Digital Comic Museum - Real Love 070 -JVJ


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From the JVJ Collection.
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This book is part of the 2017 St Valentine's Day Romance'acre.
'Looking for digital love in all the wrong places.'

Issue: #70
Published: October 1955, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 36, Editing: N. J. Phillips
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Silver Age US Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)
Credits:	Pencils: ? (photograph) \| Inks: ? (photograph) \| Colours: ? (photograph)

Comic Story (8 pages)	Too Smart for Love
Synopsis:	Raised in an Oregon lumber camp, Jeanie is sent back east to spend time with her aunt and uncle. She and Leo fall in love: he thinks she's "sweet and simple and unspoiled!" Jeanie is well-educated, however, and shows off by correcting Leo's errors. Leo stops calling and her uncle says "No man wants to think a woman knows more than he does!" When she meets Ken, Jeanie plays dumb but can't stand it. She confesses all to Ken and he says "No man could really be happy with a woman who wasn't his intellectual equal!" Meanwhile, Leo marries "one of the dumbest girls in town!"
Genre:	Romance
Characters:	Jeanie Gordon Leo Reid Lila Aunt Kate Margie Bill Ken Hartwood

Comic Story (7 pages)	A Man for Marian
Synopsis:	Marian is disliked by all the women in town because she is "jolly and carefree" and plays up to their husbands, making them look bad by comparison. Mae imports her cousin Brand as a potential mate for Marian. Marian tells the wives they should treat their husbands better, and refuses to socialize with them any more. However, she and Brand do get married, move away, and live happily ever after.
Credits:	Letters: typeset (Leroy lettering)
Genre:	Romance
Characters:	Marian Ames Lettie Dora Eaton Jim Eaton Brand Norman Rod Mae

Comic Story (7 pages)	To be Loved for Myself
Synopsis:	Heiress Althea thinks she loves Wilbur, but learns he's a fortune hunter who's been two-timing her with her maid. Althea runs away and tells cabbie Chris that she's poor and on the run. He lets her stay in his apartment while he works. The next day her lawyers show up and say Chris answered an ad about the whereabouts of the "missing" heiress; Chris returns the reward money, thinking her pose was a joke. Althea tracks down Chris and says she'll donate her fortune to charity, so they can be married.
Genre:	Romance
Characters:	Althea Marland [as Mary Jones] Babette Wilbur Shaw Chris Donovan

Text Article (2 pages)
Featuring:	The Charm Corner
Credits:	Letters: typeset

Comic Story (8 pages)	Headed for Heartbreak
Synopsis:	Faith marries rancher Bruce. She gets a letter from her sister Pamela, who says she's also married, to wealthy Travis. Faith discovers life on Bruce's ranch is difficult and decides to return to the city. However, Pamela and Travis arrive for a visit; Pamela confesses that her husband is unfaithful and she's unhappy. When cattle get into the orchard, Faith realizes she cares about her husband and her ranch, and she rushes to help. Pamela "has a mink coat and big diamond, but she really doesn't have love!"
Genre:	Romance
Characters:	Faith Rogers Bruce Bromley Pamela Travis Seymour

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