Complete Love Magazine #1 / 182
"Marriage Can Wait" is a poignant 1955 drama from Complete Love Magazine #1, a 10-cent comic that captures the emotional turbulence of young love and mistaken identity. Written and illustrated by Al Hartley, the story follows Drusilla as her engagement unravels in a web of deception, grief, and unexpected family secrets. With a twist that reshapes everything, the issue delivers a heartfelt resolution that lingers long after the final page.
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Drusilla agrees to marry Jerry, then discovers he loves Betty and is just using her to get a job on her father's newspaper. Drusilla waits until the day of the wedding to break the engagement and gets a bad reputation in town as a result. Drusilla falls in love with Tony and they plan to wed. However, she learns Jerry committed suicide and she's being blamed. Tony reveals that he's Jerry's half-brother and has been planning to jilt Drusilla in revenge. Drusilla shows up at the ceremony and Tony appears—he found a letter clearing Drusilla, and will marry her after all.
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