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Issue: Girls' Romances #24
Publication Date: December 1953
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Issues: #24 of 160 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Signal Publishing Company
On Sale Date: 10/26/1953
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 10 (4 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US; then standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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No Orchids for Me!

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Genres: romantic
Character(s): Florist; Brian; Cynthia
Synopsis: Full-page illustration depicts a scene from "No Orchids for Me!"
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Contents

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Synopsis: List of the issue's four full-length stories with brief synopses and the issue's two features. Black and white spot illustrations depict young lovers.
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This Time It's Love!

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Genres: romantic
Character(s): Diane; Edwin Willis; Jerome Willis
Synopsis: Diane wants to marry Edwin as soon as possible, but he asks her to wait until his brother Jerome returns from one of his adventures. When Jerome finally returns, he falls in love-at-first sight with Diane and she with him. Edwin generously steps aside. Jerome pursues an ordinary lifestyle, thinking it will please Diane, but Diane realizes she is not in love with the everyday Jerome, but with a romanticized image of him as a world traveler. She decides to end the relationship, but Edwin tells her Jerome has taken a job far away. Edwin makes love to her. She realizes he is truly all she wants.
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Love Must End

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Genres: romantic
Character(s): Marjorie Steele; Phillip; Pete (flower vendor); Phillip's inamorata
Synopsis: Marjorie looks forward to marriage with Phillip. One day, she spots him on a street corner walking away with a strange woman. She cannot believe he is unfaithful and is sure there's a logical explanation for his behavior. That evening however, he remains silent and she grows anxious. She confronts him. He declares his love for her and says the other woman was only "a crazy, final fling". He begs her forgiveness. She readily grants it, tearfully falling into his arms.
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Never Let Him Go!

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Genres: romantic
Character(s): Eve; Joel Powers; Miriam Adams; Mrs. Oglevie (boarding house operator); Town Gossips
Synopsis: Following a two week courtship, Eve accepts Joel's offer of marriage. His ex-girlfriend Miriam makes herself very pleasant, even congratulating the two on their forthcoming nuptials and throwing a party in their honor. Eve suspects Miriam is playing the "good sport" in order to win Joel back and to garner sympathy from onlookers. She accuses Miriam of being a cunning, deceptive poor loser. Later, Joel reveals that Miriam's domineering selfishness forced him to end their relationship and to seek real love elsewhere. They renew their relationship.
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[untitled]

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Genres: informational, non-fiction, romantic
First Line: In many African tribes and several American Indian tribes...
Synopsis: Descriptions of historical oddities in romance, courtship, and marriage around the world.
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In Content Item: FlagHeart to Heart Romance Library #174 published January 1973
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[untitled]

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Genres: informational, non-fiction, romantic
First Line: Dear Miss Roberts...
Synopsis: Julia Roberts dispenses advice on dating, relationships, marriage, and romance etiquette.
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No Orchids for Me

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Genres: romantic
Character(s): Florist (narrator); Brian; Cynthia (Brian's fiancee); Grey-Eyed Customer
Synopsis: A florist becomes obsessed with a sexy young man who gazes in her shop window. One day, he orders a bouquet, and instead of sending a messenger boy to deliver the flowers, the florist delivers the bouquet herself. Alone with the young man in his apartment, she suddenly finds herself in his arms. He kisses her. A few days later, the young man enters the shop and advises the florist not to take the kiss seriously. He is engaged. He apologizes for his impulsive conduct, and leaves. She then begins weaving fantasies about a grey-eyed customer in the shop.
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Dinnerware Offer

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Feature(s): Hi-Lite Industries
Synopsis: Full-page black and white ad for a 67-piece plastic dinnerware set ($6.95) from Hi-Lite Industries of Chicago, Illinois.
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Clothing Offer

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Feature(s): Broadway Fashions
Synopsis: Full-page color ad for two different women's rayon suits ($7.98 and $8.98) from Broadway Fashions of New York, N.Y..
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