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Issue: Popular Romance #22 Public Domain
Publication Date: January 1953
 
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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: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 8 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
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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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reprinted 3 times as Content Items in other Issues.
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
? (photograph)
? (photograph)
? (photograph)
?
Subject Matter
romantic
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Miscellaneous
1
Blinded by Love

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Alex Toth
Mike Peppe
?
?
Subject Matter
romantic
Debby Rainey; Paul Allen; Lon Farrell; Mr. Rainey; Mrs. Allen
Debby, Paul and Lon grow up together. Lon goes in the Air Force and Paul joins the Army. When Paul comes home on leave, Debby thinks she loves him, but when Lon arrives, he is “the man who was my life!” They become engaged. Debby suffers “horrible facial injuries” in a car crash. When Lon sees her scarred face, he postpones their wedding. Debby works as a volunteer at the local veterans’ hospital. One day she sees Paul in the hospital: he was blinded in the war. Debby realizes it’s Paul she truly loves. Paul regains his eyesight and says Debby is “the most beautiful girl on Earth to me!”
Reprinting
FlagTrue Love #2 published January 1986
as Blinded by Love [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagGenius, Isolated: The Life and Art of Alex Toth #[nn] published April 2011
as Blinded by Love [Story on Interior Page(s)]Republished from original art
FlagSetting the Standard: Comics by Alex Toth 1952-1954 #[nn] published August 2011
as Blinded by Love [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
10
[untitled]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Brenda Brant
? (illustration)
? (illustration)
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Just Between Us...
For complete harmony in your winter outfits wear lipstick shades that complement the color of your costume.
Fashion advice
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Miscellaneous
1
One Man for Me!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Ralph Mayo (signed)
Ralph Mayo (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
romantic
Louise; Susan Baxter; Aunt Carrie; Ken Grayson
Louise falls in love with Ken but one day he suddenly breaks off their relationship and she sees him with Susan. Louise’s aunt Carrie confesses that she poisoned Ken’s mind, because she feared being left all alone if Louise married him. Carrie tells Ken the truth and he and Louise reconcile.
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Miscellaneous
7
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The Eyes Have It!

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Mickey Marks (signed)
Rocke Mastroserio (illustrations)
Rocke Mastroserio (illustrations)
?
typeset
Subject Matter
romantic
Mona tries a special prescription on her favorite Optometrist.
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Miscellaneous
2
B-740?
Art credit from JVJ index card attached to online scanned version: http://comicbookplus.com/?dlid=70008&b=i
My Careless Heart

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Nick Cardy
Nick Cardy
?
?
Subject Matter
romantic
Jill Mathers; Les Evart; Margie Evart; Mr. Evart; Mrs. Evart; Stevie Evart; Mrs. Groves; Tom
Jill falls in love with Les, but she doesn’t like sharing him with his family, having never had a family of her own. They become engaged but when Jill complains about Les spending too much time with his parents and siblings, they break up. Jill is depressed but on her birthday Les’s family throws a party for her and she and Les make up.
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Miscellaneous
8
R-713
[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Brenda Brant
? [as MP] (signed) (Mike Peppe?) (illustration)
? [as MP] (signed) (Mike Peppe?) (illustration)
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Let's Talk It Over
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Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Vernon Greene
?
?
?
Subject Matter
romantic
Love Problems
Joyce Loring; Larry Kent; Mrs. Loring; Mrs. Kent; Mr. Kent; Doris
I'm sorry Joyce but I'm through!
Joyce meets her boyfriend Larry’s family and makes a bad impression because she’s “completely tactless!”
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Miscellaneous
2
Pencil credit from JVJ index card attached to online scanned version:

http://comicbookplus.com/?dlid=70008&b=i

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