Real Love
#46
(April 1952)
Ace Magazines,
1949 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- Monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- A. A. Wyn Inc.
- Brand
-
Ace
- Editing
- N. J. Phillips ?
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Alexander Redmond (painting)
- Inks
- Alexander Redmond (painting)
- Colors
- Alexander Redmond (painting)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- romance
- Reprints
- from a pulp magazine published by A. A. Wyn
Indexer Notes
Art identification by David Saunders (pulp expert and son of artist Norman Saunders).
Her Foolish Ambition
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Stan Wendell; Lilli Mathieson; Mr. Bell; A.J. Reed
- Synopsis
- Lawyer Stan wants to marry reporter Lilli and move from the city back to his hometown and open a law practice. Lilli wants to be "a famous newspaper woman...married to one of the best lawyers in the country," and she leaks a story calculated to get Stan a partnership in his firm so he will stay in town. Instead, Stan is fired and breaks up with Lilli. Lillie also loses her job and goes to work for a small town newspaper. One day, Stan shows up and they reconcile.
Indexer Notes
Art credits identified by Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.
Bound by Her Promise
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Shelley; Ted; Roger Hayes; Hank
- Synopsis
- Las Vegas cocktail waitress Shelley agrees to marry wealthy widower Roger even though they don't love each other. However, Shelley meets visiting cowboy Hank and they fall in love. Shelley breaks up with Roger and then learns he is Hank's uncle. Hank thinks Shelley is a gold-digger. He later changes his mind and marries Shelley himself.
Indexer Notes
Art credits identified by Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.
The Way He Wanted Her
comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Valerie Barclay
- Inks
- Valerie Barclay
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset (Leroy lettering)
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Lane Johns; Alec Killian; Desmond Baker; Miss Smith; Carl Bramer
- Synopsis
- Impoverished high school student Lane rejects equally poor suitor Alec and instead dates wealthy Desmond. Desmond tries to take advantage of her and when she rejects his advances, accuses her of attempting to seduce him. Lane is put on probation and sent to another town, where she remakes her life and dates rich Carl, but he dumps her when he learns of her past. Lane is reunited with Alec, now an Air Force officer.
Indexer Notes
Art credits identified by Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.
Scandal Girl
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Dirk Adams; Tib Marsh; Mason Thatcher; Aunt Polly; Alan Garnet
- Synopsis
- Music store clerk Tib teams up with singer Dirk and quits her job. Her lecherous boss Mason knows Tib was once a "private party girl, singing risque songs in shady places!" and was involved in a scandal. He uses this information to break up Dirk and Tib but eventually Dirk realizes Tib is a decent person and they get back together.
Indexer Notes
Art credits identified by Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.
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Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
Her Foolish Ambition
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2.
Bound by Her Promise
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3.
The Way He Wanted Her
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4.
The Charm Corner
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5.
Scandal Girl
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- Katy Hayhurst
- Michael Hoskin
- Jim Van Dore
- Gary L. Watson (R.I.P.)
- David Wilt
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