Romantic Story

Romantic Story is a one-shot romance comic published by Murray Publishers under their Murray Romance Library imprint:

The cover is a recoloured and slightly modified version of the cover by Frank Bolle originally appearing on the cover of Charlton Comics' Secrets of Young Brides #9:

All of the stories in this issue originally appeared in Charlton Comics as follows:

Love-In in London, originally published in Sweethearts #105, August 1969

A Visit to a Strange Place, originally published in Sweethearts #115, March 1971

Life of Lies, originally published in I Love You #117, April 1976

Too Many Kisses, originally published in Sweethearts #117, July 1971

The Wild One, originally published in Romantic Story #71, March 1964

Poor Little Me!, originally published in Teen-Age Love #73, November 1970

Never Trust a Sailor!, originally published in Sweethearts #123, March 1972

Tears in the Night!, originally published in Secrets of Young Brides #9, November 1976

You'll Love Him, Darling!, originally published in For Lovers Only #69, January 1973

Frolic for Four, originally published in Sweethearts #118, September 1971 

Forbidden Ground, originally published in Secret Romance #41, November 1976

I Love You, Teacher!, originally published in Love and Romance #9, December 1972

My copy of this issue is a Second Release edition, and I think many if not all of these re-releases were dumped on the market c.August 1983 by Federal Comics. Federal may have plastered Second Release stickers on excess Murray stock, but I also think some of this stock was comprised of returns from newsagents. I have discussed this previously re: Carnival of Fear. This copy of Romantic Story is marked with a 10 on the rear cover by the newsagent. I'm assuming this mark relates to the initial publication of this issue, suggesting a publication date of July 1981.