Wartime Romances (1951) comic books 1952

Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Matt Baker, Ray Osrin and Dana Dutch. Love plus war equals bittersweet 1950s drama, featuring art by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. Tired of being "good," a woman seeks thrills with a soldier, but soon has regrets, in a story with art by Baker. Another Baker story has Pat trying to break up Bill's romance with his girl back home, but it's a stunt she's tried before. War correspondent Janice is torn between Frank, her sweetheart back home, and Jack, the soldier she's profiling on the front lines in Korea. My Basic Training for Romance; The True Love of a War Correspondent; Road to Disgrace; I Was the Roving Kind; I Made False Promises; I Was a Girl on the Rebound: I Plunged into Trouble. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Matt Baker, Frank Thorne, Ray Osrin and Dana Dutch. Love plus war equals bittersweet 1950s drama, featuring art by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. Gloria's redheaded bad-girl buddy Karen convinces her to pick up a soldier, but that turns into a nightmare, in a story with art by Baker. In another Baker story, Nancy works in a defense plant, but tries to hide her blue-collar job when she starts dating wealthy Ted. An Army wife with time on her hands makes a life-changing mistake, in an early story by another good-girl art legend, Frank Thorne. Another gorgeous cover by Baker. I Was a Soldiers Pickup; Whirlwind Romance; Anything for Money; I Was a Furlough Flirt; What My Husband Didnt Know. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Matt Baker, Ray Osrin and Dana Dutch. Love plus war equals bittersweet 1950s drama, featuring art by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. Grace pretends to be single while her husband Paul is overseas, leading to romantic complications with John, in a story with art by Baker. Redheaded Louise is dating Fred and Jack, but maybe she shouldn't schedule them both for the same night. WAC Judith is engaged to fellow soldier Lou, but she still wants to play the field. Recruited for Romance; Escapades of a Navy Wife; Pilot Crazy; Camouflaged Heart; Engagement for Profit. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Matt Baker, Ray Osrin, Frank Sieminsky and Dana Dutch. Love plus war equals bittersweet 1950s drama, featuring art by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. A woman struggles to be true to her overseas sweetheart after she meets Bob, in a story with art by Baker. Working on the military base in post-WWII occupied Germany, Pat decides to see if she can woo soldier Jack away from his Stateside wife. Nancy falls for Jim, even though it means losing Ralph, but Jim has Elaine waiting for him. Trapped by False Love; Sweethearts for Convenience; Kiss in the Dark; Deserter Wife; Trapped by the Truth; Love Diary of a G-Girl Overseas. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Matt Baker and Dana Dutch. Love plus war equals bittersweet 1950s drama, featuring art by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. Margaret marries soldier Peter during furlough, then strings him along by telling him she's having his baby. Tired of being treated shabbily by the soldiers she dates, Ruth decides to change her image, but Stan liked her the way she was. Nancy sees soldier boyfriend Brad as a free ticket to Hawaii, but once there, she starts dating other military men. Overseas Escapade; Confessions of an Army Wife; Wrong Way Girl; Information Girl; No One Wanted Me; Unfit to Marry. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Matt Baker, Ray Osrin, Ben Brown, Dave Gantz and Ric Estrada. Love plus war equals bittersweet 1950s drama, featuring art by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. A WAC on a recruiting tour gets a chance to do some recruiting of her own, in a story with art by Baker. Mary risks her job as an elevator operator to stop an elevator between floors, just so she has time to get to know a handsome soldier. After learning that Ken has been two-timing her, Anita decides to go out with Blake to get even. Unfaithful Heart; Furlough Trouble; Loveless Marriage; Shameful Adventure; I Tumbled to Temptation; No Scruples; Have You Heard This One? 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $175.00 or Best Offer View scan Interior is complete. Extensive accumulation of defects. Majority of back cover missing. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Lily Renee, Ben Brown, and Dave Gantz. Love plus war equals bittersweet 1950s drama, featuring art by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. Cynthia is going through hard times after her father's death leaves the family penniless, and then she meets soldier Mike at a dance. Sheila is torn between boy next door Tom and soldier Jack, in a story with art by pioneering female comics artist Lily Renee. Jane hits the nightclubs after her husband Allan is recalled to active duty. Plus a letters page offering to connect overseas GIs with romantic pen pals. After the Honeymoon; The Boy Next Door; That "Dear John" Letter; Correspondence Club; Career Wife; Comedy Column. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Matt Baker, Ray Osrin, Ben Brown, and Dave Gantz. Love plus war equals bittersweet 1950s drama, featuring art by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. Joyce tells her friends overseas soldier Don is her fiance, and when he returns with a British wife, she tries to break them up, in a story with art by Baker. USO performer Nancy cozies up to sailor Jack because she thinks he's got connections in showbiz, but she didn't expect to fall in love. Vicky's fiance Peter pushes her away after he loses his sight, not wanting to burden her, so she secretly becomes a nurse in his rehab hospital. Plus a letters page offering to connect overseas GIs with romantic pen pals. Love Pirate; The Colonel's Daughter; Target: Sailor; Correspondence Club; One Heart: Missing in Action. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Matt Baker, Ray Osrin, Ben Brown, and Dave Gantz. Love plus war equals bittersweet 1950s drama, featuring art by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. Bob and Donna promise to stay together after he gets drafted, but when they reunite, both of them have changed, in a story with art by Baker. A small-town girl's fiance is the first guy in town to be drafted, and while he's gone, she goes astray. A woman is determined to be a football hero's wife. Plus a letters page offering to connect overseas GIs with romantic pen pals. I Married a West Pointer; Guilty Secrets; Correspondence Club; Wayward Fiancee. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.