Love Romance comic books issue 1

Cover by Art Cappello. Stories and art by Nicholas Zann, Art Cappello, Sal Gentile, Frank Bolle, Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. Women face the struggle of finding the right man, in romance comics that reflected the hairstyles and fashions of the 1970s. Teresa wants to leave her seaside fishing village and go to New York, but Cal must stay for the fishing. Naomi isn't sure why she's drawn to socially inept, studious George, but he's still nicer to her than Mickey. Please, Darling; Marry Me Now, My Love; Turnabout!; Do Your Thing!; Tonight, My Darling; Just Jeannette. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

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Written by Francesca Perillo. Art and Cover by Stefano Cardoselli. New York City, sometime in the far future, where robots like JoJo have taken over the tasks humans no longer want to perform…like driving a taxi. JoJo is pretty happy with his lot in life but feels as though something is missing…then he meets Gilda and it's love at first sight. But the course of true love is a bumpy one and JoJo is going to find that out firsthand when he discovers that Gilda is entangled with the mafia that runs his beloved city, and they're very much against this potential union for their own reasons. Watch out, JoJo! 28 pages, full color. Rated T Cover price $4.99.

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Written by Francesca Perillo. Art by Stefano Cardoselli. Cover by Nimit Malavia. New York City, sometime in the far future, where robots like JoJo have taken over the tasks humans no longer want to perform…like driving a taxi. JoJo is pretty happy with his lot in life but feels as though something is missing…then he meets Gilda and it's love at first sight. But the course of true love is a bumpy one and JoJo is going to find that out firsthand when he discovers that Gilda is entangled with the mafia that runs his beloved city, and they're very much against this potential union for their own reasons. Watch out, JoJo! 28 pages, full color. Rated T Cover price $4.99.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $39.95 or Best Offer View scan Interior is complete. Full length spine split with covers detached. Water damage. Brittle. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Stories and art by Jerry Siegel, Alex Schomburg and Jack Sparling. Romantic drama from Toby Press. Hollywood psychiatrist Anthony King goes undercover when movie star Linda is tormented by sobbing no one else can hear. A Western train robber is in kind of a fix after he rescues beautiful Betty from a train someone else is robbing. In Bagdad, heroic Jon Juan encounters a real sleeping beauty, in a story by comics legends Jerry Siegel (creator of Superman) and Alex Schomburg. Dr. Anthony King: Hollywood Psychiatrist; Kid Lochinvar: Great Lover of the Old West; Jon Juan: The Sleeping Beauty. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Written by Gail Simone, Margaux Motin, Dennis Hallum, Jon Adams. Art by Roge Antonio, Pacco Dorwling-Carter, Annapaola Martello, and Tamra Bonvillain. Cover by Pyeong Jun Park. LOVE STORIES THAT CAN ONLY BE TOLD IN A COMIC BOOK! Can robots fall in love? Is romance just a fantasy? Can love breach the corridor of death? 28 pages, full color. Rated T Cover price $3.99.

Written by Dennis Hopeless & Various. Art by Various. Cover by Russell Dauterman. LOVE STORIES THAT CAN ONLY BE TOLD IN A COMIC BOOK! Can robots fall in love? Is romance just a fantasy? Can love breach the corridor of death? 28 pages, full color. Rated T Cover price $3.99.

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Written by Dennis Hopeless & Various. Art by Various. Cover by Annie Wu. LOVE STORIES THAT CAN ONLY BE TOLD IN A COMIC BOOK! Can robots fall in love? Is romance just a fantasy? Can love breach the corridor of death? 28 pages, full color. Rated T Cover price $3.99.

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Vol. 1, No. 1 - Spring 1953. Reprints selected from Planet Stories. Leigh Brackett, Raymond Van Houten, Nelson Bond, Alfred Coppel, Ross Rocklynne, Ray Bradbury, Keith Bennett, Isaac Asimov. 7-in. x 10-in., 128 pages, black and white (text with illustrations). Cover price $0.25.

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Vol. 1, No. 2 - Fall 1953. Reprints selected from Planet Stories. 7-in. x 10-in., 128 pages, black and white (text with illustrations). 5.25" x 7.5", 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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Written by KEITH GIFFEN, JIMMY PALMIOTTI, JOHN LUSTIG & ROGER LANGRIDGE Penciled by JOHN BUSCEMA, JACK KIRBY, GENE COLON & DICK GIORDANO, Cover by KEITH GIFFEN Master of irreverence, Keith Giffen joins forces with LAST KISS genius John Lustig, FIN FANG FOUR's Roger Langridge and jumpin' Jimmy Palmiotti to give some old love songs a new soundtrack. With art by some of the industries greatest, this blast from the past promises not to tug at your heart strings so much as tickle your funny bone. Cover price $2.99.

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Written by PETER DAVID, Jeff Parker, JOE LANSDALE, KEITH GIFFEN, MIKE LEIB, PAUL DI FILIPPO Art by JACK KIRBY, JOHN ROMITA, SR., JOHN BUSCEMA, GENE COLAN, DON HECK, VINNIE COLLETTA Cover by GREG LAND NOT A DECIMATION BOOK! Not Guest-starring WOLVERINE! Not the return of HAWKEYE! No, this is an EVENT UNLIKE ANY OTHER... a one-shot with today's writers rewriting yesterday's romance stories. Oh, AND IT'S FUNNY! Cover price $2.99.

1st printing. Collects Love Me: A Romance Story (2024 Mad Cave) #1-4. Written by Francesca Perillo. Art and cover by Stefano Cardoselli. Can a robot fall in love? In the bustling streets of New York City, sometime in the far future, robots like JoJo have taken on everyday jobs. Driving a taxi around NYC is all in a day's work for JoJo, but when he meets the mysterious Gilda, it's love at first sight! New York City, sometime in the far future, where robots like JoJo have taken over the tasks humans no longer want to perform...like driving a taxi. JoJo is pretty happy with his lot in life but feels as though something is missing...then he meets Gilda and it's love at first sight. But the course of true love is a bumpy one and JoJo is going to find that out firsthand when he discovers that Gilda is entangled with the mafia that runs his beloved city, and they're very much against this potential union for their own reasons. Watch out, JoJo! Softcover, 112 pages, full color. Cover price $17.99.

1st printing. Edited by John Benson. A first-time collection of the best romance comics of the 1950s. These bright, naturalistic tales (originally published by Archer St. John and written by unrecognized comics master Dana Dutch) are about high school girls who may be inexperienced but definitely have minds of their own. Many of these stories are illustrated by Matt Baker, who achieved fame for his work on Phantom Lady and other sexy female characters in the 40s and 50s. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 160 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $22.95.

1st printing. Edited by Michael Barson. A pop-culture phenomenon, romance comic books numbered in the hundreds in the late 1940s and 1950s. Fans could not get enough of these wonderfully overwrought tales of tragic love, triumphant love, and dangerous love offered alongside advice columns, quizzes, and articles. Agonized Love is a colorful return to that era. An anthology of vintage love comics covers, advertisements, advice columns, and full reproduction of numerous stories, this colorful volume is a collection of the best the genre had to offer during its heyday in the late 1940s and 1950s. This book is a valentine to the era. It will be of interest to comics and graphic novel fans, those with an interest in nostalgia, and the chick-lit audience. Softcover, 8-in. x 11-in., 208 pages, full color. Cover price $29.99.

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1st printing. Collects Beef (2018 Image) #1-5.

Written by Richard Starkings and Tyler Shainline. Art and cover by Shaky Kane and John Roshell.

Chuck Carter is a mild mannered slaughterer of cows at THE BEEF meat processing plant. When the object of his affections is pursued across a strawberry patch by a mad cow, Chuck takes on the mantle of THE BEEF and vegetarians break loose; ketchup everywhere.

Softcover, 120 pages, full color. Cover price $16.99.

February, 1924. 108 Pages, B&W, 8.5" x 11.75". Cover price $0.25.

June 15, 1924. "The Man Who Followed Her Home", "Wild Daisy", "Bride of the Woods", and "The Image Vendor". 108 Pages, B&W, 8.5" x 11.75". Cover price $0.25.

Retailer preview for Eternal Romance Labor of Love Sketchbook (1998 Best Destiny). 8 pages, B&W.

1st printing.

By Michelle Nolan.

For the better part of three decades romance comics were an American institution. Nearly 6,000 romance comics were published between 1947 and 1977, and there was a time when one of every five comics sold in the U.S. was a romance comic.

This first book devoted entirely to the rarely studied world of romance comics features information on several types of romance comics and their creators, plus the history, numbers, and publishing frequency of dozens of romance titles.

Hardcover, 256 pages, PC/PB&W.

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1st printing. Story and art by Myra Rose Nino. In this savory and sweet sapphic YA Romance graphic novel, a klutzy high schooler strives to learn her grandma's recipes and ends up falling for a no-nonsense classmate whose family owns a restaurant. What does cooking have in common with falling in love? They're both matters of chemistry! It's Sofia's last year in high school. All her friends are getting ready to go to far away colleges, but she doesn't know if that path is right for her. What Sofia does understand is that, ever since her grandma died, her mom has been distant. But maybe, if Sofia can learn how to make one of grandma's most cherished recipes, she and her mom's relationship can go back to the way it used to be. The only problem with that idea? Sofia is terrible at cooking. Enter Anna Marie, Sofia's super cute classmate who's everything Sofia isn't-- driven, disciplined, and a gifted chef. Despite getting on each other's nerves, Anna Marie starts teaching Sofia how to cook in exchange for her help around Anna Marie's family's restaurant. And soon enough, they discover that the sparks between them are more than just stovetop flames. But can love blossom when Sofia's and Anna Marie's lives are changing so much? Or will the impending pressures that come with graduation break them apart? Softcover, 5 1/2-in.x 8-in., 240 pages, full color. Age 12 and up Cover price $18.99.

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1st printing. Story and art by Myra Rose Nino. In this savory and sweet sapphic YA Romance graphic novel, a klutzy high schooler strives to learn her grandma's recipes and ends up falling for a no-nonsense classmate whose family owns a restaurant. What does cooking have in common with falling in love? They're both matters of chemistry! It's Sofia's last year in high school. All her friends are getting ready to go to far away colleges, but she doesn't know if that path is right for her. What Sofia does understand is that, ever since her grandma died, her mom has been distant. But maybe, if Sofia can learn how to make one of grandma's most cherished recipes, she and her mom's relationship can go back to the way it used to be. The only problem with that idea? Sofia is terrible at cooking. Enter Anna Marie, Sofia's super cute classmate who's everything Sofia isn't-- driven, disciplined, and a gifted chef. Despite getting on each other's nerves, Anna Marie starts teaching Sofia how to cook in exchange for her help around Anna Marie's family's restaurant. And soon enough, they discover that the sparks between them are more than just stovetop flames. But can love blossom when Sofia's and Anna Marie's lives are changing so much? Or will the impending pressures that come with graduation break them apart? Hardcover, 5 1/2-in.x 8-in., 240 pages, full color. Age 12 and up Cover price $24.99.

1st printing. Collects Marvel Romance Redux: But I Though He Loved Me (2006), I Should Have Been a Blonde (2006), Love is a Four Letter Word (2006) , Restraining Orders are for Other Girls (2006), and Guys and Doll (2006). Written by JEFF PARKER, JOHN LUSTIG, KEITH GIFFEN, JIMMY PALMIOTTI, JOHN LUSTIG, ROGER LANGRIDGE, KYLE BAKER, FRED VAN LENTE, MICHAEL LEIB, ROBERT FLEMING, KIRSTEN SINCLAIR, PETER DAVID, JOE LANSDALE, and PAUL DI FILIPPO. Art by JOHN BUSCEMA, DON HECK, JOHN ROMITA, JACK KIRBY, GENE COLON, DICK GIORDANO, SOL BRODSKY, and VINNIE COLLETTA. Cover by FRANK CHO. Continuing the noble pursuit of taking funny old pictures and putting funny words on top of them! We've asked some of the funniest writers in comics today to look at the romance comics of yesteryear and put in some new dialogue that'll make us laugh! Unfortunately, the funniest writers were busy, so we had to settle on these guys. Hey, you get what you pay for! Softcover, 176 pages, full color. Cover price $13.99.

1st printing.

Art and cover by Ogden Whitney. Introduction by Liana Finck.

Ogden Whitney was one of the unsung masters of American comics. Best remembered for co-creating the satirical superhero Herbie Popnecker, Whitney's romance comics of the late 1950s and 1960s may be even more unique. In Whitney's hands, the standard formula of meet-cute, minor complications, and final blissful kiss becomes something very different: an unsettling vision of midcentury American romance as a devastating power struggle, a form of intimate psychological warfare dressed up in pearls and flannel suits. From suburban lawns and offices to rocket labs and factories, his men and women scheme and clash, dominate and escape.

Softcover, 112 pages, full color.

Cover price $19.95.

1st printing. Cover by Ogden Whitney. With an introduction by Heidi MacDonald of The Beat! Your mind will be blown when you read: "Jailbird Romance!," "Never Love A Man With A Harem!," "Hobo Girl," "Innocence Was My Angle," "Backroads Romance," and "I Tortured My In-Laws," plus many more! Hardcover, 160 pages, full color. Cover price $29.99.

1st printing.

Written by David M. Booher, Terry Blas, Anthony Oliveira, Paul Allor, Charles Pulliam-Moore, Rich Douek, Jarrett Melendez, and Dave Ebersole. Art by Sina Grace, Chris Shehan, Nick Robles, Jacoby Salcedo, Dennis Yatras, Josh Cornillon, Bradley Clayton, and Ian McGinty. Cover by Kevin Wada.

Haphazard pirates, wayward ghosts, dashing knights, rampaging kaiju (and down-to-earth regular joes!) are all assembled here to amaze and delight you in a wildly unique anthology celebrating love between men, from an astounding array of comics creators who know exactly how it feels.

Young Men in Love is a heartwarming, uplifting, and vibrant return to the glory days of romance comics!

Softcover, 200 pages, full color.

Cover price $19.99.