ComicBooks.com Register / Loginit's free!
Romantic Adventures #24 cover
📖 Read freeFull issue · restored, free to read

Romantic Adventures #24

Aug 1952 · American Comics Group · 0.10 USD
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join free

# Romantic Adventures #24 This issue contains multiple romantic stories. One tale follows Jean, whose boyfriend Van has left her to take a job in New York, causing her to become despondent until she discovers he arranged the position through charity and took it for her sake; after reconciling, Van is later called to service in Korea. Another story features Ellie, a girl neglecting her studies and responsibilities over a boy named Tony, until her parents intervene and she regains her focus; she later receives a letter from Tony, now in Korea, expressing his love and desire to reunite with her after the war. A third narrative involves Angie, a young woman who dates Peter Haines and later reconnects with her old flame Peter, ultimately choosing to marry him as they plan their future together.

Contains 4 stories
The Boy Next Door
10 pp · Romance

A young woman caught between ambition and the steady devotion of her childhood friend faces a reckoning in "The Boy Next Door." When Jean Evans chases glamour and romance in the big city, she discovers that stardom isn't what she expected—and that the shy boy who's always had her back may have understood her better than she ever knew. Her choice between the glittering life she wanted and the quiet love she never saw coming will decide everything.

Whom Do You Love?
3 pp · Romance

Linda's desperate need for constant reassurance and undivided attention tests her relationship with Larry in this 1952 romance, as her insistence on being the center of his world begins to wear thin. When a crucial business opportunity forces Larry to choose between Linda and his career, he finally confronts the troubling truth about what her love really means. A sharp-eyed look at how possessiveness can masquerade as devotion—and why love requires room to breathe.

Romance at Waikiki
8 pp · Romance

Ellen has loved Tony since childhood, and after years together through high school and college, they become engaged—only to have his draft notice tear them apart as he ships out to Korea in 1950. Desperate to feel close to him and find purpose, Ellen joins the WACs and is posted to Hawaii, but when a charming officer named Glenn Whitney enters her life, she faces an agonizing choice between the memory of a love separated by war and the pull of a new connection drawing her into the present. Will Ellen honor her promise to Tony, or will the loneliness of separation prove too much to bear?

Withered on the Vine!
8 pp · Romance

Angie Philips dreams of falling in love and getting married, but her well-meaning sister Doris and brother-in-law Bert have turned matchmaking into a full-time job—with disastrous results that keep chasing away every potential suitor. When charming newcomer Peter Haines arrives in town, Angie finally finds the connection she's been longing for, but she must navigate the minefield of her family's interference to protect what matters most.

ComicBooks.com Value

Our Model is In Beta
Raw (Good) $63
CGC 6.5 · 1 in census $220*
CGC 6.0 none in existence
CGC 5.5 none in existence
CGC 5.0 none in existence
CGC 4.5 none in existence
CGC 4.0 · 1 in census $113*
Show all 9 grades
CGC 3.5 none in existence
CGC 3.0 none in existence
CGC 2.5 · 2 in census $73*
* estimate — limited direct-sales data at this grade
Our model’s value — refined as new sales data arrives · CGC census counts shown where available

Find on

Search eBay for Romantic Adventures #24
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

Full credits

artist Sam Cooper

Reviews

Reader reviews

No reader reviews yet.