Best Place to Sell Real Love #40

Publisher: Ace Magazines, 1951

About Real Love #40

Alice Kirkpatrick cover and art. Chic Stone and Bill Fix art.

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COVER DETAILS

Pencils: Alice Kirkpatrick

Inks: Alice Kirkpatrick ?

Notes: Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.

STORY DETAILS

(5 Stories)

Title: Not Worthy Of Her Love

Characters: Ginny Foster; Grace Hanson; Hewitt Salsbury II; Russell Clagett

Synopsis: Ginny is engaged to Russ, a college basketball player and law student. She offers to support them until he graduates, but he refuses, saying they'll have to wait 2 years to wed. Russ takes money from a gambler to throw a game and is arrested. Ginny learns he has been unfaithful to her as well. Hewitt, the son of Ginny's employer, who loves Ginny, puts up bail for Russ. Russ flees to Mexico. Ginny realises she loves Hewitt, not Russ.

Pages: 8.000

Pencils: Alice Kirkpatrick

Inks: Alice Kirkpatrick

Letters: typeset (Leroy lettering)

Reprints: Complete Love Magazine (Ace Magazines, 1951 series) #3 / 190 (July 1956)

Notes: Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.

Title: Shunned!

Characters: Babette Yates; Don Cuyler; Babette's mother; Oscar; Eddie; Bill

Synopsis: Babette's stepfather Oscar runs a shady tavern and gambling joint, which ruins her reputation with her high school classmates. Minister's son Don befriends Babette and they fall in love. Don's father is behind the movement to close down the bar, so Oscar plans to frame Don and blackmail him. For her daughter's sake, Babette's mother tips off the police and they raid the bar. Don and Babette can now be together.

Pages: 8.000

Pencils: Chic Stone

Inks: Lin Streeter ?

Notes: Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.

Title: I Paid In Kisses

Characters: Kathleen "Kathy" Hughes; Colby Morrell; Big Mike Farrell; Joe Ackley

Synopsis: Kathy's widowed mother runs a coal town boarding house. As a child, Kathy would "sell" her kisses to the miners, but as a teen she puts a stop to it. Colby is attracted to Kathy but calls her "cheap stuff!" Time passes and Kathy inherits money from one of the miners and the boarding house from her mother. Remembering Colby, she doesn't date anyone until Joe comes along. Colby returns and Kathy says she's been faithful to him, but Colby is suspicious of Joe and the miner who left Kathy money. Joe punches Colby. Kathy realises it's Joe she loves.

Pages: 7.000

Pencils: Bill Fix

Letters: typeset (Leroy lettering)

Notes: Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.

Title: Forbidden Glamour

Characters: Linda Ware; Mitchell Garner; Amy Doran [as Amber Van Dorn]; Mr. Ware; Mrs. Ware

Synopsis: Office worker Linda borrows nice clothes from her friend Amy for her dates with Mitchell. Amy turns out to be a thief and Linda is mistakenly arrested for her crimes. Amy’s parents, boss, and Mitchell all vouch for her honesty and she’s released. Mitchell says he loves Amy even if she doesn’t have fancy clothes.

Pages: 7.000

Pencils: Moe Marcus ?

Inks: David Gantz ?

Reprints: Complete Love Magazine (Ace Magazines, 1951 series) #5 / 186 (November 1955)

Notes: Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.

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