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Popular Teen-Agers (1950 Star Publications) comic books

  • Issue #6
    Popular Teen-Agers (1950 Star Publications) 6
    • Restored (see item notes)
    • RESTORATION. Staples replaced. MARRIED and detached centerfold. Interior tearing. Water damage.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
      Other items consigned by humble cow

    Contains original and reprinted material as noted. Untitled Toni Gay story, art by Norman Nodel, reprinted in Mr. Monsters Hi-Shock Schlock (1987) #2; Toni and Butch take up horseback riding to improve their posture. "The Showoff Showdown" art by Manny Stallman, reprinted without original title from School Day Romances (1949) #1; Honey joins the high school baseball team and shows up Lefty. " Masquerade Melee" reprinted from School Day Romances (1949) #1; Midge plays cupid for Hercule and Constance. Villain's Villa; Eve inadvertently gets involved with a gang of bandits while traveling in Italy with her aunt. "White Walled Romance" text story, reprinted from School Day Romances (1949) #1. White Walled Romance text story. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #8
    Popular Teen-Agers (1950 Star Publications) 8
    Auction opens January 3
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #4371616001
    • 2" cumulative spine split. Lateral spine tears. Water damage and staple rust. Cover oxidation.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
      Other items consigned by TheGoodOlDays

    L.B. Cole cover. Contains original and reprinted material as noted. In order of appearance: "Honey Bunn in No Holds Barred" art by Jay Disbrow; "Toni Gay in The Case of the Fortunate Fiddle" reprinted from Guns Against Gangsters Vol. 1 (1948) #2; "Eve Adams"; and "Midge Martin, Girl Reporter, Smuggle Trouble". "Love Match" text story. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #9
    Popular Teen-Agers (1950 Star Publications) 9
  • Issue #10
    Popular Teen-Agers (1950 Star Publications) 10
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #3847690002
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

    L.B. Cole cover. Stories include "Trust the Man You Love," "I Love You Respectfully" (art by Nodel), "LOve is Like Quicksand," and "Love Was an Outlaw." Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #14
    Popular Teen-Agers (1950 Star Publications) 14

    Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Robert Burns, Annette Greene, Ken Battefield and Wally Wood. Romance comics with teen angst from L.B. Cole's Star Publications. Greg proposes to Peg, but she is anxious that their happiness can't last. Redheaded Carla uses her temper to get her way, until she meets a man who won't put up with it, in a sort-of retelling of "Taming of the Shrew" featuring art by comics legend Wally Wood (and a public spanking scene). A comics version of the classic Robert Burns Romantic poem, "My Love Is Like a Red Red Rose." Also, vintage advice on the secrets of a happy marriage and reader problems from "Miss Greene." He Turned Me Down; I Was a Shrew!; A Red, Red Rose; SOS Love Problems from Our Readers; For Better...For Worse; My Repentance. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $550 Popular Teen-Agers #14 CGC 3.0 L.B Cole Surreal Rainbow WOOD Pre-Code Romance

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  • Issue #17
    Popular Teen-Agers (1950 Star Publications) 17

    Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Jay Disbrow and others. Romance comics with teen angst from L.B. Cole's Star Publications. A woman is pressured to kiss her boyfriend like the other girls at the party, but she's afraid he'll lose respect for her if she does. A waitress meets the man of her dreams, but she's wary of getting too involved. Man of My Dreams; I Borrowed Love; I Was Faithless. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #18
    Popular Teen-Agers (1950 Star Publications) 18
    • INCOMPLETE. 2 pages missing (affects "Love Customs Around the World", letters pages and text stories).
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
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    L.B. Cole cover. Contains original and reprinted material as noted. In order of appearance: "For Love or Money"; "Love Customs Around the World"; "We Played at Romance.." retitled and reprinted from "I Hired a Husband" in My Life (1948) #15; and "Love Game". "Love Cues" and "Charm Cues, A Miss and Her Man" text articles retitled and reprinted from "For Heart's Sake" and "To the Girls! A Miss and Her Man" in My Great Love (1949) #4. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #20
    Popular Teen-Agers (1950 Star Publications) 20
    • INCOMPLETE. Page missing, interrupts art and story. 1" spine split with splitting to interior wraps. Water spotting.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
      Other items consigned by TheGoodOlDays

    L.B. Cole cover. All comic stories reprinted in Teen Romances (1964 Super Reprint) #16. Contains original and reprinted material as noted. "Love's Sweet Return" art by Jay Disbrow; "My Heartbreaking Romance.." retitled and reprinted from "I Loved a Weakling" in My Secret Affair (1949) #2; and "My Secret Dates...". "Young Love Cues..!!" and "Charm Cues" text articles. 36 pages. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #21
    Popular Teen-Agers (1950 Star Publications) 21
    • Interior is complete, but brittle. Full length spine split to cover with spitting to interior wraps. Water damage.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
      Other items consigned by TheInnerGeek

    Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Jay Disbrow and others. Romance comics with teen angst from L.B. Cole's Star Publications. Val loves Jim, but suspects the dark secret in her past will keep them apart, in a story narrated by him (instead of her, like most romance comics of the time). Waitress Mabel invents a new identity for herself while on vacation, but when she falls for handsome radio personality Matthew, she regrets her duplicity. Karen falls for handsome sailor Eric, but his first love is the sea. Also featuring vintage 1950s advice on dating, and another good-girl swimsuit cover by L. B. Cole. My Only Love; How to Get That Second Date; Turning Point of My Life; Reckless Love. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #23
    Popular Teen-Agers (1950 Star Publications) 23
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    Cover art by L.B. Cole. All stories reprinted from Confessions of Love (1953 Star Pulbications) #13. "Heart-Break," art by Jay Disbrow; Donna plays with men's affections but can't have the only man she really loved, Martin Grant. "Will I Have His Kisses Forever??"; Ginny and Clyde write advice columns for rival newspapers but fall in love. "I Was Dazzled by Love" originally retitled and reprinted from "I Hid My Lover" in My Desire (1949) #3; Betsy steals Brad from her rival Joyce but Joyce won't give up. "Love's Mailbox" and "It's Personal, Do You Wear A Girdle?" text articles. Indicia states "Popular Teenagers." 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.