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Issue: Search for Love #2 Public Domain
Publication Date: April 1950
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Issues: #2 of 2 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagAmerican Comics Group
Brand: American Comics Group ACGView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Best Syndicated Features Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 9 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Richard Hughes [as Richard E. Hughes]
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing
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The Greatest Adventure

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Ken Bald ?
Inker(s): Ken Bald ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Character(s): Janice Erskine; Dr. Harvey Presser; Pearl Erskine
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The cover doesn't represent an actual scene from the interior story "The Greatest Adventure," but it is representative of the dramatic conflict in that story.
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I Stumbled Into Love

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Character(s): Audrey; Jim; Terry Scott; Johnson; Conrad Larson
Synopsis: Audrey, who has been “hopelessly clumsy” all her life, falls in love with young engineer Terry. Terry wins a contract to construct a skyscraper, angering crooked builder Larson. When Terry confronts Larson, Audrey accidentally knocks her boyfriend into a lake; Terry thinks she did it deliberately and breaks up with her. Audrey becomes engaged to Larson on the rebound, but when he sabotages Terry’s building and Terry is in mortal danger, Audrey overcomes her clumsiness and makes a daring rescue. Audrey and Terry reconcile.
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Pages: 13
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Too Beautiful for Words

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
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The Greatest Adventure

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Character(s): Janice Erskine; Pearl Erskine; Dr. Harvey Presser; Doug; Dick Starr
Synopsis: Dumped by her fiancé because she’s “so gosh-darned feminine,” Pearl becomes a “wild-game hunter,” the "furthest possible thing from femininity!” Pearl raises her niece Janice to follow in her footsteps. Pearl says Janice must “choose between love, marriage, babies and all the slavery and drudgery which go with them—-or—-a career of fame, adventure and independence like mine!” Janice falls in love with archaeologist Harvey, so Pearl takes Janice on a safari to Africa to get her away from him. Pearl is mortally wounded by a tiger; Harvey, on an expedition nearby, saves Janice.
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Pages: 11
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Love Is Not Blind

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: romantic
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Tootsie Scores a Romantic Touchdown

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Bill Schreiber ?
Penciller(s): Bill Schreiber (credited)
Inker(s): Bill Schreiber (credited)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Feature(s): Tootsie Roll; Tootsie
Character(s): Tootsie; Ann; Bill Taylor
Synopsis: Following a football game, Tootsie introduces Ann to star player Bill Taylor, Tootsie's classmate.
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Disclose Notes: Ad for Tootsie Roll candies in comic story form.
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Atomic Amour!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Character(s): Lorraine Grant; Tommy; Dotty; Flo; Marie; Dr. Maxwell; Eddy Jackson; Alphonse [as Pierre Lavoisier]
Synopsis: Lorraine doesn’t date or have fun in high school or college, spending her time studying instead. She becomes a nuclear physicist who “can’t afford to have any emotions!” She meets former carnival barker Eddy on a train and is attracted to him although he is “a gross, uncultured boor.” Lorraine is courted by famous scientist Lavoisier, and agrees to elope with him. But she discovers he’s an impostor and a spy, trying to obtain her process for thorium-fission. Eddy rescues Lorraine and they will be married.
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In Content Item: FlagStrange Romance #1 published January 2002
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Pages: 12
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Night Letter

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
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Love Is a Challenge

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Character(s): Dean Stockton; Barbara Hall; Robert Caswell; Myrna Shaw
Synopsis: Barbara becomes artist Dean’s model. They fall in love, but she marries wealthy broker Caswell instead. Barbara discovers Caswell is a gambler and is also having an affair with Myrna. Dean tells Barbara that he still loves her but when Caswell commits suicide over a financial scandal, Barbara asks Dean to wait until she’s ready. Myrna tries to break up Dean and Barbara but fails. Barbara and Dean will wed.
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