Comic books in 'Romance'

Cover by Angel Luna. Stories and art by Pete Morisi, Pat Boyette, Angel Luna and Charles Nicholas. Tales of love and heartbreak set against the background of Tinseltown. Sheila has secrets in her past she doesn't want anyone in Hollywood to know, in a story with art by Peacemaker co-creator Pat Boyette. An actress falls for handsome leading man Burr during their frequent on-screen kisses - but he's just doing his job. Plus a one-pager with art by Pete Morisi. Sheilas Secrets; Stand-In!; Teenage Troubles; The In Crowd; Each Time We Kiss. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

Cover by Leandro Sesarego. Stories and art by Angel Luna and Leandro Sesarego. Tales of love and heartbreak set against the background of Tinseltown. Former child star Gloria has transitioned to adult roles and played many love scenes, but never known true romance off-screen. A location shoot in the Mediterranean just naturally leads to romance. A Pedestal Is a Lonely Place!; Mediterranean Moon; Just Jeanette; So Many Loves Have I. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

Cover pencils by Charles Nicholas. "The Right Price"; Doris turns down an acting job because she is worried it will interfere with Arle's sculpting career. "A Touch of Glory," pencils by Norman Nodel, inks by Vince Alascia; A publicity date with famous Talbot Prince turns into a real romance for Laura. "He Knew Me When"; Guy helps ugly duckling Nora transform into a beautiful, famous actress; But all Nora really wants is Guy. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.15.

Cover by Luis Avila. Stories and art by Charles Nicholas, Vince Alascia, Art Cappello and Luis Avila. Tales of love and heartbreak set against the background of Tinseltown. Nora is torn between her love for both Tad and Fritz during a film shoot in Hawaii. A skinny "weakling" proves that he's still a force to be reckoned with. Truly Loved; The Final Dream; Just Jeannette; A Wow of a Luau; My 97 Lb. Weakling. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

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Cover pencils by Pete Morisi (top half) and Art Capello (bottom half), inks by Pete Morisi (top half) and Charles Nicholas (bottom half). "A Goddess Can Fall In Love"; Nora finds that her boyfriend is cheating on her with the famous actress Marilyn Ferber. "Paired Off"; Bob and Marie break up at a party. "Montana Is For Loving," pencils by Art Cappello, inks by Charles Nicholas; Ellen Chadwick is a stand-in for Beverlee Bates in a movie but she gets the lead actor anyway. "About Me"; Lois Smith is introduced to two of Edward's female friends. "Screen Test," art by Pete Morisi; Celia goes to Hollywood for a screen test but ends up with a boyfriend. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.15.

Cover by Sal Gentile and Vince Alascia. Stories and art by Art Cappello and Vince Alascia. Tales of love and heartbreak set against the background of Tinseltown. A woman jeopardizes her Hollywood career for a chance at love. A redheaded actress finds love at the beach, in a story featuring some good-girl art. Denise gets a chance to meet the screen star she idolizes, Don Kildare, but the people they're dating, Andy and Lisa, are less than thrilled. A Kiss and a Broken Dream; Come, Be a Star; Never Again; One More Kiss; Hell Never Ask!. Final issue under this title; series continues as For Lovers Only (1971 Charlton) #60. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

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Bill Ward cover. Comic stories reprinted in Hollywood Secrets of Romance (I.W. Reprint) #9. In order of appearance: "Ladies' Man" art by Bill Ward, reprinted as "Self Centered" in Love Confessions (1949) #10; "Star of Tomorrow"; "My Heart's in the Saddle" art by Reed Crandall; and "Theatre Lover". "The Gentle Monster" text story. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

1955 - June Allyson on cover. Hollywood gossip and articles on: Robert Mitchum, June Allyson, Rory Calhoun, Janet Leigh, Gregory Peck, Edmund Purdom, Anne Francis, Barbara Rush, Mario Lanza, Susan Hayward, Bette Davis, Marlon Brando, Grace Kelly, Rock Hudson, James Dean, Marilyn Monroe, Debbie Reynolds, Dianne Foster, Russ Tamblyn, Robert Wagner, Tab Hunter, Elizabeth Taylor, Kirk Douglas, Jane Powell, Esther Williams, James Stewart, and Aldo Ray. 84 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Everett Raymond Kinstler cover. Stories reprinted from Hollywood Secrets (1949) #2. In order of appearance: "Ladies' Man" art by Bill Ward, reprinted as "Self Centered" in Love Confessions (1949) #10; "Star of Tomorrow"; "My Heart's in the Saddle" art by Reed Crandall; and "Theatre Lover". 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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This item was sent out to members of the media to promote Warner Bothers Pictures' "Home Fries" starring Drew Barrymore, Luke Wilson and Jake Busey. It includes a synopsis, list of characters, promotional information, and introduction to the actors. Softcover (Saddle-Stitched/Stapled), 9-in. x 12-in., 34 pages, B&W.

No date, circa 1890's or earlier. Foldout booklet advertising "Genuine Durham Smoking Tobacco". Illustrated story tells how a husband's wife and mother-in-law are unhappy with his vile tobacco habit until a friend advises him to quit smoking bad tobacco and switch to Blackwell's Durham tobacco, which has a lovely perfume aroma, and their home is now made happy. 3 1/2-in. x 5-in., 16 pages, front side has eight panels in full color, reverse is blank.

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Volume 1 - 1st printing. Story and art by Ho-Kyung Yeo. When Ara works up the nerve to ask out the boy of her dreams, she gets all glammed up and boozed up...and ends up kissing Young-Woo, the wrong guy! The juicy smooch is witnessed by the school's puritanical chaperone, who tells their strict families. Now everyone is in an uproar, and the only way these angry families will be appeased is if the two get married...and have kids! Softcover, 176 pages, B&W. Cover price $9.99.

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Volume 2 - 1st printing. Story and art by Ho-Kyung Yeo. Ara is getting married...to Young-Woo! After signing the marriage certificate, the not so happy couple moves to a new school and into a tiny studio near Young-Woo's grandfather. However, Young-Woo sleeps on the floor and refuses to eat what Ara cooks. How could this happen to Ara...especially when she really loves someone else? Softcover, 184 pages, B&W. Cover price $9.99.

Volume 1, Issue 2 - August, 1933. Tales of risque romance adorn the pages of this very short-lived vintage publication that woos the reader with sultry short stories, love horoscopes, and correspondence personals. 7.5" x 10.5", 48 pages, B&W, mostly text with light illustrations. Cover price $0.15.

Volume 1, Issue 3 - September, 1933. Tales of risque romance adorn the pages of this very short-lived vintage publication that woos the reader with sultry short stories, love horoscopes, and correspondence personals. 7.5" x 10.5", 48 pages, B&W, mostly text with light illustrations. Cover price $0.15.

Volume 1, Issue 4 - November, 1933. Tales of risque romance adorn the pages of this very short-lived vintage publication that woos the reader with sultry short stories, love horoscopes, and correspondence personals. This issue's stories include; "Sing-Song Girl" by Frank Owen, "The Missing Lady" by Frank Kenneth Young", "A Date at the Ritz" by Lolita Ann Westman, "They Lived Happily Ever After" by Etta Amberlain, "Alimony Mix-Up" by Kirk Wolf, "These Damned Columnists" by Richard Espey, and "Nikki Meets Another Heiress" by Boris Romanov. 7.5" x 10.5", 48 pages, B&W, mostly text with light illustrations. Cover price $0.15.

December, 1933. Cover price $0.15.

January/February, 1934 Cover price $0.15.

Volume 1, Issue 1 - June, 1933. Tales of risque romance adorn the pages of this very short-lived vintage publication that woos the reader with sultry short stories, love horoscopes, and correspondence personals. 7.5" x 10.5", 48 pages, B&W, mostly text with light illustrations. Cover price $0.15.

Part of the UK Series "Streamline Pictorial Romance". 28 pages, B&W, 7" x 9.5", 6d cover price.

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1st printing.

Story and art by Maggie Thrash.

All-girl camp. First love. First heartbreak. At once romantic and devastating, brutally honest and full of humor, this graphic-novel memoir is a debut of the rarest sort.

Maggie Thrash has spent basically every summer of her 15-year-old life at Camp Bellflower for Girls, deep in the heart of Appalachia. She's from Atlanta, she's never kissed a guy, she's into Backstreet Boys in a really deep way, and her long summer days are full of a pleasant, peaceful nothing... until one confounding moment. A split-second of innocent physical contact pulls Maggie into a guttwisting love for an older, wiser, and most surprising of all (at least to Maggie), female counselor named Erin. But Camp Bellflower is an impossible place for a girl to fall in love with another girl, and Maggie's savant-like proficiency at the camp's rifle range is the only thing keeping her heart from exploding. When it seems as if Erin maybe feels the same way about Maggie, it's too much for both Maggie and Camp Bellflower to handle, let alone to understand.

Hardcover, 7-in. x 9-in., 272 pages, B&W.

Cover price $19.99.

Volume 1 - 1st Printing. Written by HERO. Art and Cover by Daisuke Hagiwara. A sweet "aww"-inspiring tale of school life begins!! At school, Kyouko Hori is known for being smart, attractive, and popular. On the other hand, her classmate, the boring, gloomy Izumi Miyamura tends to get painted as a "loser fanboy." But when a liberally pierced and tattooed (not to mention downright gorgeous) Miyamura appears unexpectedly on the doorstep of secretly plain-Jane homebody Hori, these two similarly dissimilar teenagers discover that there are multiple sides to every story...and person! Softcover, 5-in. x 8-in., 178 pages, B&W. Cover price $13.00.

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Volume 1 - 2nd and later printings. Written by HERO. Art and Cover by Daisuke Hagiwara. A sweet "aww"-inspiring tale of school life begins!! At school, Kyouko Hori is known for being smart, attractive, and popular. On the other hand, her classmate, the boring, gloomy Izumi Miyamura tends to get painted as a "loser fanboy." But when a liberally pierced and tattooed (not to mention downright gorgeous) Miyamura appears unexpectedly on the doorstep of secretly plain-Jane homebody Hori, these two similarly dissimilar teenagers discover that there are multiple sides to every story...and person! Softcover, 5-in. x 8-in., 178 pages, B&W. Cover price $13.00.

Volume 2 - 1st Printing. Written by HERO. Art and Cover by Daisuke Hagiwara. The sweet, "aww"-inspiring tale of school life continues!! By all appearances, Kyouko Hori and Izumi Miyamura are worlds apart. Bright and capable, Hori is always surrounded by classmates, the center of attention. For Miyamura, a quirky loner, getting through class unnoticed counts as a good day. But ever since these two started sharing secrets, they've found themselves drawn into each other's orbit little by little and the distance between them shrinking bit by bit! Softcover 5-in. x 8-in., 194 pages, B&W. Cover price $13.00.

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Volume 2 - 2nd and later printings. Written by HERO. Art and Cover by Daisuke Hagiwara. The sweet, "aww"-inspiring tale of school life continues!! By all appearances, Kyouko Hori and Izumi Miyamura are worlds apart. Bright and capable, Hori is always surrounded by classmates, the center of attention. For Miyamura, a quirky loner, getting through class unnoticed counts as a good day. But ever since these two started sharing secrets, they've found themselves drawn into each other's orbit little by little and the distance between them shrinking bit by bit! Softcover 5-in. x 8-in., 194 pages, B&W. Cover price $13.00.

Volume 3 - 1st Printing. Written by HERO. Art and Cover by Daisuke Hagiwara. A sweet "aww"-inspiring tale of school life continues!! The longer Hori and Miyamura keep each other's secrets, the closer they get. When Hori blurts out an inadvertent "I like you," will Miyamura respond in kind? Or could the slipup spell the end of their friendship!?! Softcover, 178 pages, 5-in. x 8-in., B&W. Cover price $13.00.

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Volume 3 - 2nd and later printings. Written by HERO. Art and Cover by Daisuke Hagiwara. A sweet "aww"-inspiring tale of school life continues!! The longer Hori and Miyamura keep each other's secrets, the closer they get. When Hori blurts out an inadvertent "I like you," will Miyamura respond in kind? Or could the slipup spell the end of their friendship!?! Softcover, 178 pages, 5-in. x 8-in., B&W. Cover price $13.00.

Volume 4 - 1st Printing. Written by HERO. Art and Cover by Daisuke Hagiwara. When Miyamura murmurs an "I like you" to Hori, who's laid up in bed with a fever, is he talking to himself? Or is he actually confessing to having feelings for her?! Hori is conflicted, but their secret-filled relationship is unmistakably changing little by little? Softcover, 178 pages, 5-in. x 8-in., B&W. Cover price $13.00.

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Volume 4 - 2nd and later printings. Written by HERO. Art and Cover by Daisuke Hagiwara. When Miyamura murmurs an "I like you" to Hori, who's laid up in bed with a fever, is he talking to himself? Or is he actually confessing to having feelings for her?! Hori is conflicted, but their secret-filled relationship is unmistakably changing little by little? Softcover, 178 pages, 5-in. x 8-in., B&W. Cover price $13.00.

Volume 5 - 1st Printing. Written by HERO. Art and Cover by Daisuke Hagiwara. Hori and Miyamura are now officially a couple, and everyone knows it. But not everything's coming up roses for Miyamura, who's worried that people are talking about Hori behind her back. When his anxiety about being Hori's boyfriend reaches fever pitch, Miyamura drastically changes his look, which changes everyone's opinion of him all at once! Softcover, 178 pages, 5-in. x 8-in., B&W. Cover price $13.00.

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Volume 5 - 2nd and later printings. Written by HERO. Art and Cover by Daisuke Hagiwara. Hori and Miyamura are now officially a couple, and everyone knows it. But not everything's coming up roses for Miyamura, who's worried that people are talking about Hori behind her back. When his anxiety about being Hori's boyfriend reaches fever pitch, Miyamura drastically changes his look, which changes everyone's opinion of him all at once! Softcover, 178 pages, 5-in. x 8-in., B&W. Cover price $13.00.

Volume 6 - 1st Printing. Written by HERO. Art and Cover by Daisuke Hagiwara. Connect, come together, and the world will change for the better one day at a time. Seeing Miyamura and Hori together every day feels natural. They play around, long for each other, and even get into fights on occasion. What will happen as their bitter, sweet, and acidic school life continues? Softcover, 180 pages, 5-in. x 8-in., B&W. Cover price $13.00.

Volume 6 - 2nd and later printings. Written by HERO. Art and Cover by Daisuke Hagiwara. Connect, come together, and the world will change for the better one day at a time. Seeing Miyamura and Hori together every day feels natural. They play around, long for each other, and even get into fights on occasion. What will happen as their bitter, sweet, and acidic school life continues? Softcover, 180 pages, 5-in. x 8-in., B&W. Cover price $13.00.

Volume 7 - 1st Printing. Written by HERO. Art and Cover by Daisuke Hagiwara. The unbelievably attractive Akane Yanagi takes the stage...and maybe the lead from Miyamura?! The high school lives of the usual Kiri High suspects grow even livelier, as Hori abruptly starts demanding violence from Miyamura, the student council trio gets unusually flustered, and the sports festival arrives! Softcover, 180 pages, 5-in. x 8-in., B&W. Cover price $13.00.

Volume 7 - 2nd and later printings. Written by HERO. Art and Cover by Daisuke Hagiwara. The unbelievably attractive Akane Yanagi takes the stage...and maybe the lead from Miyamura?! The high school lives of the usual Kiri High suspects grow even livelier, as Hori abruptly starts demanding violence from Miyamura, the student council trio gets unusually flustered, and the sports festival arrives! Softcover, 180 pages, 5-in. x 8-in., B&W. Cover price $13.00.

Volume 8 - 1st Printing. Written by HERO. Art and Cover by Daisuke Hagiwara. The sweet "aww"-inspiring tale of school life continues!! The Kiri High crew dives into the sports festival...and thanks to some fighting words from Hori, even phys ed-phobic Miyamura is fired up and raring to go?! As Sengoku's apathy, Sakura's lack of rhythm, and Hori's manly cheerleading take center stage, his fellow third-years might get some great last memories out of their final sports fest, but for Miyamura, they'll be his first! Softcover, 180 pages, 5-in. x 8-in., B&W. Cover price $13.00.

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Volume 8 - 2nd and later printings. Written by HERO. Art and Cover by Daisuke Hagiwara. The sweet "aww"-inspiring tale of school life continues!! The Kiri High crew dives into the sports festival...and thanks to some fighting words from Hori, even phys ed-phobic Miyamura is fired up and raring to go?! As Sengoku's apathy, Sakura's lack of rhythm, and Hori's manly cheerleading take center stage, his fellow third-years might get some great last memories out of their final sports fest, but for Miyamura, they'll be his first! Softcover, 180 pages, 5-in. x 8-in., B&W. Cover price $13.00.

Volume 9 - 1st Printing. Written by HERO. Art and Cover by Daisuke Hagiwara. The sweet "aww"-inspiring tale of school life continues!! Winter's here, and with it comes scarves and coats, snow, Christmas...and year-end blues? Love (and heartbreak) is still in the air, but Hori's thoughts turn to the future and what it holds for her and Miyamura. Will Hori's anxiety prove contagious, or will Miyamura be able to put her at ease? Softcover, 180 pages, 5-in. x 8-in., B&W. Cover price $13.00.