Popular Romance
#27
(February 1954)
Pines,
1949 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- quarterly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Better Publications Inc.
- Brand
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Standard Comics
- Editing
- Joe Archibald (editor)
Heartbreak Moon
comic story / 10 pages
- Job Number
- R-898
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Dr. Stefan "Steve" Kryak; Papa Kryak; Mama Kryak; Anna; Beryl Lindley; Mrs. Van Arpels; Mrs. Kranski
- Synopsis
- Steve and Anna grow up together; he becomes a doctor and she is a nurse. However, Anna is angry because Steve cultivates a fashionable clientele and dates wealthy Beryl, snubbing his immigrant parents and the poor people of the town. Steve eventually realizes his place is with the people who need him. Also, he’ll marry Anna.
- Reprints
in Long on Love
comic story / 1 page
- Job Number
- R-873
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Edna; Jerry
- Synopsis
- Edna tells her friends that she doesn’t care that her boyfriend Jerry is shorter than she is: “Jerry certainly isn’t short on character…and he’s long on understanding, sympathy and everything else that really counts!”
- Reprints
I Belong With You
comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- R-906
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Shelley Lane; Rock Gordon; Chuck Lane; Ed Casey
- Synopsis
- While visiting her father on a construction job in the Northwest, Shelley meets Rock, a demolition expert. They fall in love and marry, but Shelley grows bored with their itinerant life. She convinces Rock to take her to a dance and to allow another man to handle a job, but something goes wrong and workers are killed. Rock and Shelley separate but she realises his work is his life and she loves him anyway. They reconcile.
Indexer Notes
The identical premise was used for "I Need You Darling" in Romantic Marriage (St. John, 1953 series) 22 (May 1954).
The Broken Date
text story / 2 pages
- Job Number
- R-925
- Genre
- romance
Indexer Notes
text story with 2 illustrations
I Lied with Kisses
comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- R-904
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Claire Brewster; Grant Dennis; Dan Hunt
- Synopsis
- Claire grew up in an orphanage and is bitter about her life there. When she becomes a radio announcer, Claire gives newscaster Grant anonymous tips about poor conditions at the orphanage. New director Dan complains this information is outdated. Claire feigns interest and even though she sees improvements have been made, still wants revenge. Claire dates Dan to get the inside story, and eventually changes her mind. Dan discovers she’s been spreading the false stories and breaks up with her. A repentant Claire spearheads a fundraising campaign for the orphanage and Dan forgives her.
Indexer Notes
credits for this sequence supplied by Steve Saaf and Jim Vadeboncouer, June 2008.
Ashamed of Love
comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- R-900
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Walt Faring; Kay Faring; Greg Sherwood; Elise
- Synopsis
- Kay marries her longtime sweetheart Walt and eventually wonders if she had “missed the real excitement in life!” because she never dated anyone else. Kay is attracted to Greg, the mature architect hired to design Walt and Kay’s new home. However, when Greg’s interior designer Elise seems to be making a play for Walt, Kay becomes jealous and realizes she loves Walt. Even though she learns this was a deliberate scheme of Greg and Elise, Kay doesn’t care.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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[no title indexed]
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1.
Heartbreak Moon
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2.
Long on Love
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3.
Just Beween Us....
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4.
I Belong With You
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5.
The Broken Date
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6.
I Lied with Kisses
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7.
Let's Talk it Over
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8.
Ashamed of Love
This issue was modified by, among others
- Pat Conolly
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Katy Hayhurst
- Michael Hoskin
- Axel Kahlstorff
- Jim Van Dore
- David Wilt
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