Romantic Story (1949 Charlton) comic books 1965-1967

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.

Cover by Pat Masulli and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Stories and art by Vince Colletta and others. Tales of secret love, heartbreak, unrequited love, and reconciliation. Gloria is torn between joy that Dan is proposing to her, and guilt that her disabled sister Patti loves Dan too. Beth looks down on the "wild" teens at the beach, whom she considers juvenile delinquents, but then she sees handsome Andrew dancing on the sand. Bookish Gail doesn't care about boys, until she meets Bill. Two Loves Had I; Divorce Prone; The Trouble With Love; Hidden Beauty. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Vince Colletta. Stories and art by Vince Colletta and others. Tales of secret love, heartbreak, unrequited love, and reconciliation. Ruth hires handsome diver Clay to help her find the treasure she believes her grandfather left on the ocean floor. Debbie's beau Lex gets shipped off to fight in the Vietnam War, but her promise to wait for him only brings her grief. Kara fixes up her sister Evvie with handsome David, then realizes she loves David herself. Wasted Tears; Three Wishes for a Dollar; So Perfect to Love; Treasure in the Heart. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Pat Masulli? & Dick Giordano. Stories by unknown. Art by unknown and Vince Colletta? She's fallen head over heels in love with Blair Harcort! He has everything...looks, charm, personality, and brains...except in one department...he falls for every pretty girl who comes along. She knows she'd be a better wife for Blair than any of them! It's just that she's so unattractive! You'll thrill to this heart-throbbing story of a girl who refuses to give up the man she loves and how she becomes..."The Ideal Mate"! Also featuring: "Drops of Heartbreak" and "Love at Last!" Plus: 1-page text story "A Look at Laura Lalake"! 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. Leah fears the worst when new husband Ben's plane vanishes in flight. Nurse Anna secretly loves patient Ken, and judges his girlfriend Louise for leaving him in the hospital. When Charlie learns that his friend Danny has fallen for his gal Penny, he starts a fight, and a terrible accident results. Heartbreak Street; Love Learns Lessons; Accidental Love; Love Is Blind. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Charles Nicholas, Vince Colletta and Sal Gentile. Tales of secret love, heartbreak, unrequited love, and reconciliation. Tom and Lindy take his new Corvette to Smoocher's Point, but even then, he's not sure if she really loves him. In an offbeat story, a Greenwich Village hippie girl hears the tale of her aunt, who loved a Nazi officer during World War II. Norma wants to marry Tony, but then she meets a number of interested and attractive men on a trip to Europe. Another Time, Another Place; Peach Blossom; Doubting Thomas; Fickle Heart. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Charles Nicholas, Vince Colletta and Norman Nodel. Tales of secret love, heartbreak, unrequited love, and reconciliation. In an unusual story, teacher Miss Collins is "tricked" into falling in love with adult student Denny, who is half her age. Toni and Linda join forces to teach a lesson to the ladies' man who broke both their hearts. Alec loves Norma, but his mother wants to keep them apart. Plus an article on the pros and cons of eloping. A Man Half My Age; To Elope or Not To?; The Cheater; A Memory of Joy. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Roy Thomas, Gary Friedrich, and Vince Colletta. Tales of secret love, heartbreak, unrequited love, and reconciliation. Redheaded Linda tries to get nerdy boyfriend Howard to show a little backbone, in a story written by two well-known comics scribes early in their careers: Marvel legends Roy Thomas and Gary Friedrich. After Nick swindles her and dumps her, plain Pat gets a makeover and a new beau, but she's not sure she's ready to trust a man again. Still grieving the loss of her husband in Vietnam, Carla isn't ready to meet his handsome war buddy Johnny. His Sometime Sweetheart; If You Love Me, Fight For Me; One Kiss for Eternity. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Lucho Olivera and Vince Colletta. Tales of secret love, heartbreak, unrequited love, and reconciliation. Niagara Falls guide Sandy doesn't think she'll ever meet a single man in that honeymooner's paradise - and then handsome Cliff prevents her from taking a tumble into the abyss. Elaine sees Tim with Leah at the church picnic and jumps to conclusions, immediately turning to bad-boy Ed, in a story with some great '60s fashions. "Plain Jane" Rita has recurring dreams of kissing Paul, but Paul is Nora's beau. Plus a vintage ad for the "Man from UNCLE Fan Club." Never in Niagara; Once Burned...; No One Will Ever Love Me. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Nestor Olivera, Joe Gill, Charles Nicholas, M. Lutin and Vince Colletta. Tales of secret love, heartbreak, unrequited love, and reconciliation. Claire and overseas beau Alan plan to marry after he gets out of the Army, but from the tone of his letters, she's starting to wonder if he's met someone else. A woman feels that everyone on her vacation trip is finding romance, except for her. Faye is tired of hearing consoling words from friends after Lou dumps her. Plus '60s-era fashion advice. Lost Paradise; Sound of Those Empty Words; Styled for Romance; Love Passed Me By. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Lucho Olivera. Stories and art by Lucho Olivera, Joe Gill, and Vince Colletta. Tales of secret love, heartbreak, unrequited love, and reconciliation. Handsome Ray wants to take Alice out, but she's still not over Brian, who treated her like dirt. Redheaded Steph loves wealthy Cal, but Cal's father can't let her forget she grew up in a poverty-stricken swamp shanty town. Anne doesn't know how to tell Mike that she may carry a fatal hereditary disease. Plus '60s-era fashion advice. The Pursuit of Happiness; Go Back to the Swamp, Swamp Girl; Styled for Romance; I'll Die Alone, My Love. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Ernesto R. Garcia. Stories and art by Ernesto R. Garcia, Joe Gill, Bill Fraccio, Tony Tallarico and Vince Colletta. Tales of secret love, heartbreak, unrequited love, and reconciliation. Bespectacled Martie feels "repulsive" and has a real complex about her appearance, so childhood pal Steve offers to give her a makeover. Belinda always steals Aggie's men - they "brushed past my lips on the way to hers," as she puts it - but she was hoping Walker would be different. After a fight with handsome beach-bum Chad, Gloria catches a ride with bad-boy "Ape," who says things like "We're headin' straight for Kicksville, baby!" and won't take no for an answer. Plus '60s-era fashion advice. Created for Love; The Unfairest of Them All; Styled for Romance; Wasted Life, Wasted Love. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.