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Issue: Thrilling Romances #23 Public Domain
Publication Date: October 1953
 
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Variant: unnamed
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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
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 9 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
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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
Binding:  
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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reprinted as a Content Item in another Issue.
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
? (photograph)
? (photograph)
? (photograph)
typeset
Subject Matter
romantic
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Photo-cover
Chance For Happiness

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Alex Toth
Mike Peppe
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?
Subject Matter
romantic
Freda Morgan; Johnny Morgan; Bertram Morgan; Bill Morgan
An immigrant bride comes to the U.S. to be with her ex-G.I. husband, but must deal with the disapproval of her father-in-law.
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FlagSetting the Standard: Comics by Alex Toth 1952-1954 #[nn] published August 2011
as Chance for Happiness [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
10
E-838
Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
Previous indexer suggested Toth for inks, too.
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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?
Subject Matter
humorous
Ivy
Ivy; Woody
I'd love to go to the movies, Woody!
Woody helps Ivy buy a bathing suit.
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Miscellaneous
0.5
B-732
half-page filler beneath an advertisement for The Fun Man novelty catalog.
Out of the Frying Pan...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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?
Subject Matter
romantic
Joyce; Jack; Bert; Marion
Cautionary tale about lying to a potential romantic partner.
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Miscellaneous
1
R-709
Magic of Love

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Art Saaf
Art Saaf
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?
Subject Matter
romantic
Pinky Stevens; Myra Stevens; Jeff Mitchell; Steve; Mr. Stevens; Mrs. Stevens; Frank
Bookish sister Pinky falls in love with her glamourous sister's boyfriend.
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7
R-817
Call Me Darling

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Margaret Isbell
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typeset
Subject Matter
romantic
Geraldine Barrett; Lew Hunter
Geraldine yearns to have her neighbor Lew, a soldier on leave from Korea, to see her as more than a little girl.
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Miscellaneous
2
R849
Page 1 includes half-page illustrated Title comic panel (no dialogue)

Page 2 includes a single illustrated comic panel (no dialogue)
How Cosmetics and Jewelry Began

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Vernon Greene
Vernon Greene
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?
Subject Matter
romantic
short comparison of "primitive" culture origins of using body paint and jewelry, leaping to modern day illustration
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Miscellaneous
1
Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
Take My Heart

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Vince Colletta (signed)
Vince Colletta (signed)
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?
Subject Matter
romantic
Jane Tyler; Agnes; Mary; Jim Lane; Dr. Ken Baird; Mr. Wilson; Sally
Jane Tyler escapes small-town life, moving to work in Washington D.C. and to find a sophisticated husband, only to meet a small-town doctor.
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Miscellaneous
8
R-804
And Nothing Can Be Done About It

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Paul Robinson
Paul Robinson
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Eddy tries unsuccessfully to get "Angel Stuff" to go out with him.
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Miscellaneous
1
Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.

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