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Issue: True Love Pictorial #1 Public Domain
Publication Date: December 1952
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Issues: #1 of 11 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagSt. John
Brand: St. JohnView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: St. John Publishing Company
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 6 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Archer St. John; Marion McDermott
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
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Pages: 1
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Marriage for Spite

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Penciller(s): ? [as "TAL"]
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Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Character(s): Edna; Johnny; Lewis Borden; Laura Blaine
Synopsis: Edna flirts with other men to make her boyfriend Johnny jealous, and he finally breaks up with her as a result. When she hears he’s dating Laura, Edna goes out with Lewis in revenge, and agrees to marry him to one-up Johnny. But when Edna tries to break up Johnny and Laura, Lewis sees it and realizes her scheme. Edna attends Johnny and Laura’s wedding and congratulates them sincerely. Lewis takes her back.
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In Content Item: FlagGoing Steady #11 published February 1955
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Pages: 8
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Bargaining for Happiness

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Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Character(s): Kathy Mason; Dick Saunders; Tom Gannon; Mr. Mason; Mrs. Mason; O'Brien; Mr. Saunders; Mr. Barkley
Synopsis: Kathy, who lives with her family in a shabby section of town inhabited mostly by poor railroad workers, becomes engaged to her boss Dick, the son of a wealthy businessman. Her neighbor Tom informs her that Dick’s father is buying up the mortgages and intends to dispossess the workers. Kathy learns the prospective landowner is unaware of this tactic. Tom makes a deal so the workers will be paid fairly for their homes. Kathy and Tom will be married.
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In Content Item: FlagGoing Steady #11 published February 1955
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Pages: 8
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Heartbreak House

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Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Character(s): Adria Lewis; Gloria Ashley; Keith Hadley
Synopsis: Adria wins a house in a contest. Architect Keith asks to lease it from her, and Adria helps him find a lot and furnish and decorate the house. She falls in love with him, then learns he’s engaged to Gloria and plans to marry her and live there. However, Gloria isn’t interested in living in the house. Keith and Adria will get married and move in, instead.
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In Content Item: FlagGoing Steady #11 published February 1955
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Keith's business card on page one of the story reads "Kieth Bradley."
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Marriage Insurance

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Dana Dutch
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
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In Content Item: FlagGoing Steady #11 published February 1955
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Corsage of Heartaches

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Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Character(s): Ivan; Marta; Lucy Bascom
Synopsis: Lucy and her fiancé Ivan jointly inherit the plant nursery where they work. According to the will, the nursery is to be split between them, and at the end of three months, whoever has made the most money gets the whole business. Lucy and Ivan’s romance is strained by the competition. Lucy wins, then learns her scheming cousin Marta faked the whole “contest” to split up Lucy and Ivan. It doesn’t work: Lucy and Ivan will marry and run the nursery jointly.
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In Content Item: FlagGoing Steady #11 published February 1955
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Pages: 5

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