(July-August 1951)
Charlton,
1951 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- Bi-Monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1951-07-06
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Romantic Love Stories, Inc.
- Editing
- Charles J. Levy; Charles Santangelo
Issue Notes
On sale date taken from stamp on comic book currently in the image archive.
The color printing on this issue is not "full color." Issues 1,2, and 4 (and beyond) all have full color interiors but this issue's stories are predominately red and green, with a limited color palette. This may have something to do with the printing process?
The color printing on this issue is not "full color." Issues 1,2, and 4 (and beyond) all have full color interiors but this issue's stories are predominately red and green, with a limited color palette. This may have something to do with the printing process?
Odd Facts of Romance
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- romance
- Synopsis
- 5 trivia facts about romance around the world.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover. Black and white.
I Loved Unwisely
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Eve; Lance Dickson; Andy; David Wallace
- Synopsis
- Eve has long had a crush on Lance, but his philandering causes her to move away to the big city. She falls in love with author David but still has feelings for Lance. When Lance shows up and says he loves Eve, she realizes she doesn't care for him any more; she will marry David.
I Left Love Behind
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Donna; Dan Reed; Father; Aunt Ellen; Jock Colby
- Synopsis
- Donna grows up on her father's ranch and loves Dan, but her aunt insists she move back East for an education. Donna meets wealthy Jock, older than her "by years," and they become friends. Dan shows up: he's appearing in a rodeo to earn money for his wedding. Donna goes home to nurse her father, who has had a stroke. He says he sold his ranch to Dan. Jock shows up: he loves Donna but knows she only loves Dan. Dan's story of a "wedding" was just to make Donna jealous. Dan and Donna will be married.
Indexer Notes
The dialogue in the balloons in this story has quotes around it. The text in captions does not.
Built for Love
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Dan Clark; Jane Roberts; Mr. Roberts; Mary
- Synopsis
- Jane meets Dan, who's building a house near her family home for his future wife Mary. However, Jane and Dan fall in love instead.
- Reprints
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in Weird Love (IDW, 2014 series) #16 (January 2017) - in Weird Love (IDW, 2015 series) #6 - So This Is Love! (February 2018)
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Indexer Notes
The dialogue in the balloons in this story has quotes around it. The text in captions does not.
There are several rather risque "cheesecake" drawings of Jane in this story (page 4 and 6).
Three Loves Had I
comic story / 9 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Freddie Bell; Grace Mercer; Dr. Don Kent; Rod
- Synopsis
- Nurse Grace is torn between three lovers: salesman Freddie, doctor Don, and pilot Rod.
Indexer Notes
This story appears to have been drawn by Fred Bell (who usually drew the "Trudy and Judy" fillers on the inside front covers of Charlton romance titles). It's probably an in-joke that one of the 3 male protagonists of the story is named "Freddie Bell."
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
Odd Facts of Romance
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2.
I Loved Unwisely
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3.
I Left Love Behind
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4.
Built for Love
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5.
Career Wife
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6.
Three Loves Had I
This issue was most recently modified by:
- David Wilt
- Katy Hayhurst
- Daniel Thingvold
- Gary L. Watson (R.I.P.)
- Ramon Schenk
- Peter Croome
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