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Issue: Complete Love Magazine #1 / 182

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Publication Date: March 1955

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Issues: #1 / 182 of 34 Issues

Title:

Variant: unnamed

Rating:

Publisher: Flag

Ace Magazines

Brand: Ace

Indicia Publisher: Periodical House Inc.

On Sale Date: (not set)

Volume: 31

Pages: 36

ISBN: none

UPC/EAN: none

Price: $0.10 USD

Indicia Frequency:

Content Items: 6 (4 stories, 1 cover)

Editor(s): ?

Notes: Indicia reads: Volume XXXI, Number 1, #182.

Since Ace used Leroy lettering exclusively by the end of 1952, all of the stories (because handlettered) are reprints from earlier romance titles.

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Format

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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2 Content Items
- High-Pressure Romance [Story on Interior Page(s)]1
- They Called Me a Heartless Flirt [Story on Interior Page(s)]1

reprinted 2 times from Content Items in other Issues.

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Content Items (6 total)

[untitled]

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Penciller(s): ? (photography)

Inker(s): ? (photography)

Colorist(s): ? (photography)

Subject Matter

Genres: romantic

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Pages: 1

Marriage Can Wait

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Paul Cooper

Inker(s): Paul Cooper

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: romantic

Character(s): Kay Brandon; Roy Wakefield; Michael Dodd; Midge; Ruth

Synopsis: Government office worker Kay is engaged to engineer Roy, but he keeps postponing their wedding. They have even picked out a house, but Roy’s father falls ill and Roy gives his parents the money he’d saved for the down payment. Roy says marriage will have to wait. Kay’s friend sets up a date for her with Michael. Roy catches them and breaks their engagement. When Kay refuses to wed Michael, he tries to kill them both, but fails. Roy apologises for his insecurity and he and Kay reconcile.

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Pages: 8

The Dare She Took

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Lin Streeter

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: romantic

Character(s): Carol Scott; Mildred; Phil Wayne; George Godfrey; Mr. Grant

Synopsis: Carol’s roommate Mildred signs them up to be “party girls” who escort businessmen in town for conventions. Carol is outraged when private detective Phil suspects her of fleecing the men she’s paid to escort, but she and Phil eventually fall in love. When Phil breaks a date on Carol’s birthday, she accompanies Mildred to another “party girl” affair. A man gets fresh and Carol pushes him away—the man falls to the ground, dead. Phil stands up for her and Carol is cleared when it’s determined the victim had a heart attack.

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Pages: 6.66

Notes: Last third of last page is advertisement "What's the answer to these school problems?" - by the the National Citizens Commission for the Public Schools.

High-Pressure Romance

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Frank Giusto

Inker(s): Frank Giusto

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: romantic

Character(s): Arlene Ellis; Mrs. Carter Dudley; Kirk Martingale

Synopsis: Arlene is secretary-companion to the wealthy Mrs. Dudley and loves Earle, her employer’s nephew. Mrs. Dudley claims Earle is a “snob” and a “leech,” but Arlene doesn’t believe it. At Sun Valley, she meets the wealthy Kirk but immediately leaves for Palm Beach. Kirk follows Arlene to Palm Beach, claiming he loves her. Mrs. Dudley and Arlene sail for Italy; Arlene learns she’ll inherit her employer’s fortune and that’s why Earle has been so interested in her. Kirk shows up on the ship and convinces Arlene to marry him.

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From Content Item: Flag

Glamorous Romances #50 published February 1951
was High-Pressure Romance [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 8

Notes: Giusto was an assistant and friend of Matt Baker. He did solo work for Ace Magazines and because he looks similar to Baker was spotted as "Ace Baker" for years.

For a More Glamorous You

Text Article on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: non-fiction

Synopsis: Advice on "smoothness" and "jilting your sweetheart".

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Pages: 2

They Called Me a Heartless Flirt

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Al Hartley

Inker(s): Al Hartley

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: romantic

Character(s): Drusilla Parrish; Jerry Norwood; Betty; Mr. Parrish; Tony Abbott

Synopsis: Drusilla agrees to marry Jerry, then discovers he loves Betty and is just using her to get a job on her father’s newspaper. Drusilla waits until the day of the wedding to break the engagement and gets a bad reputation in town as a result. Drusilla falls in love with Tony and they plan to wed. However, she learns Jerry committed suicide and she’s being blamed. Tony reveals that he’s Jerry’s half-brother and has been planning to jilt Drusilla in revenge. Drusilla shows up at the ceremony and Tony appears—he found a letter clearing Drusilla, and will marry her after all.

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From Content Item: Flag

Glamorous Romances #48 published October 1950
was They Called Me a Heartless Flirt [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Pages: 7