First Love Illustrated #12
In "I Had To Run Away," Bonnie’s journey from a quiet life to a dramatic flight to Scotland—and the tangled aftermath of a plane crash—sets the stage for a poignant reunion. Warren Kremer’s art, inked by Al Avison, brings emotional depth to this 1951 tale of love and separation, while Al Avison’s cover captures the story’s bittersweet tension.
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Bonnie travels to Scotland to settle an inheritance, leaving her fiancé Vic behind. Her plane crashes and Vic thinks she’s dead. However, Bonnie had wandered away from the crash and is rescued by an old farm couple. After recovering, she returns to the USA and searches for Vic, but he’s vanished. She returns to her office job. Vic is now working on a ranch in Texas and nearly marries Betty Lou, but returns to New York for one last visit. He and Bonnie are reunited.
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