Romantic Secrets comic books issue 36

Cover by Vince Colletta. Stories and art by Joe Sinnott and Vince Colletta. Women navigate America's dating landscape in the 1950s and 1960s. Beth feels duty-bound to keep Annabel and Budd together, no matter how many times they break up, or what it does to her own social life. A short meditation on the meaning of love. Benny feels socially excluded because of a huge hideous scar running across his face, but he doesn't know that some chicks dig scars, and Cynthia is one of them. A Friend of the Bride; What Is Love?; Love from the Old Country; The Boy with the Scar! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Bob Powell and John Martin. This early romance comic from Fawcett had particularly complex plots to go with the tears and kisses. Carol and Gary have been dating for years, but he doesn't care for her new friends and their edgy attitudes (for the 1950s). Soon it comes down to a choice between him or them, in a story with art by Bob Powell. Marie is secretly dating and corresponding with wealthy, older Tom, whom she agrees to marry for a comfortable lifestyle. But it's handsome but countrified Rolf who really gets her pulse pounding... or as one caption puts it, "The blending of our lips slammed the door on the rest of the world and it wasn't blood in my veins any more, but liquid fire." Kirk's relationship with Sally is threatened by a scheming woman. Life on a Silver Platter; Lonely Heart; Romance Time; Love Song for Two. 32 pages, Full Color Cover price $0.10.