Love Diary #6
"Love Tyrant" in Love Diary #6 (1950) delivers a classic romance with emotional stakes and quiet tension, anchored by Rafael Astarita’s expressive art and inking. Janie, a sharp-witted stenographer turned maid, finds herself caught between duty and desire when her employer’s son takes an interest in her—only for a sudden incident to complicate everything. As misunderstandings swirl and old wounds resurface, a chance reunion at a new job brings her face-to-face with the man she thought she’d lost.
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Janie is a skilled stenographer but repeatedly loses jobs due to her brash attitude. Unable to find another office position, she becomes a maid for wealthy Mrs. Woolrich, whose son Alan finds Janie attractive. Janie clashes with the other servants, including handsome chauffeur Steve. When Alan makes a pass at her at a dance, another guest knocks him out. Steve and Janie fall in love, but she’s fired and he thinks she encouraged Alan’s advances. A humbled Janie applies for a stenographer’s job, only to learn her employer would be Steve, now a practicing attorney. They reconcile.
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