(April 1951)
Ace Magazines,
1951 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- A. A. Wyn Inc.
- Brand
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An Ace Magazine
- Editing
- ?
Not Free To Love Him
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Janice; Dora Hobart; Dave Sherwood; Teddy Hobart
- Synopsis
- Dora and her son Teddy were abandoned by her husband. Now Dora has a job as a restaurant hostess and the owner Dave is in love with her, but he doesn’t know she has a child. Dora asks her sister Janice to pretend to be Teddy’s mother so she can marry Dave. Janice and Dave fall in love but everything is alright, because Dora’s husband is now rich and is coming back.
Once Jilted...
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Dr. Matthews; Phyllis Shelley; Dr. Mark Addison; Miss Driscoll; Mrs. O'Brien; Buddy; Angie; Vanessa Lombard
- Synopsis
- Phyllis is jilted by her boyfriend and decides to become a nurse. However, she fails her examinations and is dismissed. Handsome doctor Mark asks her if she’ll take care of his niece and nephew, who are in his care for a year. Phyllis likes the job and falls in love with Mark, but his “famous newspaperwoman” fiancee Vanessa suddenly returns. Phyllis plans to leave, but Mark says Vanessa just broke their engagement and now he can marry Phyllis.
Wedding Wrecker
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Katherine Brown; Steve Stark; Nick Thomas; Mrs. Brown; Mr. Brown
- Synopsis
- Kath convinces her fiancé Steve to take a job he doesn’t want so they can be married sooner. Steve complains that Nick’s construction company is cutting corners and wants to quit, but Kath urges him to stick it out to earn money for their honeymoon. The building collapses and Steve is hurt. Nick tries to trick Steve into dumping Kath so he can have her, but it doesn’t work. Nick is arrested and Steve and Kath get married.
My Brazen Proposal
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Joan Webb; Jeffrey Bartlett; Grace
- Synopsis
- Joan pretends to have a boyfriend named “Jeffrey” to impress her co-workers, but they know it’s a lie. They arrange to have everyone and their boyfriends attend an office outing, so Joan will be embarrassed. Joan hires a man on the street to be her escort. He agrees, but says she has to “glamorize yourself.” Joan and Jeffrey fall in love on the outing. As they prepare to part, Jeffrey admits his name is really Jeffrey and he’s the son of a rich man. They decide to get married.
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Table of Contents
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[no title indexed]
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1.
Not Free To Love Him
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2.
Once Jilted...
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3.
Wedding Wrecker
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4.
Help Yourself to Allure
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5.
My Brazen Proposal
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- Tillmann Courth
- Katy Hayhurst
- David Wilt
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