True Life Secrets (1951 Capitol Publications Inc.) comic books in grades to NM

Add to cart FR 1.0 $99.95 or Best Offer View scan Water damage. Cover and interior oxidation. Cover-to-cover edge tear, mold spots. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover by Frank Frollo and Al Fago. Stories and art by Al Tyler, Frank Frollo and Art Cappello. Early romance comics that include noirish tales of melodrama, scandal and deceit. Norma leaves her coal-mining husband for a glamorous job in a city nightclub, but inadvertently gets involved with a drug deal. Jealous of her sister Myrt's talent and fame, Ann starts to impersonate Myrt, and quickly gets in over her head. Nurse Cynthia loves doctor Gene, but in a fit of jealousy she commits medical malfeasance, and only realizes her folly in the aftermath of a train wreck. Older and Wiser!; My Secret Betrayed Me; My Moment of Madness; I Was a Pawn of Passion; Key to My Heart; Strictly for the Brides. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Art Cappello. Stories and art by Art Cappello and others. Early romance comics that include noirish tales of melodrama, scandal and deceit. Vivian works as a paid escort and falls for Jerry, but her boss Mike wants Vivian for himself. A woman, her husband, and a thief fall under the spell of a string of pearls. Judy decides to steal her friend Gilda's boyfriend, Jimmy. Snowbound; I Learned the Hard Way; How Not to Hold Your Man; Yes, I Was an Escort Girl; Green With Envy; The Desert Held My Secret!; Blinded By Glamour. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Art Cappello. Stories and art by Art Cappello and others. Early romance comics that include noirish tales of melodrama, scandal and deceit. Lillian knocks out a would-be rapist, then wonders if she's an accidental murderer after reading press reports of his death. During Korea, Army nurse Trudy gets a chance for revenge against the commander who caused a friend's death, but falls in love with him instead. Amnesia separates a man from his daughter. Was I Branded?; I Wanted Happiness; I Deceived My Love; Summer Holliday; I Was Alone; X-Ray of Love. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $155.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Label #4592820017 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Cover by Dick Giordano and Ray Osrin. Stories and art by Leon Winik, Warren Broderick, S. Finocchiaro and Ray Osrin. Early romance comics that include noirish tales of melodrama, scandal and deceit. Widow Gina tries to lose her sorrow in wild living, but then she meets old high school chum Charlie and has second thoughts. Joyce likes partying with Speedy, who looks like Jimmy Olsen's sleazy older brother, while her father tries to cover for her with straight-arrow Mat. Stella wants to forget her ex, boxer Rocky, but it's hard to do when he's fighting for the championship on TV. Close Call!; My Selfish Heart; Night of Reckoning!; I Must Have Been Crazy; Love Wins a Decision!; Everybody's Sweetheart. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $495.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Label #4278554017 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $425.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: Cream to off white Label #4471846012 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

The fantastic (and unfortunately uncredited) Good Girl cover art for this issue was repurposed from My Desire #34 (sometimes listed as My Desire #4) with altered dialogue, making the scene a bit more salacious. Stories and art by Leon Winik and Ray Osrin. Early romance comics that include noirish tales of melodrama, scandal and deceit. Lola is contemptuous of her friends' make-do marriage plans, and sets out to find a wealthy husband. Nurse Ginny falls for Carl, the handsome doctor she works for, but hypochondriac Sandra wants Carl's attention for herself. Helen enjoys walking in the rain and brooding over her loneliness, but that's how she meets handsome Tod, who comes to her aid when she twists her ankle. Plus a romantic poem by Robert Louis Stevenson in comics form. Fast Track for Love; A Savage in Love; Romance; The Price I Paid; None But the Lonely. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $249.95 or Best Offer View scan Cover oxidation. Water spotting. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Stories and art by Marc Swayze and others. Early romance comics that include noirish tales of melodrama, scandal and deceit. Betty starts dating Kurt while still seeing Tom, but sooner or later one of them is going to find out about the other. Craving excitement, Jean rushes into romance. Claire tries to manipulate boyfriend Steve into running for president of their college class, whether he wants it or not. First issue with the Comics Code seal on the cover. I Led Him On; The Key to His Heart; I Paid for My Folly; Love's Epitaph. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $249.95 or Best Offer View scan Interior edge tears. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover by Jon D'Agostino. Early romance comics that include noirish tales of melodrama, scandal and deceit. Marsha has a way of picking up strays, and that includes the handsome but penniless and malnourished man in her boarding house. Pam falls for her pal Anne's boyfriend Carl and makes moves on him, but Carl sees through her charade, and so does Anne... and so does everyone else. Ronnie blames fiance Tim, the safety inspector, after her father is fired from the fuel plant where they all work. My Foolish Fascination; Romance Destroyed; Cross My Palm; I Loved Too Easily. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.