Popular Romance
#14
(August 1951)
Pines,
1949 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1951-06-07
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Better Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Standard Comics
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1951 Periodicals, page 260.
[no title indexed]
Love Clinic / comic story / 1 page
- Job Number
- R-299
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Yes, I admit it...
- 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
comic story / 10 pages
- Job Number
- R-344
- 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. Peggy then 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, Kip is released from prison and appears at Peggy's back door threatening to reenter her life. The next day, however, she learns from a newspaper report that Kip was killed in a traffic accident after leaving her house.
Indexer Notes
Information on this sequence supplied by Steve Saaf and Jim Vadeboncouer, June 2008.
[Advice]
Just Between Us... / text article / 1 page
- Script
- Brenda Brant
- Pencils
- ? (spot illustration)
- Inks
- ? (spot illustration)
- Colors
- ? (spot illustration)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- Nonfiction article by Brenda Brant on sunglasses, bouquets, and other topics.
Prisoner of My Heart
comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Ruben Moreira (signed)
- Inks
- Ruben Moreira (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- R-359
- 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
text story / 2 pages
- Script
- Margaret Isbel
- Pencils
- ? (spot illustrations)
- Inks
- ? (spot illustrations)
- Colors
- ? (spot illustrations)
- Letters
- Typeset
- Job Number
- R-362
- 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
comic story / 7 pages
- Job Number
- R-357
- 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]
Let's Talk It Over / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Brenda Brant
- Pencils
- ? (spot illustrations)
- Inks
- ? (spot illustrations)
- Colors
- ? (spot illustrations)
- Letters
- Typeset
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- Advice on make-up and relationships.
[no title indexed]
Love Problems / comic story / 2 pages
- Job Number
- R-332
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'm teaching Wadsworth's the business...
- 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.
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Popular Romance -
1.
["Yes, I admit it..."]
Love Clinic -
2.
Love Finds a Way
-
3.
[Advice]
Just Between Us... -
4.
Prisoner of My Heart
-
5.
Liz Gets Hep
-
6.
Afraid to Marry
-
7.
[Advice]
Let's Talk It Over -
8.
["I'm teaching Wadsworth's the business..."]
Love Problems -
9.
[Dress Offer]
-
10.
[Bra Offer]
-
11.
[Clothing Offer]
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