Career Girl Romances (1966) comic books 1965-1967

Cover inks by Dick Giordano. Stories by unknown. Art by unknown. At 22, she was the most photographed woman in the Western Hemisphere...a member of the international jet-set. At 23, she was a has-been! Don't miss..."A Broken Life"! Can a female lawyer also be a woman? Find out in..."The Laws Of Love"! And "Keep Your Heart Free," her superiors in the social service agency always told her...but sometimes it was impossible not to get involved! Plus: Instructions for turning odd pieces of cotton cloth into a patchwork cover-up for a bathing suit or pajamas in the 1-page "Pretty Patchwork"; and how to mix apple pie with chocolate fudge icing to create something to serve a date after a movie in the 1-page "Hostess Tips-Double Dazzle"! Also: 2-page text story "Beautiful Betsy"! 32 pages, full color. Statement of ownership--average print run 219,290; average paid circulation 118,281. Cover price $0.12.

Cover inks by Dick Giordano. Stories by unknown. Art by Vince Colletta studio and unknown. Nurse Betsy Crane stars in "The Dedicated Man"! Can a private secretary mix career and romance? Read..."Secrets Of A Secretary"! Her job at the travel agency was dull, so she sold herself a vacation trip and discovered that..."Three Months Make A Lifetime"! And Diana focused so hard on the notion of fame on the stage that she blurred Adam from her mind in..."Ring Down The Curtain"! Plus: 1-page text story "Woman To Woman"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Sal Gentile and others. Reflecting the changing times, Charlton's 1960s series focuses on the lives and loves of working women. Eleanor becomes a flight attendant to keep up with handsome pilot Ford. Plus-sized secretary Leah can't make headway with her boss, personally or professionally, until she loses some weight, in a story that is a product of its times. Oceanography grad students Helen and Flint find romance under the waves while assisting a professor with a research project. Plus a vintage ad for 1960s fan magazines featuring The Beatles and the Dave Clark Five. A Roving Romeo; Superior Woman; Brains, Not Beauty; No Deeper Love. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover art by Dick Giordano. "Only Julie"; Julie works and takes care of her semi-invalid father; Hank keeps asking Julie for career advice; Everyone in town seems to know that Julie is Hank's girl except for Julie and Hank themselves. "Elopement" text story. "Forgive A Failure"; Teresa falls for a writer; She helps him get his book published and get backing for his play. "Patient With A Heart"; Elaine studies hard to become a doctor; She tries to follow the unwritten law: never become emotionally involved with your patient; But that isn't possible when she discovers her friend, Johnny Lennon, needs heart surgery. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Bill Molno, Jon D'Agostino, Vince Alascia and Morris Waldinger. Reflecting the changing times, Charlton's 1960s series focuses on the lives and loves of working women. A press agent is great at promoting her clients' careers, but lousy at promoting her own love life. In a story that's a sign of its times, redheaded Margaret tells childhood sweetheart Jim, "I won't depend on any man! I don't need love...I don't want to be a household drudge the rest of my life!" Actors Ruth and Victor see sparks when the director asks them to kiss for a scene. The cover by Dick Giordano features rock legend Elvis Presley and 1960s pop stars Johnny Rivers and Herman's Hermits, who also make cameos in the story. An Independent Woman; Love for C; A Talent for Loving; My Favorite Love. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Pat Masulli and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Stories and art by Bill Fraccio and Morris Waldinger. Reflecting the changing times, Charlton's 1960s series focuses on the lives and loves of working women. Another version of the "artist falls for model" romance trope, but in this variation, the woman is the artist. Brilliant stock analyst Luci is conflicted by her attraction to handsome rival Hanford, who's not as good as she is. Undercover cop Ruth falls for the brother of the fugitive she's tracking, in a rare action-girl story for the genre. Bankrupt Heart; The Inner Feeling; Model for Love; Betrayed by Love. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Morris Waldinger and others. Reflecting the changing times, Charlton's 1960s series focuses on the lives and loves of working women. Small-town girl Vikki is now a famous pop singer, but hometown boy Dan tries to get her to return to the parents who rejected her music. Marta falls for handsome second mate of the luxury liner on which she serves as a hostess. Mindy knows that rodeo star Shep is washed up, but she loves him anyway. Sailor, Beware; Live Bait; The Star; Champ in My Heart. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Charles Nicholas and Vince Colletta. Reflecting the changing times, Charlton's 1960s series focuses on the lives and loves of working women. Female pilot Claire falls for Joel, who aids her father after a crash, but will history repeat itself after Joel's own plane goes down? "Script girl" Mitzi falls for handsome actor Anthony, but Anthony's love scenes with another actress are too realistic for Mitzi's taste. In what must be the title's most creative use of the term "career girl," Rhoda gets a job as a go-go dancer in a club, but pursues a forbidden romance with customer Bert. The Far-Off Voice of Love; The Choice; In the Shadow of Love; Nobody Loves a Go-Go Girl. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Vince Colletta and others. Reflecting the changing times, Charlton's 1960s series focuses on the lives and loves of working women. An actress falls for her co-star in a play, but how can she tell if he really feels that way about her? Laurie learns fast lessons about life and love when she goes to New York to live with her cousin Cathy, now Kate, a high-fashion model and part of the jet-set. Underwater ballerina Wanda has an exciting, adventurous life and many wealthy suitors, but secretly she still longs for love. The "New" Secretary; The Skydiver; Treasure Hunt; My Greatest Role. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Vince Colletta. Stories and art by Vince Colletta, Sal Gentile and Morris Waldinger. Reflecting the changing times, Charlton's 1960s series focuses on the lives and loves of working women. Resort publicist Marcia falls for handsome Bruce, but her heart is broken when she sees him kissing someone else, and underwater yet. Flight attendant Jane falls for handsome pilot Skip, who's not ready to settle down, but a plane crash changes everything. Rising country-music star Kitty wins an appearance on the "National Hillbilly Hoedown," but now Hank thinks she's out of his league. Runway Romance; As Long as You Love Me; Lovers Lagoon. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Gary Friedrich, Vince Colletta, Sal Gentile and Charles Nicholas. Reflecting the changing times, Charlton's 1960s series focuses on the lives and loves of working women. Private eye Tiffany Sinn is hired by the CIA to rescue a handsome agent from an enemy nation, in the first of several Tiffany Sinn stories by legendary comics scribe Gary Friedrich. In another Friedrich story, truck-stop waitress Lula promises herself she'll never marry a truck driver like her mom did, and then she meets handsome Len, who drives a convertible Mustang and couldn't possibly be a trucker...or could he? An office worker falls for her boss, handsome millionaire Thomas, but he doesn't know she's alive. Truck Drivin' Man; A Fugitive From Love; To Save an Agent; The Faceo Love. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Gary Friedrich, Vince Colletta, Luis Dominguez and Luis Avila. Reflecting the changing times, Charlton's 1960s series focuses on the lives and loves of working women. Tiffany Sinn is diverted from romance with her fellow agent when a neo-Nazi grabs a nuclear weapon and climbs the outside of the St. Louis Gateway Arch, in a story by legendary comics scribe Gary Friedrich. The title continues its switch to action-oriented stories from the previous issue by introducing another such character, Annie Lane, Girl Adventurer. Fishing-boat first mate Lydia tires of being treated like a slave by wealthy clients who can't handle a fishing line like she can. St. Louis Stake Out; Captain's Mate; Annie Lane Girl Adventurer. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Jim Aparo, Norman Nodel, Oscar Novelle and Joe Gill. Reflecting the changing times, Charlton's 1960s series focuses on the lives and loves of working women. A singer finds success, but loses love, in a story with art by 1970s Batman artist Jim Aparo/ Evvie walks away from her handsy Wall Street boss and finds a new life and a handsome beardo in Greenwich Village. Roz falls for Matthew on vacation, but it turns out he's not as wealthy as he implied. Plus fashion advice from the 1960s. Too Rich For Ki$$ing; Styled for Romance; Your Heart Can Choose; Sorrow Song. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Ernesto R. Garcia. Stories and art by Vince Colletta, Ernesto R. Garcia and Joe Gill. Reflecting the changing times, Charlton's 1960s series focuses on the lives and loves of working women. Bernice works her way to the top of the advertising world by avoiding romance and men... and then she meets Avery. Beauty queen Cynthia remembers how only Frank loved her in their younger years, and when she learns that Frank lost a leg in Viet Nam, she drops everything to go to him. Typist Arlene doesn't like Monte the writer, but she loves Monte the person and his plans to help their impoverished neighborhood. Beauty Queen; Bohemian's Kisses; Styled for Romance; Trap for an Unwary Heart. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Vince Colletta and Joe Gill. Reflecting the changing times, Charlton's 1960s series focuses on the lives and loves of working women. A woman falls for handsome Keith, who doesn't even know she's alive. Roberta works her way up the corporate ladder to a position of power, but still she secretly longs for love. Redheaded Vera is trying to get talented abstract artist Riordan into her father's influential gallery, but the romance between Vera and Riordan may complicate matters. Gone Too Far for Love; A Talent for Kissing; Styled for Romance; Admit It... You Love Me! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Ernesto Garcia Seijas. Stories and art by Vince Colletta, Ernesto Garcia Seijas, Norman Nodel, Tony Tallarico and Joe Gill. Reflecting the changing times, Charlton's 1960s series focuses on the lives and loves of working women. A Hollywood publicist turns a struggling actor into a famous leading man, and falls for him in the process. Emily is hired by a fight manager to use her feminine wiles to keep boxer "Farmer Lund" from giving up the ring and going back to the farm - but what happens if she falls in love? Plus fashion advice from the 1960s. Siren's Song of Sorrow; The Best Job in the World; Tomorrow's Tears; Styled for Romance; A Lover Type. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.