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Issue: Thrilling Romances #5 Public Domain
Publication Date: December 1949
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Issues: #5 of 22 Issues
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Publisher: FlagPines
Brand: Standard ComicsView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Standard Magazines 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)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US; then standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
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Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Inker(s): ? (photograph)
Colorist(s): ? (photograph)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Character(s): Barbara Hale; Bill Williams
Synopsis: Actress Barbara Hale, "currently appearing in RKO's 'The Window,'" and her husband, actor Bill Williams.
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The Fool Was I!

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Art Gates ?
Inker(s): Art Gates ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Character(s): Laura Stewart; Frank Jameson; Tom Drake; John Varden; Marie; Charles Deering
Synopsis: Laura will marry Tom as soon as he can provide “security!” She helps build up his garage business but Tom feels pressured by her ambition. When he learns Laura flirts with men to get them to sign service contracts with the garage, Tom breaks up with her and gives her the business. Laura realizes money can’t make her happy, and donates the company to charity. She asks Tom’s friend Frank to take her to Tom. Tom is now running a small town garage and he takes Laura back.
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Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
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Love Lore

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Mort Meskin
Inker(s): Mort Meskin
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
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My Problem Sister

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Mort Meskin
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Genres: romantic
Character(s): Barbara Gordon; Kate Gordon; Mrs. Gordon; Tommy Duncan; Jimmy Joyce; Dr. Ted Joyce
Synopsis: Kate’s sister Barbara is selfish and subject to “terrible rages!” When widowed doctor Ted proposes to Kate, Barbara decides to steal him away. She gets her way and Ted’s son Jimmy runs away because he doesn’t like her. Jimmy is injured in a fall and Ted has to operate; Barbara is too squeamish to help and Kate has to do it. Jimmy recovers and Ted decides Kate is the right wife for him after all.
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
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The Legend of Gretna Green

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Mort Meskin [as Mort] (signed)
Inker(s): Mort Meskin [as Mort] (signed)
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Genres: non-fiction
Synopsis: History of Scottish town where marriages are performed.
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Romance for Sally

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Writer(s): June McDonald
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
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What Should I Do?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Mort Meskin
Inker(s): Mort Meskin
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Character(s): Sylvia; Sylvia's father; Dick Stone; Professor John Crane
Synopsis: Sylvia, whose father was “the center of my universe,” rejects suitor Dick for older professor John. However, as Sylvia matures she realizes “youth and age may sometimes mix – but that, normally, people should grow old together!” She goes back to Dick.
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Disclose Notes: Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
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Kirk Douglas... Real Life Star!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Art Saaf
Inker(s): Art Saaf
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Genres: biography
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It Pays To Be Different

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Betty Cummings
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
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Hearts at Sea

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Frank Sieminsky
Inker(s): Frank Sieminsky
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Character(s): Martha Coyle; Jeb Thomas; Randolph
Synopsis: Martha refuses to marry Jeb unless he gives up his job as a fisherman. He refuses. Wealthy Randolph courts Martha but when they go for a sail and a storm blows up, Randolph reveals his cowardice. Jeb rescues them and Martha decides she’ll marry him, because she no longer fears or hates the sea.
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.

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