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Issue: Romantic Marriage #4 Public Domain
Publication Date: May 1950
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Issues: #4 of 17 Issues
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Publisher: FlagZiff-Davis
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Indicia Publisher: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 18 (10 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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What Every Woman Fears

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: romantic
Feature(s): Romantic Marriage
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Disclose Notes: Art credit from David Saunders, Norman Saunders' son, via e-mail (January 6, 2008)
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Ro-Bert Fashions

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What Price Beauty?

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Genres: romantic
Character(s): Elaine Brown; Carl Brown; Margaret; doctor; Margaret's father
First Line: Beauty can be a radiance to turn on life!
Synopsis: Elaine is injured while on honeymoon with her husband Carl. Her face is (slightly) scarred, but she’s convinced she’s ugly and that Carl will leave her. Elaine discovers Margaret, the daughter of Carl’s boss, is nearly her double—she decides to make Carl fall in love with Margaret so he’ll be happy. Carl and Elaine argue and he angrily leaves. Elaine decides to visit her mother; on the way her auto crashes into another vehicle. Inside are Carl and Margaret. Elaine rescues Margaret from the flaming wreck. Carl says he and Margaret don’t love each other. He and Elaine reconcile.
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Famous Stars

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First Line: Bob Mitchum: Which of the conflicting reports about him is true?
Synopsis: House ad for Famous Stars 4.
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Deception!

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Genres: romantic
Character(s): Dr. Jon Benson; Marilyn Benson; Joan Carson; May; Anna; Marilyn’s father
First Line: My marriage was threatened by the past!
Synopsis: When her husband Jon’s former girlfriend Joan returns to town, Marilyn feels inferior and fears she’ll lose him. Learning Jon has been called to Joan’s house for a medical emergency, Marilyn decides to fight for his love. However, when she arrives there Marilyn discovers Jon considers Joan a “phony” and Marilyn is the one he loves.
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Cinderella Love

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First Line: How was Elaine to know then, that a man’s promises are not always what they seem?
Synopsis: House ad for Cinderella Love 11.
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The Other Man

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Genres: romantic
Character(s): Peggy Ashton; Lyle Vanning; Steve Kendell
First Line: Come back! This is your home! I'm your husband – I need you!
Synopsis: Peggy loves wealthy Lyle but his family compels him to marry someone in his own social class. She moves away, meets, and marries Steve. Peggy later learns Lyle’s wife was killed in an automobile crash, and she leaves Steve to return to Lyle. But Lyle says he has no interest in getting married a second time, so Peggy goes home to her husband, who accepts her.
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Working Wife

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Love Conquers All!

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Genres: historical, non-fiction, romantic
Character(s): Andrew Johnson; Eliza
First Line: He was only a poor tailor, uneducated, unable even to write his name, but Eliza McArdle saw the greatness in him...
Synopsis: Romance of Andrew Johnson and his wife Eliza.
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The Other Love

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Genres: romantic
Character(s): Ann Richards; Fred Richards; Miss Harding; Bobbie Brown; Edna
First Line: How much heartache I could have spared myself when I learned I had a rival...
Synopsis: Ann and Fred have been married for 5 years. Although they both express no interest in adopting a child, Ann feels sorry for the “maladjusted” orphan Bobbie and spends time with him. However, Fred begins to spend extra time at work, and Ann’s divorced friend Edna suggests he’s having an affair. Learning Fred will be at the zoo with a “client,” Ann goes to confront them: she discovers Fred has also been taking Bobbie on excursions. They decide to adopt the boy.
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The Blue Danube

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Genres: non-fiction, romantic
Character(s): Johann Strauss
First Line: So, Jetty, all my dreams of being a composer are gone!
Synopsis: The story of how Strauss composed "the Blue Danube."
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Write Thrilling Love Letters

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First Line: No longer need your letters be dry, awkward or uninteresting.
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The Truest Love!

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Genres: non-fiction, romantic
Character(s): Mark Twain [Samuel Clemens]; Livy Langdon
First Line: Charlie, I'm in love with your sister!
Synopsis: The story of Mark Twain's romance with Livy Langdon.
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The Rocky Road to Love!

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Genres: non-fiction, romantic
Character(s): Bing Crosby; Dixie Lee
First Line: Hey, Bing! There goes Dixie Lee! Isn't she a beauty?
Synopsis: The story of Bing Crosby’s romance with his wife Dixie Lee.
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Interfering Mother-in-Law

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Genres: romantic
Character(s): Carl; Jane; Mother
First Line: Now I have the two people I love most, my husband and my mother!
Synopsis: Carl and Jane share an apartment with Jane’s mother after their marriage. Carl is irritated by his mother-in-law’s well-meaning interference in their life, and by his wife’s constant deference to her mother. Carl asks Jane to attend a sales conference with him, but her mother forbids her to fly in bad weather. As a result, Carl loses a contract and is fired. Jane walks out on her mother and promises Carl that things will be different from now on.
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We Guarantee To Save You Money

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Feature(s): Consumers Mart
First Line: Your money back quick if you can buy for less elsewhere
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Miss Lee-Fashions

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Reduce Your Appearance!

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First Line: Magic panel feature slims like magic!
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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