Digital Comic Museum - Popular Romance 005 -JVJ


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Issue: #5
Published: December 1949, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 36, Editing:
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age US, Later Standard Silver Age US Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)
Credits:	Pencils: ? (photograph) \| Inks: ? (photograph) \| Colours: ? (photograph) \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	Romance

Comic Story (6 pages)	I Cheated Romance
Synopsis:	Peggy meets Jeff on vacation, but fails to tell him that she’s only 17 years old. She continues to lie as a romance develops, claiming she has a job and hiding their relationship from her parents. When Jeff proposes, Peggy insists they elope. Afterward, Jeff learns the truth and says marriage can’t be built on a “tissue of lies.” The marriage is annulled. Peggy graduates from high school and gets a job. Jeff returns and they are “remarried.”
Genre:	Romance
Characters:	Peggy Clinton Jeff Lang Marcia Troy Mr. Clinton Mrs. Clinton

Comic Story (1 page)
Featuring:	Love Lore
Credits:	Pencils: Mort Meskin [as Mort] \| Inks: Mort Meskin
Genre:	Non-fiction Romance

Comic Story (7 pages)	Love In Chains
Synopsis:	Sally is mistreated as a child by her stepmother, and is extremely possessive as a young adult. Sally falls in love with baseball pitcher Jock, but is irritated by the constant presence of his catcher and friend Sam. When Sally refuses to let Jock’s little sister Maggie play with her childhood doll, Sam calls her selfish. Sally makes Jock think Sam made advances to her, but when this causes Jock’s career to falter, she confesses and Jock dumps her. However, learning Jock’s sister is ill, Sally takes the doll to her in the hospital. Jock decides Sally has changed and they are reunited.
Genre:	Romance
Characters:	Sally Jock Winters Marcia Amy Steve Aunt Julia Sam Thorne Maggie Winters Jane

Letters Page (1 page)
Featuring:	Let's Talk it Over
Credits:	Script: ? [as Brenda Brant] \| Pencils: ? (illustration) \| Inks: ? (illustration) \| Letters: typeset

Text Story (2 pages)	The Minute I Saw You
Credits:	Script: Madeline Mines (credited) \| Pencils: ? (illustrations) \| Inks: ? (illustrations) \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	Romance

Comic Story (7 pages)	Hollywood Heartache
Synopsis:	Teenager Beth moves to Rex’s ranch at age 15 after her father’s death. As a young adult, Beth loves Rex but he continues to treat her as a child. A Hollywood film company arrives to film at the ranch and Beth is jealous of star Lily’s flirtation with Rex. When Beth acts as Lily’s stand-in and is kissed by the director, Rex realizes Beth is a grown up woman and he loves her.
Credits:	Pencils: John Celardo \| Inks: John Celardo
Genre:	Romance
Characters:	Beth Bunty Rex Hunt Gene Mr. Horton Lily Lang

Text Article (1 page)
Featuring:	Just Between Us...
Credits:	Script: ? [as Brenda Brant] \| Pencils: ? (illustration) \| Inks: ? (illustration) \| Letters: typeset

Comic Story (5 pages)	Too Much Love
Synopsis:	Cathy feels her parents lead a “dull, loveless life” and insists she won’t get married until she finds a love that will last “forever!” Cathy falls in love with David but is afraid of losing him so she monopolizes his time. In an attempt to get married sooner, Cathy asks her parents for a loan but they can’t afford it and David is opposed. When Cathy demands that David fire his secretary and hire her, he says she’s “smothering” him and breaks up with her. Cathy’s friend advises her to “take the worry mask off” and enjoy life. Sure enough, David comes back to her since she’s changed.
Credits:	Pencils: George Tuska \| Inks: George Tuska
Genre:	Romance
Characters:	Cathy Saunders Mr. Saunders Mrs. Saunders John Anne Bill David Moore Pat Godwin

Comic Story (1 page)	The Food of Love
Credits:	Pencils: Mort Meskin [as Mort] \| Inks: Mort Meskin
Genre:	Non-fiction

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