Popular Romance #14

(August 1951)

["Yes, I admit it..."] (Table of Contents)

Love Clinic / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

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?

Inks:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

R-299

Content Information

Genre:

Romance

Characters:

Helen Slade; Eric

Synopsis:

Full-page, inside front cover story about Helen Slade, a young woman strongly attracted to a young man named Eric. She doesn't want to appear too eager for his company and ignores him. He wearies of her game. The reader is asked to guess what she has done wrong. The answer is revealed in the last panel.

Love Finds a Way (Table of Contents)

comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Art Saaf (illustration)

Inks:

Art Saaf (illustration)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

R-344

Content Information

Genre:

Romance

Characters:

Peggy Davies; Ward Barclay; Kip Shelby; Peggy's parents; Laura (Peggy's friend)

Synopsis:

Shortly after meeting him in a soda shop, Peggy Davies marries Kip Shelby, a well-heeled young man new in town. Within moments however, the police arrest Kip for a crime committed some time in his past. The marriage is annulled. Peggy moves to another town, finds a good job, and marries Ward Barclay, a decent, loving young man. She doesn't tell him of her disastrous first marriage. Three years pass and Kip is released from prison. He appears at Peggy's back door threatening to re-enter her life. Peggy is filled with great anxiety. The next day, she learns from a newspaper report that Kip was killed in a traffic accident after leaving her house. Her secret remains safe.

Indexer Notes

Information on this sequence supplied by Steve Saaf and Jim Vadeboncouer, June 2008.

[Advice] (Table of Contents)

Just Between Us... / text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Brenda Brant

Pencils:

? (spot illustration)

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? (spot illustration)

Colors:

? (spot illustration)

Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Genre:

Fact

Synopsis:

Nonfiction article by Brenda Brant on sunglasses, bouquets, and other topics.

Prisoner of My Heart (Table of Contents)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Ruben Moreira ?

Inks:

Ruben Moreira ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

R-359

Content Information

Genre:

Romance

Characters:

Edith Hilliard; Bud Baker; Bud's parents; Ginny (Edith's kid sister)

Synopsis:

Edith Hilliard is an orphan boarding in the home of the Bakers, members of the orphanage board. She is secretly in love with their nephew Bud. She is self-conscious about her homeless background, and, when Bud proposes, she is so confused, she runs away by hitching rides out of town. When one motorist expects physical intimacy for providing her with a lift, she flees into the stormy evening. Realizing her decision to run away from Bud was a mistake, she returns to the Baker home. The Bakers have prepared a surprise birthday party for her, and, when Bud once again proposes, she accepts.

Liz Gets Hep (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Margaret Isbel

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? (spot illustrations)

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? (spot illustrations)

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? (spot illustrations)

Letters:

Typeset

Job Number:

R-362

Content Information

Genre:

Romance

Characters:

Liz Drew; Max Rooker

Synopsis:

Liz is a high school junior and is unable to get dates because she's too intellectual. She plays dumb for handsome senior Max and wins his interest.

Afraid to Marry (Table of Contents)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

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Script:

?

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?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

R-357

Content Information

Genre:

Romance

Characters:

Joanne Ames; Mark Dawson; Mark's mother

Synopsis:

Shy and timid secretary Joanne dates handsome, well-to-do lawyer Mark and accepts his offer of marriage though terrified of his upper class background and social circle. She feigns illness to avoid meeting his friends. When he enters politics, her anxiety reaches a fever pitch. Mark's mother advises Joanne to take courage and make an attempt to overcome her shyness. She does, and finds strong support from Mark.

[Advice] (Table of Contents)

Let's Talk It Over / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Brenda Brant

Pencils:

? (spot illustrations)

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? (spot illustrations)

Colors:

? (spot illustrations)

Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Genre:

Fact

Synopsis:

Advice on make-up and relationships.

[I'm teaching Wadsworth's the business...] (Table of Contents)

Love Problems / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

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?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

R-332

Content Information

Genre:

Romance

Characters:

Joan; Ted Blake

Synopsis:

Joan is attracted to Ted but doesn't want him to know she needs money and is working after school at the five-and-ten. One Saturday night, her mother suggests she go to a movie rather than sit home alone. She does, and there she discovers Ted working as a theater usher. He admits he needs money, too. They decide to date on Sundays.

[Dress Offer] (Table of Contents)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Script:

? (ad copy)

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Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:

Full-page ad for mail-order dresses.

[Bra Offer] (Table of Contents)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

? (ad copy)

Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:

Full-page, inside back cover offer for mail-order bras.

[Clothing Offer] (Table of Contents)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

? (ad copy)

Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:

Full-page, back cover ad for mail-order women's clothing.