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Issue: True Life Secrets #9 Public Domain
Publication Date: September 1952
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Issues: #9 of 29 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagCharlton
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Romantic Love Stories Inc.
On Sale Date: 1952
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 8 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Alfred V. Fago
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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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Frank Frollo (signed)
Inker(s): Al Fago (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
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Pages: 1
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Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Frank Frollo (signed)
Inker(s): Frank Frollo (signed)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Full page illustration with table of contents on inside front cover, black-and-white. Four stories are listed but only 3 match the actual story titles in the comic: the other one is "My Bitter Experience" which probably refers to the first story "Older and Wiser," which is not listed on the contents page.
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Older and Wiser!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Al Tyler (credited)
Penciller(s): Art Cappello (signed)
Inker(s): Art Cappello (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Character(s): Norma Smith; The Runt; The Lug; Charlie
Synopsis: Norma leaves her coal-miner husband and becomes a model in the big city. She's then hired to dance in a nightclub; part of her act is to distribute beads from her necklace to certain customers. However, she's arrested because the beads contain dope. Her boss clears her of wrongdoing and Norma returns to her husband, who takes her back.
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Pages: 7
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My Secret Betrayed Me

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Al Tyler (credited)
Penciller(s): Art Cappello (signed)
Inker(s): Art Cappello (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Ann Dowling; Myrt Dowling; Mr. Dowling; Mrs. Dowling; Roland Storm
Synopsis: Ann resents her younger sister Myrt, whose dancing ability helps make her a star under the name "Jessica." Ann starts to impersonate Myrt around their hometown; she even fools wealthy Roland, who is in love with Myrt. However, Ann discovers she doesn't like the phony world of theatrical hangers-on, and confesses everything to Roland, who hits her. Ann drops her masquerade and returns to her own life, happier now. She also discovers Myrt has married the real Roland, and the man she had been dating was another impostor.
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My Moment of Madness

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Penciller(s): ? (illustration)
Inker(s): ? (illustration)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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I Was A Pawn of Passion

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Al Tyler (credited)
Penciller(s): Frank Frollo (signed)
Inker(s): Frank Frollo (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Character(s): Cynthia Walker; Dr. Gene Studjzen; Ronnie
Synopsis: Nurse Cynthia loves doctor Gene. After a train wreck, Cynthia sees Gene worrying about a young woman victim. Cynthia jealously decides to kill her by substituting water for medicine; she later changes her mind but the woman is dead. Cynthia goes to work in another hospital across the country. She and doctor Ronnie fall in love. After another train wreck, Cynthia discovers Gene is one of the injured; he tells her that the woman died of her injuries and it wasn't Cynthia's fault. A jealous Ronnie tries to pull the same scheme to kill Gene but Cynthia stops him. They decide to get married.
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Pages: 9
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Key To My Heart

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Al Tyler (credited)
Penciller(s): Art Cappello (signed)
Inker(s): Art Cappello (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Character(s): Deborah Devershire; Richard Keaton; Mr. Erson; Jennifer; Dexter Cornwalis
Synopsis: Deborah idolizes her late father and runs her family estate as she imagines he would, ruthlessly. She decides to marry Richard, who strongly resembles her father, to make sure she has an heir. Richard doesn't love her and after their marriage says she doesn't deserve a child. He leaves and she realizes she does love him, and her image of her father is a false one. They reconcile.
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Strictly For the Brides

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Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction, romantic
Synopsis: Brief anecdotes about wedding customs.
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover, black-and-white. Bottom half of page is an advertisement.

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