Torrid Affairs #4

Cover art by Rurik Tyler (as Madman). “My True Love!”; When Fran’s boyfriend Bob is presumed dead overseas, she devotes herself to a singing career, sure that she will never love again, but fortunately the reports of his death were mistaken and he eventually finds his way back to her; from Realistic Romances #2, September-October 1951. “You Did Not Love Me”; Kay’s soldier boyfriend Mike returns from the war believing he has only a short time to live, so he tries to get her to fall out of love with him; from Realistic Romances #4, February 1952. “Flight of Love”; Mary is torn between her love for Jack and her desire for a career as a stewardess; reprinted from Realistic Romances #4, February 1952. “Thrill Hungry”; When Diana learns that her boyfriend Andy is not really a soldier she angrily leaves him, but that puts her in danger from the spy ring Andy has been pursuing undercover; from Realistic Romances #6, June 1952. “Make-Believe Marriage,” art by Matt Baker; Leslie pretends to be a married woman to get a job as a governess, but then she falls in love with her employer’s nephew; from US from Wartime Romances #1, July 1951. “Bride of Fear!”; Penny’s father forces her into an engagement she doesn’t want, and she encounters a strange mystery in her fiance’s house; from Romantic Love #7, September-October 1951. 60 pgs., B&W.