Realistic Romances (1951) comic books
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Issue #3
Published 1952 by Realistic Comics/Avon.$33.00
View scan- 2" Cumulative spine split. Cover detached. Water damage.
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
Graded by MCS, not consignor.
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Art by Louis Zansky and Rafael Astarita. Tales of romance with lush, lurid covers reprinted from Avon paperbacks. This issue reprints Romantic Love (1949) #23 in its entirety. Jean rejects handsome boy next door Barney because she still sees him as a childhood pal; Mary is torn between arrogant but handsome boxer Rocky and her fiance Joe; Lila fools around with her husbands boss in order to advance her husbands career. Also featuring a typically well-crafted contents page illustrated by Everett Raymond Kinstler on the inside front cover. The Dream Next Door; Deadline for Love!; Too Great a Temptation; Promotions for Harry. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #15
Published May 1954 by Realistic Comics/Avon.$77.00
View scan- Cover detached.
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
Graded by MCS, not consignor.
Other items consigned by TheInnerGeek
Art by Harold Larsen, Gene Fawcette, Manny Stallman, Myron Fass and Louis Ravielli. Tales of romance with lush, lurid covers reprinted from Avon paperbacks. This issue reprints Romantic Love (1949) #5 in its entirety. Margo falls for a baseball player after shes waylaid by a foul ball; Susan tries to win wealthy Dexter by pushing his girlfriend out a window; A supposed sorority initiation turns out to be a plot to separate Audrey from her boyfriend; Supposedly innocent Andrea is secretly plotting to steal her roommate Ritas boyfriend Al, but hes not having it. Afraid to Love!; With Evil in Your Heart; Love Me Always Darling!; Two-Gun Lady; Innocence Was My Angle! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #17
Published Sep 1954 by Realistic Comics/Avon.- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
Art by Everett Raymond Kinstler, John Rosenberger, Rafael Astarita, Sam Citron and Marion Sitton. Cover by Everett Raymond Kinstler. Tales of romance with lush, lurid covers reprinted from Avon paperbacks. This issue reprints Romantic Love (1949) #7 in its entirety. Trophy wife Paula and gardener Max conspire to murder her wealthy husband; Penelope moves into her husbands vast estate and hears a man screaming every night, but her husband claims to hear no such thing; A photographer uses a modeling business to blackmail wealthy businessmen. I Craved Excitement; Dangerous Woman; Bride of Fear; Nightmare Romance! Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
