Romantic Story
#48
(March 1960)
Charlton,
1954 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- Quarterly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Charlton Comics Group
- Brand
-
A Charlton Publication
- Editing
- Pat Masulli (Executive Editor)
Gypsy Holiday; End of a Dream
cover / 1 page
- Genre
- romance
Indexer Notes
Cover notes a contest inside: "Win 2 round trips. Fly TWA to Disneyland or New York...plus many other great prizes."
Cover art is taken from interior story panels.
The top and bottom portions of the cover were penciled by Vince Colletta. The middle portion of the cover was penciled by Joe Sinnott. Per Franklin Colletta (December 23, 2013)
Gypsy Holiday
comic story / 10 pages
- Job Number
- 6118
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Cleo Gibson; Bud Hobbes; Jenny Miles; Jack, Mr. Gibson; Mrs. Gibson
- Synopsis
- Two Evansville, Indiana girls run into bohemian boys while vacationing in New York City.
Indexer Notes
The top cover image (with different coloring) is taken from a panel in this story.
The Wall-Flower
comic story / 1 page
- Job Number
- 5768
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Nancy; Joe Bender
- Synopsis
- None of the boys ask Nancy to dance.
End of a Dream
comic story / 7 pages
- Job Number
- 6126
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Fran Talbot; George; Dick Major; Mr. Talbot; Mrs. Talbot; Aunt Stella; Uncle Claude
- Synopsis
- Fran dreams of gaiety and a man in the big city, until she visits her aunt in New York.
Indexer Notes
Art credits added by Ramon Schenk (August 2009).
The right-side cover image is a slightly modified version of a panel in this story (in the actual story the man's featured are intentionally marred to give him an ambiguous appearance for Fran's dream sequence).
Lost Love
text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Eleanor Cooper; John Halsband; Mrs. Cooper
- Synopsis
- Typist Eleanor meets the boy of her day-dreams.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Gypsy Holiday; End of a Dream
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1.
Spot Reduce
Slim-Flex Home Slenderizing Program -
2.
Gypsy Holiday
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3.
Win a big prize!
Wilson Chemical Co. -
4.
The Wall-Flower
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5.
Gain weight!
Vitatone -
6.
Win! Thousands of dollars worth of great prizes!
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7.
End of a Dream
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8.
Lovelier Hair in 7 Days
Juel Company -
9.
Lost Love
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10.
The Lesson
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11.
Wallet Photos
Lee Photo -
12.
Everything You Need to Start Stamp Collecting
Zenith Company -
13.
Instantly Restores Your Appearance
Ward Green Co. -
14.
Amazing Super-Secret Wall Safe
Honor House Prod. Corp. -
15.
Girls -- Women Train at Home
Northwest Schools -
16.
Draw Me
Art Instruction, Inc.
This issue was modified by, among others
- Steve Belknap
- Nick Caputo
- Franklin Colletta
- Hector G. Dueñas G.
- Donald Dale Milne
- Ramon Schenk
- Daniel Thingvold
- Richard Thomson
- Jim Van Dore
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