Teen-Age Romances was an American romance comic series produced by St. John Publications. Each issue was a series of one-shot stories involving a wide cast of characters. The first three issues began with a standard format of five stories each, and then it branched out to various larger numbers.
Publication history Teen-Age Romances, one of a late-1940s spate of romance comics, ran 45 issues, cover-dated January 1949 to December 1955.Teen-Age Romances at the Grand Comics Database Released by St. John Publications, with at least two issues published under that publisher's Approved Comics imprint, it included among its artists Lily Renée and Matt Baker. Many stories were written by Dana Dutch.
Issues #4-8 (Aug. 1949 - Feb. 1950) carried photographic covers, and issues #26-30 (Nov. 1952 - March 1953) used painted covers, rather than standard penciled-and-inked drawn covers.
Stories The titles of the various stories include:
1949 January (Too Young for Love?) They Called Me a Wayward Girl Too Many Dates Were My Downfall Was I Too Young for Love? I Played Hide and Seek with Love I Spelled Ki$$e$ the Wrong Way April (no title) I Dared to Kiss and Tell We Couldn't Be Kept Apart They Made Me a Cinderella How Could I Fight Temptation? I Took the Wrong Road to Romance July (I Was Afraid to Fall in Love) I Didn't Want a Stepfather I Was Afraid to Fall in Love Did I Give My Love Too Freely? Stand-In for Scandal Spitework Was My Folly August (I couldn't give up my SECRET LOVE) Moonlight Escapade Never Gamble on a Lie You're What the Boys Like Does Necking Increase a Girl's Popularity? Hollywood Pin-Ups - Peter Lawford They Called Me a Love Thief Pleasure Boat Mopsy ["Beside the regular sales tax, there's an amusement tax on that model!"] Phony Love Affair I Couldn't Give Up My Secret Love I'll Not Date in August Short Cuts to Glamour Platter Chatter Step Out, Please! Movie Previews September (I was a HOLLYWOOD CINDERELLA) Come-On Girl I Was a Hollywood Cinderella My One Little Mistake Love Is Born Rival in Love Platter Chatter Brushes to Beauty October (I was Caught Stealing Kisses) Flame of Youth It Doesn't Pay to Steal Kisses Rx for a Broken Heart Was I a Fool to Go On Loving Him? I Lived a Lie Was I Really a Bad Girl? November (I RAN AWAY FROM HOME) I Ran Away from Home Reputation at Stake Suspicion Nearly Killed My Love The Love Bargain I Couldn't Keep
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