Sweethearts #72
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeThe February 1949 cover of Sweethearts #72 sets a wonderfully tense romantic mood — a glamorous blonde woman in a ruched evening gown and a broad-shouldered man in a suit stand together in a dimly lit doorway, their expressions caught somewhere between wariness and longing. That atmospheric photo cover perfectly suits a lineup of stories promising emotional drama: "Scared — of Love," "Wanted: A Perfect Man," "Betrayed by My Temper," and "I Led Him On." Four tales of hearts in complicated territory, all for just a dime.
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Marge wants absolute perfection in the men she dates and drops one after another when they fall short of her standards. She is attracted to Gene Towns and they date, but Marge criticizes his hairstyle, his clothes, and the way he holds her when he kisses her. He takes offense at her incessant critiques, and drops her. One day, he reappears at her door, having made the changes in his style and life she wanted. Although he is now everything she wanted in a man, Marge realizes that what she loved was the old Gene with all his little imperfections rather than the new, perfect Gene. Later, he admits he pulled the make-over stunt to teach her a lesson. He resumes his old self, and Marge is delighted.
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