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Issue: True Love Problems and Advice Illustrated #13 Public Domain
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Publisher: FlagHarvey
Indicia Publisher: Home Comics, Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 12 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Leon Harvey
Disclose Notes: Indexed from scanned copy at http://comicbookplus.com

Most of this issue was reprinted as True Love Problems and Advice Illustrated 32 (March 1955).
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U.S.; Later Standard Silver Age U.S.
Paper Stock: Glossy Covers; Newsprint Interiors
Binding: Saddle-Stitched
Publishing Format: Was ongoing
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My Scarlet Affair!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Al Avison ?
Al Avison ?
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Joe Rosen
Subject Matter
romantic
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Contents

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Leon Harvey
Various
Various
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Bittersweet Love

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romantic
Betsy King; Sam; Pop King; Toby Regent; Rosalind Crosby
Betsy and her father run a desert gas station. One day Toby wanders in and is hired to help. Betsy tries to make friends but Toby is cold to her. She discovers an inscribed photo of actress Rosalind in Toby’s room and he says he was married to her. Betsy is shocked but Toby later says his wife died several years before; he’s a novelist and couldn’t write, but Betsy’s love has cured his writer’s block. Betsy and Toby will wed.
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I Won't Cry Anymore!

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
romantic
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Intimate Interlude

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Subject Matter
romantic
Harriet; Edward Prescott; Mrs. Prescott
Harriet takes a cross-country train to a new job in California. On the journey, she meets Ed and they have an affair. However, when they arrive in Los Angeles, Ed is greeted by his wife and children. Harriet is “numb with sadness and disillusion!” and is “at the bottom of the abyss of heartache!” but she decides to “make the best of my mistake!”
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Warren Kremer ?
Warren Kremer ?
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Subject Matter
war
War is Hell!
House ad for Warfront #3.
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Reproduces cover with art tentatively identified as Warren Kremer.
Bottom half of page is an advertisement.
Can I Trust Him?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Bob Powell
Bob Powell
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Subject Matter
romantic
Pat; Ted; Daphne
Pat is engaged to Ted but he confesses he’s having an affair with diner waitress Daphne. He says he loves Pat and “Daphne is everything I hate and despise! Yet I can’t resist her!” They break up. 3 months later, Ted asks Pat to take him back. Pat asks the readers of Love Problems to advise her if she can trust Ted or not.
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Coupon at bottom of last page urging readers to send in their advice.
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Spine-Tingling Thrillers
House ad/subscription form for Witches Tales and Chamber of Chills.
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Black-and-white. Cover reproductions of Witches Tales 5 and Chamber of Chills 22.
My Scarlet Affair!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Jack Sparling
Jack Sparling
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Subject Matter
romantic
John; Doris Eliot; Rodney Dupray
Although boyfriend Johnny wants her to “forget all these career ideas” and marry him, Doris wants to be an artist. Middle-aged patron of the arts Rodney offers to help Doris. Doris allows Rodney to make love to her to repay his assistance. Doris breaks up with Johnny. Rodney finally allows Doris to have a show of her paintings: she is ridiculed by all. Rodney tells her “your talents are all in your face—not in your hands!!” and says she should forget her “ridiculous attempts at painting!” Doris leaves, vowing to study and become a great artist and “someday…ask for Johnny’s forgiveness…”
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Buttonnosed characters.
Broken Love

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romantic
Valerie Matthews Raynal; Barry Raynal; Sue Robbins; Dean
College teacher Valery marries Barry, an older student back in school because “the war had interrupted [his] education.” They have to keep their marriage a secret because it is against the college’s rules. Valery is jealous of Barry’s friendship with female student Sue. The truth comes out and Valery resigns so that Barry can stay and complete his education. They won’t have much money until he graduates and gets a real job, but they’ll be happy together.
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Lee Elias (illustration)
Lee Elias
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typeset
Subject Matter
What I Learned From Love
I learned my lesson the hard way!
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Bob Powell; Lee Elias
Bob Powell; Lee Elias
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Subject Matter
I offered my heart first to one man
House ad for First Love 16.
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Small thumbnail sketches of women's faces by Powell and Elias.

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