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Series: Pictorial Love Stories

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Publisher: St. John

Title: Pictorial Love Stories
Issue: 1
Page Count: 36
Publish Date: October 1952
Volume: 1
Contributors: Editor: Archer St. John; Marion McDermott

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Pictorial Love Stories 1 (Baker Cover)
Owner: changerchanger

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Story Title: [ no title ] - cover
Pages:1


Story Title: Have You Heard This One? - text story
Pages:1
Letters:typeset
Genre:humor


Story Title: A New Routine - comic story
Pages:8
Genre:romance
Characters:Robin Roberts; Chuck Collins; Mr. Stern; Ashley Rand
Synopsis:Robin and Chuck form a dance team. Famous male dancer Ashley offers Robin a position as his new partner. Chuck proposes marriage to Robin but she doesn’t love him and is falling for Ashley. However, Ashley dumps her when Robin’s heart condition prevents her from dancing. Chuck returns and he and Robin reconcile.


Story Title: Spoiled Darling - comic story
Pages:8
Genre:romance
Characters:Norman Holmes; Cyrus Fontaine; Barbara Fontaine; Mr. Forbes; Mr. Prescott
Synopsis:Barbara and Norman, who works in her father’s factory, fall in love. He proposes marriage but says he’s opening his own design studio and they must live on his salary alone. Barbara asks her father to give Norman a promotion, but Norman won’t accept it. Norman’s firm begins to fail and Barbara prevents the local banker from extending him a loan. Norman goes back to work in the factory, but just before he marries Barbara, Norman learns what she did. He breaks up with her. Barbara becomes a nurse to become “useful” and hopes Norman will return some day.


Story Title: Love Game - comic story
Pages:8
Genre:romance
Characters:Eva; Nicky Holmes; Tim Graven; Aunt Kathryn
Synopsis:Eva and Nicky travel to the city for a tennis tournament. Eva meets Tim and they fall in love. She stays in town to care for her ill Aunt Kathryn, although the older woman asks her to stop seeing Tim. Her aunt recovers and goes on a trip; Nicky comes by for a visit and he and Eva spot Tim in a nightclub with another woman: his wife. Tim later says he wants to stay married to his rich wife but Eva can be his mistress. Nicky punches Tim. Eva and Nicky go home together.


Story Title: Blackmail Heart - comic story
Pages:7
Genre:romance
Characters:Bill Stanton; Ben Blackwell; Judd Raymond; Janice Martin; Norman Bennett; Sally Forrest; Mr. Daly; Lt. Colt
Synopsis:Bored with her life, Sally quits her office job and goes to work as a nightclub hat check girl. Her “stick-in-the-mud” fiancé Bill objects and says the club owner and employee Norman are blackmailers. Sally breaks up with Bill and dates Norman. Norman convinces Sally to kiss a client as a “joke,” but they’re both later arrested for blackmail. Sally is freed and decides to leave town to escape the scandal. Bill shows up and they reconcile.


Story Title: Quips and Queries - text story
Pages:1
Letters:typeset
Genre:humor


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