Best Romance
#7
(August 1952)
Pines,
1952 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- quarterly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Visual Editions, Inc.
- Brand
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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.
I Broke the Rules
comic story / 7 pages
- Job Number
- R-623
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Peg Phillips; Bob; Mrs. Vickers; Bill Benson; Harry
- Synopsis
- Peg is desperate to find a husband, but her overeager actions scare men away. When her boss Mrs. Vickers warns her that new employee Bill is “off limits,” Peg thinks he’s married and is cool to him, even when he tries to be friendly. Mrs. Vickers invites Peg and Bob to dinner, and explains her plan: she didn’t want Peg to chase Bill off. Peg and Bill fall in love naturally.
About Face
comic story / 1 page
- Job Number
- R-667
- Genre
- romance
- Synopsis
- “Which girl looks more interesting from the rear? The neat one, of course!” Women should take care that the "rear view" is as neat as their frontal appearance.
- Reprints
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in Weird Love (IDW, 2014 series) #1 (May 2014) - in Weird Love (IDW, 2015 series) #1 - You Know You Want It (February 2015)
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Indexer Notes
Advice.
Romantic Me!
comic story / 3 pages
- Job Number
- R-679
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Hildy; Bert; Hildy's mother
- Synopsis
- Hildy wants a romantic lover instead of her plain boyfriend Bert. However, her mother warns her that a man she thought was romantic—-her friend Cynthia’s boyfriend—-turned out to be “completely inconsiderate and insincere!” Hildy realizes she has a good thing in Bert and accepts his marriage proposal.
Love Is to Blame
comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- R-659
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Brian Radcliffe; Lucy Wesdorf; Joe Decker; Mrs. Radcliffe; Lafferty
- Synopsis
- Lucy is attracted to wealthy Brian, although her longtime friend Joe says he’s a “stuffed shirt” and a “playboy.” Lucy dates Brian, who keeps their relationship a secret from his mother, Lucy’s employer, but she finds out and demands Lucy stop corrupting her son. Lucy is fired when she refuses. Brian leaves Lucy behind when the gambling ship they’re on is raided. Joe bails Lucy out of jail, and she realizes he’s the man for her, not lazy, mother's-boy Brian.
Heart in the Kitchen
text story / 2 pages
- Script
- Mickey Klar Marks
- Pencils
- Nick Cardy (illustrations)
- Inks
- Nick Cardy (illustrations)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- R-678
- Genre
- romance
Indexer Notes
Writer credit from Mickey Klar Marks' papers at the University of Southern Mississippi.
Love Problems
comic story / 2 pages
- Job Number
- R-681
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Sandy; Hal; Mike; Gloria
- Synopsis
- Sandy can’t decide between Hal or Mike, and her mother suggests she date other boys for “a fresh perspective!” Hal and Mike agree. At a dance, Sandy sees both Hal and Mike with other dates, and discovers she’s only jealous when she looks at Hal. He’s the man she loves.
My Borrowed Kisses
comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- R-651
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Jeff Roman; Peggy Farnum; Marilyn
- Synopsis
- Salesman Jeff is stranded in Leesburg when his car breaks down. He remembers being stationed there while in the Army years before, and dating Peggy. He thinks he may still love Peggy, which is why he hasn’t proposed to his hometown girl Marilyn. Jeff meets Peggy and they talk about what has transpired in their lives in the intervening years. They part as friends and Jeff now feels free to marry Marilyn.
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Table of Contents
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[no title indexed]
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1.
I Broke the Rules
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2.
About Face
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3.
Romantic Me!
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4.
Love Is to Blame
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5.
Heart in the Kitchen
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6.
Love Problems
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7.
My Borrowed Kisses
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8.
The Permanent Rave
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