Lovelorn #43

Lovelorn #43 (November 1953) This anthology issue contains two stories. "I Had to Be Bad!" features a man confronting his girlfriend Ellen at a party, accusing her of being the wrong woman for him and claiming she doesn't truly love him. "Love Comes of Age" recounts the memoir of a former child star named Sally Mooney, whose father died when she was a year old and whose mother raised her with fierce pride; after being signed to a Hollywood contract at age eight, Sally becomes a successful performer, but later experiences loneliness and depression until psychiatrist Fred Hanson enters her life, helping her through intimate therapy sessions that eventually lead to romance and a kiss. The final story involves a woman named Jeanne Marks who works as a reporter and experiences workplace tension when a colleague dismisses her journalistic abilities, though she ultimately gains recognition for her reporting work.