(November 2003)
Fantagraphics,
2003 Series
Published in English
(United States)
- Price
- 22.95 USD
- Pages
- 164
- On-sale Date
- 2003-12-31
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Fantagraphics Books
- Brand
-
Fantagraphics Books [double border, sans serif]
- ISBN
-
978-1-56097-558-8
- Barcode
- 9781560975588 52295
- Printer
- SNP SPrint PTE Ltd.
- Editing
- John Benson (credited) (editor)
- Color
- color
- Dimensions
- 8.5" x 11"; 21.6 cm x 27.9 cm
- Paper Stock
- cardstock cover
- Binding
- squarebound
- Publishing Format
- collected edition
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Genre
- romance
- Reprints
- from Teen-Age Temptations (St. John, 1952 series) #9 (August 1954)
-
Coal Town Girl
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Karen Svoboda
- Reprints
- from Pictorial Romances (St. John, 1950 series) #16 (November 1952)
-
Indexer Notes
Page 1 only
No Fear of Heartaches...
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 8 pages
- Script
- John Benson
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Illustrated with panels from Sweethearts (Fawcett, 1948 series) #73 (2 panels), from "I Took the Wrong Road to Romance" from Teen-Age Romances (St. John, 1949 series) #2 (1 panel), from "I Gave Boys the Green Light" from Teen-Age Diary Secrets (St. John, 1949 series) #[nn] (4 panels), from "Second Chance" from Hollywood Secrets (Quality Comics, 1949 series) #1 (2 panels), from "The Right Man for Me" from Love Diary (Orbit-Wanted, 1949 series) #21 (splash page), from "Going Steady" from Diary Secrets (St. John, 1952 series) #15 (2 panels), from Girls' Romances (DC, 1950 series) #138 (cover), from Romantic Story (Fawcett, 1949 series) #16 (1 panel).
Was I Too Young for Love?
comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Dana Dutch
- Pencils
- Lily Renée (signed)
- Inks
- Lily Renée (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- romance
- Reprints
- from Teen-Age Romances (St. John, 1949 series) #1 (January 1949)
-
Indexer Notes
Dana Dutch credited by John Benson
I Set a Trap for a Wolf
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Reprints
- from Blue Ribbon Comics (St. John, 1949 series) #4 (June 1949)
-
Indexer Notes
Retitled "I Tempted the Wrong Boy" in most reprints.
They Called Me Boy-Crazy
comic story / 4.5 pages
- Script
- Dana Dutch
- Pencils
- Warren King (signed)
- Inks
- Warren King (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- romance
- Reprints
- from Blue Ribbon Comics (St. John, 1949 series) #5 (August 1949)
-
Indexer Notes
Title in most reprints: "I Was Too Free with Boys"
I'll Not Date in August
text story / 1 page
- Script
- Dana Dutch
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- romance
- Reprints
- from Teen-Age Romances (St. John, 1949 series) #4 (August 1949)
-
Loneliness Made Me A Pickup
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Reprints
- from Blue Ribbon Comics (St. John, 1949 series) #2 (April 1949)
-
Allergic to Love
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- romance
- Reprints
- from Teen-Age Romances (St. John, 1949 series) #22 (June 1952)
-
A Stranger Stole My Heart
comic story / 6.5 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Reprints
- from Teen-Age Diary Secrets (St. John, 1949 series) #4 (September 1949)
-
Indexer Notes
Retitled "I Learned the Secret of Love" in most reprints.
We Couldn't Be Kept Apart
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Reprints
- from Teen-Age Romances (St. John, 1949 series) #2 (April 1949)
-
My Double-Life Caught Up with Me
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Reprints
- from Pictorial Confessions (St. John, 1949 series) #1 (September 1949)
-
I Played Kiss and Run
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Reprints
- from Teen-Age Diary Secrets (St. John, 1949 series) #6 (October 1949)
-
I Tried to Buy Love -- with Kisses
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Dick; Barbara "Babs"; Muriel; Jimmy; Sally; Georgie Reade; Carl
- Synopsis
- After being accused of "throwing herself" at Dick, Barbara finds true love with Carl.
- Reprints
- from Teen-Age Romances (St. John, 1949 series) #16 (June 1951)
-
Love Is Born
comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Reprints
- from Teen-Age Romances (St. John, 1949 series) #5 (September 1949)
-
Indexer Notes
Story told in captions, without word balloons. Dana Dutch credited by John Benson in Romance Without Tears (Fantagraphics Books, 2003 series) #[nn]
[no title indexed]
cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- romance
- Reprints
- from Cinderella Love (St. John, 1954 series) #26 (February 1955)
-
[Reckless Love Almost Ruined My Reputation]
cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.25 page
- Genre
- romance
- Reprints
- from Teen-Age Romances (St. John, 1949 series) #10 (June 1950)
-
Indexer Notes
1/4 page
Third Finger--Left Hand
cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.25 page
- Genre
- romance
- Reprints
- from True Love Pictorial (St. John, 1952 series) #7 (December 1953)
-
Indexer Notes
1/4 page
[no title indexed]
cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.25 page
- Genre
- romance
- Reprints
- from Teen-Age Romances (St. John, 1949 series) #33 (September 1953)
-
Indexer Notes
1/4 page
[no title indexed]
cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.25 page
- Genre
- romance
- Reprints
- from Teen-Age Romances (St. John, 1949 series) #25 (September 1952)
-
Indexer Notes
1/4 page
Thrill-Seekers' Weekend
cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- romance
- Reprints
- from Teen-Age Romances (St. John, 1949 series) #37 (May 1954)
-
[no title indexed]
cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- romance
- Reprints
- from Diary Secrets (St. John, 1952 series) #24 (July 1954)
-
Flirtation on Wheels
cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- romance
- Reprints
- from Teen-Age Temptations (St. John, 1952 series) #4 (October 1953)
-
Outcast Love
cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- romance
- Reprints
- from Pictorial Romances (St. John, 1950 series) #18 (March 1953)
-
[no title indexed]
cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.67 page
- Pencils
- Matt Baker
- Inks
- Matt Baker
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- romance
- Reprints
- from Teen-Age Romances (St. John, 1949 series) #42 (March 1955)
-
Indexer Notes
2/3 page
Caught!
cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.11 page
- Genre
- romance
- Reprints
- from Teen-Age Romances (St. John, 1949 series) #14 (February 1951)
-
Love Made Me an Outcast
cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.11 page
- Genre
- romance
- Reprints
- from Teen-Age Romances (St. John, 1949 series) #38 (July 1954)
-
Indexer Notes
1/9 page
[no title indexed]
cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.11 page
- Genre
- romance
- Reprints
- from Pictorial Romances (St. John, 1950 series) #21 (September 1953)
-
Indexer Notes
1/9 page
I Loved Not Wisely But Too Well
cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.25 page
- Genre
- romance
- Reprints
- from Diary Secrets (St. John, 1952 series) #14 (October 1952)
-
Indexer Notes
1/4 page
New, Pick-A-Boyfriend G.I. Listing
cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.25 page
- Genre
- romance; war
- Reprints
- from Wartime Romances (St. John, 1951 series) #10 (October 1952)
-
Indexer Notes
1/4 page
Co-Ed Calamity
cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.25 page
- Genre
- romance
- Reprints
- from Diary Secrets (St. John, 1952 series) #15 (December 1952)
-
Indexer Notes
1/4 page
[no title indexed]
cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.25 page
- Genre
- romance
- Reprints
- from Going Steady (St. John, 1954 series) #10 (December 1954)
-
Indexer Notes
1/4 page
Asking for Trouble
cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- romance
- Reprints
- from Teen-Age Romances (St. John, 1949 series) #34 (November 1953)
-
[no title indexed]
cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.17 page
- Genre
- romance
- Reprints
- from Teen-Age Romances (St. John, 1949 series) #31 (May 1953)
-
Indexer Notes
1/5 page
What My Husband Didn't Know
cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.17 page
- Genre
- romance
- Reprints
- from Pictorial Romances (St. John, 1950 series) #22 (November 1953)
-
Indexer Notes
1/5 page
Romance on Route 202
cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.16 page
- Genre
- romance
- Reprints
- from All Picture All True Love Story (St. John, 1952 series) #1 (October 1952)
-
Indexer Notes
1/5 page
I Gave My Love Too Freely
cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.5 page
- Genre
- romance
- Reprints
- from Diary Secrets (St. John, 1952 series) #11 (April 1952)
-
Indexer Notes
"wash" cover. 1/3 page
Campus Scandal
cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- romance
- Reprints
- from Diary Secrets (St. John, 1952 series) #21 (December 1953)
-
[no title indexed]
cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Matt Baker (signed)
- Inks
- Matt Baker (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- romance
- Reprints
- from Teen-Age Romances (St. John, 1949 series) #43 (May 1955)
-
My Forbidden Kisses
cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- romance
- Reprints
- from Teen-Age Temptations (St. John, 1952 series) #2 (June 1953)
-
[no title indexed]
cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.25 page
- Genre
- romance
- Reprints
- from True Love Pictorial (St. John, 1952 series) #5 (August 1953)
-
Indexer Notes
1/4 page
[no title indexed]
cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.25 page
- Genre
- romance
- Reprints
- from Diary Secrets (St. John, 1952 series) #13 (August 1952)
-
Indexer Notes
1/4 page
I Was a Lonely War Bride
cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.25 page
- Genre
- romance
- Reprints
- from Romantic Marriage (St. John, 1953 series) #23 (July 1954)
-
Indexer Notes
1/4 page
Reckless Love
cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.25 page
- Genre
- romance
- Reprints
- from Diary Secrets (St. John, 1952 series) #18 (June 1953)
-
Indexer Notes
1/4 page
[no title indexed]
cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- romance
- Reprints
- from Cinderella Love (St. John, 1954 series) #25 (December 1954)
-
Good-by Innocence
cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- romance
- Reprints
- from Teen-Age Romances (St. John, 1949 series) #35 (January 1954)
-
Tourist Cabin Escapade
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Reprints
- from Teen-Age Temptations (St. John, 1952 series) #1 (October 1952)
-
Penny-Ante Girl
comic story / 9 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Daisy Carter (florist's assistant); Clyde Mitchell (college student); Tourist Home Operator; Daisy's Parents; Rooming House Operator; Bill Crandall (hedonist)
- Synopsis
- Daisy's unconventional beliefs about a young lady's conduct bring her into conflict with her parents. She moves out, then leaves her boyfriend Clyde, who also disapproves of her reckless style. She runs around with many boys. Bill Crandall takes her to a sleazy roadhouse and gets fresh. Clyde rescues Daisy from Crandall, and the sweethearts return to Daisy's parents to apologize for her behavior.
- Reprints
- from Teen-Age Romances (St. John, 1949 series) #28 (December 1952)
-
Hotel Week-End
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Reprints
- from True Love Pictorial (St. John, 1952 series) #3 (April 1953)
-
Love on Trial
text story / 2 pages
- Script
- Dana Dutch
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Narrator; Ray
- Synopsis
- The narrator is engaged to Ray but steps out with other fellows when Ray spends two years overseas as a serviceman. Ray returns to the States and forgives his betrothed for her transgressions.
- Reprints
- from Teen-Age Romances (St. John, 1949 series) #28 (December 1952)
-
Thrill Seekers' Weekend
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Reprints
- from Teen-Age Romances (St. John, 1949 series) #37 (May 1954)
-
Indexer Notes
Dana Dutch credited by John Benson in Confessions, Romances, Secrets, and Temptations (Fantagraphics, 2007 series) #[nn]
Elopement Hid Our Sins
comic story / 16 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Reprints
- from Pictorial Romances (St. John, 1950 series) #19 (May 1953)
-
Afraid to Be Married
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Reprints
- from True Love Pictorial (St. John, 1952 series) #10 (June 1954)
-
Masquerade Marriage
comic story / 9 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Reprints
- from Teen-Age Temptations (St. John, 1952 series) #8 (June 1954)
-
Indexer Notes
Dana Dutch credited by John Benson in Romance Without Tears (Fantagraphics Books, 2003 series) #[nn]
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Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
[Publisher's Page]
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2.
[Title Page]
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3.
Coal Town Girl
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4.
Contents
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5.
No Fear of Heartaches...
-
6.
Was I Too Young for Love?
-
7.
I Set a Trap for a Wolf
-
8.
They Called Me Boy-Crazy
-
9.
[no title indexed]
-
10.
I'll Not Date in August
-
11.
Loneliness Made Me A Pickup
-
12.
Allergic to Love
-
13.
A Stranger Stole My Heart
-
14.
[no title indexed]
-
15.
We Couldn't Be Kept Apart
-
16.
My Double-Life Caught Up with Me
-
17.
I Played Kiss and Run
-
18.
I Tried to Buy Love -- with Kisses
-
19.
Love Is Born
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20.
[no title indexed]
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21.
[Reckless Love Almost Ruined My Reputation]
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22.
Third Finger--Left Hand
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23.
[no title indexed]
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24.
[no title indexed]
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25.
Thrill-Seekers' Weekend
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26.
[no title indexed]
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27.
Flirtation on Wheels
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28.
Outcast Love
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29.
[no title indexed]
-
30.
Caught!
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31.
Love Made Me an Outcast
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32.
[no title indexed]
-
33.
I Loved Not Wisely But Too Well
-
34.
New, Pick-A-Boyfriend G.I. Listing
-
35.
Co-Ed Calamity
-
36.
[no title indexed]
-
37.
Asking for Trouble
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38.
[no title indexed]
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39.
What My Husband Didn't Know
-
40.
Romance on Route 202
-
41.
I Gave My Love Too Freely
-
42.
Campus Scandal
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43.
[no title indexed]
-
44.
My Forbidden Kisses
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45.
[no title indexed]
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46.
[no title indexed]
-
47.
I Was a Lonely War Bride
-
48.
Reckless Love
-
49.
[no title indexed]
-
50.
Good-by Innocence
-
51.
Tourist Cabin Escapade
-
52.
Penny-Ante Girl
-
53.
Hotel Week-End
-
54.
Love on Trial
-
55.
Thrill Seekers' Weekend
-
56.
Elopement Hid Our Sins
-
57.
Afraid to Be Married
-
58.
Masquerade Marriage
-
59.
An irreverent groundbreaking collection of 1950s Romance Comics
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