New Romances
#14
(December 1952)
Pines,
1951 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- quarterly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Visual Editions Inc.
- Brand
-
Standard Comics
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
Available as a scan from digitalcomicmuseum.com.
Kiss and Run
comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- K-726
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Dave Troyer; Diane Adams; Mr. Adams; Freddy Barton; Mr. Stone; Lila
- Synopsis
- After her father’s death, Diane gets a job as a typist, turning down her childhood sweetheart Dave’s offer to leave college, get a job, and marry her. Former schoolmate Freddy urges her to come to New York, promising she'll find work as a model. However, “models are a dime a dozen” and she becomes a “dreary, under-paid...city white collar worker!” Diane writes to Dave, pretending to be a success, but he reads between the lines and visits her, reaffirming his love. Although she receives a modeling offer at the last minute, Diane decides to go home and marry Dave.
Indexer Notes
Information on this sequence supplied by Steve Saaf and Jim Vadeboncouer, June 2008. Mike Peppe "signed" the story by including his name on the jukebox label on page 5 of the story.
[no title indexed]
Smart Talk / comic story / 1 page
- Job Number
- R-761
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Don't tell me you and Marty're going to the movies this Saturday, too!
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Edith; Pam; Marty; Janet Lee
- Synopsis
- Unlike Pam, who always takes into consideration her boyfriend Marty's financial situation, Edith prefers to date boys who can spend money on her. This sends her "down the ladder of popularity."
- Reprints
in Indexer Notes
Art id by Jim Vadeboncouer Jr. and Ger Apeldoorn.
Man of Mine
comic story / 10 pages
- Job Number
- R-691
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Della; Della's mother; Bruce Stewart; Tony Wells
- Synopsis
- Della “from the wrong side of the tracks” sets out to get a prom invitation from wealthy student Bruce, rejecting studious but poor Tony. Della doesn’t care that girls who date Bruce get bad reputations. On the night of the prom, Bruce is speeding; he and Della believe he has hit someone with his car, but Bruce refuses to stop. At the prom, Della confesses to Tony, who drives to the scene of the accident and returns with “evidence.” Bruce blames everything on Della, who now sees him for what he is and knows Tony is the guy for her. The “victim” is revealed to be just a scarecrow.
Indexer Notes
Pencils identification by Jim Vadeboncouer and Ger Apeldoorn.
Pretty ... But!
comic story / 1 page
- Job Number
- R-728
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Joan; Jack Lawrence
- Synopsis
- Self-confidence helps a girl overcome shyness and have a good time at parties.
Indexer Notes
Sign-Off box on the top of the original art board lists "H. Johnson" as both penciler and inker. Also identifies letterer as Gonzales. Original art page can be seen on www.HA.com website.
(Art previously identification as Dick Loomis by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Ger Apeldoorn agreed but was not totally convinced.)
Her Sister's House
text story / 2 pages
- Script
- Margaret Isbel
- Pencils
- Valerie Barclay ? (illustration)
- Inks
- Valerie Barclay ? (illustration)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- R-766
- Genre
- romance
Indexer Notes
Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Ger Apeldoorn agrees but is not totally convinced.
I Can't Love You
comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- R-696
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Angela Patton; Mr. Patton; Don Morgan; Miss Frisby
- Synopsis
- Angela and her father live in a small town, where everyone knows her mother ran away 15 years earlier. Angela’s father fears she’ll also turn out to be “wild” and forbids her to date, but Angela falls in love with newcomer Don. When her father finds out, he is angry but then realizes his jealousy is what drove Angela’s mother away before. He tells Angela that he trusts her and that she is free to love Don.
Indexer Notes
Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Ger Apeldoorn agrees but is not totally convinced.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
Kiss and Run
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2.
["Don't tell me you and Marty're going to the movies this Saturday, too!"]
Smart Talk -
3.
Man of Mine
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4.
Pretty ... But!
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5.
Her Sister's House
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6.
I Can't Love You
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7.
Shower Fun
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- Weldon Adams
- Peter Croome
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Katy Hayhurst
- Axel Kahlstorff
- Jim Van Dore
- Jim Walls
- David Wilt
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