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| I don't know how 'True' these stories are, but they certainly have a psycho-emotional pull to them that makes me read on. So many Romance comic books are just revolving round a minor misunderstanding, but not, generally, these. I like them and the art.
Thanks to the uploader I can look at them any time I like now!!! |
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| Publication | September 1953 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
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| Cover | Substitute Bride |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Romance |
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| Comic Story | Substitute Bride (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Nancy moves to the city to study dance. She marries her teacher, Michael. They go to work on a roadshow tour. Nancy becomes jealous of Michael’s relationship with star Karen, but when Karen leaves the show to get married, Karen plays the leading part and is a success. Michael apologizes for neglecting her. |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Nancy Fellows; Margie; Michael Gaines; Karen Normand |
| Notes | With this issue advice columnist "Mildred Norton" introduces the stories, now reported to be taken from readers letters. Norton is drawn to resemble actress Joan Crawford. |
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| Text Story | Left Hand For Love (2 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Romance |
| Notes | The original publication of this story was uncredited. This reprint's credit to Charles F. X. Houts may have been an error. Houts was a US Marine sergeant who served in Korea. He had over a dozen Korean War 2-page text stories published. The reprint of this story is the only time he was credited with a romance story. |
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| Comic Story | Man Crazy (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | The “flirtatious and party seeking” Joan has many boyfriends and wants to find a rich husband, while her “pretty but homey” sister Connie is happy with Andy. Joan rejects the lecherous Marty and decides to steal Andy from her sister. Insanely jealous Marty catches Andy and Joan on a date and tries to kill them, but dies himself in an automobile accident. To reunite Connie and Andy, Joan pretends he was nothing but a passing fling to her. She hopes to find real love herself, some day. |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Joan; Connie; Andy; Marty |
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| Letters Page | Letter Corner (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Comic Story | Mama's Girl (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Carol feels suffocated by her widowed mother, who manages the personnel department of the store where they both work, and encourages Carol to date only men who have bright futures. Carol falls in love with store employee Mike Harrison but her mother disapproves and has Mike fired. Carol decides to marry him and move to the new town where Mike now works, over the objections of her mother (who has now lost her own job due to her domineering ways). |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Carol Smith; Mrs. Smith; Jimmy Adams; Stacey; Mike Harrison |
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| Comic Story | Meant For Marriage (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Susan refuses to marry Ted before his overseas military deployment, fearing he’ll be killed. They break up. Vivian, a lady on a nearby park bench, tells Susan the story of her long-ago romance with Jim. She wanted to wait to marry until Jim finished law school and became successful. Vivian turns down other suitors, but Jim never comes back and one day she learns he married someone else. A lifelong spinster now, Vivian urges Susan to marry Ted right away and the young couple is happily reunited. After they’re gone, Vivian greets her long-time husband, Jim. She lied! |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Ted Barnes; Susan; Vivian Wells; Jim Wells; Milo |
| Notes | Credits per Nick Caputo. |
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