Digital Comic Museum - Pictorial Romances 009


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Issue: #9
Published: September 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)

Text Story (2 pages)	All's Fair in Love
Credits:	Letters: typeset
Genre:	Romance

Comic Story (8 pages)	Dishonest Love
Synopsis:	Art shop owner Rudolph asks his assistant Elizabeth to convince Andrew to paint copies of “old masters” paintings. Elizabeth dates Andrew and he agrees to produce the copies so he can afford to marry her. Elizabeth falls in love with Andrew and learns Rudolph is having someone else forge signatures so the copies can be sold as originals. She tricks Rudolph into staging a one-man show for Andrew and reveals the copies there, foiling Rudolph’s plan. Andrew’s real paintings are a success and now he can marry Elizabeth.
Genre:	Romance
Characters:	Rudolph Gerard Andrew Campbell Elizabeth Coulton Rocky

Comic Story (6 pages)	I Tried to Keep Up with Bad Company
Synopsis:	Jane attends a party thrown by wealthy Ron, attended by “quite a few fellows and girls with bad reputations.” She keeps her relationship with Ron a secret from her longtime boyfriend Bud, who starts dating Lucy instead. Jane discovers Ron isn’t really interested in her because she’s not wild. She spots Bud at one of Ron’s parties: their mutual friend Bruce invited him so Bud and Jane would realize that they didn't belong with that crowd. Bud and Jane reconcile.
Genre:	Romance
Characters:	Jane Prentis Ron Andrews Bud Stewart Lucy Mrs. Prentis Bruce Owen Al Peg Rita

Comic Story (7 pages)	What Price Folly!
Synopsis:	Connie writes to her boyfriend Ted and tells him she’s an actress but is actually a carhop at a Hollywood drive-in. When Ted arrives for a visit, Connie and her friends pretend she is glamorous and successful. Ted asks her to marry him but she refuses and he leaves. Actor Keith helps Connie get a screen test at his studio. While she’s working there as an extra, a leopard attacks and her friend Steve saves her but is injured; Keith runs away but later claims he was a hero. Connie goes home to Ted.
Credits:	Pencils: Tal
Genre:	Romance
Characters:	Connie Sanders Ted Wills Irma Steve Smith Keith Collins Gloria Burton F.B.

Comic Story (1 page)	Double-Purpose Date
Synopsis:	Janice complains her boyfriend Ted is bored with their dates but won’t take her to places where there is a “fast crowd” because she’s “too young...too innocent!” Janice’s friend Elaine goes on a date with Ted and makes him take her to expensive clubs and restaurants; he winds up exhausted and broke. Ted is happy to go back to Janice and dates at the roller skating rink.
Genre:	Romance
Characters:	Janice Taylor Elaine Ted

Comic Story (10 pages)	The Road to Ruin
Synopsis:	Betty is forbidden by her parents to keep seeing Harry, who has a bad reputation. Her friends also warn her about him, but she stubbornly refuses to believe he’s bad. Even when he cheats on her with others and gets her in trouble, Betty is loyal. However, when Betty gets a cold and can’t attend a dance, Harry takes someone else, and she breaks up with him. Betty dates Ken, a decent fellow. Harry threatens to ruin Betty’s reputation unless she comes back to him, but she refuses. Ken promises to protect her and he and Betty fall in love.
Genre:	Romance
Characters:	Betty Crowley Mr. Charles Crowley Mrs. Crowley Harry Bolton Ken Gibbs Russ Mona Brant Mrs. Brant Ellen Patty Chet Novak Kathryn Harlow Mrs. Foster Jean Foster

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