Romantic comic books issue 7

Add to cart GD 2.0 $41.00 View scans 1.75" Cumulative spine split. Cover detached.

Tales of secret love, heartbreak, unrequited love, and reconciliation. Reporter Grace meets handsome Ray while covering the homeless problem, but after she falls for him, she doesn't know how to tell him he's the star of her stories. Scheming Sylvia sets up Amy and Steve to clear a path to Amy's job, but she didn't expect to fall for Steve herself. Jean pretends to be someone she isn't to win a man, but when he finds out the truth, she risks losing everything. Echo of Love; The Anguished Heart; Leading Lady; Trapped. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Charles Sultan, Ken Bald, Pete Riss, John Celardo, and Bob Lubbers. Tales of romance from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. A woman with one year to live faces losing the man she loves as well. Readers offer their true stories of romantic marriage proposals. A New York playboy meets a beautiful woman from the Florida swamps and tries to give her the My Fair Lady treatment, but shes not having it. From Rags to Romance; The Wishing Well; No Time for Love; Embraceable Enemy; How He Proposed; Romance Writer; Romance in a Trance. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Dick Giordano and Jon D'Agostino. Stories and art by Marc Swayze, Charles Nicholas, Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio and Irene Smith. Women navigate America's dating landscape in the 1950s and 1960s. A doll won at a carnival shows Charley that Sue isn't just interested in money. Socially awkward Don, who looks like '60s-era Clark Kent, meets Jeanie, who isn't afraid to make him put down the books and get out of the library. Newly arrived in a small town, Meg falls for Tom, who runs the local hardware store, but can't understand why he suddenly "ghosts" her. Tricky Heart; New Face; The Parting Gift; The Message; Two Left Feet; Abandoned Love; The Man I Couldn't Forget! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Art by Everett Raymond Kinstler, John Rosenberger, Rafael Astarita, Sam Citron and Marion Sitton. Lurid tales of love and crime, with lush covers reprinted from Avon paperbacks. Trophy wife Paula and gardener Max conspire to murder her wealthy husband; Penelope moves into her husbands vast estate and hears a man screaming every night, but her husband claims to hear no such thing; A photographer uses a modeling business to blackmail wealthy businessmen. Also featuring a nice contents page illustrated by Everett Raymond Kinstler on the inside front cover. I Craved Excitement; Dangerous Woman; Bride of Fear; Nightmare Romance! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by John Prentice and Merrylen Townsend. This early romance title from Ziff-Davis focused on the struggles of domestic life. After her husband is killed on the way to the hospital, new mother Peggy decides to give up her baby for adoption. Stage mother Marie is torn between following husband Bill to Chicago or managing her daughter Sally's dance career in New York. Wealthy Haila falls for auto mechanic Pete and agrees to marry him, but her controlling father disapproves. The Love I Denied; Rags or Riches; Strange Role for Love; Strange Obsession; My Re-Made Husband!; Lost Without You!; Dream House; Date with Love!; Cooking With Gas. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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This early romance comic from Fawcett had particularly complex plots to go with the tears and kisses. Claudia runs an apple orchard and that doesn't leave her any time for love, until she meets handsome farmhand Ralph. Sharon goes to work as a cigarette girl at Club Miguelle so she can land a rich husband, but she hadn't reckoned on falling in love with sailor Danny. Successful businesswoman Beth returns to her hometown, and finds that handsome old flame Ward is now managing the store that she's supposed to audit. Challenge to Love; Only for You; My Vagabond Heart. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 7 - 1st printing.

Written by Wataru Watari. Art and cover by Naomichi Io. Translated by Jennifer Ward.

The manga adaptation of one of the bestselling light novel franchises in Japan brings high school cynicism face-to-face with youthful enthusiasm in this bittersweet comedy of errors!

Who thought it would be a good idea to put the most cynical, anti-social loner in school on the school festival committee? What's done is done, and Hachiman wants nothing more than to simply muddle through and do as little work as possible. But when the head of the committee can't be bothered to even show up to most meetings, work begins to fall heavily on Yukino and the others. The event date closes in relentlessly but will they finish the preparations in time when half the committee is slacking off?

Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 192 pages, B&W. Age 13 and up

Cover price $13.00.

Cover art by John Prentice. "Because My Own Heart Sang," art by Dick Briefer; Alice is engaged to Steve and works in his stationery store; She constantly tries to find romantic mates for her acquaintances, which irritates Steve; She promises to stop matchmaking but is unable to do so. "Because We Were Different"; Janets father has a minor job in a department store and puts on a snobbish front for everyone else; Janet falls for crane operator Ralph but her father thinks hes not good enough for her. "I Was the Girl on His Arm"; After graduating, college football star Ricky postpones his marriage to Gail until he finds a job he likes; Ricky soon discovers his sports stardom doesnt qualify him for anything in the real world unless hes willing to start at the bottom (and hes not), and Gail breaks up with him. "My Band of Love" text story. "Day of My Awakening"; Kathy and Walt are engaged but he quits his job at a brokerage firm because he wants to be an artist; Kathy goes along with his plan even though it means their marriage has to be postponed. "Keep Away From That Man"; 17-year-old orphan Polly goes to live with her two wealthy spinster aunts, who turn out to be prudish and domineering; They compel Polly to assist Gertrude the maid and forbid her to be friends with chauffeur Danny, but the two young people fall in love anyway. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Dick Beck. Stories and art by Bill Savage and others. More torrid tales of pulse-quickening dalliances and affairs of the heart. Broadway star Karen has always been able to get anything with her beauty, but when Paul rejects her, she's destroyed. Paula uses her considerable brains to put her poverty-stricken past behind her, but that leaves no opportunity for love. Bored newlywed Sue goes to the racetrack for excitement, and soon begins a secret life and affair with Phil. I Love You; Torment; Romance on the Reefs; Thrill Crazy!; He'll Never Love Me! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by John Prentice. "Good Looks Preferred"; Nancy is hired as self-centered TV personality Wanda's personal secretary; This means Nancy sees less of her boyfriend Eddie, who warns her that she means nothing to Wanda or her friends. "It's Easy to Leave You," art by Bill Fix; Bank teller Joan is bored with her small-town life and boyfriend Tom; she wants to live a glamourous life in New York; Her former beau Larry returns from New York and Joan falls for his stories of high life. "Last Afternoon Date" text story. "He'll Be Along"; Paula's parents wonder when she'll find a man to marry but she's waiting for "the right man" to come along; She meets Hal and they fall in love, but when he asks why someone like her isn't already married, she lies and says she'd been married before. "From That Very First Day," art by Billy Ely; College student Connie has a crush on football player Barney; She agrees to tutor him so he won't lose his eligibility. Barney becomes jealous of Connie's friend Peter, a wealthy fellow student; Connie catches Barney with another girl and they break up; Later, Peter takes her to meet Barney: he dropped out of college, went to work, and is now taking night classes at a technical college. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Early American move fan magazine with typical eye-catching fodder such as movie reviews and celebrity gossip, but the majority of Romantic Movie Stories magazine includes novelizations of popular golden-age movie classics, accompanied by still shots from the film. 8" x 11", 82 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Volume 7 - 1st printing.

Written by Wataru Watari. Art and cover by Ponkan 8. Translated by Jennifer Ward.

The class trip-an event rife with potential for love and trauma. The excitement builds as the big trip to Tokyo approaches-for most of the class. Hachiman's status has fallen since the cultural festival, but at least he didn't have far to fall. But then, before they leave, an unexpected visitor to the Service Club comes with a request for romantic advice that creates even more complications...

Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 192 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations).

Cover price $14.00.

Volume 7.5 - 1st printing.

Written by Wataru Watari. Art and cover by Ponkan 8. Translated by Jennifer Ward.

The Service Club is especially busy these days now that they're handling requests via email. Even without the excitement of a major event, sometimes just the day to day is all the drama you need...

Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 192 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations).

Cover price $14.00.