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."
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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.
The Romances of Nurse Helen Grant #1 was published in 1957 by Atlas Comics, the company which would one day be renamed Marvel Comics.
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.