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| Publication | July 1950 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: quarterly |
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| Credits | Pencils:? (photograph) | Inks:? (photograph) | Colors:? (photograph) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Romance |
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| Comic Story | Love's Disguise (1 page) |
| Synopsis | "600 years ago," Pierre courted Louve but she rejected him. He disguises himself in a wolfskin to serenade her, but is badly bitten by dogs. His actions impress Louve and her love helps him recover. |
| Credits | Pencils: Dick Sprang? |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Pierre Vidal; Louve |
| Notes | Inner front cover, black-and-white.
Tentative art credit from JVJ index card attached to online scanned version. |
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| Comic Story | The Love I Stole (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | Rhoda falls in love with her Shakespeare course professor Les, although he's dating fellow teacher Maude. Les succumbs to Rhoda's charms and they become a couple, despite campus gossip. Rhoda becomes jealous of Helena, another student to whom Les is paying a lot of attention. Rhoda realizes she can never trust Les, because someone else could steal him as she did. Rhoda and Les break up and Les marries Maude. Rhoda turns her attention to Steve, another student. |
| Credits | Pencils: Bob Lubbers | Inks: Bob Lubbers? |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Rhoda Scott; Professor Les Farrell; Maude Phelps; Steve Sherman; Bob Truex; Helena Gifford |
| Notes | Art identification by Hames Ware |
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| Comic Story | Forever To Love (3 pages) |
| Synopsis | The romance of Ann Rutledge and young Abe Lincoln |
| Credits | Pencils: John Severin (signed) | Inks: Bill Elder (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Historical; Romance | Characters: Abe Lincoln; Ann Rutledge; Mr. Rutledge |
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| Comic Story | Dante and Beatrice (1 page) |
| Synopsis | The love of Dante Alighieri and Beatrice Portinari. |
| Credits | Pencils: Rafael Astarita | Inks: Rafael Astarita |
| Content | Genre: Historical; Romance | Characters: Dante Alighieri; Beatrice Portinari; Mannetto |
| Notes | Art identification by Hames Ware |
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| Comic Story | Next Door to Heaven (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Writer Curt complains to Leah about the noise the children at her small private school are making. George, the widowed father of one of her students, proposes to Leah but she doesn't love him: even though his money would help save her school, she can't marry without love. Curt and Leah fall in love. He helps out at the school and the money he's earned selling some stories will help support the school, after he and Leah are wed. |
| Credits | Pencils: Bob Lubbers |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Leah Coleman; Curt Dawson; Tommy; George |
| Notes | Art identification by Hames Ware |
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| Comic Story | Sweetheart of Destiny (3 pages) |
| Synopsis | In 1844, Varina falls in love with Jefferson Davis, but is reluctant to marry him because their political viewpoints are opposed. She eventually decides love trumps politics. |
| Credits | Pencils: Rafael Astarita (signed) | Inks: Rafael Astarita (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Historical; Romance | Characters: Varina Howell; Jefferson Davis; Joseph; Mary Bradford |
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| Text Story | Sing Me a Love Song (2 pages) |
| Credits | Script: Madeline Mines | Pencils: Dan Loprino (signed) | Inks: Dan Loprino (signed) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Romance |
| Notes | Spot illustrations |
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| Comic Story | I Starved for Romance (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Lucy won't marry David until he earns a salary that would allow them to escape the poverty in which they live. Her sister Ellen is married to rich businessman Charles and he agrees to hire David as his office manager. David takes the job to please Lucy, although Charles is a snob and treats David and Lucy poorly. David makes a down payment on a house, using money he "borrowed" from the office. Lucy has him return the money and quit his job; she agrees to marry him right away. They'll make their future together. |
| Credits | Pencils: Frank Sieminsky? | Inks: Frank Sieminsky? |
| Content | Genre: Romance | Characters: Lucy Taylor; David; Charles; Ellen |
| Notes | Art identification by Hames Ware |
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| Comic Story | Their Name Is Beauty (1 page) |
| Synopsis | The meaning of various women's names. |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Romance |
| Notes | Inner back cover, black-and-white. |
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