Romance Comics

Love Hurts: ‘Nobody’s Going To Grab Me!  I’m Too — Too Unfeminine!’
Love Hurts: ‘Nobody’s Going To Grab Me! I’m Too — Too Unfeminine!’
Love Hurts: ‘Nobody’s Going To Grab Me! I’m Too — Too Unfeminine!’
As we head towards Valentine's Day, ComicsAlliance is offering up a daily tribute to love, as depicted in the somewhat dubious world of Romance Comics! Today's entry: Young Romance #197's "That Strange Girl!" Hoo boy. This thing. Billed on the cover as "The Story They Dared Us To Print," this thing is drenched in as much subtext as it could get away with right from the start..
Love Hurts: ‘I’m Not a Normal Girl!  I’m a Model!’
Love Hurts: ‘I’m Not a Normal Girl! I’m a Model!’
Love Hurts: ‘I’m Not a Normal Girl! I’m a Model!’
As we head towards Valentine's Day, ComicsAlliance is offering up a daily tribute to love, as depicted in the somewhat dubious world of Romance Comics! Today's entry: Our Love Story #25's "The Loves of a Model!" From 1973 Stan Lee and Don Heck bring you yet another dubious classic with the story of Bev, a beautiful young model who, according to the first page of the story, likes to sit
Parting Shot: ‘I Don’t Know How to Swim, I’m Blind!’
Parting Shot: ‘I Don’t Know How to Swim, I’m Blind!’
Parting Shot: ‘I Don’t Know How to Swim, I’m Blind!’
As we head towards Valentine's Day, ComicsAlliance is offering up a daily tribute to love, as depicted in the somewhat dubious world of Romance Comics! Today's entry: Our Love Story #28's "Alone in the Dark!" Fortunately for all concerned, "Alone in the Dark" has nothing to do with the video game series of the same name or its 2005 Uwe Boll/Tara Reid adaptation...
Love Hurts: The Gossamer Wedding Dress Prison
Love Hurts: The Gossamer Wedding Dress Prison
Love Hurts: The Gossamer Wedding Dress Prison
As we head towards Valentine's Day, ComicsAlliance is offering up a daily tribute to love, as depicted in the somewhat dubious world of Romance Comics! Today's entry: Our Love Story #29's "When A Love Story Ends!" Jean Thomas and Alan Weiss's depiction of Tracy's spiral into despair might seem a touch melodramatic, but keep in mind that her fiancee just broke up with her and told her th
Parting Shot: Romance Comics and The Girl Who Thought Too Much
Parting Shot: Romance Comics and The Girl Who Thought Too Much
Parting Shot: Romance Comics and The Girl Who Thought Too Much
As we head towards Valentine's Day, ComicsAlliance is offering up a daily tribute to love, as depicted in the somewhat dubious world of Romance Comics! Today's entry: Young Romance #86's "For The Love of Ricky Wilson!" This Stan Lee/Jack Kirby "classic" finds our heroine swooning and lovestruck, which was pretty much the default state for girls in romance comics...
Why Girls Cry: 66 Reasons in Romance Comics
Why Girls Cry: 66 Reasons in Romance Comics
Why Girls Cry: 66 Reasons in Romance Comics
Easily Mused collects no less than 66 out of context panels of crying women from old romance comics, and identifying the things that appear to make them tear up, from snowflakes and circus animals, to leaves (left). It gets better and better as you go along -- enjoy the LOLs...