Price: 0.12 USD
Pages: 36
On-sale Date: 1962-01-02
Editing: Phyllis Reed (credited) (editor)
Cover Thumbnail for Secret Hearts (DC, 1949 series) #78 Edit Cover
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Rain, Rain, Wash Away My Tears!
(Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:romance

Indexer Notes

Cover image taken from inside story's splash page.

Issue Data

  • Publisher's Brand: National Romance Group
  • Indicia / Colophon Publisher: Arleigh Publishing Corporation
  • Indicia Frequency: monthly, with the exception of March, June, Sept. and Dec.
  • Publisher's Age Guidelines: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
  • Printer: ?

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

[no title indexed]
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Magic Art Reproducer / advertisement / 1 page

Here Was Love!
(Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 7 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:romance
Characters:
Joan; Brian; Betty
Synopsis:
Joan breaks up with Brian because she thinks she might find someone more attractive and romantic, but when he leaves town she realizes her mistake too late.

For Dreamers Only!
(Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 7 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:romance
Characters:
Cindy; Peter Strickland
Synopsis:
Cindy is infatuated with Peter, but is afraid to talk to him because he is so popular with other girls.

Indexer Notes

Unknown pencils per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Mike Sekowsky.

Rain... Rain... Go Away...
(Table of Contents: 4)

Romance in Fashion / illustration / 1 page

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:fashion
Reprints (1)

A Time for Tears
(Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 7 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:romance
Characters:
Jan; Dina; Stu
Synopsis:
Jan tells Dina how she left Stu because she was afraid that he was still in love with a girl from his past.

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 6)

Ann Martin, Counselor-at-Love / letters page / 1.67 pages

Script:
? [as Ann Martin]
Pencils:
? (illustration)
Inks:
? (illustration)
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:romance
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Dear Miss Martin: I read all of your...

Indexer Notes

Advice column.

[Statement Required by the Act of August 24, 1912, as Amended by the Acts of March 3, 1933, July 2, 1946 and June 11, 1960...]
(Table of Contents: 7)

statement of ownership / 0.33 page

Script:
Jack Liebowitz (credited as J. S. Liebowitz) (business manager)
Letters:
typeset

Indexer Notes

Statement of October 1, 1961
Average number of copies sold during preceding 12 months: 256,000
Owner: Arleigh Publishing Corporation, 575 Lexington Avenue, New York 22, N.Y., a wholly owned subsidiary of National Periodical Publications, Inc.
Notary Public: Daniel Epstein

Rain Rain-- Wash Away My Tears!
(Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 8 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:romance
Characters:
Myra; Jean; Vic; Will
Synopsis:
Myra's roommate Jean steals her boyfriend Vic, but Myra ends up with the man of her dreams instead.

Indexer Notes

Splash page was used for the cover.

[no title indexed]
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Chet Atkins Method / advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed]
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Best Values Records / advertisement / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. Rain, Rain, Wash Away My Tears!
  2. [no title indexed]
    Magic Art Reproducer
  3. Here Was Love!
  4. For Dreamers Only!
  5. Rain... Rain... Go Away...
    Romance in Fashion
  6. A Time for Tears
  7. ["Dear Miss Martin: I read all of your..."]
    Ann Martin, Counselor-at-Love
  8. [Statement Required by the Act of August 24, 1912, as Amended by the Acts of March 3, 1933, July 2, 1946 and June 11, 1960...]
  9. Rain Rain-- Wash Away My Tears!
  10. [no title indexed]
    Chet Atkins Method
  11. [no title indexed]
    Best Values Records
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  • Dwayne Best
  • Nick Caputo
  • Juan Gonzalez
  • Axel Kahlstorff
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Stangas
  • Jim Van Dore
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