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Cover: Dick Giordano
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Sweetheart Diary #44

Dec 1958 · Charlton · 0.10 USD
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"Above Love" follows Rita Hadland, who receives a mysterious phone call instructing her to meet a man named John Norton at the railroad station, with cryptic warnings to tell no one. Rita wrestles with doubt about the arrangement, fearing rumors about her boyfriend's questionable character and finances, but ultimately decides to trust that they belong together. At the station, she meets the conductor as directed and boards a train, where she is identified as Miss Rita Hadland. The story explores Rita's internal conflict between love and her mother's concerns about her boyfriend's past and reputation.

Contains 5 stories
Man Hater
5 pp · Romance

When Lucille's engagement to Howard Clay ends in heartbreak via a devastating letter, she begins to see all men through the bitter lens of her protective housekeeper, Aunt Grace—until a chance encounter in her new town of Stoneville reveals a shocking truth that could change everything. This 1958 romance from *Sweetheart Diary* explores how easily trust can be poisoned by past pain, and whether love can survive the wreckage of betrayal.

Another's Diary
5 pp · Romance

A young woman's newfound happiness with Tom Jenkins shatters when she stumbles upon her supervisor's diary at the bank—revealing that Martha Smith is also seeing someone named Tom Jenkins and planning a wedding. Racing to confront what she fears is a betrayal, she discovers the truth is far more complicated than her diary-fueled suspicion, forcing her to reckon with a misunderstanding born from a single glance at another's private pages.

To Lose The One You Love
5 pp · Romance

Ellen thought her marriage to Todd was perfect until the quarrels began—small disagreements that grew into something darker, threatening everything they'd built together. When a shocking letter arrives revealing a legal complication from their wedding, Ellen braces herself for the worst, only to discover that Todd's response might be the key to understanding what they've truly lost. This 1958 story from Sweetheart Diary explores how two people in love can drift apart and what it takes to find their way back.

Cupid Behind Bars
5 pp · Romance

When housebreaker Flint Foley steals a girl's diary from the Barlow home, he impulsively mails it to the man whose name fills its pages—and ends up arrested before the letter even leaves his hands. The diary reaches its intended reader anyway, and what began as a prank sets off a chain of confessions, reconciliations, and unexpected second chances that transforms a criminal's joke into something far more meaningful.

Nothing To Say
5 pp · Romance

Joyce gets her first diary but finds nothing worth writing about—until she intervenes in a street robbery and meets Steve Monroe, a junior college student working part-time at a factory. When Steve reveals that his brother is the movie star Tyrone Blake (whom Joyce adores), her quiet day suddenly transforms into something far more thrilling than any Hollywood picture could offer.

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Raw (VG) $90
CGC 8.5 · 1 in census $538*
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CGC 5.0 · 1 in census $178*
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Full credits

writer Joe Gill
cover pencils, inks Dick Giordano

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