Heart Throbs (1949 Quality/DC) comic books 1971

Cover pencils by Bill Draut. Stories by unknown. Art by Vince Colletta, Art Saaf and unknown. Why does Sherry close her eyes to the truth? Every time Roy held her in his arms, it was really another woman he was holding! Read..."Substitute Sweetheart"! Also featuring: "You're Not My Type...Mr. Winslow"; "Listen, Darling"; and "I Can't Give You Anything But Love"! Plus: Letters page From Barbara Miles, with Love. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.15.

Stories by unknown. Art by Win Mortimer?, Nick Cardy, Don Heck, Liz Berube, Bernard Sachs and unknown. Cindy's mother is constantly worried that people will learn that her father is in a mental institution. Cindy's secretiveness makes her unpopular at school, but she eventually meets Ted and confides in him. He assures her that his parents will not care, but they are secretly plotting to break up the young romance in "Like Father, Like Daughter!" Plus: Nina's bad experiences with boys cause her to give bad advice to her younger sister Phyllis in "My Heart -- My Enemy!" Also: Jean works for a computer dating service, and when new client Paul comes in, she contrives to be matched up with him in "Made for Each Other!" And: When Pam's cousin Roy dies in a diving accident, she blames herself. She meets Charles and falls in love with him, but steps aside when Roy's girlfriend Enid says she's interested in Charles in the reprint story "Guilty Heart"! Plus: 1-page Beauty on a Budget filler! And: Letters page Telling It the Way It Is...to Lynn Farrell. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.15.

Cover by Werner Roth & Vince Colletta. Stories by unknown. Art by George Tuska, Win Mortimer, Vince Colletta and unknown. When Fran's boyfriend elopes with another woman, she doesn't believe she can love again, but before long she finds herself torn between two more men in "Kisses Without Love"! Plus: Susan is reluctant to marry David, especially when her first boyfriend Allan shows up unexpectedly in "My First Romance"! Also: Lizabeth accepts Vernon's sudden marriage proposal, but when they visit his home town, she finds out about his former relationship with Vera, whom everyone expected him to marry, in the reprint? story "His Other Love!" And: 1-page article "How to Be Popular"! Plus: Letters page Telling It the Way It Is...to Lynn Farrell. Statement of ownership -- average print run 315,126; average paid circulation 157,644. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.15.

Last 15c cover priced issue. Cover pencils by Creig Flessel. Stories by unknown. Art by Win Mortimer & Jack Abel, Art Saaf & Vince Colletta and unknown. Kathy has a bad reputation for dating too many boys she doesn't love, so when she finally meets Noel and falls in love, she's afraid he will learn about her past and drop her in "Don't Believe What They Say About Me!" Plus: Sherry is bored with her fiance Jeff and asks her friend to set her up on a blind date, but she can't go through with it and realizes that she only wants to be with Jeff after all in "Blind Date"! Also: Melissa's mother wants her to marry someone rich, but when she matches up Melissa with Foster Wynne III, it turns out that his family isn't as wealthy as everyone thinks in "Price Tag on Love"! And: Suzanne is torn between Will, who's shy and doesn't really know how to behave on a date, and confident Andy, who doesn't always treat her right, in the retitled? reprint story "Two Kinds of Men!" Plus: 1-page quiz "Are You the Type Boys Go For?" 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.15.

First 25c cover priced issue. Cover by Don Heck & Vince Colletta. Stories by unknown. Art by Lee Elias, Art Saaf & Vince Colletta, Bill Draut? & Tony DeZuniga, John Rosenberger and Irv Novick & Bernard Sachs? Bill is jealous of the other guys his fiancee Gale has dated in the past, which nearly breaks them up until Gale finds a way to turn the tables on him in "A Girl's First Love!" Plus: Mindy gets a makeover from her older sister Doris when she's taken on a double date, which makes her friend Chuck see her in a different light in "Kid Sister!" Also: Jori lives in a commune but falls in love with the son of the real estate developer who is trying to drive the group off their farm in "The Perfect Couple"! And: Lita likes Tony but since he isn't particularly handsome or fun-loving, she tries to deny her feelings for him in the retitled reprint story "Ashamed of My Love"! Plus: Jane is determined to leave small-town life behind until a snowstorm strands her on her way to the big city and a new man makes her see what's really important in the retitled? reprint story "I'll Never Go Home"! Also: 1-page article "How to Get the Grooviest Guy at the Party"! 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.25.

Cover pencils by Jay Scott Pike. Stories by unknown. Art by Don Heck?, Art Saaf, George Tuska?, Vince Colletta and unknown. Lisa sets her sights on her friend Janice's boss but she doesn't know he's also Janice's boyfriend in "Labor of Love"! Plus: Wendy tries to break through the distant and rude attitude of the handsome Rolfe in "Woman Hater!" Also: Carol is drawn to Lee, but he seems to be already taken by Dina in "Swinging Singles Hotel"! And: Shy Michelle starts going out with Joe but her mother doesn't think he's good enough for her. She tries dating more "acceptable" guys but ends up back with Joe in "Too Easy to Love"! Plus: 2-page filler "What the Stars Say About Your Future"! Also: Letters page Telling It the Way It Is. 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Art Saaf & Vince Colletta. Stories by unknown. Art by Win Mortimer, Mike Sekowsky, Vince Colletta and unknown. Maria learns a lesson from observing her aunt's marriage that helps her decide between two very different guys in "Cry on My Shoulder"! Plus: Sue thinks that her boyfriend David is too demanding and they separate, but after dating other guys she comes to reallize that David acts that way because he really cares about her in "I Want My Way"! Also: On a cruise, Amanda meets two men who quickly decide they want to marry her, but she thinks it's only because they believe she's wealthy in "I Won't Marry You!" And: Jane and Scott meet when their cars crash and instantly dislike each other, which means they will fall in love before the summer ends in "A Girl's Best Friend"! Plus: Bonnie thinks she's unattractive so she doesn't believe that Jim really wants to go out with her in the reprint story "Plain Jane Fell in Love"! Also: 1-page article "What to Do If You're Losing Your Man"! 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.25.

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Stories by unknown. Art by Jack Katz, George Tuska?, Gene Colan, Win Mortimer, Vince Colletta and unknown. Sheila and Don are competing race car drivers. Sheila gets Don to fall for her, but he wants her to quit racing in "Smashup!" Plus: Anne and Betty are both dating Eric, although neither is very interested in him. Eric tries to tell each of them that he is seeing someone else, but they both string him along as a joke. When Anne and Betty discover they are both seeing the same person, they decide to show up together at Eric's apartment to see the look on his face. The joke is on them when Jane opens the door, introducing herself as Eric's fiancee in "The Pretenders"! Also: Carole invites her cousin, Jean, to the city to visit for a few weeks. Jean remembers Carole's penchant for stealing boyfriends, but Jean doesn't expect that to be a problem since she doesn't currently have a boyfriend. That starts to change when she meets a policeman who helps her when she gets lost on the way to Carole's house in the retitled? reprint story "Stolen Love"! And: As a teenager, Donna hangs out with wild Jackie 'The Rebel' and starts to get a bad reputation in town. She eventually stops seeing Jackie, but her reputation follows her. Many boys seem to be interested at first, but drop her soon after. After years of this, Donna and her mother wonder what keeps the old reputation alive. Donna finds out when she catches her best friend Cynthia telling her latest boyfriend about her past. But Dave realizes Cynthia is sabotaging Donna out of jealousy and tells Donna what matters is that she stopped seeing Jackie in the retitled reprint story "A Friend In Need!" Plus: Gale doesn't want to get involved with another man after she breaks up with Tad, but Bob is persistent. Gale clings to the love letters that Tad had sent to her while he was in the army, but the letters had actually been written for Tad by Bob while they were serving overseas together in the retitled? reprint story "With All My Heart"! Also: 1-page text story "Let's Get Married"; 2-page quiz "Are You Lovable To Men?"; and letters page Telling It the Way It Is...to Lynn Farrell. 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.25.