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Miss America v1 4

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Issue Information
Cover Date
January 1945
Cover Notes
Kodachrone by Hal Reiff, coloring by Barry.

The young woman on the cover of Vol 1, #4 (Jan/45) is Maggi Long. She is the same model on the cover of CUPID #2 (Mar/50). - Doc V.

The model is identified within as Maggi Long, not Betty Page as often claimed; the gentleman in the portrait is actor Van Johnson (1916- ); a different shot from this photo session was used as the cover of Cupid 2 (Mar 1950). - Tom Lammers
 
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Contributions
Michaël Dewally: Cover Image

Issue Overview

Miss America #v1 4 was published in January 1945. It is part of Miss America, a fashion-focused series that began in 1944.

Atlas Tales indexes 23 stories for this issue, including "Hollywood's Younger Set ...." Indexed story credits include Trudy Smith and Frank Martin Webber, among others.

Stories

Notes: Inside front cover.

Credits list Martin Goodman, Publisher; Bessie H. Little, Editor; Melvin D. Blum, Art Director; Annette Blackman, Junior Advisory Editor; Pauline O'Sullivan, Fashion Editor; May Mann, Hollywood Representative; Jean Goodman, Supervising Editor; includes an editorial ("Hello, Girls") from the last.

Contents:- Comics, Stories, Movies, Fashions, Charm, Specials Pages (as numbered) 3-18 & 52-66 are b&w, pages 19-50 are 4-color.
Notes: Features photos of Margaret O'Brien (1937- ) and Jimmy Durante (1893-1980).
Notes: Features photos of Elizabeth Taylor (1932- ), Mickey Rooney (1920- ), and Jackie 'Butch' Jenkins (1937-2001).
Notes: Newspaper in margin is Daily Bugle.
Notes: Features photos of actress Gloria Jean [Schoonover] (b. 1926).
Notes: Features photos of makeup artist Max Factor [Jr.] (1904-1996) and actress Anne Rooney (1925-2006).

Looking for the full run? Browse the Miss America checklist to see every indexed issue in one place.