Torrid Affairs (1988) comic books
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Issue #1
$2.50
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B&W reprints of 1950's romance comics. Cover art by Rurik Tyler (as Madman). "I Was a Love Gypsy," art by Matt Baker; Gloria gets a bad reputation by dating many different boys, but she wants to change when she meets Bill; from Teen-Age Romances #20, Feb. 1952. "Fast Company," pencils by Matt Baker, inks by Ray Osrin; Joan gets involved with gambling kingpin George Nolan, but eventually realizes her mistake and wants to be with an honest man; from Pictorial Romances #7, May 1951. "Notorious Woman," art by Matt Baker; Vicki's plans for success in the big city are derailed when she meets Wally, who steals money from his mother to buy her fur coats and jewelry; After being dragged through the tabloids during his trial, she runs back to her old life and the good man who has been patiently waiting for her; from Teen-Age Temptations #5, December 1953. "His Heart on My Sleeve"; After Vera's fiancee Robin loses his family fortune, her head is turned by a man who offers her a modeling job, but things don't work out the way she planned and she returns to Robin with a change of heart about money over love; from Teen-Age Temptations #5, December 1953. "I Had to Be Tamed" text story; from Teen-Age Romances #22, June 1952. 44 pgs., B&W. Cover price $2.25.
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Issue #3
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Issue #4
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Cover art by Rurik Tyler (as Madman). "My True Love!"; When Fran's boyfriend Bob is presumed dead overseas, she devotes herself to a singing career, sure that she will never love again, but fortunately the reports of his death were mistaken and he eventually finds his way back to her; from Realistic Romances #2, September-October 1951. "You Did Not Love Me"; Kay's soldier boyfriend Mike returns from the war believing he has only a short time to live, so he tries to get her to fall out of love with him; from Realistic Romances #4, February 1952. "Flight of Love"; Mary is torn between her love for Jack and her desire for a career as a stewardess; reprinted from Realistic Romances #4, February 1952. "Thrill Hungry"; When Diana learns that her boyfriend Andy is not really a soldier she angrily leaves him, but that puts her in danger from the spy ring Andy has been pursuing undercover; from Realistic Romances #6, June 1952. "Make-Believe Marriage," art by Matt Baker; Leslie pretends to be a married woman to get a job as a governess, but then she falls in love with her employer's nephew; from US from Wartime Romances #1, July 1951. "Bride of Fear!"; Penny's father forces her into an engagement she doesn't want, and she encounters a strange mystery in her fiance's house; from Romantic Love #7, September-October 1951. 60 pgs., B&W. Cover price $2.95.
