Lovers' Lane comic books issue 1

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by William Overgard, Pat Rooney, Fred Guardineer, Ruth Atkinson, Lee Ames, Paul Parker, Ada Nevill and Al Bare. From the publisher of Crime Does Not Pay, Lover's Lane offered somewhat edgier, more lurid tales than other romance comics of the era. Linda moves to New York and begins to run with a fast crowd, but when wealthy playboy Craig tries to go too far at his mountain cabin, he gets a champagne bottle upside the head. An illustrated profile of movie star Alan Ladd. The story of the real-life romance between poets Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Was I Wrong Seeking Big City Glamour?; The Stars Tell: Alan Ladd; I Was an Actress for One Glorious Moment; How Did He Propose?; I Was in Love With Two Men at the Same Time!; Who's Your Prince Charming?; The Love Clinic; Ada Nevill Answers Your Love Problems; The World's Greatest Lovers: Robert Browning & Elizabeth Barrett. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

1st printing. New Brunswick,New Jersey, Thursday, September 14, 1922. Reverend Hall and Mrs. Eleanor Mills take a stroll in the town's park in the evening. Shots are heard. 2 days later, their bodies are found laying on the ground very neatly next to each other with her hand on his thigh, love letters strewn around them, the scarf on her neck covering up the deep bloody slit in it. Reverend Hall, himself married, was in an open secret of an affair with Mrs. Mills, a married woman of his choir. The perfect ingredients for a juicy scandal and fascinating investigation which the nation's press hungrily devours. Alas, no clues or evidence are sufficient to make an indictment stick. Was it suicide? A jealous rival? The case reopens again 4 years later as new information is brought to light, indicting the reverend's wife but she is an upstanding member of her community, denying to the last that her husband had any affair... Hardcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 80 pages, B&W. Cover price $15.99.