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Title: TEEN-AGE TEMPTATIONS No. 3
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Publisher:St. John [Indicia: St. John Publishing Co.]
Date Published: August, 1953
Description:

VG- (3.5). Spine stress, center crease to covers and pages, staples pulled, 1/2" tear to right edge of front cover, a few other short tears and nicks to edges of covers, back cover creased and with edges toned, faded spot to top left corner of front cover, soft and pulpy. Off-white pages. Cover: Matt Baker. Art: Matt Baker (8 pages), Mort Drucker, Rick Estrada, Arthur Peddy. GPAnalysis: A 3.5 sold for $273 in September 2018.

In Matt Baker's "Without a Conscience," an underaged teen marries a suave stud on a dare. It turns out the stud's a bedroom dud, and after a clearly disappointing wedding night, the teen gal gets dressed and gives her new hubby the heave-ho. Her folks get the marriage annulled, but now all the schoolkids consider her a tramp only fit for dating boys "with bad reputations," so she sneaks and joins the Women's Army Corps by pretending she's eighteen. After a close-call with debauchery in a no-tell motel, she finally wises up and returns home, hopeful that one day she'll end up "married for keeps." Matt Baker's cover plays up the illicit angle of the story, showing two vice dicks eyeballing the underaged bride and her minute man hubby.

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