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Series: Teen-Age Romances

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Publisher: St. John

Title: Teen-Age Romances
Issue: 18
Page Count: 36
Publish Date: October 1951
Volume: 1
Contributors: Editor: Archer St. John; Marion McDermott

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Teen Age Romances 18
Owner: changerchanger

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Story Title: [ no title ] - cover
Pages:1
Pencils:Matt Baker
Inks:Matt Baker?
Genre:romance
Characters:Dotty; Hal Ralston; Lois


Story Title: Heart on the Mend - text story
Pages:2
Letters:typeset
Genre:romance


Story Title: I Misbehaved - comic story
Pages:8
Pencils:Matt Baker
Inks:Matt Baker?
Genre:romance
Characters:Dotty; Flash Ferguson; Lois; Larry; Bill; Hal Ralston; Thelma; Grace; Art; Charlies; Johnny; Mary
Synopsis:Farmgirl Dotty is dumped by her boyfriend Flash, and feels people are laughing at her as a result. She goes to a dance with Hal, then meets old friend Johnny and smooches with him in a nearby barn. Dotty learns that “town boys” think all farm girls are “free and easy.” Dotty decides to embrace her identity as a farm girl and stop chasing townies. She falls in love with longtime suitor Larry, a decent guy who promises to return for her after he does “his part to restore peace in the world.”


Story Title: I Scorned Love - comic story
Pages:6
Pencils:Matt Baker
Inks:Matt Baker?
Genre:romance
Characters:Will Richards; Lee Sharp; Mr. Bailey; Tom; Mary; Mrs. Richards
Synopsis:High school student and drugstore employee Will meets Lee while delivering to a fancy party and begins to date her, although he can’t afford to take her to fancy places. When Lee learns Will is poor, she dumps him. Lee later apologizes but Will says the difference in their socio-economic class is too great. Lee admits she’s just “a poor cousin” of the rich girl who threw the party, and she and Will reconcile.


Story Title: I Carried Things Too Far - comic story
Pages:8
Pencils:Matt Baker
Inks:Matt Baker?
Genre:romance
Characters:Ginny Haines; Don Thornton; Mrs. Haines; Mr. Haines; Miss Eames; Jim; Cliff Medford; Rhoda Thornton; Mr. Medford
Synopsis:“Plain” Ginny gets a glamorous makeover when her family moves to a new town, hoping to attract boyfriends. She dates Jim but is also attracted to Cliff. Hoping to snag Cliff, she befriends Rhoda, whom Cliff has a crush on. Ginny convinces Rhoda to have a makeover—which repels Cliff—and reverts to her own “honest and natural” self. She also gets a job in Cliff’s father’s greenhouse and this seals the deal: she and Cliff fall in love.


Story Title: I Played Hard-to-Get - comic story
Pages:2
Pencils:Matt Baker
Inks:Matt Baker?
Genre:romance
Characters:Helen; Aunt Grace; Dick
Synopsis:Helen plans a summer campaign to capture the affections of Dick, and it works.


Story Title: Deceitful! - comic story
Pages:8
Pencils:Matt Baker
Genre:romance
Characters:Cheryl; Edmund; Henry; Vera; Craig; Lucy; Ann
Synopsis:Cheryl has a crush on Edmund, but he ignores her. She asks Henry to take her to a lake resort during Easter vacation, where she schemes to attract Edmund’s attention even though he says “I’m not interested in girls---seriously, that is.” Back home, she continues her plotting, even abusing her friendships with others to get an edge. Edmund rejects her because of her “deceitful tricks” and Cheryl decides to change her ways. She regains her friends by being generous and friendly, and Edmund decides he likes her now.


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