My Real Love
#5
(June 1952)
Pines,
1952 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- Quarterly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Visual Editions Inc.
- Brand
-
Standard Comics
- Editing
- ?
In Love with Love
comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- R-606
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- But life was so romantic and glamorous in books...
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Ann; Bob Dunne; Joan; Ann's mother
- Synopsis
- Ann is tired of her “European-born parents" who are “so old-fashioned” in their attempts to set her up with eligible suitors. When Bob mysteriously sends her a rose and a theatre ticket, Ann falls in love with him. However, she learns he is the son of a friend of her mother’s and the date was a set-up. Ann visits her cousin Joan, hoping Bob will track her down. When he doesn’t show up, Ann swallows her pride and goes to him. They get engaged.
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Indexer Notes
Pencil and inks credit from Steve Saaf and Chris Hayton (January 13, 2008).
Too Much Family!
comic story / 3 pages
- Job Number
- R-581
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I was so much in love...
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Jack; Peg; Jack's father; Jack's mother; Jack's sister
- Synopsis
- Peg and Jack are newlyweds. She becomes irritated at his family’s constant “helpful” suggestions and implied criticisms. Peg turns the tables on them at dinner one night, critiquing her mother-in-law’s cooking. Realizing what’s happening, everyone agrees to act more tactfully in the future.
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Love on the 5:15
text story / 1 page
- Script
- Madeline Mines (credited)
- Pencils
- John Celardo (spot illustration)
- Inks
- John Celardo (spot illustration)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Marilyn had a romantic interest...
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Marilyn
- Reprints
Good-Time Girl!
comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Come back, Larry!
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Marie; Larry Tyler; Joyce Wakely; Doctor Evans; Eleanor Brewster
- Synopsis
- Marie doesn’t want to share her boyfriend Larry with anyone else, including their friends. When she’s injured and confined to a wheelchair, Marie suddenly has Larry’s undivided attention and enjoys it. Even when the doctor says she’s “as good as new,” Marie pretends to be unable to walk. When Larry finds out, he says “you’re nothing but a self-centered, spoiled brat!” and breaks up with her. Marie tries to forget her troubles by helping a blind student study for her final exams. This makes Larry change his mind and return to Marie.
- Reprints
He's My Boss
comic story / 1 page
- Job Number
- R-569
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Nancy; Mr. Harris; Mrs. Harris
- Synopsis
- Office worker Nancy misunderstands her supervisor's actions and learns not to mistake “common friendliness for a budding romance!”
- Reprints
Shattered Dream!
comic story / 3 pages
- Job Number
- R-580
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Love is a fragile flower...
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Wendy; Jed Caruthers
- Synopsis
- Wendy meets farmer Jed while on vacation in the country. They fall in love, although her friends are unsure she will be able to adjust to country life. When Jed is late to their engagement party because his cow is having a calf, Wendy breaks up with him. However, six months later she visits Jed’s farm and sees the calf has been named after her. She and Jed are reunited.
- Reprints
-
in Private Lives Romances (L. Miller & Son, 1957 ? series) #40 -
in Buried Treasure (Pure Imagination, 1986 series) #2 (1986) - in The Alex Toth Reader (Pure Imagination, 1995 series) #[nn] (1995)
- in Alex Toth: Edge of Genius (Pure Imagination, 2007 series) #1 (2007)
- in Setting the Standard: Comics by Alex Toth 1952-1954 (Fantagraphics, 2011 series) (August 2011)
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No Regrets
text story / 1 page
- Script
- Patty Hendryx (credited)
- Pencils
- ? (spot illustration)
- Inks
- ? (spot illustration)
- Colors
- ? (spot illustration)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ann Bentley had the top of her '39 convertible down...
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Ann Bentley; Richard Wellmark; John Suggs
- Reprints
I Ran from Romance
comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Vernon Greene (signed as Vernon V Greene)
- Inks
- Vernon Greene (signed as Vernon V Greene)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- R-589
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I met and fell in love...
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Steve Morrison; Jan Morrison; Carrie Carson; Johnson
- Synopsis
- After five years of marriage to Jan, Steve gets his big break as director of a TV show starring beautiful Carrie Carson. Jan feels “inadequate, insignificant, and left out” as Steve spends all his time working on the show. When Jan sees Steve embracing Carrie, she leaves him. When Carrie dedicates a song to Jan on her program at Steve’s request, Jan and Steve meet; he says he “didn’t encourage” Carrie’s advances to him, and he apologizes for neglecting her. They reconcile.
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
In Love with Love
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2.
Too Much Family!
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3.
Love on the 5:15
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4.
Good-Time Girl!
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5.
He's My Boss
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6.
Shattered Dream!
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7.
No Regrets
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8.
I Ran from Romance
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9.
The Second Look
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- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Keith Chandler
- Peter Croome
- Kenneth English
- Katy Hayhurst
- Michael Hoskin
- Axel Kahlstorff
- Glenn MacKay
- Jim Van Dore
- Jim Walls
- David Wilt
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