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Issue: Romantic Love #2 Public Domain
Publication Date: November 1949
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Issues: #2 of 14 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagAvon
Brand: An Avon Publication
Indicia Publisher: Avon Periodicals Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/27/1949
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 6 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Sol Cohen
Disclose Notes: On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals 1950, page 116
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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 on-going series
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I Took His Love for Granted

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Modest Stein
Inker(s): Modest Stein
Colorist(s): Modest Stein
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cover originally appeared as Avon paperback 141, "Career in C Major." The comic book version is zoomed in: the paperback shows part of the woman's green dress, and one of the man's hands.

Art credit from Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series: 1948.
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I Took His Love for Granted

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Walter T. Johnson [credited]
Inker(s): Walter T. Johnson [credited]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Character(s): Sheila Morse; Lefty O'Connor; Perry Drake; Mr. Morse; Mrs. Morse
Synopsis: Sheila dumps her boyfriend Perry for gangster Lefty. When Lefty mistakenly thinks she’s betrayed him, he threatens to murder her but she’s rescued by Perry and the police. Sheila is sent to prison for a year but Perry has her paroled in his custody and they get married.
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In Content Item: FlagRomantic Love #2 published January 1958
as I Took His Love for Granted [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 9
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I Couldn't Forget!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Manny Stallman
Inker(s): Manny Stallman
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Character(s): Loren Carr; Steve Rogers; Robby Wills; Mr. Sears; Linda Browne
Synopsis: Stewardess Loren is romanced by two pilots, Steve and Robby. When Robby proposes and Loren turns him down, he threatens to commit suicide. His plane vanishes and Steve blames Loren. Time passes. Steve brings Loren to a hospital in Cuba, where Robby is recovering: he says he crashed due to engine trouble, not a death wish, and he’s now engaged to his nurse Linda. This means Steve and Loren can get married with a clean conscience.
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In Content Item: FlagRomantic Love #2 published January 1958
as I Couldn't Forget! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Loren is employed as a nurse and later becomes "chief stewardess." When women flight attendants began to be hired by airlines in the 1930s, a nursing degree was often a requirement for employment.
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Money Madness

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bill Draut ?
Inker(s): Bill Draut ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Character(s): Orrin Stapleton; Nan Martin; Jess Martin; Laura Darnell; Roy Campbell
Synopsis: Nan and Orrin fall in love while drilling for oil in Texas. When they become rich, Nan feels she is embarrassing Orrin by her lack of social graces. Roy says Orrin is “a cad and an ignoramus” and gives Nan lessons in how to behave. Orrin becomes jealous and breaks up with Nan, but she and Roy have fallen in love.
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In Content Item: FlagRomantic Love #2 published January 1958
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Pages: 7
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David Brian

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ? (photograph)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Star of the Month
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Pages: 2
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Shipboard Romance

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Howard Larsen
Inker(s): Howard Larsen
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Character(s): Morgan Thompson; Nelly Custer; Helen Madison; Miss Phillips
Synopsis: Schoolteacher Nelly books a cruise to Bermuda; her cabinmate Helen helps glamorize her, and Nelly has a shipboard romance with Morgan. They both agree to “keep this thing light and friendly.” Nelly falls in love with him for real, but keeps her end of the bargain and returns to her job in Vermont when the cruise ends. Morgan tracks her down and gives her an engagement ring.
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In Content Item: FlagRomantic Love #2 published January 1958
as Shipboard Romance [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6

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