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Issue: True Life Secrets #8 Public Domain
Publication Date: July 1952
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Issues: #8 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: 2
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 9 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Al Fago [as Alfred V. Fago]
Disclose Notes: Indicia says "Copyright 1952 by Romantic Love Stories, Inc."
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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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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Frank Frollo (signed)
Inker(s): Frank Frollo (signed)
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Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
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First Line: True Life Secrets presents
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Disclose Notes: Inside front cover, black-and-white and halftone art.
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My Emotional Error!

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Art Cappello (signed)
Inker(s): Art Cappello (signed)
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Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Character(s): Amy Mead; Frances; Jim; Howard Chittenden; Detective Barker; Detective Leslie
Synopsis: Amy fears she’ll be an “old maid,” so she dates Howard, a client of the brokerage firm where she works. They fall in love and become engaged. Howard claims his mother needs an operation and convinces Amy to credit $5,000 to his account, promising to replace it promptly. He later asks Amy for an additional $15,000. Amy learns she’s pregnant. The police tell Amy that Howard has been pulling this scam on women in various cities, but resisted arrest and was mortally wounded. Before he dies, Howard apologizes. Amy is sentenced to three years’ probation for her crime.
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Who Was the Other Woman?

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Genres: romantic
Character(s): Rose Eltens; Herbert Bosphor; John Dalton; Wilton Macaby; Eve Dashway
Synopsis: Rose works for Broadway producer John as a script reader. She recommends a play by Herbert and he is attracted to her personally, but Rose loves John and he loves her. Herbert says John is a womanizer and having an affair with actress Eve. Rose is relieved to learn Eve is actually John’s mother.
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Disclose Notes: The table of contents lists this story as "The Other Woman in My Life."
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Bad Blood

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Genres: romantic
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My Potent Kisses

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Penciller(s): Art Cappello (signed)
Inker(s): Art Cappello (signed)
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Genres: romantic
Character(s): Pearl Martins; Frank Hartly; Sam; Robert Benson; Dr. Willoughby
Synopsis: Pearl dates fellow workers Frank and Sam, but gets a reputation as a “hot dish” because she lets them kiss her. When she overhears Frank, Sam and Robert discussing her, she becomes upset and distracted, and is hit by a car. Bob donates blood to save her life and apologizes for his thoughtless remarks. Pearl and Bob fall in love and marry.
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I Tempted Trouble!

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Albert Tyler (signed)
Inker(s): Dick Giordano (signed)
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Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Character(s): Loretta Dorsett; Bill Dorsett; Pete Byrne; Mr. Winster
Synopsis: Loretta and Bill get married. He gets a promotion that means he has to travel, leaving Loretta alone in their new home. When Bill is called away to work, Loretta sees a play with Bill’s friend Pete, who kisses her afterward. Loretta doesn’t tell Bill, but when her husband goes on another trip, Pete convinces her to go out with him again. When they return to her house, Pete tries to force himself on Loretta, but Bill has come home early and punches his faithless friend. Loretta says “there can never be any other man for a married woman except her husband!”
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Love in the Old Days

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Genres: humorous
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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The World's Greatest Comics

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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Ad for Charlton titles: Lawbreakers, Cowboy Western, True Life Secrets, Crime and Justice, Hot Rods and Racing Cars, Thing!, Racket Squad in Action and Space Adventures.

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