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Afraid to Love

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Genres: romantic

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Pages: 1

Afraid to Love

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Genres: romantic

Character(s): Don Ryan; Sally Stevens; Ted Wagner

First Line: I had been dating Don Ryan who didn't thrill me! But if I married him, I felt sure I would never be poor!

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Pages: 6

Notes: Reprint information confirmed from data at the Digital Comic Museum (https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/).

I Stole My Roommate's Man

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Genres: romantic

Character(s): Jane Dearing; Deanna Lewis; Lonnie Mains; Skeets Paulson

First Line: After two years in a junior college, I transferred to Hammer University to get my degree!

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Pages: 5

Notes: Reprint information confirmed from data at the Digital Comic Museum (https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/). Page 3 from the original story has not been included in this reprint.

Alibi of Anguish

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Genres: romantic

Character(s): Kathleen Harris; Nils Anderson; Bix Barton; Harold Harris; Joey Ganti; Jim Johnson

First Line: You would have said that I had everything I needed to make me happy...youth, beauty, money, a man who adored me, and a streamlined automobile in which to run away from it all.

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Pages: 9

Notes: Reprint information confirmed from data at the Digital Comic Museum (https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/).

I Loved Him Too Much!

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Genres: romantic

Character(s): Jay Carten; Ellen Lowry; Janet Blake; Karen Rollins; Ken Marlin

First Line: Why are you staring at that fellow, Ellen? Do you know him?

Synopsis: Ellen's jealousy drives away the man she loves. When she dates another man who is as possessive as she was, she realizes the error of her ways.

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Pages: 6

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Genres: romantic

Character(s): Lyle; Buck Holloway; Wes Delbert; Dr. Campbell; Charlotte

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Pages: 9

Notes: Reprint information confirmed from data at the Digital Comic Museum (https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/). Indexer's copy is missing pages from the middle of the book which would have included the beginning of this story. Based on the existing page count, the missing pages probably included a complete story between this one and "I Loved Him Too Much!".

Lighthouse Girl

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Genres: romantic

Character(s): Sally Todd; Cap'n Jake; Bill; Roy Jennings; Cap'n Todd

First Line: I used to look across the harbor at night to the city and yearn to be a part of it's gayety. Although our island, called Rocky Horn, was barely a half mile from shore, it was a world apart.

Synopsis: Sally lives with her grandfather on a tiny island where he looks after the lighthouse for the harbor. A chance encounter in the school cafeteria with a boy from a wealthy family changes her life, but her grandfather warns her that the boy's family "ain't our kind" of people.

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Pages: 8

Notes: Reprint information confirmed from data at the Digital Comic Museum (https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/).

I Should Have Played Hard-to-Get

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Genres: romantic

Character(s): Barney; Gracie; Jock; Patty Byrne; Tub Nolan; Helen; Jean Webb; Wally; Miss Redmond

First Line: You shouldn't act like that, Barney! You're supposed to be rooting for Central, not razzing the pitcher!

Synopsis: Gracie falls for the baseball team's pitcher, but comes on too strong when all he really wants is to have fun before going off to college.

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Pages: 7

Love Symptoms

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Genres: romantic

First Line: He loves me ... he loves me not ... he loves me ...

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Pages: 1

Notes: Reprint information confirmed from data at the Digital Comic Museum (https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/).

Destined to Be Lonely

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Genres: romantic

Character(s): Tula Lee; Babs Doring; Ken Scott

First Line: Ken could never really care for you, Tula Lee! You're nothing but a primitive island girl!

Synopsis: Tula was raised by her father on the South Sea island of Panoa after the death of her mother. As she grows older, she feels lonely with no other people her age on the island. However, that changes when a boat crashes into the reef during a hurricane.

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Pages: 6

Notes: Reprint information confirmed from data at the Digital Comic Museum (https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/).

My Hasty Heart

Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)

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Letterer(s): typeset

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Genres: romantic

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Pages: 1

Notes: Advertisement for Illustrated Romance Library No. 59, which was also on sale at the time. Ad includes art for title story of that issue, "My Hasty Heart".