Romances 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.

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.

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.

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Original, pre-Code romance stories from Canadian publisher Superior, often featuring a crime or mystery element and plentiful good-girl art. Navy sailor Dan meets and woos Betty through the personals (like an online romance before computers), but on leave he learns that he's actually been communicating with Betty's sister Peggy. Nelson and Beth get into a fight, and both risk their romance by having dinner with old flames. Returning veteran Rod adopts a young war refugee, but his fiancee Sandy isn't ready for that in any way - luckily, Anne is there for support. Plus a look at international marriage customs. Wanted - A Mate!; I Married a Bombshell; I Surrender; Shared Kisses; Romance Around the Globe. 36 pages, Full Color. NOTE: Cover shown is the Superior Publishers Canadian edition. Cover price $0.10.

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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Photo cover. "I Changed My Life to Catch a Man!", script by Dana Dutch, art by Chuck Miller; Perry agrees to help June get a date with her crush Ken; After her makeover, she suddenly becomes popular with boys; Ken asks June for a date and Perry advises June to join the school dramatics club to seal the deal, since Ken thinks hes a good actor; June discovers Ken is egotistic and a two-timer; Perry says June should date other guys to make Ken jealous. "Glamour Was My Weakness," pencils by Matt Baker; Ginger spends her savings on a vacation at swanky Hillview Manor, over her boyfriend Jims objections. She falls in love with David there; hes engaged to Fran but says its a family thing; David demonstrates "a diabolical recklessness" that frightens Ginger; Jim arrives and teams up with Fran. "I Was Trapped by Kisses I Couldn't Resist!", pencils by Chuck Miller; Martha vows to dedicate herself to studying at college, but when she meets Ralph, she says "Id love to kiss his fine, strong mouth!"; However, Ralph never asks her for a date because she has a reputation as a "snob" and a "grind"; On a winter break skiing excursion organized by professor Arnold, Martha flirts with him to make Ralph jealous. "My Dangerous Flaw"; Linda arrives at college and ruffles feathers with her superior attitude and disregard for rules; She and Johnny fall in love but he doesnt like it when she acts like "a spoiled brat"; Linda dates Bruce and theyre involved in an auto accident. 36 pgs., 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.

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.

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Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Matt Baker, Ray Osrin and Dana Dutch. Love plus war equals bittersweet 1950s drama, featuring art by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. Tired of being "good," a woman seeks thrills with a soldier, but soon has regrets, in a story with art by Baker. Another Baker story has Pat trying to break up Bill's romance with his girl back home, but it's a stunt she's tried before. War correspondent Janice is torn between Frank, her sweetheart back home, and Jack, the soldier she's profiling on the front lines in Korea. My Basic Training for Romance; The True Love of a War Correspondent; Road to Disgrace; I Was the Roving Kind; I Made False Promises; I Was a Girl on the Rebound: I Plunged into Trouble. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Walter Johnson. "Miss Stardust," art by Walter Johnson; Star, assistant to "Saturday Night Hit Parade" producer Al Pearce, is upset when her press agent boyfriend Tim flirts with aspiring singer Laura; Al and singer Bill Harrington give Star a makeover and promote her as a singing star to make Tim jealous; Tim gives Bill and Star incorrect directions to a private party where they are booked to perform, but proves he loves Star when she is in danger of drowning as a result. "Second Fiddle," pencils by Walter Johnson; Star college football player Dick dumps Babs for "campus coquette" Connie; After his shoulder is injured in an auto accident, Dick is off the team and Connie drops him. "Sammy Kaye" Star of the Month article. "Model Perfect," pencils by Walter Johnson; Model agency owner Harry Conover "discovers" Carol working in a store and hires her as a model; She begins to date middle-aged actor Darryl, unaware hes using her to restart his waning career; Carol breaks up with her fiancé Fred as a result, and he goes to Conover for help. "One-Sided Love," art by Walter Johnson; Tommy loves Karen but he tells her "marriage is not for me," and hints at something in his past; Karen later overhears Tommy being pressured into helping rob her fathers bank, where Tommy now works, and discovers Tommy is an ex-convict. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by unknown. Art by unknown. She and Jack were through! He had made her a laughing stock, gushing over Irene all evening and ignoring her! Read..."Flame of Jealousy"! Also featuring: "I Saved Him for Another Woman"; "No Marriage in Sight"; and "I'll Wait for You Always"! Plus: 1-page text story "Only One Love"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Ferd Johnson. Stories and art by Ferd Johnson. Sometimes listed as Texas Slim and Dirty Dalton #4. Part of A1 Comics, an anthology from Magazine Enterprises with content that varied from month to month. This issue featured Ferd Johnson's Texas Slim and Dirty Dalton. Texas Slim is a ranch hand who works for Dirty Dalton, a rancher with a floating moral code. The result is slapstick comedy involving Slim, Dalton and Slim's horse Loco; Little Mexico is a boy who has comedic misadventures, much like Nancy or Henry. Texas Slim and Dirty Dalton; Little Mexico. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Bernard Baily and Gwen Ross. Complex plots in this early romance comic from Fawcett. Dancers Mickey and Laura have a successful stage act as well as a romance, but when hes drafted, she fears their life together is at its end. Journalist Margarets plans for a nice, stable marriage with Ralph get sidetracked when she meets handsome, impulsive Ned, whos sailing around the world. Carla is determined to go to England to reunite with RAF pilot Ronnie, even if she has to play with the emotions of Ronnies friend Harry. My Desertion; Beyond the Horizon; Cupid on the Keys; Treachery. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Photo cover from the 1950 movie Blue Grass of Kentucky. Stories by Joe Millard and unknown. Art by Harry Anderson, Reed Crandall and unknown. Pulsating, pistol-packed epics of passion and adventure in the wide open spaces! "Kisses of Hate" with story by Joe Millard and pencils by Harry Anderson; characters in this story: Aunt Lucy; Donna Gates; Lance Balew; Mr. Gates; Buck Halliday (villain); Jake (villain); Tex (villain). Plus: "Sagebrush Surrender"; characters in this story: Digby Deverill; Dr. Haskell; Holly Winslow. Also: "Frontier Flirt" with pencils by Reed Crandall; characters in this story: Dinah Davis; Fred Davis; Mr. Muley; Tex Mains; Will Clegg. And: "Outlaw's Embraces"; characters in this story: Marshal Skip Warner; Paquita; Racey Mottram (villain); Terry O'Shane. Also in this issue: 1-page text story "Fight for Your Lady"; characters in this text story: Buzz Forby; Doc McLeod; Joan Ingalls; Miles Truax. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Painted cover art. "The Kind Girls Fall For," art by Al Hartley; Janette took over her father's restaurant when he died; With the help of Charlie, she makes it a success; Janette hires Lee as a counterman but Charlie dislikes him because he's popular with the female employees. "Her Sinister Scheme," art by Ed Waldman; Karen agrees to marry her boss Don, but Don's younger sister Lynn tells Karen that Don had a previous girlfriend, Gladys; Karen becomes jealous until Don explains that Gladys is the sister of his hospitalised "war buddy." "Too Eager to Marry"; Fran is desperate to get married so she can move away from her lower-class family; She arranges to elope with Rick, but her brother's friend Van, a police detective, exposes Rick's scheme: the wedding would have been fake. "Crooner's Sweetheart," art by Ann Brewster; Betty helps her fiancé Kerry's singing career, rescuing him when he suffers from stage fright; Talent agent Earl signs Kerry to a contract and takes him to the big city; When Betty shows up for a visit, she sees Kerry has to drink to overcome his nerves. "Heartbreak Proposal," art by Lin Streeter; Sheila is lawyer Corey's secretary, but when her brother Dix embezzles money from his employer Bart, Bart threatens to have him jailed unless Sheila comes to work for him for 3 months and becomes his fiance. "Love Was His Game," art by Alice Kirkpatrick; Elise has a good job in the city but is lonely; She's attracted to her neighbor Martin, but they don't really know each other; Elise's co-worker Sara invites her for a weekend in the country, and Elise meets Sara's cousin Bob. "The Kind Girls Fall For" reprinted in Real Love (1949-56 Ace) #64; "Her Sinister Scheme"; "Too Eager to Marry" reprinted in Love Experiences (1949) #28 and Complete Love Magazine Vol. 31 (1955) #6; "Crooner's Sweetheart" reprinted in Love Experiences (1949) #38a; "Heartbreak Proposal" reprinted in Complete Love Magazine Vol. 30 (1954) #5; and "Love Was His Game" art by Alice Kirkpatrick. "For Beauty's Sake: Alluring Lips..." text article partially reprinted in "Glamorizing Yourself..." in Glamorous Romances (1949) #54, "For Beauty's Sake..." in Ten Story Love Vol. 30 (1952) #1, "Glamorizing Yourself..." in Glamorous Romances (1949) #64, "The Most of Your Charms..." in Ten Story Love Vol. 33 (1954) #1, and "Bring Out Your Best..." in Ten Story Love Vol. 36 (1955) #2. "After the Beauty Contest" and "In an Indian Pueblo" text stories. 52 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 4, Issue 2 - Fall, 1944. 6.75" x 9.75", 116 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.