Roma comic books issue 4

Hollywood taught them that even though your heart is breaking..."Stars Never Weep," the cover-featured 8 page story. Plus: 8 page story "Lovely but Unloved"; 1 page Lili filler "Ballet Audition"; 8 page story "Substitute Sweetheart"; 1 page Oddities in Romance filler; 8 page story "Runaway Heart"; 1 page Jo-Anne filler "At the Bride's Shoppe"; 2 page text story "Duet for One"; 10 page story "You Can't Give Away a Dream"; 1 page poem "Heartbeats in Harmony." Cover photograph by Carlyle Blackwell, Jr. Cover price $0.10.

Written by Fred Kennedy. Art and Cover by Nick Marinkovich. Roman forces are withering from another vicious attack, confronting Honoria with the true extent of German brutality. In all this bloodshed, Arminius begins to wonder if his future kingdom will be worth the sacrifice without Honoria by his side. 28 pages, full color. Rated M Cover price $3.99.

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Written by Fred Kennedy. Art and Cover by Nick Marinkovich. Roman forces are withering from another vicious attack, confronting Honoria with the true extent of German brutality. In all this bloodshed, Arminius begins to wonder if his future kingdom will be worth the sacrifice without Honoria by his side. 28 pages, full color. Rated M Cover price $3.99.

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Written by Fred Kennedy. Art by Nick Marinkovich. Cover by Brian. Level Roman forces are withering from another vicious attack, confronting Honoria with the true extent of German brutality. In all this bloodshed, Arminius begins to wonder if his future kingdom will be worth the sacrifice without Honoria by his side. 28 pages, full color. Rated M Cover price $3.99.

Written by Fred Kennedy. Art and Cover by Nick Marinkovich. Roman forces are withering from another vicious attack, confronting Honoria with the true extent of German brutality. In all this bloodshed, Arminius begins to wonder if his future kingdom will be worth the sacrifice without Honoria by his side. 28 pages, full color. Rated M Cover price $3.99.

Written by Fred Kennedy. Art and Cover by Nick Marinkovich. Roman forces are withering from another vicious attack, confronting Honoria with the true extent of German brutality. In all this bloodshed, Arminius begins to wonder if his future kingdom will be worth the sacrifice without Honoria by his side. 28 pages, full color. Rated M Cover price $3.99.

Volume 4, Issue 2 - July, 1932. Modern Romances is a long running true love magazine featuring short stories of love, passion, lust, divorce, and betrayal all said to really have happened. 8.5" x 11.5", 114 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Tales of secret love, heartbreak, unrequited love, and reconciliation. Sad-eyed Bette returns to the seaside hometown she'd tried to move away from, and falls for the handsome amnesiac who wanders into her diner. Meg moves from the big city to a small town and thinks she has all the aces, until she falls for handsome, bowtie-wearing Tom at first sight. Jim really loves Nina, but she's got her heart set on Neil, who barely tolerates her. Plus a PSA for Savings Bonds featuring the original Captain Marvel. Lost Interlude; Abandoned Love; My Heart's Own Deceit; A Kiss for Sue; Search for Paradise. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover pencils by Charles Nicholas. Stories by unknown. Art by Charles Nicholas & Vince Alascia and unknown. Featuring: "Maid to Order" and "Love is Only for Me..."! Plus: Which will it be? A career or his kisses? It's Susan Crayn and Jon Durral in a 'Beyond the Stars' tale! Also: letters page "Just Jeannette" by Jeannette Copeland. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.15.

Cover by Art Cappello and Don Sherwood. Stories and art by Art Cappello, Don Sherwood, Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. Women face the struggle of finding the right man, in romance comics that reflected the hairstyles and fashions of the 1970s. Jeff's girlfriend isn't sure she's ready to be a "swinger." Ellen dreads the blind date her friends are setting her up with at a party. IT specialist Pam has trouble being taken seriously in the male-dominated corporate world of the 1970s, but co-worker Glen in particular gets her teeth grinding. Ginnie has doubts about Barry when she sees him with another woman. Plus a pinup of teen heartthrob Susan Dey from the TV show "The Partridge Family." Let Me Alone!; Not for Me; Free As a Bird; Across a Crowded Room; Love Isn't a Game. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.20.

Stories and art by Bob Powell and others. A romance comic from Harvey, as the teens of the 1950s explore the new world of dating. Debbie falls for her buddy Russ, but finds herself trapped in the friendzone. Gloria is torn between handsome Kip and nerdy Mark, until a student council election forces her to make a choice. Naive Cindy feels the Earth move during a party game of Spin the Bottle, but she doesn't know the identity of the lucky boy she kissed. City girl Marion feels country boy Jack is too fresh when they meet in a haystack, but she warms to him after he works bare-chested in her family's yard. More Than A Pal; The Mystery Woman; I Flattered Men; A Change of Plans; Hi-School Hi-Spots; My Blue Dress Blues; A Kiss to Remember; Heaven On A Haystack. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

#25 on cover; Vol. 4 No. 1 in indicia. Photo Cover by Theda and Emerson Hall. Stories by unknown. Art by Jack Kirby, Bill Draut, Mort Meskin, Joe Simon and unknown. Following Johnny's disastrous Carnegie Hall debut, Della manages to snag the great Paul Egan as her lover's promoter. He orders Johnny to sing pop rather than opera, and sends him on a long national tour. At home, Paul overwhelms Della with sex. She resents his self-assured smugness, but falls in love with him anyway. Johnny eventually becomes a swell-headed pop star and Della realizes he no longer wants or needs her. He disgusts her. Paul persuades her to marry him in "The Only Man Who Could Thrill Me!" Plus: Gale hires Keith to escort her to a party. She tells no one of Keith's job, presents him as an old boyfriend, and has a wonderful time. The two fall in love, but Gale does not want a boyfriend who is an escort. She breaks the relationship off. When the time is right, Keith reveals that he is actually Steve Graham, an insurance salesman, and was posing as an escort to protect a friend from a jealous girlfriend. Gale and Keith renew their love in "Gentleman For Hire!" Also: Nan and the elderly Peter are victims in an auto accident caused by Terry. Terry and Peter are both injured. Nan is forced to decide which man to save and chooses the youthful Terry. Peter dies. Nan grows to hate Terry, blaming him for the death of a brilliant man. She becomes a cold but efficient doctor. Terry wins her love, but she sends him away because he is an irresponsible young man who cut his medical studies short for fun and games. Four years later he reappears, now an intern atoning for the death of Peter. Nan sees the good in him and they marry in "The Doctor's Love"! Also featuring "Out Of The Running!" Plus: 3-page Will You Help Me? story; 2-page Nancy Hale's Problem Clinic story; 1-page story "Are You A Gold Digger?"; 1-page article "Are You Bad For Him?"; and advice on buying perfumes in 1-page article "Buying Scents"! 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

#26 on cover; Vol. 4 No. 2 in indicia. Cover by Jack Kirby & Joe Simon. Stories by unknown. Art by Jack Kirby, Bill Draut, Leonard Starr?, Bruno Premani, Mort Meskin and unknown. Featuring: "Your Money or Your Love!"; "The Last Man on Earth!"; "Hired Wife!"; "Simpson and Elilah!"; and 2-page Nancy Hale's Problem Clinic story "Taken for Granted"! Plus: 1-pager "Do Something Nice for Your Sweetheart"; 1-page article "Let's Have a Good Time"; and 1-page article "Beauty Blemishes"! 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

#27 on cover; Vol. 4 No. 3 in indicia. Cover pencils by Jack Kirby. Stories by unknown. Art by Jack Kirby, Bill Draut, Mort Meskin, John Severin, Joe Simon, Bill Elder and unknown. Anne wants to play martyr, sacrificing herself for the sake of her kid sister! Featuring: "No Man Would Have Me!" Plus: "Monahan´s Madonna!"; "Chase Me Till I Catch You!"; "Heart of Steel"; "My Tormented Heart"; and 2-page Nancy Hale's Problem Clinic story! Also: 1-pager "Stay As Sweet As You Are!"; 1-pager "Let´s Make One Outfit do the Work of Four"; 1-page article "Getting Along With Men"; and 1-page article "The Hands He Loves to Hold"! 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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#28 on cover; Vol. 4 No. 4 in indicia. Photo Cover. Stories by unknown. Art by Jack Kirby, Mort Meskin, Bill Draut and unknown. Where death was part of the game of love -- "Hot Rod Crowd!" Also featuring: "His Father's Son!"; "Not Worth the Price!"; "A Shattered Dream!"; and 2-page Will You Help Me? story! Plus: 1-pager "Pickups Are Let-Downs"; 1-page article "[Nag]"; and 1-page article "Be a Bathing Beauty"! 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

#29 on cover; Vol. 4 No. 5 in indicia. Photo Cover. Stories by unknown. Art by Jack Kirby, Mort Meskin, Bill Draut and Joe Simon. Featuring: "You´re not the First!"; "Diagnosis: Love!"; "Love Also Ran!"; "Three´s a Crowd!"; 3-page Will You Help Me? story; and 2-page Nancy Hale's Problem Clinic story! Plus: 1-page article "The Well-Mannered Young Lady"! Also: 1-page article "Are You a Martyr?" 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

#30 on cover; Vol. 4 No. 6 in indicia. Photo Cover by Theda and Emerson Hall. Stories by Jack Kirby? & Joe Simon? and unknown. Art by Jack Kirby, Bill Draut, Leonard Starr, Mort Meskin and Joe Simon. Racism is tackled in "Different!" Also featuring: "Not Good for Anyone!"; "Weekend For 3"; "My Lord and Master!"; and 2-page Will You Help Me? story! Plus: 1-page article "What Should I Do?" And: 1-page article "Grooming in Public"! 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

#31 on cover; Vol. 4 No. 7 in indicia. Photo Cover. Stories by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby and unknown. Art by Joe Simon, Jack Kirby, Bill Draut, Mort Meskin and Marvin Stein. Featuring: "One Way to Hold Him"; "Raw Deal!"; "My Last Blind Date!"; "The Things Your Are Missing!"; and 3-page Will You Help Me? story! Plus: 1-page article "The Perfect Man"! Also: 1-page article "Let's Be Beautyful"! 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

#32 on cover; Vol. 4 No. 8 in indicia. Photo Cover. Stories by Jack Kirby? and unknown. Art by Jack Kirby, Bill Draut, Mort Meskin, Marvin Stein?, Joe Simon? and unknown. Featuring the revealing confessions of a "Soldier´s Girl!" Plus: "Hand-Me-Down Love!"; "Painted Woman!"; "The Riddle That Was Gloria"; and 3-page Will You Help Me? story "[I'd been engaged to Rickie Vance for three years...]"! Also: 1-page article "The Reluctant Male"! And: 1-page article "Nobody Loves a Fat Girl"! 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

#33 on cover; Vol. 4 No. 9 in indicia. Cover by Jack Kirby & Joe Simon. Stories by unknown. Art by Mort Meskin, Jack Kirby, Bill Draut, John Prentice, George Roussos, Joe Simon and unknown. Sometimes, when a man can't find the courage to propose directly to a girl, he may try other methods, like dictating a letter -- using the same thought, the same sincerity! Don't miss..."Take a Letter, Darling:"! Also featuring: "What´s in It For Me!"; "Not in the Act!"; "Charity Case"; and 3-page Will You Help Me? story! Plus: Questions and Answers 1-pagers "About That Kiss" and "Meet Spring Halfway"! Also: 1-page article "Early to Wed"! 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

34 on cover; Vol. 4 No. 10 in indicia. Cover by Jack Kirby. Stories by unknown. Art by Jack Kirby, Joe Simon and unknown. His girl kisses like a dream! The guys in the crowd must have been ribbing him when they called her an..."Old Fashioned Girl"! Plus more tales of young love! 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

"Temptations of a Car Hop"-illustrated by Jack Kirby and Joe Simon!

#35 on cover; Vol. 4 No. 11 in indicia. Photo Cover. Stories by Jack Kirby? and unknown. Art by Jack Kirby, Mort Meskin, Marvin Stein?, Bill Draut, Joe Simon?, George Roussos? and unknown. Featuring: "Temptations of a Car-Hop!"; "The Man Who Loves Shabby Sally!"; "The Man I Married!"; "The Catskill Man-Chasers!"; and 2-page Nancy Hale's Problem Clinic story! Plus: 1-page article "Are You An Imposition?" Also: 1-page article "Beauty At Home"! 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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#36 on cover; Vol. 4 No. 12 in indicia. Photo Cover. Stories by Jack Kirby and unknown. Art by Jack Kirby, Bill Draut, Mort Meskin, Donahue?, Premiani?, Joe Simon? and unknown. Featuring: "Love At Stake!"; "Yesterday's Romance!"; "Married In Haste!"; "Big Brother Blues"; and "Just Good Friends!" Plus: 1-page text piece "Previews of Marriage"! Also: 1-page text piece "Handsome Hands and Feet"! 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ken Bald. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Ken Bald, Frank Bolle, Leonard Starr, Charles Sultan, Al Hartley and R. Brice. Tales of romance from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. After she steals a dress, a woman is wooed by a handsome fellow thief, but they soon spiral into a life of crime; Small-town girl Ellen is literally swept off her feet by a circus trapeze artist; The woman who runs a dating service has hardened her own heart to love. Also, readers send in their personal love stories. The Crooked Road to Romance; The Heart on the Flying Trapeze; Match-Makers Don't Marry; Clothes Horse; I Feared my Heart; Readers' Romances; Love Takes a Nose-Dive! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

"A Rival on My Honeymoon!"; Stellas parents pay for her honeymoon with Ralph at Three Star Lodge; He admits hed been there before in high school with his girlfriend Tina; Theyd made plans to come to the lodge for their honeymoon, but she died shortly afterward; Although Ralph protests that he loves Stella now, their stay is ruined. "Romantic Stranger" text story. "I Was Ashamed of My Parents"; Lucia loves fellow high school student Dick, but she is ashamed of her Italian immigrant parents; When Dick meets them, Tina thinks he must consider them "poor, stupid foreigners" and breaks up with him; Her friends think Tina believes theyre not good enough to meet her family. Strange Romantic Customs about some of the Malayan communities. "My Superstitious Heart" text story. "Special Dinner" text story. "Wrong Prescription for Love"; Nina rejects George's romantic advances because she's studying to get a nursing job at a bigger hospital; "I have no time for romance; It would interfere with my work!"; They fall in love anyway, but when she receives a job offer in California, Nina turns down his marriage proposal. "I Was a Failure on My First Date!", art by Bob Powell; High school sophomore goes on her first date with senior Clark, but dresses and acts too sophisticated for her age; Clark complains - he thought she was "fresh and unspoiled"; Elyse confesses that she was putting on an act. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover inks by Vince Colletta. Medals Are for Heroes, inks by Vince Colletta; Betsy leads a group of nurses to help during a flood, but she is not impressed with Corporal Kalin, a former war hero whose brash attitude she finds annoying; Working together to help flood victims, they eventually come to an understanding. The End of Love; Helen is crushed when her boyfriend Phil sends his friend Cal to break up with her, unable to face her himself; Time passes and eventually Helen and Cal become involved. Stories reprinted from Nurse Betsy Crane and Love Diary. 36 pgs. $0.60. Cover price $0.60.

Photo cover by Shostal. Stories and art by Matt Baker, Warren Kremer, Dana Dutch, and Chuck Miller. Tales of teen angst and amour. These oversized issues include content typical of a teen girls' magazine, alongside comics stories by the likes of celebrated good-girl artist Matt Baker. Ann isn't sure what to do when she learns her sister's boyfriend is two-timing her, in a story with some fun masquerade-party art by Baker. (Inks may be the work of pioneering female comics artist Lily Renee.) In another Matt Baker story, Edna is dating Wally, but longs to go out with Peter, who ignores her. Plus a profile of Rat Pack member Peter Lawford, with photos. And dating advice, fashion, and music reviews from the dawn of the teenager era, 1949. Moonlight Escapade; Never Gamble on a Lie; You're What the Boys Like; Does Necking Increase a Girl's Popularity?; Hollywood Pin-Ups: Peter Lawford; They Called Me a Love Thief; Pleasure Boat; Mopsy; Phony Love Affair; I Couldn't Give Up My Secret Love; I'll Not Date in August; Short Cuts to Glamour; Platter Chatter; Step Out, Please!; Movie Previews. 7 1/2-in. x 11-in., 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Art by Ken Battefield and others. Tender tales of romance among the cowhands and roughnecks of the Old West. Rancher Susan Polmer is as tough as any man, and more than a match for outlaw Bessie. Rancher Kate and railroad man Rex team up to find the outlaws who rustled her herd. The romance of cavalry soldier Jim and Pawnee woman Bright Star plays against a backdrop of conflict, and offers an interracial romance rare for its era. The cover promises "heart-warming thrillers of ranch and range." The Bride Wore Buckskin; Romance Rides The Rails; Senorita Six-Gun!; Arrow in My Heart. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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story JONATHAN HICKMAN art & cover JONATHAN HICKMAN 'THE GREAT SOCIETY' The wars of unification have ended and Rome is stronger than ever. Was it enough to change the future and push humanity to new heights? Find out in the epic conclusion of PAX ROMANA. Cover price $3.50.

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(W) Matthew Blair (A) Paul Peart-Smith (CA) Ezra Gilmore Cambrian Comics Presents: Romanis Magicae #4. The final battle is here! As the sorcerer Crixus summons his dark god to carry out his revenge, the fate of Rome rests in a small band of soldiers and a collection of magicians, petty criminals, and misfits. Witness the explosive finale of the first arc of "Romanis Magicae" here! 24 pages, full color, not rated. Cover price $4.99.