Romantic Love #6

(July-August 1951)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Everett Kinstler (signed)

Inks

Everett Kinstler (signed)

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

She was tough despite her extreme youth...

Genre

romance

Indexer Notes

On inside front cover.

Thrill Crazy (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

John Rosenberger

Inks

John Rosenberger

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Genre

crime; romance

Characters

Sally Winters; Nick Ferranti; Doris Manning; Bob; Valerie; Hank

Synopsis

Sally’s mother sends her to the expensive Cranmoor finishing school to get her out of their lower-class neighborhood. Sally meets Bob at a dance and falls for him, but when he returns to his own school, she starts spending her evenings in town with a rough bunch, including Nick. When the school administration finds out, they expel her. Over Bob’s objections, Sally runs off with Nick and they begin a life of crime. Nick is killed during a robbery and Sally is sent to prison.

Reprints

• in Realistic Romances (Avon, 1954 series) #16 (June-July 1954)

Indexer Notes

Art identification from Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr. index card.

The Shame Is Mine! (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Norman Nodel

Inks

Norman Nodel

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Letters

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Genre

crime; romance

Characters

Andy Lee; Doris Kenton; Arthur Hardy; Marco

Synopsis

Andy rescues cigarette girl Doris from a lecherous nightclub customer. They become friends and Doris agrees to sell Andy’s perfume as well as cigarettes. Doris learns the perfume is stolen and when Andy and chemist Arthur team up to produce counterfeit perfume, she protests but her love for Andy compels her to agree to the scheme. They branch out to supplying drugstores with the fake scents as well. However, gangster Marco tries to take over the racket and everyone is arrested. Andy and Doris are sent to prison, but hope to start an honest life together when they are released.

Reprints

• in Realistic Romances (Avon, 1954 series) #16 (June-July 1954)

Indexer Notes

Art identification from Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr. index card.

My Scandalous Affair! (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Everett Kinstler (signed)

Inks

Everett Kinstler (signed)

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

romance

Characters

Claire; Dick Lauder; Neil Baldwin; Ted Flagg; Mr. Dow

Synopsis

Claire has a reputation in her high school as a “fast girl.” After she is involved in an auto accident, her stepfather warns her to straighten up. But Claire starts smoking marijuana with some friends and gets hooked. Her stepfather commits her to a sanitorium where she sees the effects of long-term drug use. Claire’s decent friend Dick convinces her stepfather to give her a second chance.

Reprints

• in Realistic Romances (Avon, 1954 series) #16 (June-July 1954)
which is reprinted
• in Reefer Madness (Dark Horse, 2018 series) (April 2018)

Keywords

Drug addiction; marijuana

Terror Stalked My Love (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

John Romita (signed)

Inks

Les Zakarin (signed)

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

romance

Characters

Linda; Keith Harkness; Mrs. Harkness; Tommy Gregg; Amos

Synopsis

Receptionist Linda meets Keith when he performs some work for her firm. They become friends but Keith rejects her attempts to become closer. Linda goes to gloomy Harkness Hall where he lives with his grandmother, and is invited to spend a few days there. Keith later explains that the men in his family have always reacted badly to “the curse of woman’s infidelity” (his own father committed suicide). Neighbor Tommy tries to kiss Linda, and Keith decides to kill himself, but when it’s proven that Tommy’s advances were unwanted, Keith and Linda decide to marry and live happily ever

Reprints

• in Realistic Romances (Avon, 1954 series) #16 (June-July 1954)