Romantic Hearts
#11
(July 1953)
Story Comics,
1951 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- ?
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
Though this is the last issue credited to Story Comics, the indicia says "Master Comics, Inc.".
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Genre
- romance
- Reprints
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in Romantic Hearts (Master Comics, 1953 series) #1 (July 1953)
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Indexer Notes
Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
She Hated Her Husband!
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Elaine Harris; Larry Harris; Bobbie Harris; Helen; Ruth; Hank Nolan
- Synopsis
- Elaine married TV repairman Larry while still in high school; 18 months later she hates her life as a mother and housewife. After Elaine goes to the beach with friends and takes their baby along, Larry takes the infant and goes home to his mother. After a few weeks of socializing with her friends, Elaine still feels emotionally empty. Larry and the baby pay her a visit. Elaine apologizes and agrees to be “a full-time wife!”
- Reprints
- in Romantic Hearts (Master Comics, 1953 series) #1 (July 1953)
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Indexer Notes
Same story premise reused as “Too Much Fun” in True Love Confessions (Premiere Magazines, 1954 series) 5 (January 1955).
Thrill Seeker
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Brenda; Tom; Sally
- Synopsis
- Brenda leaves her small town and would-be suitor Tom for a vacation in New Orleans during Mardi Gras. She falls in love with a costumed man named Andre, but sees him kissing another woman and returns home, disillusioned. She dates Tom on the rebound. Andre reappears at a costume ball and Brenda says she doesn’t love him: Tom is the man for her. “Andre” unmasks: it’s Tom.
- Reprints
- in Romantic Hearts (Master Comics, 1953 series) #1 (July 1953)
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- Keywords
- Mardi Gras; New Orleans
Indexer Notes
Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
The Turning Of The Worm
text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Reprints
- in Romantic Hearts (Master Comics, 1953 series) #1 (July 1953)
-
I Fell In Love With An Ex-Con
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Joe Fenton; Connie Norris; Mr. Norris; Vic Henry; Trixie Bennett
- Synopsis
- Connie, secretary for the parole board, falls in love with paroled convict Joe, over her father’s objections. Joe disappears after meeting her father and Connie thinks he’s rejoined his old gang. When Connie sees Joe in police custody, she fears the worst. However, her father says he asked Joe to infiltrate the gang to help catch them. Connie and Joe are reunited
- Reprints
- in Romantic Hearts (Master Comics, 1953 series) #1 (July 1953)
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Indexer Notes
Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
My Terrible Confession
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Carol Wade; Bruce Fischer; Miss Hale; Lucy; A.J. Howard; Miss Greene
- Synopsis
- “Even as a child,” Carol “had no regard for truth and honesty,” and as a department store employee she continues to take credit for work others do. She falls in love with her new boss Bruce, even though he warns her that he can't stand liars. Carol mistakenly wins a store slogan contest, but doesn’t admit the error. Bruce breaks up with her as a result, and Carol realizes it must have been his entry that she took credit for. She confesses everything and Bruce forgives her.
- Reprints
- in Romantic Hearts (Master Comics, 1953 series) #1 (July 1953)
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
She Hated Her Husband!
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2.
Thrill Seeker
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3.
The Turning Of The Worm
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4.
I Fell In Love With An Ex-Con
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5.
My Terrible Confession
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- Tillmann Courth
- Katy Hayhurst
- David Wilt
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