Realistic Romances (1951) comic books 1952

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.

Art by Everett Raymond Kinstler and Rafael Astarita. Tales of romance with lush, lurid covers reprinted from Avon paperbacks. The painted cover originally appeared on the paperback novel Confidential" by Donald Henderson Clarke, Avon #253. Mary pretends to be a female WAC soldier to court a handsome captain, but after they fall in love, she must come clean; A dying soldier tries to alienate the woman he loves, so she can start over if he doesnt survive his operation; After marrying for money, Pete is literally haunted by visions of Laura, the woman he really loved. Also featuring a lurid contents page illustrated by Everett Raymond Kinstler on the inside front cover. I Deceived My Love; Flight of Love; You Did Not Love Me; Jilted Sweetheart. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Art by Everett Raymond Kinstler and others. Tales of romance with lush, lurid covers reprinted from Avon paperbacks. Controlling Anita interferes with her husbands medical research job and almost destroys her marriage; A woman learns the hard way not to interfere in other peoples relationships; George tries to rebuild his life after being acquitted of his girlfriends murder, but feels he must keep his past from new love Rita, in a story with echoes of An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser. I Deceived My Love; Flight of Love; You Did Not Love Me; Jilted Sweetheart. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Tittilating painted cover. You bet!

Art by Everett Raymond Kinstler, Ed Goldfarb, Maurice Gutwirth and Louis Zansky. Tales of romance with lush, lurid covers reprinted from Avon paperbacks. Ex-con Alice falls for new employer Walt, but their boss Charles blackmails her into dating him instead. A woman is torn between two soldiers, and if that wasnt bad enough, one of them says the other is a spy. Wealthy, dying Carol loves Bruce, but fears that hes just after her money; neither of them knows shes being poisoned. No Shame in Happiness; Girl on Parole; Love in Central Park; Thrill Hungry; Borrowed Love. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Art by John Rosenberger and Rafael Astarita. Tales of romance with lush, lurid covers reprinted from Avon paperbacks. After three fiances in a row are killed in accidents, Sybil is afraid to love again, but Joe wants to live dangerously; A college student is torn between Indian prince Hari and American jock Tom; Circus performer Nola falls for the clown who was injured while saving her from a fall. Jinx Girl; Triumphant Kisses; Disillusioned; Don't Be Lonely; It Might Have Been; The Love She Didnt Want. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Art by John Rosenberger and Rafael Astarita. Tales of romance with lush, lurid covers reprinted from Avon paperbacks. Separated by the Korean War, fiancees Amy and Tom are reunited when he becomes a soldier and she enlists as an Army nurse; A woman is torn between a cop and an escaped convict; Lynns soldier boyfriend is killed after she writes him a Dear John letter, in a story with an unsubtle message for female readers of Realistic Romances. Our Love Was Battle-Scarred; Faced With Shame; How I Learned What Love Really Is!; I Loved A Four-Time Loser; How My Husband Proposed; The Letter I Didn't Mail! Final issue before a two-year hiatus; issues #9 to #14 were never published. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.