ComicBooks.com Register / Loginit's free!
HomeReal Love › #72
Real Love #72 cover
📖 Read freeFull issue · restored, free to read

Real Love #72

Feb 1956 · Ace Magazines [1940s-1950s] · 0.10 USD
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join free

"The Threat to Our Love" follows Penny, who has always desired Fletcher Martin and realizes her dream when they marry and secure jobs and a home together, planning a honeymoon. However, their happiness is threatened when Fletcher is enticed to attend a party by a woman named Diana, where he becomes involved in a film audition; Penny must overcome her insecurity and jealousy as Fletcher pursues this Hollywood opportunity, fearing she will lose him to the glamorous world of cinema.

Contains 4 stories
Always Second Best
8 pp · Romance

Jane thought she'd finally found her match in Lowell, a charming skier who actually seemed to appreciate her quiet nature—until her brilliant, quick-witted sister Vikki came home from college and effortlessly captivated him with her sparkling conversation. When the three head to Buffa Mountain for a ski trip, Jane's jealousy and hurt feelings lead her to take a dangerous shortcut down the slopes, where a collision with a local named Buck forces her to confront what she really wants and who she really is.

The Threat to Our Love
7 pp · Romance

Penny has devoted herself to pushing Fletcher toward success—securing their jobs, arranging his big break with insurance magnate Wilson Jasper, and steering him into a lucrative career that's made him the talk of the town. But as Fletcher's professional fortunes rise, Penny senses a distance growing between them, a spark fading that neither can quite name or mend. When she finally confronts him one evening, the real cost of all that ambition comes into sharp focus.

That Man Upstairs!
8 pp · Romance
Barnard WashburnJeri Larkin

When Jeri Larkin moves into her apartment, she quickly finds herself at odds with Barnard Washburn, the noisy pianist living upstairs whose late-night compositions and frequent parties keep her from sleep and study. After a heated confrontation ends with a fall down the stairs, Barny's sudden concern sparks something unexpected in Jeri—but an encounter at his party reveals a complication that threatens to shatter her newfound feelings. As the evening unfolds with surprising revelations and unexpected alliances, Jeri finds herself caught between first impressions and hard truths.

One Little Lie...
7 pp · Romance

Gloria Masters has been spinning tales in her letters home about dating the charming Byron Andrews, a star at Colossal Pictures—even though she's never actually spoken to him. When her sister Jean and Diana, a hometown rival, arrive in Hollywood to see her glamorous new life, Gloria's web of white lies threatens to unravel. As Byron unexpectedly becomes part of her world on a film set, Gloria must decide whether to keep up the charade or face the truth about her small-town lies and what's really happening between them.

ComicBooks.com Value

Our Model is In Beta
Raw (VG) $5
Our model’s value — refined as new sales data arrives · CGC census counts shown where available

Find on

Search eBay for Real Love #72
No confirmed live listings for this exact issue right now — this opens an eBay search.

Read it digitally

Amazon Kindle Buy the digital edition GlobalComix Indie & digital reader
Opens a search on each platform — digital availability varies by title.

Sell my copy

Have this issue — or a whole collection? Get a fair offer from us, skip the marketplace fees and the hassle.

We Buy Collections ▸
Fast, fair offers · we handle grading & shipping

Reprints

↩ Reprints Love at First Sight #12 (1951)

Reviews

Reader reviews

No reader reviews yet.