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Issue: First Romance Magazine #20 Public Domain
Publication Date: February 1953
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Issues: #20 of 52 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagHarvey
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Indicia Publisher: Home Comics 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: 8 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Leon Harvey
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US; standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: glossy covers; newsprint interiors
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Penciller(s): Al Avison ?
Inker(s): Al Avison ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Joe Rosen
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Contents

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Writer(s): Leon Harvey
Penciller(s): Various
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Love's Plaything

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Genres: romantic
Character(s): Carol Emrick; Phil Taine; Roger Mayo
Synopsis: College students Carol and Roger fall in love, but star football player Phil steals her away. Carol discovers Phil is unfaithful to her. After Roger, who also plays football, plays a great game, Carol apologizes to him and he takes her back.
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Surrender, My Love!

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Inker(s): Bob Powell ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Character(s): Lois Downing; Arnold Downing; Phil; Dan Bennett; Craig Manley
Synopsis: “Common-sense” Lois wants a husband who is “rich and reliable!” On a trip to Hawaii, she meets beachcomber Dan and they are attracted to each other, but she tells him “I’ve always been taught to hate shiftlessness---irresponsibility!” She urges him to get a job: “You’ve got to decide between me and your way of life! You can’t have both!” “You love only the dollar sign,” he replies, and they break up. Her father advises her to “follow your heart,” and Lois returns to Dan.
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How "Mini-Gym" Turns Dateless Dorothy Into Dazzling Dotty

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Romance for Sale

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Genres: romantic
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Too Long for Love

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Forbidden Rapture!

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Genres: romantic
Character(s): Bruce; Sue; Lila; Alan Herne; Sue's mother
Synopsis: Just before her boyfriend Bruce returns from service in Korea, Sue meets Alan and falls in love with him. Gossip about their relationship spreads through the town, because Bruce is a hero who received the Silver Star. Alan and Sue break up, and Sue is reunited with Bruce. He confronts her about the stories and Sue admits she loves Alan. Bruce helps Sue and Alan get back together.
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