Diary Secrets (1952) #20

St. John 1952–1955 series Cover date Sep 1953

Fair market value

Grade	CGC slab	Raw
9.8 NM/M	$480 $408–$552	$210 $179–$242
9.6 NM+	$374 $318–$431	$168 $143–$193
9.4 NM	$292 $248–$336	$134 $114–$155
9.2 NM-	$228 $194–$262	$108 $91.39–$124
9.0 VF/NM	$178 $151–$204	$86.02 $73.12–$98.92
8.5 VF+	$139 $118–$159	$68.81 $58.49–$79.13
8.0 VF	$108 $91.89–$124	$55.05 $46.79–$63.31
7.0 FN/VF	$84.31 $71.66–$96.96	$44.04 $37.43–$50.65
6.0 FN	$65.77 $55.90–$75.64	$35.23 $29.95–$40.51
5.0 VG/FN	$51.30 $43.61–$58.99	$28.19 $23.96–$32.42
4.0 VG	$40.01 $34.01–$46.01	$22.55 $19.17–$25.93
2.0 GD	$31.21 $26.53–$35.89	$18.04 $15.33–$20.75
Raw, ungraded	—	$65.00 $55.25–$74.75

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About this issue

Diary Secrets #20 (1952) is issue #20 of St. John's Diary Secrets (1952–1955), with a cover date of September 1953. Written by Robert Bernstein and Joe Kubert and drawn by Max Elkan, John Giunta, Warren King and others.

Creators

Writers: Robert Bernstein, Joe Kubert
Pencillers: Max Elkan, John Giunta, Warren King, Joe Kubert
Inkers: Max Elkan, Warren King, Joe Kubert
Cover artist: Matt Baker

The stories

“Ring Around My Heart”

“My Stand-in for Love”

Orphan Rita wants to become an actress for “fame and money.” After freezing during an amateur contest, she thinks boyfriend Sam is mocking her. Working as a carhop, Rita pretends to faint and gets a screen test but the producer says he doesn’t believe she really wants to be an actress. Sam finds Rita and says “being a wife is a career in itself!” Sam and Rita will wed.

“The Face of an Angel”

Jon has been mocked for his unattractive face since childhood. He becomes an engineer but is “discovered” by a film producer and is hired as a screen villain. Actress Gina is kind to him, and when Jon is badly burned saving others in a studio fire, she visits him in the hospital. Plastic surgery makes him handsome, and Gina is rewarded for her devotion.

“My Boomerang Lies”

Credits, characters and story details from the Grand Comics Database, CC BY-SA 4.0.