Real Love
#40
(October 1951)
Ace Magazines,
1949 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- Monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- A. A. Wyn, Inc.
- Brand
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Ace
- Editing
- ?
Not Worthy Of Her Love
comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Alice Kirkpatrick
- Inks
- Alice Kirkpatrick
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset (Leroy lettering)
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Ginny Foster; Grace Hanson; Hewitt Salsbury II; Russell Clagett
- Synopsis
- Ginny is engaged to Russ, a college basketball player and law student. She offers to support them until he graduates, but he refuses, saying they'll have to wait two years to wed. Russ takes money from a gambler to throw a game and is arrested. Ginny learns he has been unfaithful to her as well. Hewitt, the son of Ginny's employer, who loves Ginny, puts up bail for Russ. Russ flees to Mexico. Ginny realizes she loves Hewitt, not Russ.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
Shunned!
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Babette Yates; Don Cuyler; Babette's mother; Oscar; Eddie; Bill
- Synopsis
- Babette's stepfather Oscar runs a shady tavern and gambling joint, which ruins her reputation with her high school classmates. Minister's son Don befriends Babette and they fall in love. Don's father is behind the movement to close down the bar, so Oscar plans to frame Don and blackmail him. For her daughter's sake, Babette's mother tips off the police and they raid the bar. Don and Babette can now be together.
Indexer Notes
Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
I Paid In Kisses
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Kathleen "Kathy" Hughes; Colby Morrell; Big Mike Farrell; Joe Ackley
- Synopsis
- Kathy's widowed mother runs a coal town boarding house. As a child, Kathy would "sell" her kisses to the miners, but as a teen she puts a stop to it. Colby is attracted to Kathy but calls her "cheap stuff!" Time passes and Kathy inherits money from one of the miners and the boarding house from her mother. Remembering Colby, she doesn't date anyone until Joe comes along. Colby returns and Kathy says she's been faithful to him, but Colby is suspicious of Joe and the miner who left Kathy money. Joe punches Colby. Kathy realizes it's Joe she loves.
Indexer Notes
Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
Forbidden Glamour
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Linda Ware; Mitchell Garner; Amy Doran [as Amber Van Dorn]; Mr. Ware; Mrs. Ware
- Synopsis
- Office worker Linda borrows nice clothes from her friend Amy for her dates with Mitchell. Amy turns out to be a thief and Linda is mistakenly arrested for her crimes. Amy’s parents, boss, and Mitchell all vouch for her honesty and she’s released. Mitchell says he loves Amy even if she doesn’t have fancy clothes.
- Reprints
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in Complete Love Magazine (Ace Magazines, 1951 series) #v31#5 / 186 (November 1955)
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Indexer Notes
Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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[no title indexed]
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1.
Not Worthy Of Her Love
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2.
Shunned!
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3.
I Paid In Kisses
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4.
The Charm Corner
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5.
Forbidden Glamour
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- Tillmann Courth
- Katy Hayhurst
- Gary L. Watson (R.I.P.)
- David Wilt
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