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| Publication | December 1951 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Credits | Pencils: Ken Bald? |
| Content | Genre: Romance |
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| Comic Story | The Love Set (11 pages) |
| Synopsis | Ruth’s father grooms her to be a tennis champion to the exclusion of all else. When she sneaks out to the prom with Jim, her father fakes a heart attack. Jim gets a job offer “in the East” and proposes to Ruth: “you’ll have to choose between your father and me!” She chooses Jim but her father has another “attack” to keep her with him. Three years later, Ruth is in the finals of the national singles tournament, but meets Jim, now a sportswriter. She stands up to her father, wins the championship, and will marry Jim. |
| Credits | Pencils: King Ward [as K. W.] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Ruth Chalmers; Mr. Chalmers; Jim Gordon |
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| Text Story | The Power of a Woman (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters:? (title); typeset |
| Content | Genre: Romance |
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| Comic Story | Mr. and Mrs. Romance! (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Susie is about to give up her failing acting career, but her agent arranges a fake romance with actor Dan to drum up publicity. Dan and Susie go along with the scheme and fall in love for real. Susie gets a job offer and says she and Dan can be married now, but he turns her down. Susie rejects the contract and decides to leave; Dan gets a role and catches Susie before she leaves Hollywood. They’ll be lovers on screen and in real life now. |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Susie Jones; Dan Dexter; Stutz; Mrs. Godwin; Mr. Farrell |
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| Synopsis | House ad for 11 American Comics Group titles. |
| Notes | Bottom half of page is an ad. |
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| Text Story | The Lady's a Liar (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters:? (title); typeset |
| Content | Genre: Romance |
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| Comic Story | Older Sister! (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | Diana grows up in the shadow of her more attractive sister Maxine. The self-centered Maxine decides to marry wealthy Paxton, then falls in love with Hugh and says Paxton will be “insurance.” When Maxine is called away suddenly, Diana has to entertain Hugh. They fall in love and Maxine, who has broken up with Paxton, is left out. |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Diana; Maxine; Johnny; Paxton Hill; Hugh Martin |
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| Comic Story | I Had To Grow Up! (3 pages) |
| Synopsis | Evelyn loves John but he says her parents have always spoiled her and she’s “still a little girl…not ready for marriage!” Evelyn vows to prove him wrong, but discovers she has no clue about cooking or housekeeping. She confesses to John and he says “that’s the first step towards success!” They will be married and make a life together. |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Evelyn; John; Ella |
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| Text Story | Two Against Romance! (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters:? (title); typeset |
| Content | Genre: Romance |
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| Comic Story | Too Dangerous To Love! (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | After Brenda’s father is killed on a hunting expedition, her mother makes her promise to never marry “an adventurer.” Brenda gets engaged to Peter, but learns he’s “a spineless coward” and they break up. Brenda decides to find an adventurous man and “change him into a settled, home-loving type!” She tries this on ski-jumper Bob: he loves her but says she wants “to make me forget I’m a man.” However, Brenda helps rescue Bob when he is stranded in the mountains and they reconcile. He promises to never risk his life unnecessarily again. |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Brenda Sutton; Mrs. Sutton; Randolf Sutton; Frank Westcott; Peter Rutherford; Robert "Bob" Caswell |
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| Comic Story | Is He Sick and Tired? (1 page) |
| Synopsis | “Now that she’s got her man…there’s a new something in her attitude!” But her “constant whining and nagging” make him realize “I don’t want to marry a nag!” and he breaks their engagement. “No man wants the destructive petulance of a critic! He wants the gentle understanding of the woman he loves!” |
| Content | Genre: Romance |
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