Real Love #71

This December 1955 issue of Real Love wears its romantic tension right on its cover — a close, intimate photograph of a blonde woman in pearls gazing upward with a searching expression while a man leans in close, his cheek nearly touching hers. The cover promises two heartfelt tales inside: "The Bride's Other Life" and "The Price of Loving Him," the kind of emotionally charged stories that made mid-1950s romance comics a genuine staple of the genre. Bearing the Comics Code Authority seal, this Ace Magazines title delivered its "Romances from Life" promise with all the warmth and drama that ten cents could buy in 1955.