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Issue: Best Romance #7 Public Domain
Publication Date: August 1952
 
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Publisher: FlagPines
Brand: Standard ComicsView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Visual Editions Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 9 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: Indexed from a scan from http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/.

All art attributions from Jim Vadeboncouer, Jr.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: newsprint
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
? (photograph)
? (photograph)
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typeset
Subject Matter
romantic
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I Broke the Rules

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Art Saaf
Art Saaf
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?
Subject Matter
romantic
Peg Phillips; Bob; Mrs. Vickers; Bill Benson; Harry
Peg is desperate to find a husband, but her overeager actions scare men away. When her boss Mrs. Vickers warns her that new employee Bill is “off limits,” Peg thinks he’s married and is cool to him, even when he tries to be friendly. Mrs. Vickers invites Peg and Bob to dinner, and explains her plan: she didn’t want Peg to chase Bill off. Peg and Bill fall in love naturally.
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About Face

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Art Peddy ?
Bernard Sachs
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?
Subject Matter
romantic
“Which girl looks more interesting from the rear? The neat one, of course!” Women should take care that the "rear view" is as neat as their frontal appearance.
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FlagWeird Love #1 [1st Printing] published May 2014
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Advice.
Romantic Me!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Mike Sekowsky
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?
Subject Matter
romantic
Hildy; Bert; Hildy's mother
Hildy wants a romantic lover instead of her plain boyfriend Bert. However, her mother warns her that a man she thought was romantic—-her friend Cynthia’s boyfriend—-turned out to be “completely inconsiderate and insincere!” Hildy realizes she has a good thing in Bert and accepts his marriage proposal.
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Love Is to Blame

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Vernon Greene
Vernon Greene
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?
Subject Matter
romantic
Brian Radcliffe; Lucy Wesdorf; Joe Decker; Mrs. Radcliffe; Lafferty
Lucy is attracted to wealthy Brian, although her longtime friend Joe says he’s a “stuffed shirt” and a “playboy.” Lucy dates Brian, who keeps their relationship a secret from his mother, Lucy’s employer, but she finds out and demands Lucy stop corrupting her son. Lucy is fired when she refuses. Brian leaves Lucy behind when the gambling ship they’re on is raided. Joe bails Lucy out of jail, and she realizes he’s the man for her, not lazy, mother's-boy Brian.
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Heart in the Kitchen

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Mickey Klar Marks
Nick Cardy (illustrations)
Nick Cardy (illustrations)
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typeset
Subject Matter
romantic
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Writer credit from Mickey Klar Marks' papers at the University of Southern Mississippi.
Love Problems

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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?
John Celardo
John Celardo
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?
Subject Matter
romantic
Sandy; Hal; Mike; Gloria
Sandy can’t decide between Hal or Mike, and her mother suggests she date other boys for “a fresh perspective!” Hal and Mike agree. At a dance, Sandy sees both Hal and Mike with other dates, and discovers she’s only jealous when she looks at Hal. He’s the man she loves.
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My Borrowed Kisses

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Irv Novick
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?
Subject Matter
romantic
Jeff Roman; Peggy Farnum; Marilyn
Salesman Jeff is stranded in Leesburg when his car breaks down. He remembers being stationed there while in the Army years before, and dating Peggy. He thinks he may still love Peggy, which is why he hasn’t proposed to his hometown girl Marilyn. Jeff meets Peggy and they talk about what has transpired in their lives in the intervening years. They part as friends and Jeff now feels free to marry Marilyn.
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The Permanent Rave

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Jim Mooney
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Subject Matter
romantic
Don’t be “a girl who scatters around the most amazing collection of descriptive superlatives you ever heard.”
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