Digital Comic Museum - Thrilling Romances 005 -JVJ


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Thrilling Romances 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; Then Standard Silver Age US Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)
Synopsis:	Actress Barbara Hale, "currently appearing in RKO's 'The Window,'" and her husband, actor Bill Williams.
Credits:	Pencils: ? (photograph) \| Inks: ? (photograph) \| Colours: ? (photograph) \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	Romance
Characters:	Barbara Hale Bill Williams

Comic Story (9 pages)	The Fool Was I!
Synopsis:	Laura will marry Tom as soon as he can provide “security!” She helps build up his garage business but Tom feels pressured by her ambition. When he learns Laura flirts with men to get them to sign service contracts with the garage, Tom breaks up with her and gives her the business. Laura realizes money can’t make her happy, and donates the company to charity. She asks Tom’s friend Frank to take her to Tom. Tom is now running a small town garage and he takes Laura back.
Credits:	Pencils: Art Gates ? \| Inks: Art Gates ?
Genre:	Romance
Characters:	Laura Stewart Frank Jameson Tom Drake John Varden Marie Charles Deering

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

Comic Story (7 pages)	My Problem Sister
Synopsis:	Kate’s sister Barbara is selfish and subject to “terrible rages!” When widowed doctor Ted proposes to Kate, Barbara decides to steal him away. She gets her way and Ted’s son Jimmy runs away because he doesn’t like her. Jimmy is injured in a fall and Ted has to operate; Barbara is too squeamish to help and Kate has to do it. Jimmy recovers and Ted decides Kate is the right wife for him after all.
Credits:	Pencils: Mort Meskin
Genre:	Romance
Characters:	Barbara Gordon Kate Gordon Mrs. Gordon Tommy Duncan Jimmy Joyce Dr. Ted Joyce

Comic Story (2 pages)	The Legend of Gretna Green
Synopsis:	History of Scottish town where marriages are performed.
Credits:	Pencils: Mort Meskin [as Mort] (signed) \| Inks: Mort Meskin [as Mort] (signed)
Genre:	Non-fiction

Text Story (1 page)	Romance for Sally
Credits:	Script: June McDonald \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	Romance

Comic Story (1 page)	What Should I Do?
Synopsis:	Sylvia, whose father was “the center of my universe,” rejects suitor Dick for older professor John. However, as Sylvia matures she realizes “youth and age may sometimes mix – but that, normally, people should grow old together!” She goes back to Dick.
Credits:	Pencils: Mort Meskin \| Inks: Mort Meskin
Genre:	Romance
Characters:	Sylvia Sylvia's Father Dick Stone Professor John Crane

Comic Story (1 page)	Kirk Douglas... Real Life Star!
Credits:	Pencils: Art Saaf \| Inks: Art Saaf
Genre:	Biography

Text Story (1 page)	It Pays To Be Different
Credits:	Script: Betty Cummings \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	Romance

Comic Story (8 pages)	Hearts at Sea
Synopsis:	Martha refuses to marry Jeb unless he gives up his job as a fisherman. He refuses. Wealthy Randolph courts Martha but when they go for a sail and a storm blows up, Randolph reveals his cowardice. Jeb rescues them and Martha decides she’ll marry him, because she no longer fears or hates the sea.
Credits:	Pencils: Frank Sieminsky \| Inks: Frank Sieminsky
Genre:	Romance
Characters:	Martha Coyle Jeb Thomas Randolph

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