Best Romance
#6
(May 1952)
Pines,
1952 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- quarterly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Visual Editions Inc.
- Brand
-
Standard Comics
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
Indexed from a scan from http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/.
All art attributions from Jim Vadeboncouer, Jr.
All art attributions from Jim Vadeboncouer, Jr.
Bitter Kisses
comic story / 7 pages
- Job Number
- R-579
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Steve Merton; Rita Bell; Mr. Bell; Mrs. Bell; Buzz
- Synopsis
- The Bell and Merton families have been feuding over a business deal for ten years. Rita and Steve meet at a party and fall in love. When they tell their parents, they are forbidden to see each other again, but defy these orders. However, Steve refuses to elope with Rita, saying “our marriage must start out right!” Rita breaks up with him, then hears Steve is dating the mayor’s daughter. Rita’s parents can’t “stand the idea of any boy walking out on you,” so they withdraw their objections to Steve and Rita’s romance.
Indexer Notes
A book in the splash panel has as author Joe Archibald, a Standard writer-artist. Art credits for this sequence from both Steve Saaf and Jim Vadeboncouer, June 2008.
Wedding Traditions
comic story / 1 page
- Job Number
- R-566
- Genre
- non-fiction; romance
- Synopsis
- Origins of the wedding ring, hope chest, veil, and best man traditions.
Western Femininity
comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; western-frontier
- Synopsis
- In the old West, "women worked side by side with their husbands to overcome tremendous odds!" However, they were "still feminine at heart."
Say You Love Me
comic story / 7 pages
- Job Number
- R-577
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Joan Thomas; Alice Carter; Frank Thomas; Madame Illa; Hedy DeLisle; Beth Agnew; Mr. Black
- Synopsis
- Raised in poverty and snubbed by richer children, when Joan marries advertising artist Frank she begins to spend recklessly to keep up with her new friends, including Alice. However, when Frank loses his job and discovers Joan has spent their savings on “luxuries,” he leaves her. Joan gets a job and sells her possessions. She puts in a good word for Frank and he gets a new job. Frank and Joan are reconciled and she promises “no more keeping up with the Joneses!”
How They Were Married!
comic story / 1 page
- Job Number
- R-565
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- How marriages were arranged in the past and around the world. "Only in the twentieth century, and mainly in this country, has marriage solely for love been the most common ideal!"
Love in the Sun
text story / 2 pages
- Script
- Susan Hendryx
- Pencils
- John Celardo (illustrations)
- Inks
- John Celardo (illustrations)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- R-601
- Genre
- romance
I Claim Your Love
comic story / 3 pages
- Job Number
- R-564
- Genre
- historical; romance
- Characters
- Bill Richey; Jenny Wright
- Synopsis
- Raised in an orphanage, Jenny works and saves her money, finally moving out west. She ignores men who say women don’t belong and determines to claim a homestead. Jenny falls in love with Bill but refuses to let him stake a claim for her. On the day of the land rush, Jenny and Bill race to place a claim and he narrowly wins. He says “I’m claiming your heart, too” and she agrees.
Readin', Writin' and Romance
comic story / 1 page
- Job Number
- R-527
- Genre
- non-fiction; romance
- Synopsis
- "Would it shock you to know that only a century ago, some of the most carefully raised young women couldn't read or write? Girls were educated to be wives and mothers. Society simply ignored the fact that girls also had minds!" However, in recent years women have been educated and entered the workforce. "And, the net result of it all is that, under modern education systems, girls are better prepared for marriage than ever!"
The Man I'll Marry
comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- R-575
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Sandy Bennett; Gordy Westover; Paul Lanning
- Synopsis
- Secretary Sandy is engaged to her boss, architect Paul, but he is staid and prudish. She dates salesman Gordy and they fall in love, but she doesn’t tell either man about the other. Paul catches Sandy embracing Gordy and the truth comes out. Gordy dumps her. Sandy apologizes to Paul and he forgives her. He also reunites Sandy with Gordy, the man she really loves.
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Table of Contents
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[no title indexed]
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1.
Bitter Kisses
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2.
Wedding Traditions
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3.
Western Femininity
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4.
["Gosh, Billy - I wish we could think of something to do!"]
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5.
Say You Love Me
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6.
How They Were Married!
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7.
Love in the Sun
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8.
I Claim Your Love
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9.
Readin', Writin' and Romance
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10.
The Man I'll Marry
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- Jan Roar Hansen
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