Digital Comic Museum > Romantic Adventures 016

Issue: #16
Published: September-October 1951, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 52, Editing: Richard E. Hughes
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age US Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)
Credits:	Pencils: Ken Bald \| Inks: Ken Bald
Genre:	Romance

Comic Story (10 pages)	Campus Romance
Synopsis:	Aspiring actress Kim hires press agent Clive to jumpstart her career. Clive schemes to have her romantically linked with college football star Ace. Kim gets a job in the local ice cream shoppe and begins dating Ace, who falls in love with her. Clive publicises the romance and Ace proposes marriage to Kim. Kim feels guilty and confesses to Ace, who is too depressed to play in the big game. Kim arrives and says she really loves him: Ace wins the game and they reconcile.
Genre:	Romance
Characters:	Kim Harder Clive Caray Harold "Ace" Jansen

Comic Story (9 pages)	Stranger to Love
Synopsis:	Orphan Marsha is raised by her stern Aunt Harriet, who expects her niece to marry “older, fat and pompous” William. Marsha falls in love with handsome lawyer Ed, but Aunt Harriet frames him so Marsha thinks he’s got a girlfriend. Before Marsha can marry William, Ed exposes her aunt’s scheme: Harriet has been stealing from Marsha’s trust fund and William was going to help her continue to do so. Marsha marries Ed instead.
Genre:	Romance
Characters:	Marsha Peabody Aunt Harriet Peabody William Bagley Ed Harmon

Text Story (1 page)	Mrs. Monahan's Bow and Arrow
Credits:	Letters: typeset
Genre:	Romance

Comic Story (9 pages)	I Took What I Wanted
Synopsis:	Julie has had a crush on Grant since she was 14; now 19, she decides to make him jealous by dating his cousin Peter. Grant succumbs to her charms and they become engaged but Julie begins to see another, unattractive side of him: he drinks and is a wastrel, scheming to inherit money from his grandfather. Julie breaks up with Grant and realises Peter is the better man.
Genre:	Romance
Characters:	Julie Morton Grant Bailey Polly Bailey Peter Bailey Mrs. Morton Mr. Bailey

Text Story (1 page)	Papa Spank!
Credits:	Letters: typeset
Genre:	Romance

Comic Story (4 pages)	Romance of a Teen-Ager
Synopsis:	Teen-ager Linda, feeling high school boys are too immature and losing an older boyfriend to the military draft, decides to find a “single man above the draft age—-over 26” to marry at a summer resort hotel. She chooses fellow guest Ed, then learns he’s 35, “almost old enough to be my father!” Ed introduces her to his teen-age daughter Hazel; he says he only romanced Linda to prevent her from “falling into the clutches of any unscrupulous man!” Linda and Hazel go off to college where there are plenty of eligible boys of their own age.
Credits:	Pencils: ? [as EKR] \| Inks: ? [as EKR]
Genre:	Romance
Characters:	Linda Paul Dr. Edward Horner Hazel Horner

Comic Story (1 page)	Mee-ow!
Synopsis:	Lois constantly denigrates her roommate and other women to her boyfriend Tom, demanding his total attention. This backfires: he breaks up with her.
Genre:	Romance
Characters:	Lois Tom Rhoda

Text Story (1 page)	The Clincher
Credits:	Letters: typeset
Genre:	Romance

Comic Story (10 pages)	All About...Women!
Synopsis:	Lawyer Bob thinks he knows all about women, and is determined never to marry. He’s assigned lawyer Kaye as his assistant on a case. Bob thinks their client is guilty and wants to cut a plea deal, but Kaye insists Dr. Gerrity is innocent and they must prove it. Bob thinks Kaye loves Gerrity, which makes him jealous. At the trial, Kaye presents evidence that wins the case. Bob thinks he’ll never see Kaye again, but is surprised to discover she loves him.
Credits:	Pencils: Edvard Moritz ?
Genre:	Romance
Characters:	Bob Mascott Kaye Wheeler Dr. Gerrity Billie Maine Mr. Purdy Miss Miller Ted Dr. Johns

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