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Issue: Exciting Romances #1 Public Domain
Publication Date: January 1949
 
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagFawcett
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Fawcett Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 8 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Roy Ald; Will Lieberson (executive editor)
Disclose Notes: Indexed from scanned copy at http://digitalcomicmuseum.com
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Cover, Front
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Title Page
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
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Subject Matter
romantic
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Miscellaneous
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Romantic Western

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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House ad for "Romantic Western" with a reproduction of the photo-cover of issue 1. However, this is not the finished cover, but a paste-up with the same photograph but a different title logo and the bottom part of the cover cut off.

Black-and-white, inside front cover.
Dishonest Heart

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Max Elkan
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Subject Matter
romantic
Naomi Winston; Ellis Clark
Naomi decides to write a satiric novel about an idealistic artist who betrays his ideals for love, and uses Ellis as her model. She makes Ellis fall in love with her, but when he learns the truth and leaves, Naomi realizes she actually loved him. Her book is rejected, but the publisher becomes interested in Ellis and hires him to write about art. Ellis becomes successful and forgives Naomi.
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Art credit from JVJ index card attached to scanned issue online. JVJ lists several possible inkers: "CM Jr. [Captain Marvel Jr.] artist (Mohler or MFD.)"
My Jealous Sin

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
romantic
Patty Crane; Bill Packer; Mr. Bell
Patty loves photographer Bill but her “crazy jealousy” about his models threatens their relationship. Patty ruins some valuable negatives so Bill will lose his job. Bill breaks up with her. Patty confesses to Bill’s boss and shows him some of Bill’s best photos to get him rehired. Bill and Patty reconcile.
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JVJ index card attached to online scanned version credits "Ski Nose" and (+ Golden?) for art.

"Patty" Crane is spelled "Pattie" in one panel.
Emperors Are Men

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Sandra Stevens
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typeset
Subject Matter
romantic
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Miscellaneous
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Careless

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Pete Costanza ?; C. A. Winter ?; D. Grant ? (see notes)
Pete Costanza ?; C. A. Winter ?; Bob Butts ?; Hing Chu ? (see notes)
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Subject Matter
romantic
Don Foster; Gracie; Ed; Professor Mendoza
Gracie and Ed work in her fiancé Don’s lab. Her carelessness and clumsiness result in accidents, including one in which Ed is badly burned and Don’s formula for a new antiseptic is apparently destroyed. Don breaks up with Gracie. Gracie finds portions of Don’s notes in the ruins and works desperately to restore them. Don’s work is awarded a research grant and Gracie hopes someday he will love her again.
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Saltarella says the facial expressions and body positioning, especially on the splash page, looks like Peter Costanza. The inking work is similar to C. A. Winter or Fred Guardineer, but there were several creators in the 1950s with similar styles.

The Digital Comic Museum scan of this issue includes a creator index card from Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr. that identified the artists by the code name "DAV2" which he believes to be either Earl Da Voren or D. Grant with Bob Butts or Hing Chu. Tony Rose suggests that it is unlikely to be Da Voren because he is only known to have worked for Ace on Super-Mystery Comics (1940 series), thinks it might be Winter instead.
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Subject Matter
Thrilling Romances!
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Miscellaneous
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Inside back cover, black-and-white.
House ad for Sweethearts 73, Life Story 1, and Cowboy Love 1, with reproductions of photo-covers.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
Real Stories About Real People
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Back cover. Promo for True Confessions magazine, with a photograph and a reproduction of the photo-cover of the August 1949 issue.

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