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Issue: True Life Secrets #2 Public Domain
Publication Date: May 1951
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Issues: #2 of 29 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagCharlton
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Romantic Love Stories 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: 8 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Charles J. Levy; Charles Santangelo
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Golden Age US, later Standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was ongoing
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: romantic
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: This is probably a publicity photo from a film since the indicia says "Cover Picture Courtesy Astor Pictures Corporation" but the film title and the actors are not identified.
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Love Notes

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Genres: romantic
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Five cartoons with trivia about love.
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Too Successful For Love

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Character(s): Katherine "Kit" Laurel; George Dunn; R.L. Masters; Ceil; Mr. Hartwell
Synopsis: Kit runs her own ad agency. She belittles the competent work of account executive George just to assert her dominance. She agrees to have dinner with George, and is given a makeover by her secretary Ceil. George kisses Kit and although she likes it, she fires him. George starts his own agency and competes with Kit for a big account. The businessman says he wants them to work together on the campaign. Kit and George admit they are in love and decide on a professional and personal merger.
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Pages: 10
Job Number: H-307
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I Knew All the Answers

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Fred Bell
Inker(s): Fred Bell
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Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Character(s): Anne; Leo Secor; Lenny; Vic Roman; Gene Corbett; Mrs. Roman; Betty Roman
Synopsis: Waitress Anne clubs her lecherous boss with a frying pan, then accepts a ride with trucker Vic. They hear a radio broadcast accusing her of assault and robbery: she knows it was the counterman who stole the money after she left. Stopped by the police, Vic claims Anne is his sister. He takes her to the house he shares with his mother and sister. They fall in love, but Anne doesn’t want Vic to get involved in her troubles. She asks Leo to drop the robbery charges, but he says he wants her to pay for hitting him. However, Vic and the police overhear him, and Anne is cleared.
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Just One Rose

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Genres: romantic
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Cannery Dream Girl

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Genres: romantic
Character(s): Will Hanson; Ruth; Doris; Joe; Dick; Captain Byrnes; Frankie Yule; Vic Duran
Synopsis: Ruth works in a fish cannery and hates it. Fellow worker Will says he also wants to get out, but is making plans for the future: he has saved almost enough money to buy a fishing boat. Ruth says that would be no life for her and rejects him. Ruth and her friend Doris are picked up by crooks Frankie and Vic, who try to coerce them into providing an alibi for a robbery they just committed. Ruth flees to Will’s boat and they sail away. They will soon be married.
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I Loved an Artist

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Genres: romantic
Character(s): Susan McClain; Raphael Walton; Hal Devlin
Synopsis: Susan works as a secretary for Hal in his ad agency. She lives in Greenwich Village and falls in love with aspiring artist Raphael. Raphael exploits Susan: she works overtime and skimps on her own meals to give him money. Hal takes Susan to dinner and they spot Raphael with another woman. Hal tells Susan he knew Raphael was no good but wanted her to find out for herself. Hal punches the moocher and kisses Susan.
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Love Quiz

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Genres: romantic
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Six illustrated "love quiz" questions. These are numbered and the label "2" appears twice on the page.

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