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Teen-Age Romances (1949 St. John) comic books

  • Issue #16
    Teen-Age Romances (1949 St. John) 16
    • Water damage. Staple rust, rust migration.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Matt Baker and Dana Dutch. Tales of teen angst and amour, often featuring art and covers by celebrated good-girl artist Matt Baker. Bitter from her experiences with men, Karen nonetheless warms to injured veteran Ray while volunteering at the VA hospital, in a story with art by Baker. In another Baker story, April realizes that rather than dating Ronnie with Larry's help, she should just be dating Larry. Rita pretends to be someone she isn't to date Alan, then realizes he's doing the same thing. How I Found Romance; I Was Scarred by Love!; I Was a Cheat; What Is Love?; I Tried to Buy Love with Kisses; Forbidden Fruit. 7 1/2-in. x 11-in., 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #28
    Teen-Age Romances (1949 St. John) 28

    Stories and art by Ric Estrada, Hy Rosen, Dana Dutch and Cal Massey. Tales of teen angst and amour. Phyllis goes to work in her father's Maine hotel and dates Frank just to raise her father's ire, leading to crime and intrigue. Rosanne gets caught in a compromising position with country star Sonny Pearson. Bored Gloria starts running with the bad-girl crowd, in one of several scandal-themed stories in this issue. Temptress and Trouble-Maker; Penny-Ante Girl; Celebrity Hound; Love on Trial; Too Many Restrictions. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #29
    Teen-Age Romances (1949 St. John) 29
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    Painted cover by Dawson. Stories and art by Ric Estrada and Hy Rosen. Tales of teen angst and amour. Farm girl Helen falls for hitchhiker Doug and follows him back to the city, where she learns how different they really are. Patty joins a sorority at her new college, but her initiation prank involves in a conspiracy to sabotage the football team. Cowboy Rance wants to join the professional rodeo circuit in New York City (!), forcing Vicki to choose between him and the ranch that she loves. Bewitched and Bewildered; What Every Girl Should Know; Love in Disguise; Lighter Side; Have You Heard This One?; A Colt Called Cupid. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #31
    Teen-Age Romances (1949 St. John) 31
    • INCOMPLETE. Centerfold missing, interrupts art and story.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
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    Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Nina Albright, Ric Estrada and Hy Rosen. Tales of teen angst and amour, often featuring art and covers by celebrated good-girl artist Matt Baker. Sue, Carole and Ann rent a cottage at Star Lake so they can get away from work and meet boys, but when Sue starts hanging out with bad boy Roy, her friends are concerned about her reputation. Sexy Shelley is already in trouble at school for breaking curfew, and then she meets bad boy Kenny, in a story with art by early female comics artist Nina Albright. Beautiful Julie signs up as a stewardess on her dad's yacht to be near first mate Miles, but soon finds herself being wooed by wealthy Neil. Looking for Trouble; I Majored in Romance; Too Young to Know; The Graduation Prize; My Heart Was Adrift. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #35
    Teen-Age Romances (1949 St. John) 35
    • Paper: Light tan to off white
    • Label #4284285004
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

    Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Matt Baker, Jim Mooney, Bernard Sachs, Bob Bean and Dana Dutch. Tales of teen angst and amour, often featuring art and covers by celebrated good-girl artist Matt Baker. Jenny tires of living in the boondocks and runs away to work in the new resort hotel, but her troubles follow her, in a story with art by Baker. Hildy's a waitress in a truck stop, but when she learns handsome trucker Al is rich, she thinks she's hit the jackpot. Carolyn meets Army lieutenant Jerry while both are working with occupation forces in Cold War Germany, but then handsome German Karl tells her Jerry is not who he says he is. That last story features early art by future Marvel legend Jim Mooney. Good-By Innocence!; Bull's Eye for Cupid; Deceived by Jealousy. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #44
    Teen-Age Romances (1949 St. John) 44
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #1482222013
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

    Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Matt Baker and Dana Dutch. Tales of teen angst and amour, often featuring art and covers by celebrated good-girl artist Matt Baker. Bobbie marries young but isn't ready to give up being a kid just yet, even after she has a baby, in a story with art by Baker. Jeanie starts dating soldier Bob to prove to Jeff that she is grown up. Dorothy enjoys playing the field, until she falls for Slim, who's also playing the field, in a story that may be the work of pioneering female comics artist Lily Renee. I Had to Be Tamed; I Had to Live and Learn; Kid Sister; Caught in a Triangle at a Resort Hotel; Discarded Sweethearts Are an Easy Mark!; Love Came Last; First Aid for a Broken Heart. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.