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Issue: My Real Love #5 Public Domain
Publication Date: June 1952
 
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Issues: #5 of 1 Issue
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Variant: unnamed
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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
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Content Items: 10 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
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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 series
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Penciller(s): ? (Photo cover)
Inker(s): ? (Photo cover)
Colorist(s): ? (Photo cover)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: photo cover of stars David Wayne & Gloria DeHaven from the movie "Down Among the Sheltering Palms"
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In Love with Love

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Character(s): Ann; Bob Dunne; Joan; Ann's mother
First Line: But life was so romantic and glamorous in books...
Synopsis: Ann is tired of her “European-born parents" who are “so old-fashioned” in their attempts to set her up with eligible suitors. When Bob mysteriously sends her a rose and a theatre ticket, Ann falls in love with him. However, she learns he is the son of a friend of her mother’s and the date was a set-up. Ann visits her cousin Joan, hoping Bob will track her down. When he doesn’t show up, Ann swallows her pride and goes to him. They get engaged.
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Pages: 6
Job Number: R-606
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Too Much Family!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Character(s): Jack; Peg; Jack's father; Jack's mother; Jack's sister
First Line: I was so much in love...
Synopsis: Peg and Jack are newlyweds. She becomes irritated at his family’s constant “helpful” suggestions and implied criticisms. Peg turns the tables on them at dinner one night, critiquing her mother-in-law’s cooking. Realizing what’s happening, everyone agrees to act more tactfully in the future.
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Pages: 3
Job Number: R-581
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Love on the 5:15

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Madeline Mines (credited)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Character(s): Marilyn
First Line: Marilyn had a romantic interest...
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Good-Time Girl!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Character(s): Marie; Larry Tyler; Joyce Wakely; Doctor Evans; Eleanor Brewster
First Line: Come back, Larry!
Synopsis: Marie doesn’t want to share her boyfriend Larry with anyone else, including their friends. When she’s injured and confined to a wheelchair, Marie suddenly has Larry’s undivided attention and enjoys it. Even when the doctor says she’s “as good as new,” Marie pretends to be unable to walk. When Larry finds out, he says “you’re nothing but a self-centered, spoiled brat!” and breaks up with her. Marie tries to forget her troubles by helping a blind student study for her final exams. This makes Larry change his mind and return to Marie.
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He's My Boss

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Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Character(s): Nancy; Mr. Harris; Mrs. Harris
Synopsis: Office worker Nancy misunderstands her supervisor's actions and learns not to mistake “common friendliness for a budding romance!”
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Job Number: R-569
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Shattered Dream!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Character(s): Wendy; Jed Caruthers
First Line: Love is a fragile flower...
Synopsis: Wendy meets farmer Jed while on vacation in the country. They fall in love, although her friends are unsure she will be able to adjust to country life. When Jed is late to their engagement party because his cow is having a calf, Wendy breaks up with him. However, six months later she visits Jed’s farm and sees the calf has been named after her. She and Jed are reunited.
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In Content Item: FlagBuried Treasure #2 published January 1986
as Shattered Dream! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSetting the Standard: Comics by Alex Toth 1952-1954 #[nn] published August 2011
as Shattered Dream! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 3
Job Number: R-580
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No Regrets

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Patty Hendryx (credited)
Penciller(s): ? (spot illustration)
Inker(s): ? (spot illustration)
Colorist(s): ? (spot illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Character(s): Ann Bentley; Richard Wellmark; John Suggs
First Line: Ann Bentley had the top of her '39 convertible down...
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Pages: 1
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I Ran from Romance

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Character(s): Steve Morrison; Jan Morrison; Carrie Carson; Johnson
First Line: I met and fell in love...
Synopsis: After five years of marriage to Jan, Steve gets his big break as director of a TV show starring beautiful Carrie Carson. Jan feels “inadequate, insignificant, and left out” as Steve spends all his time working on the show. When Jan sees Steve embracing Carrie, she leaves him. When Carrie dedicates a song to Jan on her program at Steve’s request, Jan and Steve meet; he says he “didn’t encourage” Carrie’s advances to him, and he apologizes for neglecting her. They reconcile.
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Pages: 7
Job Number: R-589
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The Second Look

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Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Character(s): Lila; Bill
Synopsis: The second date can be even more important than the first in getting to know someone.
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