Romantic Love #10

(March 1952)

[Contents] (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

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Everett Raymond Kinstler (signed)

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Everett Raymond Kinstler (signed)

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Indexer Notes

On inside front cover.

Love Is Like Hate! (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Rafael Astarita [as Astarita] (signed)

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Rafael Astarita [as Astarita] (signed)

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Genre

romance

Characters

Joe Cassidy; Tiny Bowman; Nick Ricci; Tommy Vanderlink; Barbara Lydon

Synopsis

Boxer Joe loses his girlfriend Tiny to gambler Nick. Joe and high society woman Barbara fall in love, but Tiny returns with a baby that she lies and says is Nick’s. Barbara leaves and won’t speak to Joe. He wins the championship. Barbara agrees to meet Joe, but says she can’t forgive him. However, when Joe is falsely arrested for Tiny’s murder, Barbara gives him an alibi. They reconcile.

Keywords

boxing

Trapped into Marriage (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

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Genre

romance

Characters

Mary; Joe; Cynthia

Synopsis

Joe marries Cynthia, even though her sister Mary has seduced him into loving her instead. A year later, an unhappy Joe confronts Cynthia and she agrees to give him up. But first, she shows him what Mary has become: a prostitute cadging drinks in a dive bar. Joe reconciles with Cynthia.

Love Cheat! (Table of Contents: 4)

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Genre

romance

Reprints

• in Romantic Love (Avon, 1954 series) #22 (July-August 1954)

I'll Make Him Mine! (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

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Genre

romance

Characters

Ann Holiday; Dan Kirk; Ralph Brook; Ruth; Aunt Belle

Synopsis

Ann resents the fact that her longtime boyfriend Dan introduces her to newcomer Ralph as his fiancée, since they are not officially engaged. Ralph doesn’t seem interested in Ann until her Aunt Belle gives her a makeover. Soon, Ralph proposes marriage to Ann. But Ralph is arrested for embezzlement. Ann tries to make up with Dan but he lets her stew for a while before coming back to her.

Loveless Marriage (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Genre

romance

Characters

Jean; Nick Richards; Howard Nash

Synopsis

Jean is engaged to Nick but he dumps her for another woman. She then dates her boss Howard, and agrees to marry him even though she admits she doesn’t love him. Howard is a kind and attentive husband. When Nick returns and says he wants to resume their relationship, Jean rejects him and chooses Howard. “At that moment, my respect for my husband become love.”