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Issue: Popular Romance #14 Public Domain
Publication Date: August 1951
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Issues: #14 of 25 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagPines
Brand: Standard ComicsView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Better Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/07/1951
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 12 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1951 Periodicals, page 260.
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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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Inker(s): ? (photo)
Colorist(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Feature(s): Popular Romance
Character(s): Young Brunette Woman in Teal; Young Blond Man in Red
Synopsis: Full-page, front cover photograph of a young couple playfully embracing.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: romantic
Feature(s): Love Clinic
Character(s): Helen Slade; Eric
First Line: Yes, I admit it...
Synopsis: Full-page, inside front cover story about Helen Slade, a young woman strongly attracted to a young man named Eric. She doesn't want to appear too eager for his company and ignores him. He wearies of her game. The reader is asked to guess what she has done wrong. The answer is revealed in the last panel.
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Love Finds a Way

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Genres: romantic
Character(s): Peggy Davies; Ward Barclay; Kip Shelby; Peggy's parents; Laura (Peggy's friend)
Synopsis: Shortly after meeting him in a soda shop, Peggy Davies marries Kip Shelby, a well-heeled young man new in town. Within moments however, the police arrest Kip for a crime committed some time in his past. Peggy then moves to another town, finds a good job, and marries Ward Barclay, a decent, loving young man. She doesn't tell him of her disastrous first marriage. Three years, Kip is released from prison and appears at Peggy's back door threatening to reenter her life. The next day, however, she learns from a newspaper report that Kip was killed in a traffic accident after leaving her house.
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Advice

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Writer(s): Brenda Brant
Penciller(s): ? (spot illustration)
Inker(s): ? (spot illustration)
Colorist(s): ? (spot illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
Feature(s): Just Between Us...
Synopsis: Nonfiction article by Brenda Brant on sunglasses, bouquets, and other topics.
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Prisoner of My Heart

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Genres: romantic
Character(s): Edith Hilliard; Bud Baker; Bud's parents; Ginny (Edith's kid sister)
Synopsis: Edith Hilliard is an orphan boarding in the home of the Bakers, members of the orphanage board. She is secretly in love with their nephew Bud. She is self-conscious about her homeless background, and when Bud proposes, she is so confused, she runs away by hitching rides out of town. When one motorist expects physical intimacy for providing her with a lift, she flees into the stormy evening. Realizing her decision to run away from Bud was a mistake, she returns to the Baker home. The Bakers have prepared a surprise birthday party for her and when Bud once again proposes, she accepts.
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Liz Gets Hep

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Margaret Isbel
Penciller(s): ? (spot illustrations)
Inker(s): ? (spot illustrations)
Colorist(s): ? (spot illustrations)
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Character(s): Liz Drew; Max Rooker
Synopsis: Liz is a high school junior and is unable to get dates because she's too intellectual. She plays dumb for handsome senior Max and wins his interest.
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Afraid to Marry

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Genres: romantic
Character(s): Joanne Ames; Mark Dawson; Mark's mother
Synopsis: Shy and timid secretary Joanne dates handsome, well-to-do lawyer Mark and accepts his offer of marriage though terrified of his upper class background and social circle. She feigns illness to avoid meeting his friends. When he enters politics, her anxiety reaches a fever pitch. Mark's mother advises Joanne to take courage and make an attempt to overcome her shyness. She does, and finds strong support from Mark.
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Advice

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Writer(s): Brenda Brant
Penciller(s): ? (spot illustrations)
Inker(s): ? (spot illustrations)
Colorist(s): ? (spot illustrations)
Letterer(s): Typeset
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Genres: informational, non-fiction
Feature(s): Let's Talk It Over
Synopsis: Advice on make-up and relationships.
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Genres: romantic
Feature(s): Love Problems
Character(s): Joan; Ted Blake
First Line: I'm teaching Wadsworth's the business...
Synopsis: Joan is attracted to Ted but doesn't want him to know she needs money and is working after school at the five-and-ten. One Saturday night, her mother suggests she go to a movie rather than sit home alone. She does, and there she discovers Ted working as a theater usher. He admits he needs money, too. They decide to date on Sundays.
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Dress Offer

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Synopsis: Full-page ad for mail-order dresses.
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Bra Offer

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Synopsis: Full-page, inside back cover offer for mail-order bras.
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Clothing Offer

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Synopsis: Full-page, back cover ad for mail-order women's clothing.
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