(June 1953)
American Comics Group,
1949 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1953
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Best Syndicated Features Inc.
- Brand
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American Comics Group ACG
- Editing
- Richard Hughes [as Richard E. Hughes]
Issue Notes
Indexed with information from Ger Apeldoorn via the GCD Error Tracker and a scan from http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/.
Beauty Is a Curse
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Nina Russell; Howard; Fred Nilen; Robert LeGrande
- Synopsis
- Nina grows up beautiful but is unable to find true love, since men are only focused on her appearance. She works as a model for Robert, and he treats their relationship as “strictly business.” They eventually fall in love, but then Nina decides Robert has deceived her. She’s injured in a car accident and will have “deep scars on [her] face for the rest of [her] life!” Robert arrives and says he loves her regardless of how she looks.
- Reprints
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in Weird Love (IDW, 2014 series) #13 (July 2016) - in Weird Love (IDW, 2015 series) #5 - "Unlucky In Love" and More (September 2017), #5 - "Unlucky In Love" and More (September 2017)
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- Keywords
- beauty contest; model
Indexer Notes
Artwork credit from the reprint.
Miner's Romance
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Elinor Stanton; Monte Sawyer; Mr. Stanton; Van Hartley
- Synopsis
- Elinor’s father owns mines and she looks down on the people who work there. When her father suffers a stroke, Elinor has to run the family business. She clashes with miner’s committee representative Monte but decides to utilize his attraction to her to forestall a threatened strike. Monte kisses her but says “I won’t betray my kind for a Jezebel like you!” Elinor realizes she actually does love Monte, and when the miners strike, Elinor gives in to their demands and says she’s leaving the country. Monte says “love knows no class boundaries” and they decide to get married.
- Keywords
- labor unrest; miner; strike
Age Against Amour
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Judy; Vincent Holloway; Todd Hanley; Andrew
- Synopsis
- After her parents die in an accident, young Judy is adopted by Vince, her father’s business partner. When she grows up, Judy decides she wants to marry Vince despite the age difference, and he agrees. At a summer resort hotel, Judy meets Todd, a young man of her own age, and is conflicted. Vince overhears Judy tell Todd that she loves him but doesn’t want to hurt Vince’s feelings; Vince frees her from her engagement and goes away. Todd and Judy wed.
Rebound Romance
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Barbara Blake; Janet Evanson; Jim Wagner; Billy
- Synopsis
- As a girl, poor Barbara plays second fiddle to Janet, who comes from a wealthy family. Barbara’s steady boyfriend as she grows up is “skinny, awkward Jim.” Jim suddenly blossoms into a talented athlete and signs to play baseball with the “Gold Socks.” Janet moves in and takes over, but dumps Jim when he injures his arm and can’t play baseball anymore. Jim comes home and resumes his romance with Barbara. When his arm heals, Janet comes back but this time Barbara fights for her man and wins.
- Keywords
- baseball
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Beauty Is a Curse
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1.
Beauty Is a Curse
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2.
Stars in Her Eyes
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3.
Miner's Romance
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4.
Age Against Amour
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5.
Girl Alone
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6.
Rebound Romance
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katy Hayhurst
- Edgar Loftin
- Mike Nielsen
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Van Dore
- David Wilt
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