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Realistic Romances 001 -JVJ

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Issue: #1
Published: July-August 1951, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 36, Editing:
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: ? (painted? photograph?) \| Inks: ? (painted? photograph?) \| Colours: ? (painted? photograph?)
Genre:	Romance

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword (1 page)	introduction
Genre:	Romance

Comic Story (8 pages)	I Was A....Bride For Sale!
Synopsis:	Diana weds assistant director Walt. He wants her to use her friendship with movie studio head Jim (she had been Jim’s secretary) to further his career. Walt throws them together and doesn’t even complain when Jim embraces her. Walt is promoted to director but when Diana—who has fallen in love with Jim—asks her husband for a divorce, he begs her to stay. In a drunken, jealous rage, Walt tries to murder Jim but ends up dead himself. Jim and Diana will be together at last.
Credits:	Letters: typeset
Genre:	Romance
Characters:	Diana Jim Keegan Walt Melford

Comic Story (7 pages)	Port Of Missing Girls
Synopsis:	Struggling actress Janis is hired by Karl Norton, then learns he wants her to help smuggle diamonds across the border. She is threatened with death unless she complies. Janis becomes friendly with Karl’s sympathetic henchman Alex but rejects his romantic advances because he’s a criminal. However, Alex is actually an undercover FBI agent. After Karl is captured, Alex and Janis can freely express their love.
Credits:	Letters: typeset
Genre:	Crime Romance
Characters:	Janis Ware Alex Barton Karl Norton Sammy Gluck

Comic Story (8 pages)	Love Me Again!
Synopsis:	Ronnie loves Dot but contracts amnesia after a fall. Vivian claims she and Ronnie were engaged. Dot and Vivian compete for Ronnie’s affections anew. Ronnie chooses Dot and eventually regains his memory.
Credits:	Letters: typeset
Genre:	Romance
Characters:	Ronnie Lane Dot Mrs. Lane Vivian Mantell Dr. Johns

Comic Story (8 pages)	Too Many Lovers!
Synopsis:	Anne has a string of wealthy lovers that support her, but her scam is threatened when her innocent, small-town cousin Laura becomes her roommate. Laura thinks Anne is attending school. Laura gets a job in a law office and introduces her friend Don to Anne. Anne becomes obsessed with Don, but her plans go awry and she confesses her scheme to steal him to Laura. Laura moves out and marries Don. Anne meets Tom at the wedding and finds true love at last.
Credits:	Letters: typeset
Genre:	Romance
Characters:	Anne Adams Laura Freddie Hazzard George Thompson Irv Michaels Don Winchester Tom Clay

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