★ comicbooks.com Reading Room
Exciting Romances #4 (1951)
Free to read · restored edition by comicbooks.com · Issue details →
Laura, once a stage dancer with her partner Mickey, finds her life upended when he abruptly leaves her without explanation. After months of hopeful letters and dreams of a shared future, she learns he’s moved on—prompting her to leave her hometown and chase her dancing ambitions alone. Though she’s determined to rebuild, the past still holds her in its grip.
Margaret, a meticulous secretary with a secure future planned with her pragmatic boss Ralph, finds herself drawn to Ned Reesers, a free-spirited sailor whose adventurous life and impulsive nature challenge everything she’s built. As she covers his story aboard his sloop, their electric connection grows, forcing her to confront the emotional compromises she’s made—and the longing she’s suppressed.
When Carla learns that her long-lost love Ronnie is married, she’s devastated—but soon sees a way to reunite with him by convincing Harry, a man she’s grown close to, to take her to England. As Harry begins to court her more seriously, Carla carefully nurtures his affection, hoping to use his return to England as her chance to finally see Ronnie again. But when Harry unexpectedly proposes, Carla must decide how far she’s willing to go to fulfill her longing.