True Love Pic comic books issue 1
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Issue #1
- Paper: Off white to white
- Label #1488651004
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Photo cover. "Marriage for Spite"; Edna flirts with other men to make her boyfriend Johnny jealous, and he finally breaks up with her as a result; When she hears hes dating Laura, Edna goes out with Lewis in revenge, and agrees to marry him to one-up Johnny. "Bargaining for Happiness"; Kathy, who lives with her family in a shabby section of town inhabited mostly by poor railroad workers, becomes engaged to her boss Dick, the son of a wealthy businessman. "Heartbreak House"; Adria wins a house in a contest; Architect Keith asks to lease it from her, and Adria helps him find a lot and furnish and decorate the house; She falls in love with him, then learns hes engaged to Gloria and plans to marry her and live there. "Marriage Insurance" text story. "Corsage of Heartaches"; Lucy and her fiancé Ivan jointly inherit the plant nursery where they work; According to the will, the nursery is to be split between them, and at the end of 3 months, whoever has made the most money gets the whole business. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #1
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Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Matt Baker and Dana Dutch. Remaindered St. John romance comics, collected into a squarebound anthology. Many of these stories feature art by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. This issue features Teen-Age Romances (1949 St. John) #22, #18, and #23. Jane is so eager to get out of her small town, she runs away to Chicago with truck driver Joe, in a story featuring a great "nightlife of Chicago" montage panel by Baker. In another Baker story, Joan finds romance with painter Pierre in Paris, which quickly turns to scandal when she meets his tempestuous ex, Zaza. Susie tells childhood bestie Gloria that "there's a wall of boys around you" now that they're in high school, in a story featuring art by pioneering female comics artist Lily Renee. I Stole My Sister's Boyfriend; Allergic to Love; I Went Wild in Paris; Wrong-Way Romance; I Had to Be Tamed; My Shameful Secret; I Misbehaved; I Scorned Love; I Carried Things Too Far; I Played Hard-to-Get; Deceitful!; I Ran Away With a Truck Driver; I Was a Secret Sweetheart; Remodeled for Romance; I Overstepped the Mark; Weekend Paradise. Other variants exist. 100 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
