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Love, we've been told so many times before, means never having to say you're sorry... but come next Valentine's Day, it also means making out over the smoldering remains of your vanquished foes. Or, at least, it does if you're appearing in DC Comics' just-announced Young Romance: A New 52 Valentine's Day Special...

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..

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 #193's "Wanting Woman!" In a story that even then was bound to provoke a thousand jokes among readers about filling cavities and getting drilled, this yarn centers on Vera, a young lady who is madly in love w

Reading Comics author Douglas Wolk runs down the hottest comics and graphic novels coming out this week. KEY: * Sharps ^ Flats % Naturals * CONAN THE BARBARIAN #1 Brian Wood and Becky Cloonan relaunch the durable barbarian franchise with an adaptation of Robert E...

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...