| Additional Information |
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| Publication | January 1950 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: quarterly |
| Notes | Cover caption:
BEVERLY TYLER and JEROME COURTLAND who appear in the Columbia Picture "The Palomino" |
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| Credits | Pencils:? (photograph) | Inks:? (photograph) | Colors:? (photograph) |
| Content | Genre: Romance |
| Notes | Cover caption:
BEVERLY TYLER and JEROME COURTLAND who appear in the Columbia Picture "The Palomino" |
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| Comic Story | Trap For Romance (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Jan is hired as the companion for Mildred, who lost the use of her legs in an automobile accident. Mildred’s fiancé Ted feels responsible. He and Jan fall in love but hide their feelings. Jan learns Mildred is not paralyzed and has been having an affair with Dr. Toomis. Mildred plans to marry Ted, then divorce him and receive a large cash settlement. When Jan informs him of the scheme, Ted pretends to be broke and Mildred admits she doesn’t love him and isn’t an invalid. |
| Credits | Job #: R-21 |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Jan Flower; Ted Strong; Mildred Travers; Dr. Toomis |
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| Comic Story | Marriage 'Round the World (1 page) |
| Credits | Job #: BF-336 |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Romance |
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| Comic Story | Love Lore |
| Credits | Job #: R-5 |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Romance |
| Notes | Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
Previous indexer suggested Mort Leav for pencils and inks. |
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| Text Story | Heart of a Stranger by Mary Blaine (1 page) |
| Synopsis | "Jane Carter Did Not Believe in Love at First Sight" |
| Credits | Script:? [as Mary Blaine] | Letters: typeset | Job #: R-37 |
| Content | Genre: Romance |
| Notes | Text story with color illustration. |
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| Comic Story | Wings on my Heart (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Mary works as a waitress to support her younger brother Mike. Her pilot fiancé Fred and parents were killed in a plane crash a few years before, and Mary dislikes airplanes as a result. Pilot Dan Engel defends Mary from a lustful diner patron and they eventually fall in love. However, Mary constantly fears Dan will die in a crash and they break up as a result. When Mike falls ill, only Dan’s aviation expertise can deliver the medicine he needs to recover. Mary and Dan reconcile and she no longer fears and hates flying. |
| Credits | Job #: R-42 |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Mary; Dan Engle; Mike |
| Notes | Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. |
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| Comic Story | Romance on the Range (1 page) |
| Synopsis | "Though the Old West was wild and woolly, young folks still had plenty of time to dream up romantic superstitions!" |
| Credits | Job #: R-44 |
| Content | Genre: Romance; Western-frontier |
| Notes | Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. |
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| Text Story | Date Bait by Betty Cummings (1 page) |
| Credits | Job #: B675 |
| Content | Genre: Romance |
| Notes | text story with color illustration |
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| Text Story | Love's Mask |
| Credits | Job #: R-48 |
| Content | Genre: Romance |
| Notes | Illustration with poem underneath:
"We danced the golden hours away
Among the lights aglow --
You were so handsome and aloof,
Beneath your domino.
Two strangers at a masquerade,
As strangers we would part --
And then the hour of midnight struck
And you unmasked your heart!" |
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| Comic Story | Afraid of Love (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Jane is a “man-hater,” blaming a man for her parents’ death in an accident. After an argument with Jane, her sister Sue is struck by a car and hospitalized. Dr. Ken Tilton treats Sue and gets to know Jane. He helps her understand the irrationality of her man-hating and they fall in love. |
| Credits | Job #: R-46 |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Jane Ellis; Sue Ellis; Dr. Ken Tilton |
| Notes | Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. |
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| Comic Story | How Did It Start? |
| Synopsis | "Centuries ago, men did not propose marriage, but kidnapped their brides. Many customs and symbols of that faraway era still remain." |
| Credits | Job #: R-9 |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Romance |
| Notes | Signed "Mort". Previous indexer confused Mort Meskin with Mort Leav. |
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| Text Article | Charm Corner (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Best Foot Forward; Table Talk; Look Before You Leap |
| Featuring | Martha Hale |
| Credits | Script:? [as Martha Hale] | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | "edited by Martha Hale"; small color illustration in boxed header to article |
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| Comic Story | Coquette (1 page) |
| Credits | Job #: R-47 |
| Content | Genre: Romance |
| Notes | Poem illustrated as a comic story.
Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. |
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