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Issue: Realistic Romances #1
Publication Date: July 1951
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Issues: #1 of 8 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagAvon
Brand: A Realistic ComicView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Realistic Comics, Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 6 (4 stories, 1 cover)
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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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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Penciller(s): ? (painted? photograph?)
Inker(s): ? (painted? photograph?)
Colorist(s): ? (painted? photograph?)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cover taken from Avon Paperback #211 (1949), titled “The Scarf of Passion” by Robert Bloch.
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introduction

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Everett Raymond Kinstler (signed)
Inker(s): Everett Raymond Kinstler (signed)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
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In Content Item: FlagHollywood Secrets of Romance #9 published January 1958
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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I Was A....Bride For Sale!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Everett Raymond Kinstler (signed)
Inker(s): Everett Raymond Kinstler (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Character(s): Diana; Jim Keegan; Walt Melford
Synopsis: Diana weds assistant director Walt. He wants her to use her friendship with movie studio head Jim (she had been Jim’s secretary) to further his career. Walt throws them together and doesn’t even complain when Jim embraces her. Walt is promoted to director but when Diana—who has fallen in love with Jim—asks her husband for a divorce, he begs her to stay. In a drunken, jealous rage, Walt tries to murder Jim but ends up dead himself. Jim and Diana will be together at last.
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In Content Item: FlagRomantic Love #20 published March 1954
as I Was a... Bride for Sale [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8
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Port Of Missing Girls

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Louis Ravielli (signed)
Inker(s): Louis Ravielli (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Character(s): Janis Ware; Alex Barton; Karl Norton; Sammy Gluck
Synopsis: Struggling actress Janis is hired by Karl Norton, then learns he wants her to help smuggle diamonds across the border. She is threatened with death unless she complies. Janis becomes friendly with Karl’s sympathetic henchman Alex but rejects his romantic advances because he’s a criminal. However, Alex is actually an undercover FBI agent. After Karl is captured, Alex and Janis can freely express their love.
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In Content Item: FlagRomantic Love #20 published March 1954
as Port of Missing Girls [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7
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Love Me Again!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): John Forte (signed)
Inker(s): Jack Abel (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Character(s): Ronnie Lane; Dot; Mrs. Lane; Vivian Mantell; Dr. Johns
Synopsis: Ronnie loves Dot but contracts amnesia after a fall. Vivian claims she and Ronnie were engaged. Dot and Vivian compete for Ronnie’s affections anew. Ronnie chooses Dot and eventually regains his memory.
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In Content Item: FlagRomantic Love #20 published March 1954
as Love Me Again [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8
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Too Many Lovers!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Character(s): Anne Adams; Laura; Freddie Hazzard; George Thompson; Irv Michaels; Don Winchester; Tom Clay
Synopsis: Anne has a string of wealthy lovers that support her, but her scam is threatened when her innocent, small-town cousin Laura becomes her roommate. Laura thinks Anne is attending school. Laura gets a job in a law office and introduces her friend Don to Anne. Anne becomes obsessed with Don, but her plans go awry and she confesses her scheme to steal him to Laura. Laura moves out and marries Don. Anne meets Tom at the wedding and finds true love at last.
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In Content Item: FlagRomantic Love #20 published March 1954
as Too Many Lovers [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8

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