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Issue: First Romance Magazine #9 Public Domain
Publication Date: October 1951
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Issues: #9 of 52 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagHarvey
Brand: Harvey Publications H [Heart]; True Love StoriesView Brand Images2
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: 17 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Leon Harvey
Disclose Notes: Indexed from scanned copy at http://digitalcomicmuseum.com
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U. S.
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Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Lee Elias (signed)
Inker(s): Lee Elias (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Joe Rosen
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
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Contents

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Leon Harvey
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Moonlight Madness

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Lee Elias
Inker(s): Lee Elias
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Character(s): Ruby; Ted; Dirk
Synopsis: Ruby can’t decide whether to marry “romantic” Ted or “wonderful” Dirk. She goes on a picnic with them both; a storm capsizes their sailboat and Dirk has to choose between rescuing Ted or Ruby. He saves Ruby. Ted is apparently drowned, although his body isn’t found. Ruby weds Dirk, who’s then inducted into the Army. Ted returns, having just recovered from amnesia. Dirk catches him kissing Ruby and is angry, but when he learns Ted didn’t know they were married, he forgives them both.
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Tomorrow is for Tears!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bob Powell
Inker(s): Bob Powell
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Character(s): Joan Baxter; Mrs. Baxter; Pedro Arbon
Synopsis: Joan falls in love with dance teacher Pedro and travels with him to Central America as his partner. Once they arrive, he admits “marriage wouldn’t fit my temperament!” and claims they only had a “business arrangement!” Joan goes home and hopes to someday “be able to tell the difference between an illusion of love and the real thing...”
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Ask Jane Jones
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Feature(s): My Blind Date
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Desperate Decision

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Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction, romantic
Feature(s): Love Makes the World Go 'Round
First Line: Quarreling couples in Assam, India must live together for a week...
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Keep it Gay!

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: romantic
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Love Can't Wait!

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: romantic
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Midnight Kisses!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Sparling
Inker(s): Jack Sparling
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Character(s): Gerald "Jerry" Baker; Dr. April Webster; Joe; Dr. Les Warren
Synopsis: April “vowed to renounce love” when she became a doctor. Fellow doctor Les pursues her but she rejects his romantic “foolishness.” Jerry is brought in suffering from a serious tropical fever he contracted while in the Army. April tries to reinstill a will to live in him and they fall in love. Les says Jerry has only months to live; Jerry threatens to commit suicide. April tells Jerry that they will make the most of their time together.
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Know Your Man!

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My Fallen Star

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Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Character(s): Dexter Fleming; Susan Davis; Jean Baxter; Ted
Synopsis: Jean and her friend Susan both have crushes on handsome actor Dexter when he makes a personal appearance in their town. They compete for his affections but Jean seems to have the inside track, and dumps her hometown boyfriend Tom. But when Jean learns Dexter is married and their affair was “just for laughs,” Jean apologizes to Susan and reconciles with Tom.
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Feature(s): Data on Dating
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Penciller(s): Al Avison
Inker(s): Al Avison
Letterer(s): ?
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First Line: Thrill to the all-true stories of ecstatic romance in...
Synopsis: House ad for "Hi-School Romance."
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Disclose Notes: Ad reproduces the cover of "Hi-School Romance" 7, drawn by Al Avison.
Black-and-white, inside back cover.
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Penciller(s): Al Avison ?
Inker(s): Al Avison ?
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First Line: The Whole World is Shouting First Love is first on our magazine Hit Parade!
Synopsis: House ad for "First Love."
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Disclose Notes: Reproduces the cover of "First Love" 14, with art tentatively attributed to Al Avison.

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First Line: Read all of these wonderful magazines written and edited especially for you.
Synopsis: House ad and subscription form for four Harvey romance titles: “First Love," “Hi-School Romance,” “True Love Problems and Advice Illustrated,” and “First Romance.”
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Disclose Notes: Reproduces the covers of “First Love” (#13), “Hi-School Romance” (#10), “True Love Problems and Advice Illustrated” (#10), “First Romance” (#7).
The subscription form gives the title of "True Love Problems and Advice Illustrated" as just "Love Problems."
Back cover, printed in blue and red.

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