The Romances of Nurse Helen Grant #1 was published in 1957 by Atlas Comics, the company which would one day be renamed Marvel Comics.
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1950's True Secrets 3 (#1) was a title debut from Marvel/Atlas at a time when romance comics dominiated their comic book line.
DC Comics' underappreciated first romance comics title included work by Matt Baker, Alex Toth, Carmine Infantino, John Romita and more.
Remembered by history as a superhero and Pre-Code Horror publisher in comics, Ace Magazines also had a succesful romance comics line.
Standard Publications' Popular Teen-Agers started out exactly what it sounds like: a teen comedy like Archie Comics with L.B. Cole covers.
Jack Kirby provided 7 of the 8 covers for Marvel's July 1960 cover-dated releases, with his romance work sometimes overlooked by collectors.
The science fiction and horror covers of L.B. Cole are fairly well known, but his approach to romance covers is also fascinating.
Considered "one of the finest romance illustrators in the business" by a contemporary, Alice Kirkpatrick is an underappricated Golden Age artist.
Secret Story Romances #1 is a rare romance comic published by Marvel/Atlas in 1953 featuring a cover by romance comics legend Jay Scott Pike.
Complete Love Magazine vol 26 #2 was a pulp magazine that transformed in 1951 into a comic book, under the Ace Magazines imprint.
L.B. Cole's Jungle Thrills #16 and its Phantom Lady and Rulah content brought this issue to the attention of the author of Parade of Pleasure
The Marvel romance series Lovers represented a changing of the guard in comics, as the series took over numbering from Blonde Phantom's title
One of Marvel's most succesful romance titles, Love Romances includes work form the likes of Jack Kirby, Matt Baker and Jerry Robinson.
Marvel romance comics feature some amazing covers, but this one at Heritage Auctions asks the important questions.
L.B. Cole, was a comic book artist, editor, and publisher, known for his covers that emphasised primary colours over black backgrounds.
Secret Hearts #83 published in 1962 by DC contains two "inspirations" for the work of Roy Lichtenstein, both originally from Tony Abruzzo.
Jack Kirby, Russ Heath, Matt Baker, John Romita Sr and many other familliar names contributed to flagship Marvel romance My Own Romance.
DC Comics' Falling in Love launched in 1955 into a surprisingly crowded romance comics market, but outlasted many of its rivals.
Underappreciate artist Joe Doolin produced nearly 150 covers for Fiction House 943-1950 on titles like Fight Comics, many of them classics.
Señorita Rio was one of the premiere spy thrillers of the Golden Age of comic books, drawn by a historically important artist Lily Renée.
Underappreciated comic book artist Maurice Whitman created dozens of covers for Fiction House during 1950-1954, most of them stand-outs.
Little-remembered artist Dan Zolnerowich contributed over 100 spectacular covers to a variety of Fiction House comic book titles.
The female heroes fighting World War II in Fight Comics from Fiction House share a historical legacy with Wonder Woman.
The 1942 debut of the Sheena series from Fiction House features a cover by underappreciated Golden Age artist Dan Zolnerowich.
Jungle Comics, published by Fiction House from 1940 to 1954, has one of the best cover runs of the Golden Age of comic books.
The saga of Fiction House's Tiger Man in Rangers Comics took a strange turn with issue #31 of the title in 1946.
Matt Baker would draw 60 Sky Girl stories for Jumbo Comics 1944-1948, and the feature is essential to understanding his artistic evolution.
Kazanda the Wild Girl of the Lost Continent is a little-remembered comic book saga that ran in the U.S. in Rangers Comics #23-28.
Kaänga was a Tarzan-alike character who starred in the Golden Age anthology comic series Jungle Comics, published by Fiction House from 1941.
Señorita Rio was both one of the first female and one of the first Latina characters in American comics, published by Fiction House in 1942.