True Stories of Romance (1950) comic books 1950-1959

Tales of love and melodrama from the early days of romance comics. Janice is rude and dismissive of the women who work for her in the supermarket, but hides beneath a pleasant demeanor whenever handsome cashier Don is around. Valerie is all about spending other people's money on charities so she looks generous, but her sister and her boyfriend David soon tire of maintaining her facade. Edith is so jealous of her beautiful friend Rita's success with men, she hardly notices co-worker Joe. Liar; The Demanding Heart; Love's Decision; Inferiority Complex. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Tales of love and melodrama from the early days of romance comics. Tom is dating Lila, but he's leery of her manipulations in trying to get their friends Fred and Kate to start dating each other. Carol tries to get fiance Reed to go out dancing with friends instead of concentrating on work, but that backfires in a big way. Snobbish Nancy belittles everything, referring to her own library job as "a book factory," but then boyfriend Eric learns she's been calling him "the poor girl's Cary Grant" behind his back. The Meddler; Covetous Heart; A Husband for Paula; I Laughed at Love. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Tales of love and melodrama from the early days of romance comics. After a failed romance, a woman wonders if she can ever love again. Caroline has always lived in poverty, but even so, she's not sure if she wants to marry merchant seaman Rory and become a sailor's wife. Verne rises up from an impoverished background to become a successful dress designer, but her perfectionism and workaholic nature threaten her relationship with Hal. Phantom Embrace; Courtship Customs of Old; Whisper to Me of Love; A Ranger Came Riding; The Intolerant Heart. Final issue under this title; series continues under the slightly altered title True Tales of Romance (1950) #4. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.