Three Nurses #23
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeThis issue contains three stories featuring the three titular nurses. "A Lovelier Image" follows student nurse Lee Barry as she becomes involved with a man named Matt, who insists on taking her to expensive establishments and later feels guilty about separating her from her nursing duties. "Hermit of Turtle Island" involves the nurses and a situation with a syndicated columnist and a notorious bon vivant named Kilbrain. The issue also includes an educational feature titled "Does Your Head Ache," which provides medical information about the classification and treatment of various types of headaches.
Anne Allen, an ambitious operating room nurse, finds herself drawn to Dr. Bill Ahearn—a talented but headstrong young surgeon whose combative approach to medicine threatens his career. When a critical emergency tests both their judgment and their feelings, Anne must decide whether she can truly help him find his footing, or if his stubborn nature will pull them both down.
Lee Barry is a hardworking student nurse content with her modest life until an old acquaintance, Moira, introduces her to a glamorous photographer who sees rare beauty in her unpolished charm—and offers her a lucrative modeling contract. As fashion agencies and studio executives compete for her exclusive services, Lee discovers that the glittering world of high fashion and the demanding work of nursing pull in very different directions. "A Lovelier Image" explores which calling Lee truly values when she has to choose.
Dr. Tom Brent, a promising young intern, is assigned to work under Dr. Marsh, a dedicated physician whose health is mysteriously declining. As Brent shadows his mentor, he begins to suspect a serious illness the older doctor is refusing to acknowledge, and when a critical diagnostic test is finally performed, it forces both men to confront an unbearable truth about mortality and the price of devotion to medicine.
Dr. Tom Brent and Nurse Lyle Carter's ambulance shift takes a dangerous turn when they answer an emergency call and find themselves held at gunpoint by an armed bank robber. Forced to treat the criminal's wounded accomplice while under threat, Dr. Brent must decide how far he'll go to protect his patient and his companion—and what risks he's willing to take when lives hang in the balance.
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Reprinted in Last Kiss #[nn] (1984)
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