Digital Comic Museum - Romantic Adventures 040 -JVJ


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A Rangerhouse scan,
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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: #40
Published: December 1953, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 36, Editing: Richard Hughes [as Richard E. Hughes]
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age US Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Notes: Indexed from scanned copy at https://digitalcomicmuseum.com

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)	The Man Who Knew Women!
Credits:	Pencils: Ken Bald \| Inks: Ken Bald
Genre:	Romance
Characters:	Chuck Benedict Fern Graves

Comic Story (6 pages)	The Man Who Knew Women!
Synopsis:	Chuck romances and discards women frequently. He boasts that he’ll never marry anyone who doesn’t have “looks, brains,” and money. He agrees date Fern, the cousin of his roommate’s girlfriend, because she’s from a small town and doesn’t know anyone in the big city. Chuck falls for Fern then discovers she’s an actress hired to teach him a lesson about respecting women. He’s upset, but Fern apologizes and confesses that she really loves him, too.
Credits:	Pencils: Shelly Moldoff (signed) \| Inks: Shelly Moldoff (signed)
Genre:	Romance
Characters:	Chuck Benedict Fern Graves Marsh Susie Debbie Molly

Text Story (1 page)	Inter-Office Memo!
Credits:	Letters: typeset
Genre:	Romance

Comic Story (7 pages)	When Dreams Come True
Synopsis:	Cindy is exploited as an unpaid housekeeper by her two older sisters. Her friend Mrs. Kelly, a housekeeper for a wealthy couple, gives Cindy an invitation to the Press Photographer’s Ball and has her absent employer’s chauffeur drive her to the event. Cindy is warned she must leave the ball no later than midnight to return the clothes she’s borrowed before the owners get home. Cindy meets film executive Clark at the ball but gives him a false name and runs away at midnight. He tracks her down and proposes marriage: she accepts.
Credits:	Pencils: Ken Landau [as Kenneth Landau] (signed) \| Inks: Ken Landau [as Kenneth Landau] (signed)
Genre:	Romance
Characters:	Cindy Jones Carole Jones Judith Hones Mrs. Kelly Clark Phillips

Comic Story (1 page)	Kindness Can Work Wonders!
Synopsis:	Marie dates Ken but her rudeness to others causes him to choose to wed her “kind” officemate Jean instead.
Credits:	Pencils: Charles Nicholas \| Inks: Charles Nicholas
Genre:	Romance
Characters:	Marie Ken Miss Rollins Jean

Comic Story (7 pages)	Gold-Digger!
Synopsis:	Dancer Ruby inherits a house from her uncle in Indiana. She decides to marry wealthy local Jim even though he’s already engaged to Miriam. Ruby vamps Jim and he breaks up with Miriam. Shortly before the wedding, Ruby learns Jim’s family has lost their fortune. Even though she realizes she really loves him, Ruby breaks up with Jim and arranges for him to reconcile with Miriam.
Credits:	Pencils: Pete Riss \| Inks: Pete Riss
Genre:	Romance
Characters:	Ruby Fain Roger Stoneham Mrs. Dorset Jim Marlowe Miriam Campbell

Text Story (1 page)	Two Weeks with Love!
Credits:	Letters: typeset
Genre:	Romance

Comic Story (6 pages)	Fear for My Love
Synopsis:	Laura’s father, a policeman, is killed in the line of duty. When she grows up, Laura falls in love with Pete but he joins the police force and she says “I’ll never marry you as long as you wear that uniform!” Even though she loves Pete, Laura decides to marry Warren. When a young boy climbs an electric tower, Laura watches as Pete risks his life to rescue him. She realizes Pete is “all man!” and “a woman shouldn’t try to change a man’s ideals! If she loves him, she’ll take him as he is!” Laura and Pete will wed.
Credits:	Pencils: Bill Benulis \| Inks: Jack Abel
Genre:	Romance
Characters:	Laura Conerly Pete John Conerly Mrs. Conerly Warren Danny Wilson

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