My Date Comics by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby saw them take Swifty Chase from Airboy Comics and make him a romantic comic lead character.
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Seemingly part of a final act of Pre-Code defiance on the part of ACG, Confessions of the Lovelorn #52 hit newsstands right before the CMAA was announced.
Comics Media, remembered for Pre-Code titles like Horrific and War Fury, brought twists to romance in Dear Lonely Hearts with Don Heck and Pete Morisi.
Youthful Hearts 1 features an overlooked drug addiction story "Monkey on My Back" that precedes the better-known "The Monkey" in Shock SuspenStories 12.
One of Quality Comics' themed romance titles, Broadway Romance #1 features Bill Ward cover and art and well-crafted stories about love on Broadway.
Dell's Private Secretary is not based on the 1950s sitcom. It's more akin to a 1950s paperback romance and seems to have caught Roy Lichtenstein's attention.
Cold War-era comics collide with romance in Quality's Flaming Love #1, in which Communists attempt to ensnare an industrialist with a honeypot.
Toby Press published just one issue of Sorority Secrets #1 during the 1950s comic book romance boom. But what's inside?
Harry Anderson might be best remembered for his Pre-Code Horror Marvel/Atlas covers like Astonishing #32, but his Love Journal #10 is a stand-out.
Fawcett took over the romance comics business in 1949, launching an incredible nine romance titles that year including Romantic Secrets #1.
Debuting a year after Simon & Kirby's Young Romance, Marvel's My Romance was the second comic book romance title to hit the newsstands.
After a relatively quiet 1956, Ajax-Farrell launched (or relaunched) a burst of titles in 1957, including the return of romance comic Secret Love.
Hollywood Secrets #1 with cover and art by Bill Ward features tales of romance inspired by the scandal tabloids of the era.
In Simon & Kirby's Young Romance #12, Jane falls in love with a man of unmatched strength, "He was the lightning, a thunderbolt, a dynamic force of nature."
After pioneering the first romance comic with Young Romance, Joe Simon and Jack Kirby launched a second romance title called Young Love.
Frontier Romances #1 features a cover by Gloria Stoll Karn and an interior story with what Fredric Wertham called "Erotic Spanking"
With his interior work at St. John halted, romance comics legend Matt Baker tried out a number of other publishers including Charlton.
Myron Fass draws a story in rare romance comic Romantic Love #5 from publisher Avon in 1951.
Comic book artist Ross Andru had a lengthy career ranging from 1950s romance comics to Wonder Woman, Flash, Spider-Man, and much more.
Frank Thorne, best known for his work on the comic book character Red Sonja, began his comics career pencilling romance comics.
Before his DC Comics era, Dick Giordano had a long career at Charlton including romance comics work like the cover of Sweetheart Diary #45.
In 1954, Joe Simon and Jack Kirby returned to the romance comic genre they had created, with their own publication, In Love.
There is a lot going on right here on the cover for Love Confessions #38, a classic by the underrated Ogden Whitney.
A copy of Love Diary #35 by John Buscema from 1953, listed by Heritage Auction, is a real rarity - the only copy Heritage Auctions has seen.
Before known for his Marvel comics work such as Fantastic Four, Joe Sinnott's contributions included Charlton romance comics among others.
Ogden Whitney's artwork plus the mystery of the TrueVision 3D process, all wrapped up in a rather strange 1950s ACG romance comic book.
The cover to the romance comic book Romantic Adventures #50 features a pretty scary cover by the great Ogden Whitney.
Intimate Confessions #1 is one of the most desirable romance comics around, with a painted cover by Everett Raymond Kinstler.
All True Romance #13 from Allen Hardy's Comic Media cover features the story Substitute Bride by the legendary Don Heck.
Girls' Romances #30 features the cover feature 'Hidden Heart' by Mike Sekowsky and Bernard Sachs. The issue also includes art by Gene Colan.