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Issue: Romantic Marriage #18 Public Domain
Publication Date: September 1953
 
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Publisher: FlagSt. John
Indicia Publisher: St. John Publishing Co.
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)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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[untitled]

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romantic
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Miscellaneous
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Thrill Hungry

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Ben Oda
Subject Matter
romantic
Nita Radford; Tony; Mr. Radford; Sybil Fraser; Ben Gregg
Impetuous playgirl Nita decides to change her wild ways and marry struggling aircraft designer Ben. He refuses to touch her family’s money and she becomes bored. After a party, Nita agrees to run off the next day with her former boyfriend Tony. However, Tony changes his mind and doesn’t show up: it’s Ben who arrives at the rendezvous. Nita admits her dalliance with Tony was a mistake, because she loves Ben.
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Miscellaneous
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Mail Order Bride

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Ben Oda
Subject Matter
romantic
Ellen Wilkie; Tom Wilkie; Mrs. Monday; Bill Kenyon
Ellen travels to Texas to marry Tom, a widower she met through a magazine's lonely hearts ad. They are happy at first, but Tom refuses to let Ellen socialize with any of their neighbors. He refuses to explain at first, then tells her that he blames the others for his first wife’s death; she was accidentally killed after arguing with Tom about her social life. When the barn catches fire, the neighbors all arrive to help Tom save his ranch, and he realizes he judged them unfairly. He promises to change his ways.
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The Heart Is Ageless!

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Ben Oda
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romantic
Fred Langston; Elaine Langston; Mr. Langston; Mrs. Langston; Hal; Rhoda; Miss Brook
Elaine marries Fred, who is eight years younger. When she meets his friends, she tries too hard to appear and act young and instead makes a bad impression. They vacation with two younger couples, and Elaine attempts to keep up with them, but falls from a horse. When she recovers, Elaine apologizes for her actions and Fred says “love doesn’t know anything about age” and he loves her.
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6
I Flunked a Love Test

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Fred Kida
Fred Kida
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Subject Matter
romantic
Wes; Buddy; Ann
Ann chooses Wes over Buddy, because “he’ll make good in business” while Buddy is just “going to be a school teacher” and “hasn’t much.” Ann urges Wes to steal a school bus as a prank, but when it crashes, Buddy rescues the injured Wes from the flames. Ann now tells Buddy she prefers him, but he says “you love no one but yourself.”
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FlagSweethearts Library #58 published January 1957
as I Flunked a Love Test [Story on Interior Page(s)]black-and-white reprint, modified for digest size
 
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Psychology of Jealousy

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romantic
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Our Day of Reckoning

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Ben Oda
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romantic
Peg Travis; Burt Travis; Tod Lawrence; Maurice Dalmay
Peg marries Burt. Her ex-fiancé Tod visits and makes a pass at her, and is caught by Burt. Tod warns Burt that Peg will not be faithful to him. Burt and Peg move to North Africa where he’s going to work on a construction job. Their rich neighbor Maurice convinces Peg to run away with him, but when they are caught in a “native” uprising, Maurice abandons her. Burt and some soldiers rescue Peg and she says she’ll love him forever.
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Miscellaneous
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I Wanted to Be an Artist!

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Miscellaneous
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Ad for Art Instruction, Inc. in comic form; on back cover

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