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Publisher: American Comics Group

Title: Search for Love
Issue: 1
Page Count: 52
Publish Date: February-March 1950
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Contributors: Editor: Richard Hughes [as Richard E. Hughes]

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Search For Love #1
Owner: GA Collectibles

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Story Title: Romance Strikes It Rich - cover
Pages:1
Pencils:Ken Bald ?
Inks:Ken Bald ?
Genre:romance


Story Title: Romance Strikes It Rich - comic story
Pages:11
Genre:romance
Characters:June Saxton; Steve Carter; Mr. Blinker; Thomas Redmond
Synopsis:Steve graduates from college and returns to Marshville, convinced there is oil nearby. His fiancée June hates the town and wants them to move away, but when promoter Redmond gets the residents to invest in Steve’s project, she decides to stay. June falls in love with Redmond and breaks up with Steve. Redmond steals the investors' money but Steve presses on until he strikes oil. When an angry Redmond starts a fire at the well, Steve captures him and rescues June.


Story Title: Money Isn't Everything - text story
Pages:1
Letters:typeset
Genre:romance


Story Title: Two-Faced Heart - comic story
Pages:10
Genre:romance
Characters:Helen Dawson [Helena Glamour]; Joe Bancroft; Dane Halliday; Chive Chrome
Synopsis:Helen falls in love with ad man Joe and agrees to appear in a bubble bath on television to sell soap. Helen becomes famous and moves to New York to become television star "Helena Glamour." Actor Dane courts Helen and promises her a starring role in a movie. Flying to Hollywood in a private plane, Helen learns Dane is just using her to jump-start his failing career; in the ensuing argument, the aircraft crashes and Helen’s face is badly scarred, putting an end to her career. Joe shows up and says he still loves her; they reconcile.


Story Title: Love at First Sight! - comic story
Pages:1
Genre:romance


Story Title: Stars in Her Eyes - text story
Pages:1
Letters:typeset
Genre:romance


Story Title: With My Head in the Clouds --And You in My Arms! - comic story
Pages:10
Genre:aviation; romance
Characters:Bill Foster; Michael Wallace; Gertrude Wallace; Marge Rockwell
Synopsis:Famous pilot Bill has always used and discarded women. Hired as chief pilot by wealthy Michael Wallace, Bill courts and then dumps airline hostess Marge. He moves on to Wallace’s daughter Gertrude and discovers he has actually fallen in love with her. However, Gertrude says she was just getting revenge for her cousin Marge’s mistreatment at his hands. Bill gets drunk, wrecks a plane and loses his job. When he learns Gertrude’s flight is missing over the ocean, he steals a seaplane and rescues the survivors despite his own injuries. When they reach safety, Gertrude says she now loves Bill.


Story Title: Lovers' Superstitions - comic story
Pages:2
Genre:romance


Story Title: Dating Do's and Don'ts - comic story
Pages:1
Genre:romance


Story Title: Doctor's Orders - text story
Pages:1
Letters:typeset
Genre:romance


Story Title: Counselor-at-Love! - comic story
Pages:10
Pencils:Sam Cooper (signed)
Inks:Sam Cooper (signed)
Genre:romance
Characters:Louise Marlowe; Mrs. Marlowe; Mrs. Gilmore; Harry Gilmore; Paul Lansing; Floyd Garner; Lefty
Synopsis:Louise excels at everything in life and delights in proving herself superior to men. She uses childhood friend Harry’s crush on her to serve her own purposes but rejects his romantic advances. Receiving her law degree, Louise discovers “annoying jellyfish” Harry has taken an office right next to hers. Louise is hired by famous criminal lawyer Paul and falls in love with him. Louise urges Paul not to defend a cop-killer; when the gangster threatens them, Paul flees and it is up to Harry to defend Louise. Louise realises Harry is the man for her, and they wed.


View this comic at comics.org. Data courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under a Creative Commons Attribution license.

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