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was developed as an experiment in expanding into the romance market, conceived by editor Roy Ald, who was European-American, and written by him without credit. It was illustrated by
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Negro Romance depicts characters who conformed to mainstream ideals of attractiveness in the 1950s, rather than stereotypical African-American depictions
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of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond a mere trivial mention. If notability cannot be shown, the article is likely to be
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ran for only three issues and the first issue was published in June 1950. The third and last issue was published in October, 1950.
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stereotypes, telling stories interchangeable with those told about white characters. The comic even mentions
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