Romances comic books issue 1

Was it really to be true love "From This Day Forward"? Also in this issue: "Unhappy Venus," "Wait for Me, Darling," "My Secret Wish" and "Remember Last Summer." 52 romantic pages. Cover price $0.10.

Bill Everett art. Stories include "Worth Waiting For," "The Tragic Truth" (art by Jay Scott Pike), "I Do," and "Mary Parker's Man!" Pike cover. Cover price $0.10.

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"Scratch of Death" Pencils by Charles Nicholas. Betsy realizes that Jeff Wilson's strange behavior is caused by rabies which he contracted from his daughter's dog. Reprinted from Nurse Betsy Crane #13 "Nursing - A Career" Pencils by Charles Nicholas. Description of the nursing profession and the different kinds of nurses."Lady In Distress" strip. Cover inks by Dick Giordano. Cover price $0.60.

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Cover by Amanda Conner. Written by Greg Lockard, Alexis Quasarano, Frank Allen, Zipporah Smith, Amanda Deibert, Ivan Cohen, Raphael Draccon, Carolina Munhóz, and others. Art by Max Sarin, Fico Ossio, Adriana Melo, Giulio Macaione, and others. DC is proud to present a selection of eight stories of rapscallion romance, prodigious passion, and undulating, unbridled affection. Tension builds as Apollo and Midnighter are captured by an unknown alien species who are determined to learn the secrets of their supersoldier success. Harley Quinn gets caught in a scintillating fantasy: What would life have been like if she and Ivy had met in high school? Also featuring Fire and Ice heating things up, fan-favorite heroine Power Girl's romantic tale, John Constantine's mysterious tryst, an amorous Aquaman adventure, and many more! These are lovelorn fantasies as only DC can tell them...but it's not a Harlequin romance...prepare yourself for the Harley Quinn Romances! 80 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $9.99.

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Cover by David Talaski. Written by Greg Lockard, Alexis Quasarano, Frank Allen, Zipporah Smith, Amanda Deibert, Ivan Cohen, Raphael Draccon, Carolina Munhóz, and others. Art by Max Sarin, Fico Ossio, Adriana Melo, Giulio Macaione, and others. DC is proud to present a selection of eight stories of rapscallion romance, prodigious passion, and undulating, unbridled affection. Tension builds as Apollo and Midnighter are captured by an unknown alien species who are determined to learn the secrets of their supersoldier success. Harley Quinn gets caught in a scintillating fantasy: What would life have been like if she and Ivy had met in high school? Also featuring Fire and Ice heating things up, fan-favorite heroine Power Girl's romantic tale, John Constantine's mysterious tryst, an amorous Aquaman adventure, and many more! These are lovelorn fantasies as only DC can tell them...but it's not a Harlequin romance...prepare yourself for the Harley Quinn Romances! 80 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $9.99.

Limited 1 for 25 Retailer Incentive Variant Cover. Cover by Elizabeth Torque. Written by Greg Lockard, Alexis Quasarano, Frank Allen, Zipporah Smith, Amanda Deibert, Ivan Cohen, Raphael Draccon, Carolina Munhóz, and others. Art by Max Sarin, Fico Ossio, Adriana Melo, Giulio Macaione, and others. DC is proud to present a selection of eight stories of rapscallion romance, prodigious passion, and undulating, unbridled affection. Tension builds as Apollo and Midnighter are captured by an unknown alien species who are determined to learn the secrets of their supersoldier success. Harley Quinn gets caught in a scintillating fantasy: What would life have been like if she and Ivy had met in high school? Also featuring Fire and Ice heating things up, fan-favorite heroine Power Girl's romantic tale, John Constantine's mysterious tryst, an amorous Aquaman adventure, and many more! These are lovelorn fantasies as only DC can tell them...but it's not a Harlequin romance...prepare yourself for the Harley Quinn Romances! 80 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $9.99.

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Original, pre-Code romance stories from Canadian publisher Superior, often featuring a crime or mystery element and plentiful good-girl art. Trudy's sister disapproves of her romance with the handsome gardener, but is it because of the scandal - or because she wants him for herself? Marge's boyfriend Jim brings her into his life of crime, and she can't leave because Jim's partner Tony is a violent killer who slaps her around. Murder and romance unfold at a swanky ski resort. Carla is wooed by her manager at the candy factory, but that just causes spiteful gossip from the other factory girls. My Heart Was A Stranger; Outcast; Beware of Love; I Loved for a Reason - I Tried to Blackmail Cupid. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Matt Baker. "They Called Me a Wayward Girl," script by Dana Dutch, art by Matt Baker; Dotty is fired from her job as a car-hop because she attracts too much male attention; She flirts with Toni and asks him to get her a job in his familys store but his father wont agree; She dates Elmer, who gives her numerous gifts, but her mother sends them back. "Too Many Dates Were My Downfall!", art by Ruth Atkinson; Dolly is popular with the boys, but she only has eyes for hard-working farmer Jock; He doesnt think she could give up her social life to go steady with him. "Was I Too Young for Love?", script by Dana Dutch, art by Lily Renee; High school student Eileen falls in love with Ted and they become engaged before he leaves to enter the Air Force; However, his letters seem cool and when she visits him on the base, they both realize that their infatuation is over. "I Played Hide and Seek with Love," art by Ken Bald. "I Spelled Ki$$e$ the Wrong Way!", art by Ruth Atkinson; Susan dumps her working-class boyfriend Dick to go out with wealthy Dale; However, she discovers Dale isnt serious about her and she reunites with Dick; He has a new job at a higher salary and Susan accepts his marriage proposal. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Art by Al Feldstein and Jack Kamen. Tender tales of romance among the cowhands and roughnecks of the Old West. Tomboy Tony can outrope and outride any man, but still longs for love. Outlaw lovers hope to steal enough to get married on. Molly loses her man to outlaw queen Blaze. Ride Fast for Wyoming; Calamity Jane; A Kiss for Captain Lobo; Halfway House; Beneath the Outlaw Moon. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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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.

Art by Everett Raymond Kinstler, Louis Ravielli, John Forte and Jack Abel. Tales of romance with lush, lurid covers reprinted from Avon paperbacks. This issue reprints Romantic Love (1949) #20 in its entirety. Janis gets caught up in a smuggling operation on the Mexican border and falls for her cohort; Dot loves Ronnie, but when he develops amnesia, another woman takes the opportunity to steal him away; Redheaded Diana learns that her new husband Walt wants her to romance another man to advance Walts career. Also featuring an overwrought contents page illustrated by Everett Raymond Kinstler on the inside front cover. I Was A....Bride For Sale!; Port Of Missing Girls; Love Me Again!; Too Many Lovers! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

NOTE: #8 on cover, but this is actually #1 for the True to Life Romances series. - L. B. Cole cover. "No. 8" on cover. Numbering continues from Guns Against Gangsters Vol. 2 (1949) #1. In order of appearance: "Because I Hated Steve" art by Manny Stallman; "Love Must Play a Part" art by Alvin C. Hollingsworth; "I'd Fit the Dream" art by Nina Albright; and "My Heart Will Tell Me". "Watch Where You Love" text story. Indicia states: "True-To-Life Romances". 36 pages. Full color. Cover Price $0.10.

NOTE: #8 on cover, but this is actually #1 for the True to Life Romances series. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Matt Baker, Ray Osrin, Chuck Miller, and Dana Dutch. Love plus war equals bittersweet 1950s drama, featuring art by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. Leslie says she's married so she can get a job, but that causes complications when she falls in love with her employer's nephew, in a story with art by Baker. Another Baker story adds the "nurse and patient" element, exploring the love life of an Army nurse. Everyone thinks Sally's crazy when she dumps her steady boyfriend Clark in favor or Frank, a sailor. More Luck Than I Deserved; Lovelife of an Army Nurse; I Tried to Burn the Candle at Both Ends!; I Learned the Secret of Love; Make-Believe Marriage. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Walter Johnson. "My True Love," script by Gloria Buffetti, art by Walter Johnson; Secretary Brenda spends her savings on a vacation at a fashionable resort in Maine; She dates Bill, but later becomes infatuated with wealthy artist Paul. "The Loves of Harriet," script by Gloria Buffetti, art by Charles "Pop" Payne; Hairdresser Harriet fantasizes about romances with the husbands and boyfriends of her customers; When shes selected "Miss Subway," shes suddenly confronted by numerous suitors, but picks the young man who chose her for the ad campaign. "Heatbreak for Judy" text story. "I Thought Beauty Was Everything," script by Mary Lou Apter, art by Cy Heusing; Faith marries John and they move to his heavily-mortgaged family plantation, "Roselands"; Faith grows roses and earns enough to pay off the mortgage; However, Johns ex-girlfriend Diane returns and makes a play for him. "And They Lived Happily Ever After," script by Gloria Buffetti, art by Charles Payne; College student Sue loses her boyfriend Tom to the vain and flirtatious Jean; Tom wins the class presidency thanks to Sues campaign efforts on his behalf, but Jean takes the credit. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by unknown. Art by unknown. He just stood there...his eyes burning with hatred! If only he would give her time to explain in... "Wrong Way Wedding"! Also featuring: "I Was Ashamed of Him"; "Summer Fling"; and "Nobody Wanted Me"! Plus: 1-page text story "A Night to Remember"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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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.

Stories and art by Bert Whitman, Milt Youngren, Frank Engli, Evans Krehbiel and Bulford Tune. Sometimes listed as A1 Comics #2. Part of A1 Comics, an anthology from Magazine Enterprises with content that varied from month to month. This issue featured Tribune Syndicate newspaper comic strip reprints from the 1940s. Mr. Ex investigates after a child is hit by a car, but recovers suspiciously quickly; Bush Berry, a farm boy from Iowa, sets out to become a baseball pitcher for the big leagues; Dotty Dripple's hubby Horace argues with the neighbor about a rake. Mr. Ex; Lew Loyal; Rocky the Stone-Age Kid; Bush Berry; Dotty Dripple. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

"Yesterday's Darling," "My Forbidden Romance," "White Way Heartbreak," and "Thief of Hearts." Bill Ward and Paul Gustavson art. Ward cover. Cover price $0.10.

1st (only) printing. Anthology. Stories and art by Damian, Georganne Deen, Erick Gilbert, Kristine Kryttre, Carol Lay, Lydia Lunch, Mike Matthews, Harold S. Robins, Dori Seda, Leslie Sternbergh, Mr. Tero, Tom Tomorrow, and Debra Valentine. 7-in. x 10-in., 44 pages, black and white. MATURE READERS. Cover price $2.50.

Photo cover. Romantic Western house ad. "Dishonest Heart," pencils by Max Elkan; Naomi decides to write a satiric novel about an idealistic artist who betrays his ideals for love, and uses Ellis as her model; She makes Ellis fall in love with her, but when he learns the truth and leaves, Naomi realizes she actually loved him; Her book is rejected, but the publisher becomes interested in Ellis and hires him to write about art. "My Jealous Sin"; Patty loves photographer Bill but her "crazy jealousy" about his models threatens their relationship; Patty ruins some valuable negatives so Bill will lose his job; Bill breaks up with her. "Emperors Are Men" text story by Sandra Stevens. "Careless"; Gracie and Ed work in her fiancé Dons lab; Her carelessness and clumsiness result in accidents, including one in which Ed is badly burned and Dons formula for a new antiseptic is apparently destroyed; Don breaks up with Gracie. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Paul Gustavson and Bill Ward. Stories by Joe Millard and unknown. Art by Paul Gustavson, Bill Ward and unknown. "Gunsmoke Heartbreak" with art by Paul Gustavson and Bill Ward; characters in this story: Del Stuart [Della Stuart]; Race Whitley; Bat Haley; Robert Stuart; Clint Derwin; Buck; Slim. Plus: "Petticoat Law" with story by Joe Millard; characters in this story: Katie Ryan; Sheriff Matt Westerly; Jed Wilkins; Duke Kellan (villain). Also: "Outlaw Love" with story by Joe Millard; characters in this story: Sue Wade; Marshal Clay Dallas; Bonny (a horse); Shorty; The Gifford Gang [Hack (villain); Mr. Gifford (villain); Pete (villain)]. And: "Tenderfoot Sweetheart" with story by Joe Millard; characters in this story: Fran Barlowe; Tenderfoot [Ron Boyce]; Tom Barlowe; Dade Ross; Old Belle (a horse). Also in this issue: 1-page text story "Riding for a Fall"; characters in this text story: Jennie Keenan; Jed Munro; Devil (a horse). 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

"In Spite of His Warning," art by Ann Brewster; Linda loves Joe but dislikes living in poverty; Joe is studying to be an architect so he can improve housing, but she doesnt like waiting; Linda meets wealthy Roland and dumps Joe for him. "Rival from the Past," art by Chuck A Winter; Andrea quits her office job to become ice skater. Franks new partner; Carol, his former partner and ex-girlfriend, returns after her wealthy husband dies; Andrea is injured when Frank fails to catch her. "Manicures and Pedicures" non-fiction story. "We Lived a Lie"; Fay and her mother Lila pose as sisters in their dancing act; Fay dates reporter Kip, and Lila fears their secret will be exposed and cost them work; Kip knows the truth but promises not to print the story; it comes out in his newspaper anyway; Kip explains that it wasnt his fault, and Lila and Fay find a new and better sponsor for their act. "In Spite of His Warning" art by Ann Brewster, reprinted in Complete Love Magazine Vol. 30 (1954) #5; "Rival From the Past" art by Chuck A. Winter, reprinted in Glamorous Romances (1949) #76; "Love Me or Leave Me!" reprinted in Complete Love Magazine Vol. 30 (1954) #2; "Manicures and Pedicures"; and "We Lived a Lie" reprinted in Complete Love Magazine Vol. 30 (1954) #4. "For Beauty's Sake: How to Express Yourself..." text article reprinted as "Glamorizing Yourself..." in Glamorous Romances (1949) #51, "The Charm Corner..." in Real Love (1949-56 Ace) #42, "Help Yourself to Glamour..." in Love Experiences (1949) #16, "Your Charm Guide..." in Love at First Sight (1949) #28, and "For a More Glamorous You..." in Complete Love Magazine Vol. 32 (1956) #1, and partially reprinted in Ten Story Love Vol. 30 (1952) #1, Love Experiences (1949) #15, Ten Story Love Vol. 32 (1953) #3, Real Love (1949-56 Ace) #65, and Love at First Sight (1949) #35. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Wild Horses and Ornery Gals, pencils by Al Eadeh, inks by John Belfi. Miss Nell of the Medicine Show. Chuck Wagon Jane. Rawhide Cupid text story. The Cowboy and the Debutante, pencils by Leonard Starr. Heart Rustler, art by Jack Kirby. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

1st printing.

Vanguard's Wally Wood Classics series follows the best-selling Wood: Strange Worlds and Wood: Eerie Crime & Horror with an all-new collection of Golden Age Wood Romance. These rare and valuable collectors-item stories have never appeared in any book. This massive collection costs less than a single issue of the original comics!

Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 176 pages, full color. Cover price $39.95.