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| Not a dream! Not a Hoax! Not even an Imaginary Story! Uncle Robin is - reviewing a ROMANCE comic? WHAT'S UP WITH THAT? Well, ya know - it's the LITTLE things that sucked me into this one. For one thing, the lettering - that's right, QUIT SNICKERING - the lettering of the story titles was really good, I daresay even ahead of its time! My dear sweet Roxanne Starr might've been influenced by THIS one. Or not. But it was good. Very, very good! Then there were the ads - that sideways one right off the bat was interesting - I think John Byrne stole that idea in one of his Fantastic Fours. And that lead story - when the teacher got crushed on by a student named Sven Bjorgessen, I expected him to be a Swedish exchange student. Nope, he was JUST SOME SCHMUCK FROM A FARM! Will wonders never cease? Yep. GREAT entertainment value, and on the strength of JUST THIS ONE STORY (plus that jazzy lettering) I give this one a solid EIGHT STARS! Besides, I just got the living you-know-what disappointed out of me over at Tim Holt, where my heartthrob The Black Phantom was nowhere to be seen. I needed a chick fix, dammit, and I GOT IT HERE! EIGHT. STARS. Bye. |
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| Publication | Fall 1952 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: quarterly |
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| Credits | Pencils:? (photograph) | Inks:? (photograph) | Colors:? (photograph) |
| Content | Genre: Romance |
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| Comic Story | Meet Me Under The Clock (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | College professor Lucinda discovers student Christine is the daughter of Sven, a student who fell in love with her 20 years earlier. Lucinda had rejected him then and regretted it ever since. Christine arranges a meeting between her widowed father and Christine, and it leads to a wedding. |
| Credits | Pencils: Carmine Infantino |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Lucinda Chase; Christine Bjorgessen; Sven Bjorgessen; Ted Allbright |
| Notes | Rare example of a romance comic with a "middle-aged" (in her 40s) protagonist. |
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| Comic Story | To Love And To Cherish (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Alice is upset when her younger sister Tina marries Ted just before he’s deployed in the Air Force. Alice blames Ted’s friend Paul for enabling the marriage. Alice and Paul had been dating, but she breaks up with him as a result. Then Alice dreams that her fiancé Fred, killed in World War Two, advises her to marry Paul, so she does. |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Tina; Alice; Larry; Major Paul Simmons |
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| Comic Story | Hurricane of Love (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Sally is hired as a tutor for Harriet, daughter of wealthy Edward. He ignores the child because she reminds him of his faithless ex-wife. Edward and Sally fall in love, but she turns down his marriage proposal because he intends to send Harriet away. When a hurricane strikes, Edward rescues his daughter and Sally now agrees to marry him. |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Edward Norton; Sally Hedges; Harriet Norton; Mrs. Lee |
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| Text Story | A Beacon of Light (2 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Romance |
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| Comic Story | Storm in My Heart (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Ballerina Marya wants to marry Bob but her stepmother Anna opposes the match. Former dancer Anna is living her dreams through Marya and says she must dedicate herself to her career. Marya breaks her engagement with Bob but the strain causes her to collapse on stage. Anna repents and says Marya should wed Bob if she loves him. Bob and Marya reconcile. |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Anna Padova; Mr. Sergova; Marya Sergova; Alice; Bob |
| Notes | Anna Padova is married to Mr. Sergova so she should be "Anna Padova Sergova." However, on page 3 Bob calls her "Mrs. Sutton." |
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| Comic Story | No Barrier to Love (1 page) |
| Synopsis | The story of Manon Lescaut, from Antoine François Prévost's 1731 novel. |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Historical; Romance | Characters: Manon Lescaut; Des Grieux; Monsieur Lescaut; Governor |
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