Wedding Bells #14
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "Afraid of Being an Old Maid," department store clerk Anna grapples with her self-worth and class anxiety as she navigates a budding romance with Art, the store owner’s son. John Forte’s artwork and Bill Ward’s inks bring quiet tension and emotional depth to Anna’s journey of self-discovery, as her fears about her background collide with unexpected honesty. A 10-cent comic from 1956, this heartfelt story captures a moment of personal growth with sincerity and warmth.
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Department store sales clerk Anna lives in a tenement apartment with her immigrant parents. She meets Art, son of the store owner, at an employees’ party and they fall in love, but she hides her humble origins from him. When Art stands her up for a date, she goes home and finds him happily conversing with her parents. He reproaches her for her snobbery, and says his father started out poor as well. Anna realizes her parents are decent people who sacrificed to help her. She and Art get engaged.
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