation to pocket size for this issue's reprints was performed by shrinking the original pages to fit the smaller form factor.
The publication date is a rough estimate based on its relation to other issues in the series and the indication from the back cover promo that Illustrated Romance Library No. 59 was concurrently on sale.
Indicia
The indicia for this issue is not recorded. The identified publisher might be an associated or parent company, rather than the specific listed publisher.