Modern Romances (1930-1997 Dell Publishing) Magazine comic books
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Published Jul 1932 by Dell Publishing Co..$32.00
View scans$13.00
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.
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Published Jun 1934 by Dell Publishing Co..$20.00
View scansJune 1934 - Vol. 8 #1. Cover by Peter Bios. Romantic stories illustrated with photographs. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 124 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.
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Published May 1935 by Dell Publishing Co..$15.00
View scans- Front cover detached 30%. Back cover detached 25%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.
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Published Aug 1935 by Dell Publishing Co..$26.00
View scans$9.00
View scan- 6" Cumulative spine split.
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Published Sep 1935 by Dell Publishing Co..$23.00
View scans- Front cover detached 20%. Back cover detached 20%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.
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Published Oct 1935 by Dell Publishing Co..$26.00
View scans- Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 15%.
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Published Jan 1936 by Dell Publishing Co..$32.00
View scansVolume 11, Issue 2 - January, 1936. Cover painted by Earl Christy. 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", 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Feb 1936 by Dell Publishing Co..$32.00
View scansVol. 11, No. 3. February 1936. Includes scandalous stories like: "Unwilling Bride" and "The Woman I Stoned". Full-page color ads for Irresistible and Lucky Strikes. Cover by Zoe Mozert. 8.5" x 11.5". 104 pages. Black and white. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Apr 1936 by Dell Publishing Co..$32.00
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Published Jan 1937 by Dell Publishing Co..$32.00
View scansVol. 13, No. 2. January 1937. Includes scandalous stories like: "I Married a Fourflusher" and "Overnight Cabin". Full-page color ads for Irresistible, Hollywood Mask, and Camel Cigarettes. Cover by Earl Christy. 8.5" x 11.5". 96 pages. Black and white. Cover price $0.10.
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Published May 1937 by Dell Publishing Co..$32.00
View scansVolume 13, Issue 6 - May, 1937. Cover painting by Earl Christy. Stories include: "I Borrowed Joy" the love life of a Steel Town Girl who gambled with decency, "I Juggled Right and Wrong" love without the benefit of law, "Forbidden Marriage", and many more. 8.5" x 11.5", 116 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Jun 1937 by Dell Publishing Co..$32.00
View scans- Water damage: Moderate.
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Published Oct 1937 by Dell Publishing Co..$32.00
View scans- Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight.
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Published Nov 1937 by Dell Publishing Co..$32.00
View scansNov. 1937. A true romance magazine. Cover by Earl Christy. Illustrated with photographs. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/4-in., 116 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Jan 1938 by Dell Publishing Co..$32.00
View scans- Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
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Published Apr 1938 by Dell Publishing Co..$32.00
View scansVol. 15, No. 5. April 1938. Includes scandalous stories like: "Is Jean Harlow Dead? Her Mother Says NO!"; and "Should Girls Go the Limit Before Marriage?" Full-page color ads for Maybelline, Irresistible, and Lucky Strikes. Cover by Earl Christy. 8.5" x 11.5". 128 pages. Black and white. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Nov 1938 by Dell Publishing Co..$32.00
View scansVol. 16, No. 6. November 1938. Cover by Earl Christy. 8.5" x 11.5". 116 pages. Black and white. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Mar 1939 by Dell Publishing Co..$37.00
View scans- Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Staple rust: Extensive.
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Published Apr 1939 by Dell Publishing Co..$80.00
View scans- Front cover detached 5%. Staple rust: Slight.
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Published May 1939 by Dell Publishing Co..$80.00
View scans- Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Staple rust: Moderate.
$72.00
View scans- Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Staple rust: Slight.
Vol. 17, No. 6. May 1939. Alice Faye painted cover by Earl Christie. 8.5" x 11.5", 118 pages, Black and white. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Sep 1939 by Dell Publishing Co..$80.00
View scans- Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Staple rust: Moderate.
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Published Mar 1941 by Dell Publishing Co..$41.00
View scans- Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 20%.
$23.00
View scansVol. 21, No. 4. March 1941. 8.5" x 11.5", 90 pages, Black and white. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Apr 1941 by Dell Publishing Co..$15.00
View scansVol. 21, No. 5. April 1941. 8.5" x 11.5". 98 pages. Black and white. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Aug 1941 by Dell Publishing Co..$32.00
View scansVol. 22, No. 3. August 1941. 8.5" x 11.5". 82 pages. Black and white. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Apr 1942 by Dell Publishing Co..
- 1 1/4" Cumulative spine split.
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
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Published Mar 1945 by Dell Publishing Co..$48.00
View scansVol. 29, No. 4. March 1945. Includes scandalous stories like: "Black Market Nursing" and "They Branded My Daughter Delinquent". Full-page color ads for Max Factor, Schlitz, Ivory Soap, Del Monte, Drene Shampoo, Chesterfield Cigarettes, and Maybelline. 8.5" x 10.75". 140 pages. Black and white. Cover price $0.15.
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Published Apr 1945 by Dell Publishing Co..$32.00
View scansVol. 29, No. 5. April 1945. Includes scandalous stories like: "The Wrong Kind of Mother" and "When He Left Me Behind". Li'l Abner Cream of Wheat ad by Al Capp. Little Lulu Kleenex Tissues ad by Marjorie Henderson Buell. Full-page color ads for Karo Syrup, Drene Shampoo, Del Monte, Camay, Charm-Kurl, Tintz, and Ivory Soap. 8.5" x 10.75". 124 pages. Black and white. Cover price $0.15.
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Published May 1945 by Dell Publishing Co..$43.00
View scansVol. 29, No. 6. May 1945. Veronica Lake cover. Includes scandalous stories such as: "This Business of Necking" and "If Parents Only Knew". 8.5" x 10.75". 134 pages. Black and white with some full-color advertising. Cover price $0.15.
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Published Jun 1945 by Dell Publishing Co..$48.00
View scansVol. 30, No. 1. June 1945. Includes scandalous stories like: "Exchange Bride" and "They Said I Racketeered in Babies". Full-page color ads for Max Factor, Tintz, and Ivory Soap. 8.5" x 10.75". 116 pages. Black and white. Cover price $0.15.
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Published Nov 1946 by Dell Publishing Co..$13.75
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Published Apr 1948 by Dell Publishing Co..$9.00
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Published Feb 1949 by Dell Publishing Co..$22.00
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Published Apr 1949 by Dell Publishing Co..$22.00
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Published Jun 1949 by Dell Publishing Co..$22.00
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Published Oct 1949 by Dell Publishing Co..$48.00
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Published Dec 1949 by Dell Publishing Co..$22.00
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Published May 1950 by Dell Publishing Co..
- Staple Rust and Migration.
$7.00
View scan- 1/4" Spine split from bottom. Staple Rust and Migration.
$6.00
View scan- 1/4" Spine split from bottom. Staple Rust and Migration.
$6.00
View scan- 1/8" Spine split from bottom. Staple rust.
$5.00
View scan- 1/2 " Cumulative spine split. Staple rust.
- 1/2 " Cumulative spine split. Staple rust. Water damage.
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Published Jun 1950 by Dell Publishing Co..$6.00
View scan- 1/2" Cumulative spine split. Staple Rust and Migration.
$6.00
View scan- Staple Rust and Migration.
$6.00
View scan- 1/4" Spine split from bottom. Staple Rust and Migration.
$6.00
View scan- 1/4" Cumulative spine split. Staple Rust and Migration.
$3.00
View scan- 1 " Cumulative spine split. Staple rust.
$3.00
View scan- 3/4 " Cumulative spine split.
$2.50
View scan- Water damage.
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Published Nov 1950 by Dell Publishing Co..$5.00
View scan- 1/2 " Cumulative spine split. Staple rust.
- Water damage.
- Light Staple rust.
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Published May 1951 by Dell Publishing Co..$21.00
$21.00
$19.00
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Published Sep 1951 by Dell Publishing Co..$2.50
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Vol. 42 #1
Published Dec 1951 by Dell Publishing Co..$15.00
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Published Mar 1952 by Dell Publishing Co..$21.00
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Published Mar 1953 by Dell Publishing Co..$5.00
View scan- 1/4" Cumulative spine split. Staple Rust and Migration.
- Staple rust with migration.
- Staple rust with migration. 1/2" Spine split from top.
$2.80
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Published Oct 1953 by Dell Publishing Co..$15.00
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Published Mar 1954 by Dell Publishing Co..
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Published May 1954 by Dell Publishing Co..
- Staple rust with migration.
- Staple rust with migration.
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Published Aug 1954 by Dell Publishing Co..$6.00
View scan- 1/2" Spine split from top.
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Published Oct 1954 by Dell Publishing Co..$5.00
View scan- 3/4" Spine split from bottom. Staple Rust and Migration.
- 1" Spine split from bottom.
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Published Nov 1954 by Dell Publishing Co..$6.00
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Published Feb 1955 by Dell Publishing Co..
- 3/4 " Cumulative spine split. Staple rust.
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Published Mar 1955 by Dell Publishing Co..$6.00
View scan- Staple rust.
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Published May 1955 by Dell Publishing Co..
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Published Jul 1955 by Dell Publishing Co..
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Published Aug 1955 by Dell Publishing Co..
- 1/2" Spine split from bottom. Rust migration.
$3.00
View scan- 1/2" Spine split from bottom. Rust migration.
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Published Sep 1955 by Dell Publishing Co..
- 1/2 " Spine split from top. Staple rust.
- 1/2 " " Cumulative spine split.
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Published Jan 1956 by Dell Publishing Co..
- 1/4" Spine split on Front Square bound. 3/4" Spine split on Back Square bound. Staple rust.
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Published Apr 1956 by Dell Publishing Co..
- 3/4 " Cumulative spine split. Staple rust.
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Published Oct 1956 by Dell Publishing Co..$3.50
View scanOctober, 1956. Cover by Bill Stone. True Booklengths: "Alone in an Empty House" and "I Felt Fear Cry in my Heart". True Short Stories: "Don't Let Death Cheat Me Again", "I Was Too Curious About Love", "The Love in a Little Girl's Eyes", "Child of Divorce", "My Heart is in My Hands", and "I Was Trouble Bait". Articles and Features: "Tell Me Your Troubles" - By Aunt Martha, "To Every Mother of a Young Girl", Modern Romances Poll, "Old Fashioned Beef Stew" - By Mrs. Eleanor Kent, and "You're Expecting But So Is He" - By Emily Andrews. Your Baby: "I Can't Stop Worrying" - By Robert King, "What to Eat Whe You're Pregnant", and "Pregnant But Pretty" - By Paula Miller. 8 1/2" x 10 3/4", 110 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.
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Published Dec 1956 by Dell Publishing Co..
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Published Jan 1957 by Dell Publishing Co..
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Published May 1957 by Dell Publishing Co..$3.50
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Published Mar 1958 by Dell Publishing Co..
- 3/4" Cumulative spine split. Staple Rust and Migration.
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Published Jun 1958 by Dell Publishing Co..
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Published Aug 1958 by Dell Publishing Co..
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Published Jun 1968 by Dell Publishing Co..$21.00
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Published Oct 1969 by Dell Publishing Co..$15.00
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