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Issue: Alex Toth: Edge of Genius #2
Publication Date: January 2008
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Issues: #2 of 2 Issues
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Publisher: FlagPure Imagination
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Indicia Publisher: Pure Imagination Publishing
On Sale Date: 09/03/2008
Volume: 2
Pages: 162
ISBN: 1566850561
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $25.00 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 30 (23 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: The table of contents list two stories which are not reprinted in this volume: "Uncertain Heart" from New Romances (Pines, 1951 series) #17 and "Smart Talk" from New Romances (Pines, 1951 series) #19. The first story is reprinted in the publisher's The Alex Toth Reader (1995 series) #[nn].

A story which is reprinted is not listed in the book's contents: "Frankly Speaking" from Thrilling Romances (1949 series) #24.
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Publication Type: Trade Paperback
Color: Color cover; Black and White interior
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Binding: Perfect Bound Trade Paperback
Publishing Format: collected edition
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Copyright and Dedication

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Contents

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I Married in Haste

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Blinded by Love

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Character(s): Debby Rainey; Paul Allen; Lon Farrell; Mr. Rainey; Mrs. Allen
Synopsis: Debby, Paul and Lon grow up together. Lon goes in the Air Force and Paul joins the Army. When Paul comes home on leave, Debby thinks she loves him, but when Lon arrives, he is “the man who was my life!” They become engaged. Debby suffers “horrible facial injuries” in a car crash. When Lon sees her scarred face, he postpones their wedding. Debby works as a volunteer at the local veterans’ hospital. One day she sees Paul in the hospital: he was blinded in the war. Debby realizes it’s Paul she truly loves. Paul regains his eyesight and says Debby is “the most beautiful girl on Earth to me!”
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The Twisted Hands

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Synopsis: After a traumatic event at sea, a skipper retreats into the desert. But the ghost of a man (whom the skipper broke his hands) comes for him and drowns him with equal cruelty in a waterhole.
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Seeley's Saucer

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Free My Heart!

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"Geronimo" Joe

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I Want Him Back

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Character(s): Millie; Larry
Synopsis: Millie marries Larry and quits her office job. She neglects her household duties and suspects Larry is having an affair. He leaves her, saying she turned into a lazy, self-indulgent bum. She changes her attitude, cleans up the house, and they reconcile.
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Stars in My Eyes

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Heart Divided

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Peg Powler

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Synopsis: A man encounters Peg Powler, "the green-haired haunt" of English rivers.
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Grip on Life

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Character(s): Tom Hawley; Linda Hawley (death, a ghost); Monell (crook)
Synopsis: A corrupt district attorney is brought to poetic justice by his wife who returned from the dead after a car accident. When she finds out that he doesn't love her anymore, she goes back to the grave - taking him with her.
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Guilty Heart

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The Fisherman of Space

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Synopsis: The Fisherman from Space picks up people over time and leaves them on an island where they never grow old.
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Frankly Speaking

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I Played with Fire!

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The Hole of Hell

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Synopsis: Coal mine disaster in Wales. Two men go down and encounter the "black monster."
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Lonesome for Kisses

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Heartbreak Moon

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Character(s): Dr. Stefan "Steve" Kryak; Papa Kryak; Mama Kryak; Anna; Beryl Lindley; Mrs. Van Arpels; Mrs. Kranski
Synopsis: Steve and Anna grow up together; he becomes a doctor and she is a nurse. However, Anna is angry because Steve cultivates a fashionable clientele and dates wealthy Beryl, snubbing his immigrant parents and the poor people of the town. Steve eventually realizes his place is with the people who need him. Also, he’ll marry Anna.
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Those Drug-Store Romeos

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Dark of the Moon

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Invisible Monsters of Callisto

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Postponed Honeymoon

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Man of My Heart

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First Line: The point where everything changed for Alex Toth
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