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Starting in the late 1940s, several American comic book publishers sought out older audiences by creating a new genre:
romance comics . Although the genre had waned in popularity by the 1970s, romance comics continue to be produced in the 2000s.
Titles
100% (
DC/Vertigo , 2002 – 2003)
All True Romances (1955-1958)
Boy Loves Girl (1952-1956)
Brides in Love (
Charlton Comics , 1956 – 1965)
Career Girl Romances (
Charlton Comics , 1964 - 1973)
Cinderella Love (
Ziff Davis /
St. John Publications , 1950 – 1955) — acquired by St. John in 1953
Cindy Comics (
Marvel Comics , 1947 – 1950)
Date with Debbi (DC, Jan./Feb. 1969 – 1972)
A Date with Judy (79 issues, Oct./Nov. 1947-Nov. 1960)
Diary Loves/G.I. Sweethearts/Girls in Love (
Quality Comics , 1949 – 1956)
Dotty Comics (Ace Magazines, 1948–1949) — Title changes to "Glamorous Romances" at issue #41
Falling in Love (
DC Comics , 1949 – 1973)
First Love Illustrated (
Harvey Comics , 1949 - 1963)
Flaming Love (
Quality Comics , 1949 – 1950)
Forbidden Tales of Dark Mansion (
DC Comics , 1971–1974) — started out as
Gothic romance
Girl Comics vol. 1 (
Timely /
Atlas , 1949 - 1954)
Girls' Love Stories (
DC Comics , 1949 – 1973)
Girls' Romances (
DC Comics , 1950 – 1971)
Glamorous Romances (Ace Magazines, 1949–1956) — Formerly titled "Dotty Comics"
Haunted Love (
Charlton Comics , 1973 – 1975) — Gothic romance
Heart Throbs (
Quality Comics /
DC Comics , 1949 – 1972) — acquired by DC in 1957
Hi-School Romances (1949)
Hollywood Romances/For Lovers Only (
Charlton Comics , 1966 – 1976)
I ♥ Marvel (
Marvel Comics , 2006)
I Love You (
Charlton Comics , 1955 - 1980)
Ideal Romance (
Quality Comics , 1954 – 1955)
Just Married (
Charlton Comics , 1958 - 1976)
Lore Olympus (
WEBTOON , 2018–Present)
Love and Romance (
Charlton Comics , 1971 - 1975)
Love Confessions (
Quality Comics , 1949 – 1956)
Love Diary (
Charlton Comics , 1958 - 1976)
Love Lessons (
Harvey Comics , 1949 – 1950)
Love Letters (
Quality Comics , 1949 - 1956)
Love Romances (
Marvel Comics , 1949 - 1963)
Love Scandals (
Quality Comics , 1950)
Lovelorn/Confessions of the Lovelorn (
American Comics Group , 1949 - 1960)
Millie the Model (
Marvel Comics , 1945 - 1973)
Modern Love (1949)
My Date Comics (
Hillman Periodicals , 1947–1948) — romance/humor mixture by
Simon &
Kirby
My Love Life (
Fox Comics , 1949 – 1951)
My Love Secret... (
Fox Comics , 1949 – 1950)
My Only Love (
Charlton Comics , 1975 - 1976)
My Secret Life (
Charlton Comics , 1957 - 1962)
Night Nurse (
Marvel Comics , 1972 – 1973)
Our Love Story (
Marvel Comics )
Patsy Walker (
Marvel Comics , 1945 - 1965)
Popular Teen-Agers (
Star Publications , 1950 – 1954)
Radiant Love (
Key Publications , 1953 – 1954)
Range Romances (
Quality Comics , 1949–1950) —
Western /romance mix
Romantic Adventures/My Romantic Adventures (
American Comics Group , 1949 – 1964)
Romance Tales (
Marvel Comics , 1949 – 1950)
Romantic Marriage (
Ziff Davis /
St. John Publications , 1950 – 1954) — acquired by St. John in 1953
Romantic Secrets (
Fawcett Comics /
Charlton Comics , 1949 – 1964) — acquired from Fawcett in 1953
Romantic Story (
Fawcett Comics /
Charlton Comics , 1949 - 1973) — acquired from Fawcett in 1954
Secret Hearts (DC, 1949 - 1971)
Secret Love Stories (
Fox Comics , 1949)
Secret Romance (
Charlton Comics , 1968 - 1980)
Secrets of Love And Marriage (
Charlton Comics , 1956 - 1961)
Sleepless (Image Comics, 2017–2019)
Strange Confessions (
Ziff Davis , 1952)
Strange Love (
Fox Comics , 1950)
Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (
DC Comics , 1958 – 1974)
Sweetheart Diary (
Charlton Comics , 1955 - 1962)
Sweethearts (
Fawcett Comics /
Charlton Comics , 1948 - 1973) — acquired from Fawcett in 1954
Teen Confessions (
Charlton Comics , 1959 - 1976)
Teen-Age Confidential Confessions (
Charlton Comics , 1960 - 1964)
Teen-Age Love (
Charlton Comics , 1958 - 1973)
Teen-Age Romances (
St. John Publications , 1949 – 1955)
Teen-Age Temptations (
St. John Publications , 1952 - 1954)
Tender Romance/Ideal Romance/Diary Confessions (
Key Publications , 1953 – 1956)
Time for Love vol. 2 (
Charlton Comics , 1967 - 1976)
Trouble (
Epic Comics , 2003)
True Life Secrets (
Charlton Comics , 1951 – 1956)
True Stories of Romance (
Fawcett Comics , 1950)
True War Romances/Exotic Romances (
Quality Comics , 1952 - 1956) — romance/
war mix
Untamed Love (
Quality Comics , 1950)
Wedding Bells (
Quality Comics , 1954–1956)
Young Love (
Crestwood Publications , 1947 – 1956, 1960 – 1963;
DC Comics , 1963 – 1977)
Young Romance (
Crestwood Publications /
DC Comics , 1947 – 1975) — acquired from Crestwood in 1963
See also