New Romances
#6
(July 1951)
Pines,
1951 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1951-05-04
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Visual Editions Inc.
- Brand
-
Standard Comics
Issue Notes
On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1951 Periodicals, page 94.
No Wife Was I
comic story / 10 pages
- Job Number
- R-341
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Steve Milford; Ada Milford; Mr. Patterson; Mrs. Patterson; Janice; Fred; Dr. Garvey
- Synopsis
- “I wanted security...I wanted a home of my own...and the price I had to pay was marriage!” Ada and Steve get married and move into a house where Ada plunges “into a frenzy of cleaning, decorating, cooking, sewing...” to “show Steve he had married an ideal homemaker.” However, Steve never feels comfortable in the house and Ada’s constant housework leaves her too tired to respond to Steve’s romantic advances. He moves out, but when Ada learns she’s pregnant, they reconcile and vow to have a happy marriage.
Best Face Forward
activity / 0.5 page
- Job Number
- R-268
- Synopsis
- Advice for facial care.
- Keywords
- advice
Indexer Notes
Art credit from JVJ index card attached to online scanned version.
My Reckless Heart
comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- R-340
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Sally Graham; Jack Reed; Don Curtis; Smitty
- Synopsis
- Sally takes a summer job as a switchboard operator at the “swanky” Curtis Mountain Hotel. She falls in love with lifeguard Jack, but is also courted by owner Don. Jack says Don swindled his family out of part ownership of the resort. The two men fight over Sally; they finally agree to split the hotel 50-50 and become friends again. Jack gets Sally.
Indexer Notes
credits supplied by Steve Saaf and Jim Vadeboncouer, June 2008.
[no title indexed]
Smart Talk by Janet Lee / comic story / 1 page
- Job Number
- R-347
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A girl we'll call 'Laura' writes me...
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Janet Lee; Tom Dane; Laura; Mom; Dad; Ken; Randy
- Synopsis
- Janet Lee advises Laura to take her boyfriend Tom home to meet her family but "just be casual."
- Keywords
- advice
Love Next Door
comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- R-336
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Wanda Craig; Tommy Craig; Glenn Carpenter; Jean Carpenter
- Synopsis
- Flirtatious Wanda marries Tommy but after a time she feels “the fire’s gone out of our lives!” When they move to the suburbs, she decides to seduce their married neighbor Glenn. He eventually kisses her, but “it was almost coldly professional...almost condescending!” Wanda is embarrassed but Glenn says she needs to realize Tommy is the man she really loves. Wanda agrees.
Date Bait
comic story / 1 page
- Job Number
- R-300
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Helen Winslow
- Synopsis
- "Youth counsellor" Helen Winslow advises girls who are "attracted to a certain boy--and want to do something about it!" She provides hints for "striking up an acquaintance and still not being aggressive about it!"
- Keywords
- advice
Indexer Notes
Art credits from JVJ index card attached to online scanned version.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
No Wife Was I
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2.
Best Face Forward
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3.
My Reckless Heart
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4.
Just for Love
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5.
["A girl we'll call 'Laura' writes me..."]
Smart Talk by Janet Lee -
6.
Love Next Door
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7.
Date Bait
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- Pat Conolly
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Katy Hayhurst
- Michael Hoskin
- Axel Kahlstorff
- Jim Van Dore
- David Wilt
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