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Issue: True Life Secrets #4 Public Domain
Publication Date: November 1951
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Issues: #4 of 29 Issues
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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: 9 (8 stories, 1 cover)
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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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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? [as Sweet]
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Genres: teen
Feature(s): Trudy
First Line: By the way Trudy...
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Can Love Come Early

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Writer(s): ?
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Genres: romantic
Character(s): Eileen; Rudy; Fred Snell; Irma
Synopsis: Resort waitress Eileen rejects the love of busboy Rudy, hoping to snare "a wealthy young man...who can take me away from this monotonous life!" She dates wealthy guest Fred, but when he takes her to some sleazy tourist cabins in anticipation of sex, she runs away. Rudy arrives and punches Fred. Eileen says she doesn't care if Rudy is just a busboy, she loves him--then he reveals that his father owns the resort, so she gets both love and money.
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Pages: 7
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She Called Me Fast

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Genres: romantic
Character(s): Marilyn Reeves; Mrs. Reeves; Bill Delan; Mrs. Delan
Synopsis: Roller derby skater Marilyn and rich Bill fall in love, but his mother doesn't approve of Marilyn. Marilyn helps set up a roller derby match for charity and Bill's mother changes her mind.
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We Didn't Want the Same Kind of Love

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: romantic
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Fall Into Love

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Genres: romantic
Character(s): Susan Graphis; Peter Winters; Chris; Miss Downes; Hazel
Synopsis: Susan and Peter are sharing an elevator when it crashes. They are unhurt and eventually fall in love. While at a carnival, Susan sees Peter kissing a showgirl and jealously leaves. Peter later apologizes, saying the showgirl was just kissing him impulsively after he had sketched her. Peter and Susan reconcile.
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Cupid Rode a Horse

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Genres: romantic
Character(s): Phyllis Dawson; George Duval
Synopsis: Hoping to meet a rich young man, Phyllis goes riding regularly in the park. One day she encounters George; they date and fall in love, even after she's confessed her scheme. Phyllis later learns he is wealthy and thinks he's been mocking her. George says he truly loves her and they will wed.
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I Yearned for New Love

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Genres: romantic
Character(s): Fran Devin; Joe; Ted Malloy
Synopsis: Fran and Joe are longtime friends but she breaks up with him because he takes her for granted and is too possessive. She meets amateur photographer Ted and models for some contest photos. Joe angrily breaks in but Ted handles him easily and now Fran and Ted are a couple.
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Love Lines

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Writer(s): J.M. Baillie; E.B. Browning; G.B. Shaw; Moliere; La Rochefoucauld
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Genres: romantic
Synopsis: Five quotes about love, with three spot illustrations.
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover, black and white. The bottom half of the page is ad advertisement.

The largest of the spot illustrations appears to be by the same artist who did the inside front cover (signed "Sweet"--inside back cover not signed).

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