Romantic Story (1949 Charlton) comic books 1963-1965

Cover by Vince Colletta. Stories and art by Charles Nicholas and Vince Colletta. Tales of secret love, heartbreak, unrequited love, and reconciliation. The first that newlywed Ruby hears of her husband's old flame Donna is when Donna drops by for a visit. A woman takes love for granted, until a crisis changes everything. Everyone sees Ray as a good-for-nothing drifter, except Beth, who believes he can be a success. An Old Flame; Dangerous Romance; Through Love's Eyes!; Just Don't; My Mixed-Up Heart. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Vince Colletta. Stories and art by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio and Vince Colletta. Tales of secret love, heartbreak, unrequited love, and reconciliation. Andrea meets Leo when he rescues her from a double-date gone wrong. Rhea returns to her hometown from the big city and everyone thinks she's a cosmopolitan girl, but it's all an act. Redheaded Shelly's family is ostracized because her father is an ex-convict, so they start over in another town, but she dreads new beau Bob learning about her past. Plus a cautionary tale about drifting into juvenile delinquency, in the Cold War public service announcement What You Do in Your Spare Time. ("The time is past when our nation could afford street-corner loafers!") Party Pooper; My Father's Past; How Good We Are!; The Perfect Man; The Role Called For Love; Your Role in the Cold War. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Vince Colletta and others. Tales of secret love, heartbreak, unrequited love, and reconciliation. Louise leaves her isolated Maine island community to go to college on the mainland, but she doesn't fit in, with her old-fashioned ways... and then she meets the boy named Bonzo. A promise made to her dying mother threatens a woman's happiness with the man she loves. Arlene meets Paul when he punches out her date for taking liberties. Strange to the Ways of Love; Lady in Distress; A Bird Tests Her Wings; Promise to Mamma. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Vince Colletta, Charles Nicholas and Dick Giordano. Tales of secret love, heartbreak, unrequited love, and reconciliation. Faded Southern belle Lucille lives in "genteel poverty" in her parents' decrepit old mansion, until handsome realtor Joe comes by to make her an offer. A woman wrestles with the decision to tell her secret love how she really feels. Linda has a lifelong crush on the boy next door, but she can't get him to pay any attention to her. Live in Loneliness; An Honest Love; Love Thy Neighbor; Record Romance; Pauline in the Picture; Paradise of the Heart. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Vince Colletta, Bill Fraccio and Tony Tallarico. Tales of secret love, heartbreak, unrequited love, and reconciliation. Gina dreads Jon finding out that she works in a skimpy outfit as a carhop, and then one day he pulls into her drive-in. A woman copes with the knowledge that her boyfriend Jeff is an alcoholic, in a serious treatment of the topic. After a terrible accident, Eve loses the man she loves, but the handsome doctor who saved her life won't let her throw it away again. Weakling's Kisses; For Dating Only; Prescription for Sadness. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Norman Nodel, Charles Nicholas, Vince Alascia, Bill Montes and Dick Giordano. Tales of secret love, heartbreak, unrequited love, and reconciliation. Doris comes into some money, and decides she wants to have one last fling before she settles down and marries Chet. Redheaded Jill starts dating older man Duane so she won't seem like an "old maid" at 29, even though she suspects he's just after her money. Donna, a young widow with an infant son, begins to receive help from a mysterious benefactor. Not Ready for Marriage; Loveless Kisses; Grand Is Grande's Love; They Belong to Me; We Have a Memory. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Vince Colletta and others. Tales of secret love, heartbreak, unrequited love, and reconciliation. Betty, the new girl in town, meets wild Chuck at the country club, everyone considers her to be the "bad influence." Edna helps raise her siblings after her mother dies, but that leaves her no time to find love for herself. Maggi secretly loves Albie, her best friend's boyfriend, but a sudden illness changes everything. The Wild One; Home Body; Who Knows Best?; No Happy Hours. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover inks by Dick Giordano. "Cruise to Paradise"; Friends Emily and Fay are saving up for a cruise where they hope to meet some single men; When deciding what ship to take, they meet Jim Callan, an officer on one of the cruise ships. "The Bleeder," pencils by Charles Nicholas, inks by Vince Alascia; Tom and Gina go to a party on Gina's last night before returning to Sweden; At the party, a girl with hemophilia cuts herself on a broken glass and Tom is asked to help. "Male Ego Versus Female Career" Martha Marsden Meditates article. "Heartbreak in Hollywood"; When Karen gets a job as a script girl at Goliath Studios, she falls for a hopeful young actor that the studio believes will be a big star. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Norman Nodel, Charles Nicholas, Vince Alascia, and Vince Colletta. Tales of secret love, heartbreak, unrequited love, and reconciliation. Pam postpones her wedding to Johnny to go to Peru and do charitable work in the jungle, but not everyone in the jungle is friendly. Nina secretly loves Paul, but she can't talk about her feelings, and then an accident one rainy night changes everything. Karen meets handsome, clean-shaven hobo Vince as he travels through her town, and her father invites him to stay. The Meaning of Love; Let Love Wait; Self Reliance and Marriage; Jealous Sister; Roam No More. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Sal Gentile, Bill Fraccio, Tony Tallarico, and Vince Colletta. Tales of secret love, heartbreak, unrequited love, and reconciliation. After her summer romance breaks her heart, Trudy swears not to fall into that trap again, but then she meets Dick at a winter resort. Sandy and Ray fall for each other while working as counselors at a kids' summer camp. Rita loves bad-boy Arnie (who actually has a tattoo on his arm), but her parents don't approve, and things look grim after Arnie punches out her dad. Snowcapped Love; Summer Love; Made a Mistake?; Accidental Love; They Denied Me Love; That Special Kiss. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Charles Nicholas, Vince Alascia, and Vince Colletta. Tales of secret love, heartbreak, unrequited love, and reconciliation. After a series of mistakes in the operating room, Dr. Landon is ready to call it quits, but when an emergency rises, he takes the case. Beautiful Pam is elected queen of the ball and courted by handsome Ray, but something is still missing. Mari loves Johnny, a hometown boy who became a baseball star, but none of her small-town friends and family believe that he loves her too. Beautiful But Bored; Doctor No More; No Rat Race; The Lovely Lie. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Tony Tallarico and Vince Colletta. Tales of secret love, heartbreak, unrequited love, and reconciliation. Sherry loves handsome co-worker Ed, but she's afraid she'll lose him to Jill, "the office man-chaser." Ed wants to marry Addie, but she keeps putting him off, for reasons known only to herself. Jennifer dreams of a man who will be her knight in shining armor, never imagining that one man will actually make that a reality. Haste Makes Waste; To Be in Love; Knight in Armor; Blind Date; Meet That Man; Only One Choice. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover inks by Dick Giordano. Stories by unknown. Art by unknown & Vince Colletta?, Charles Nicholas & Vince Alascia and Tony Tallarico? She did not want to share the life that Bill had chosen so she used every trick in the book to discourage herself from loving him...and him from loving her! She knew it would hurt him deeply to see her kissing Ted...but she couldn't help it. She had to make Bill understand that they could never be! Don't miss..."Cathy's Cop"! Also featuring: "Misplaced Love"; Cynthia Doyle, Nurse in Love story "I'm Not a Nurse Anymore"; and the 1-page stories "Why Fight It...?" and "Like a Flower"! Plus: 1-page text story "Frances the Folksinger"! 32 pages, full color. Statement of ownership--average print run 222,405; average paid circulation 135,592. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Vince Colletta and others. Tales of secret love, heartbreak, unrequited love, and reconciliation. Newly married Ellen keeps getting hit on by smarmy Stann, and if that wasn't bad enough, her husband Tony is flirting with the blonde singer from Cafe Carib. Campus "snob" Wilma thinks she's "slumming" when she dates handsome Joe, but she doesn't expect to fall for him. Mary throws great parties and has plenty of friends, but deep down, she's lonely. His Kind of Woman; Love at First Sight; Campus Snob; Nobody Loves Me. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Bill Montes, Bill Fraccio and Jon D'Agostino. Tales of secret love, heartbreak, unrequited love, and reconciliation. Platinum blonde Rhea steals Jay away from Mary, then feels guilty and claims she was just playing, even though she really loves him. Joy falls for handsome Jack when she volunteers to be the subject of a trick in his magic act. Redheaded college girl Lisa brings fiance Wes home for the holidays, but she dreads him meeting her father, whom she considers a lowly garage mechanic. Stolen Love; From the Outside Only; The Magic Words; Two Men in My Heart; Second Chance. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Bill Fraccio and Jon D'Agostino. Tales of secret love, heartbreak, unrequited love, and reconciliation. Redheaded Jane has a terrace in her new apartment that allows her to see...her friend Kitty kissing her boyfriend Ray! A woman's father abandons the family, leading her mother to hate all men, including the one she catches kissing her daughter behind the barn. Actress Winnie falls for Jim, her leading man in a play. You Can't Trust Any Man; Loneliness Is Not Love; Tears on My Terrace; The Show Must Go on. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.