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Issue: True Love Problems and Advice Illustrated #13 Public Domain
Publication Date: January 1952
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Issues: #13 of 42 Issues (43 Printings)
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagHarvey
Brand: Harvey Publications H [Heart]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Home 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: 12 (6 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: Indexed from scanned copy at http://comicbookplus.com

Most of this issue was reprinted as True Love Problems and Advice Illustrated 32 (March 1955).
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U.S.; Later Standard Silver Age U.S.
Paper Stock: Glossy Covers; Newsprint Interiors
Binding: Saddle-Stitched
Publishing Format: Was ongoing
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My Scarlet Affair!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
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Pages: 1
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Contents

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): Various
Inker(s): Various
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Bittersweet Love

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Genres: romantic
Character(s): Betsy King; Sam; Pop King; Toby Regent; Rosalind Crosby
Synopsis: Betsy and her father run a desert gas station. One day Toby wanders in and is hired to help. Betsy tries to make friends but Toby is cold to her. She discovers an inscribed photo of actress Rosalind in Toby’s room and he says he was married to her. Betsy is shocked but Toby later says his wife died several years before; he’s a novelist and couldn’t write, but Betsy’s love has cured his writer’s block. Betsy and Toby will wed.
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I Won't Cry Anymore!

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: romantic
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Intimate Interlude

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Genres: romantic
Character(s): Harriet; Edward Prescott; Mrs. Prescott
Synopsis: Harriet takes a cross-country train to a new job in California. On the journey, she meets Ed and they have an affair. However, when they arrive in Los Angeles, Ed is greeted by his wife and children. Harriet is “numb with sadness and disillusion!” and is “at the bottom of the abyss of heartache!” but she decides to “make the best of my mistake!”
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Genres: war
First Line: War is Hell!
Synopsis: House ad for Warfront #3.
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Disclose Notes: Reproduces cover with art tentatively identified as Warren Kremer.
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Can I Trust Him?

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Genres: romantic
Character(s): Pat; Ted; Daphne
Synopsis: Pat is engaged to Ted but he confesses he’s having an affair with diner waitress Daphne. He says he loves Pat and “Daphne is everything I hate and despise! Yet I can’t resist her!” They break up. Three months later, Ted asks Pat to take him back. Pat asks the readers of Love Problems to advise her if she can trust Ted or not.
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Disclose Notes: Coupon at bottom of last page urging readers to send in their advice.
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First Line: Spine-Tingling Thrillers
Synopsis: House ad/subscription form for Witches Tales and Chamber of Chills.
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Disclose Notes: Black-and-white. Cover reproductions of Witches Tales 5 and Chamber of Chills 22.
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My Scarlet Affair!

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Genres: romantic
Character(s): John; Doris Eliot; Rodney Dupray
Synopsis: Although boyfriend Johnny wants her to “forget all these career ideas” and marry him, Doris wants to be an artist. Middle-aged patron of the arts Rodney offers to help Doris. Doris allows Rodney to make love to her to repay his assistance. Doris breaks up with Johnny. Rodney finally allows Doris to have a show of her paintings: she is ridiculed by all. Rodney tells her “your talents are all in your face—not in your hands!!” and says she should forget her “ridiculous attempts at painting!” Doris leaves, vowing to study and become a great artist and “someday…ask for Johnny’s forgiveness…”
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Disclose Notes: Buttonnosed characters.
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Broken Love

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Genres: romantic
Character(s): Valerie Matthews Raynal; Barry Raynal; Sue Robbins; Dean
Synopsis: College teacher Valery marries Barry, an older student back in school because “the war had interrupted [his] education.” They have to keep their marriage a secret because it is against the college’s rules. Valery is jealous of Barry’s friendship with female student Sue. The truth comes out and Valery resigns so that Barry can stay and complete his education. They won’t have much money until he graduates and gets a real job, but they’ll be happy together.
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): What I Learned From Love
First Line: I learned my lesson the hard way!
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First Line: I offered my heart first to one man
Synopsis: House ad for First Love 16.
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Disclose Notes: Small thumbnail sketches of women's faces by Powell and Elias.

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