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Issue: Popular Romance #5 Public Domain
Publication Date: December 1949
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Issues: #5 of 25 Issues
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Publisher: FlagPines
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Indicia Publisher: Better Publications 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 (7 stories, 1 cover)
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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 series
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Genres: romantic
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I Cheated Romance

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Genres: romantic
Character(s): Peggy Clinton; Jeff Lang; Marcia Troy; Mr. Clinton; Mrs. Clinton
Synopsis: Peggy meets Jeff on vacation, but fails to tell him that she’s only 17 years old. She continues to lie as a romance develops, claiming she has a job and hiding their relationship from her parents. When Jeff proposes, Peggy insists they elope. Afterward, Jeff learns the truth and says marriage can’t be built on a “tissue of lies.” The marriage is annulled. Peggy graduates from high school and gets a job. Jeff returns and they are “remarried.”
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Penciller(s): Mort Meskin [as Mort]
Inker(s): Mort Meskin
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Genres: non-fiction, romantic
Feature(s): Love Lore
First Line: In Spain, a girl can turn down...
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Love In Chains

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Genres: romantic
Character(s): Sally; Jock Winters; Marcia; Amy; Steve; Aunt Julia; Sam Thorne; Maggie Winters; Jane
Synopsis: Sally is mistreated as a child by her stepmother, and is extremely possessive as a young adult. Sally falls in love with baseball pitcher Jock, but is irritated by the constant presence of his catcher and friend Sam. When Sally refuses to let Jock’s little sister Maggie play with her childhood doll, Sam calls her selfish. Sally makes Jock think Sam made advances to her, but when this causes Jock’s career to falter, she confesses and Jock dumps her. However, learning Jock’s sister is ill, Sally takes the doll to her in the hospital. Jock decides Sally has changed and they are reunited.
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Feature(s): Let's Talk it Over
First Line: Worried? Troubled over some problem? Why not write...
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The Minute I Saw You

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Writer(s): Madeline Mines (credited)
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Genres: romantic
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Hollywood Heartache

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Penciller(s): John Celardo
Inker(s): John Celardo
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Genres: romantic
Character(s): Beth Bunty; Rex Hunt; Gene; Mr. Horton; Lily Lang
Synopsis: Teenager Beth moves to Rex’s ranch at age 15 after her father’s death. As a young adult, Beth loves Rex but he continues to treat her as a child. A Hollywood film company arrives to film at the ranch and Beth is jealous of star Lily’s flirtation with Rex. When Beth acts as Lily’s stand-in and is kissed by the director, Rex realizes Beth is a grown up woman and he loves her.
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Feature(s): Just Between Us...
First Line: It happens every day...perhaps it's even happened to you!
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Too Much Love

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Penciller(s): George Tuska
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Genres: romantic
Character(s): Cathy Saunders; Mr. Saunders; Mrs. Saunders; John; Anne; Bill; David Moore; Pat Godwin
Synopsis: Cathy feels her parents lead a “dull, loveless life” and insists she won’t get married until she finds a love that will last “forever!” Cathy falls in love with David but is afraid of losing him so she monopolizes his time. In an attempt to get married sooner, Cathy asks her parents for a loan but they can’t afford it and David is opposed. When Cathy demands that David fire his secretary and hire her, he says she’s “smothering” him and breaks up with her. Cathy’s friend advises her to “take the worry mask off” and enjoy life. Sure enough, David comes back to her since she’s changed.
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The Food of Love

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Penciller(s): Mort Meskin [as Mort]
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Genres: non-fiction
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