Realistic Romances (1951) comic books
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Issue #1
Published Aug 1951 by Realistic Comics/Avon.$35.00
View scans- 1" Spine split.
$21.00
View scans- Cover detached. 7" spine split.
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
Graded by MCS, not consignor.
Other items consigned by TheGoodOlDays
Art by Everett Raymond Kinstler, Louis Ravielli, John Forte and Jack Abel. Tales of romance with lush, lurid covers reprinted from Avon paperbacks. This issue reprints Romantic Love (1949) #20 in its entirety. Janis gets caught up in a smuggling operation on the Mexican border and falls for her cohort; Dot loves Ronnie, but when he develops amnesia, another woman takes the opportunity to steal him away; Redheaded Diana learns that her new husband Walt wants her to romance another man to advance Walts career. Also featuring an overwrought contents page illustrated by Everett Raymond Kinstler on the inside front cover. I Was A....Bride For Sale!; Port Of Missing Girls; Love Me Again!; Too Many Lovers! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #4
Published 1952 by Realistic Comics/Avon.$115.00
View scans- Staple rust. Rust migration.
Art by Everett Raymond Kinstler and Rafael Astarita. Tales of romance with lush, lurid covers reprinted from Avon paperbacks. The painted cover originally appeared on the paperback novel Confidential" by Donald Henderson Clarke, Avon #253. Mary pretends to be a female WAC soldier to court a handsome captain, but after they fall in love, she must come clean; A dying soldier tries to alienate the woman he loves, so she can start over if he doesnt survive his operation; After marrying for money, Pete is literally haunted by visions of Laura, the woman he really loved. Also featuring a lurid contents page illustrated by Everett Raymond Kinstler on the inside front cover. I Deceived My Love; Flight of Love; You Did Not Love Me; Jilted Sweetheart. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #16
Published Jul 1954 by Realistic Comics/Avon.$33.00
View scans- Light mold. Cover detached. Water damage.
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
Graded by MCS, not consignor.
Other items consigned by TheInnerGeek
Art by Everett Raymond Kinstler, John Romita and Les Zakarin. Cover by Everett Raymond Kinstler. Tales of romance with lush, lurid covers reprinted from Avon paperbacks. This issue reprints Romantic Love (1949) #6 in its entirety. Private-school debutante Sally falls for tough customer Nick and joins him in a life of crime; Cigarette girl Doris gets caught up in a counterfeit perfume scheme; Claire starts smoking dope with her neer-do-well friends, and her stepfather hits the roof. Featuring early art by Marvel legend John Romita Sr. Thrill Crazy; The Shame Is Mine!; My Scandalous Affair!; Terror Stalked My Love!; Romances of the Golden West. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #17
Published Sep 1954 by Realistic Comics/Avon.- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
Art by Everett Raymond Kinstler, John Rosenberger, Rafael Astarita, Sam Citron and Marion Sitton. Cover by Everett Raymond Kinstler. Tales of romance with lush, lurid covers reprinted from Avon paperbacks. This issue reprints Romantic Love (1949) #7 in its entirety. Trophy wife Paula and gardener Max conspire to murder her wealthy husband; Penelope moves into her husbands vast estate and hears a man screaming every night, but her husband claims to hear no such thing; A photographer uses a modeling business to blackmail wealthy businessmen. I Craved Excitement; Dangerous Woman; Bride of Fear; Nightmare Romance! Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
