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Independent · Romantic Story · #4 · Atomic Age · ID-9739447
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Romantic Story #4 demonstrates disciplined liquidity depth and stable sovereign grade spread characteristics across current secondary market trading.
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Original newsstand barcode distribution copies. Extremely scarce in high grade due to newsstand rack wear and unsold return pulping.
Regional price test market copies (Canadian 75¢/95¢ variants, Marvel 30¢/35¢ test variants). Highly coveted micro-population rarities.
Exclusively allocated copies requiring retailer orders of 1:25, 1:50, 1:100, or 1:500 standard copies. Immediate manufactured scarcity.
Unslabbed collector copies inspected under standard Overstreet physical guidelines. The primary pool for grading arbitrage.
Alternative artistic interpretations, virgin covers, metal foil, and convention exclusives with dedicated collector followings.
Standard specialty comic shop printings sold through non-returnable distribution. The baseline circulation foundation.
Green label copies with significant manufacturing flaws, unwitnessed signatures, or missing coupons that do not affect the main story.
Purple label copies with professional or amateur color touch, tear seals, piece fill, or spine rebuilds.
Blue/Grey label copies treated exclusively with archival preservation techniques (leaf-casting, rice paper tear reinforcement, solvent wash).
Official second, third, or later printings released to satisfy secondary market sellouts. Distinct cover art and trade dress.
International editions licensed by La Prensa (Mexico), Editora Abril (Brazil), Panini (Europe), or Titan (UK).
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Bette rescues an unidentified man and nurses him back to health. He has amnesia, so she calls him Mark, and they fall in love. When Mark’s memory starts to return, Bette steers him away and her sister Nan protests, saying he needs professional help and Bette’s being selfish. Bette refuses, fearing to lose Mark if he recovers, and she and Mark move to the city. He collapses and is hospitalised. Bette worries Mark -- now identified as an auto accident victim – will forget her when his memory returns. He doesn’t, and they are reunited.
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Meg and her parents move to a small town and she falls in love with Tom. She thinks he’ll propose and they can buy a large but decrepit mansion, but he suddenly vanishes. Meg meets visiting author Rod and shows him the house; Rod says he wants to buy it, get married, and settle down. Meg thinks he’s talking about her and word gets around that they’re engaged. Tom returns and says he’d sold his store to buy the mansion for Meg, but was too late. However, Rod shows up with his wife and Meg is humiliated. Tom says he still loves her and they will wed.
Nina is proud to be the girlfriend of handsome Neil, although he always insists on having his own way, and treats her callously. Jim, who cares for Nina, wonders why she takes this abuse. When Neil starts dating Lydia, Jim entertains Nina. Both couples take refuge from a storm in the same cabin, and Neil behaves poorly, but Nina forgives him. Jim berates her for her foolishness and leaves. Nina decides Jim is the better man and she loves him, and they will reunite.
Doris loves Jim but he has little free time between his job and caring for his recently-widowed father. She dates Harry, who runs a fake spiritualist racket and asks her to assist him. He has her pose as the dead wife of a man, and the widower turns out to be Jim's elderly father. Doris reveals her identity; Jim punches Harry and then breaks up with Doris. She testifies against Harry and tells reporters she loves Jim and “deserve[s] his contempt now!” Jim overhears and says he’s willing to try to rebuild his relationship with her.
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