Heart Throbs (1949 Quality/DC) comic books 1963-1965

Cover by John Romita, Sr. Stories by unknown. Art by John Romita, Sr., Werner Roth, Tony Abruzzo, Mike Sekowsky, Bernard Sachs and Mike Peppe. Featuring: "Never Be Mine to Kiss"; "Beloved Stranger"; "Love Letters"; and "First Love!" Plus: 1-page text filler "My Love is A Dream/Useless Love/A Broken Heart" by P.S., Evelyn Goebel and Karen Krupski. And: 1-page text filler "To See My Love/A Quest for Love/I Search for My Love" by Christine Brown, C. Brown and Juanity G. Caldwell. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover pencils by John Romita, Sr. Stories by unknown. Art by John Romita, Sr. and unknown. You are cordially invited to attend the Engagement Party at the Hilltop House for Miss June Latham and Mr. Bradford Taylor in..."Empty Dreams"! Also featuring: "I Dreamed Alone"; "Heartbreak for One"; and "Garden of Love"! Plus: 1-page text filler "Weakness/Love without Hope/The Stranger in My Heart" by Clearice Massenburg, Peggy Samuelson and Frankie Songer. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover art by John Romita. "Deceiving Heart!", art by Bernard Sachs; A patient in a hospital dictates a letter to a nurse for her boyfriend, who is out of town for a few weeks; She wants to break the news that there is now someone else in her life, but the nurse is smitten with the patient's old boyfriend herself and can't bear to hurt him. "Three Lost Loves," pencils by Bill Draut, inks by Jay Scott Pike; Two older sisters receive letters from their younger sister; Reading between the lines, they realize that she is no longer planning to marry her fiance that summer. "I Need You; The First Time; Love" The Rhyme and Reason for Love and Romance article. "Lost Love; Sweet Misery" The Rhyme and Reason for Love and Romance article. "Come to My Arms," pencils by Mike Sekowsky; A writer driving in the country on a working vacation catches a glimpse of a girl crying on a bus and can't get her out of his mind; He returns to the small town restaurant and finds her sitting alone. "Never Look at Love!", pencils by John Romita (p 1) and Werner Roth (pp 2-8), inks by John Romita; Annette tries to read men's feelings toward her by the look in their eyes, but she is constantly misreading their intentions. Ad for Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by John Romita, Sr. Stories by unknown. Art by John Romita, Sr., Werner Roth?, Bernard Sachs, Arthur Peddy, Bill Draut and Jay Scott Pike. Mary has spent her whole life trying to make her adopted sister Ava happy, but she resists when Ava wants the man that Mary now loves in "Sisters in Heartbreak!" Plus: Linda falls for Jerry, the son of the motel owner where she is vacationing, but wonders whether he's just as nice to all the other girls who stay there in "My Last Romance"! Also: Ellen is attracted to Tom, the boyfriend of her roommate Joan, and the feeling is mutual but they don't know whether they should break up their current relationships in "What Are We Doing?" And: Everyone wants Laura's advice on love and romance, but Laura herself has little experience in those areas, in "A Stranger to Love!" Plus: 2 pages of poetry by Patricia McDermott, Karen Wallace, Maria Erevia and Carolyn Caumont. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by John Romita, Sr. Stories by unknown. Art by John Romita, Sr., Werner Roth, Tony Abruzzo, Bernard Sachs and Arthur Peddy. Ginger fears that her sister Jean is going to steal her boyfriend Roger as she has others in the past in "Tears for a Dream!" Plus: Ellen is afraid that Dick will leave her as she watched him leave his former girlfriend Wanda in "Someday He'll Love Me"! Also: On vacation in Italy, Greg meets Ellen, an American girl, who insists that she will never return to the U.S. and therefore cannot fall in love with him in "Come Back to Loving"! And: Lifeguard Andy meets two sisters staying at the hotel where he works and helps Carla to stop being so protective of Susan, and Susan to realize that she loves the boy she left behind at home in "Love Me and Leave Me!" Plus: 2 pages of poetry by Toni Gardner, Dorothy Evans, Joanne Todd, Carol Lewis and Carol Trafford. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover pencils by John Romita, Sr. Stories by unknown. Art by John Romita, Sr., Tony Abruzzo, Mike Sekowsky, Arthur Peddy?, Bernard Sachs and unknown. Vicky has loved Jack from afar for years, but when she finally believes that he will never return her feelings, he realizes that he loves her, too, in "One Love Too Many!" Plus: Donna and Paul are shopping for engagement rings when they learn that Paul's former fiancee Irene has returned to town, and Donna soon realizes that Irene plans to win Paul back in "His Old Flame!" Also: A case of mistaken identity makes Trudy believe that she has fallen in love with her sister's boyfriend in "Before My Time!" And: Julie dreams of a boy she has only seen twice from a distance, imagining herself in love in "Is It Really Love?" Plus: 2-pages of poetry by Paula Hollingsworth, Mickie Byrd, Juliette Binette, Lynn Kowalchuk, Esther Schreier and Barbara Ann Jurischk. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by John Romita, Sr. Stories by unknown. Art by John Romita, Sr., Werner Roth & Bernard Sachs, Gene Colan, John Rosenberger and Tony Abruzzo & Bill Draut. Mary falls for a boy she meets at a dance but he doesn't seem interested. Years later, they meet again, but he thinks she's someone else and she wonders whether she should correct his mistake in "Whose Heart Do You Love?" Plus: Millie likes to work at her father's gas station, but an errand for a customer leads to an embarrassing encounter with a handsome stranger in "I Did Not Belong!" Also: Gloria meets her upstairs neighbor Larry when she moves to the big city and they start dating, but she worries that he might go back to his old girlfriend Della in "The Right Answer"! And: Nancy and her boyfriend Lee break up when he becomes interested in someone else. When he comes back to her, Nancy gives him another chance, but eventually realizes that she'll never really trust him again in "Home to His Arms"! Plus: 2 pages of poetry by Nita Faye Dunn, George P. Steinberger, Clyde Cruse and Dorothy Anne Spice. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover inks by Joe Giella? Stories by unknown. Art by Tony Abruzzo & Frank Giacoia, Arthur Peddy, Mike Sekowsky & Bernard Sachs and unknown. Danny's thoughts were with that other girl! Find out why in..."Love Me Not for Beauty Only"! Also featuring: "My Kind of Love"; "Can There be Someone Else?"; and "This is Our Moment"! Plus: 1-page text filler "Love Me Like I Love You/The Greatest Hurt" by Chris Petronich and Betty Butler. And: 1-page text filler "Your Time Will Come" by Betty Butler. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Tony Abruzzo? & Bernard Sachs. Stories by unknown. Art by Tony Abruzzo? & Bernard Sachs, Gene Colan, Arthur Peddy and John Rosenberger. She mustn't let him walk out on her! Maybe if she wishes hard enough, he'll hear her heart's plea and come back! Find out if he does in..."My Love Lingers On"! Plus: Nancy and Allen are happy together until Nancy's friend Marcia comes to town. A misunderstanding causes Nancy to believe that Allen has fallen in love with Marcia and nearly drives them apart for good in "All of Your Life"! Also featuring "He Changed Everything" and "A Happy Ending"! Plus: 1-page text filler "True Love/A Poem to the Boy I Love" by Ann Bzowj and Babara Riposta. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by John Romita, Sr. Stories by unknown. Art by John Romita, Sr., John Rosenberger, Mike Sekowsky & Mike Peppe and unknown. Helen eventually realizes that her pride has forced her to reject several suitors and that she may end up alone forever in "This Proud Heart!" Plus: When Trudy falls for stunt flier Jerry, it isn't just his dangerous job that worries her in "Until He Told Me!" Also: Cab driver Vic falls in love with a pretty passenger and begins to doubt that she is really in love with the invalid fiance she often visits in "Afraid to Love!" And: Infidelity and tragedy have separated Ilse and Dan in the past, and though she is tempted to resume their relationship, she realizes that they can never be together in "The Color of Tears!" Plus: 2 pages of poetry by Roseanne Mills, Alice Cheesman, Kathleen Whitehead, Clearice Massenburg, Peggy Samuelson and Frankie Songer. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover pencils by Gene Colan. Stories by Bob Kanigher and unknown. Art by Gene Colan, Tony Abruzzo, John Rosenberger and unknown. Linda meets a handsome stranger and falls in love, but she fears that a woman from his past will return to doom their relationship in "Shadow in My Arms"! Plus: Marianne worries that her artist boyfriend Chris is not ambitious enough and she leaves him for Dave, who can help her career as a model. Eventually she realizes that it's Chris that she truly loves in "Chain Around My Heart!" And: Ginny thinks that her sister Tina is out to steal Ginny's boyfriend Billy, but Tina really wants to prove that Billy can't be trusted in "Billy Was Mine!" Also: 1-page Romance in Fashion filler "A Summer's Look"; 1-page Romance in Fashion filler "Sun Living"; 2 pages of poetry by John Bryson Eulenberg, Baria S. Perez, Dorothy Enloe and Rosemary Pellegrini; and 1-page filler "Wedding Customs Old and New"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Tony Abruzzo. Stories by unknown. Art by Tony Abruzzo, John Rosenberger and Win Mortimer? & unknown. Michele's boss encourages her to date his son Dean, but after she and Dean become engaged she learns that Dean has been killed in an accident. It turns out to be a ruse staged by his stepmother to keep them apart in "The Nights That Never Ended!" Plus: Andrea keeps stealing Felice's boyfriends but she finally meets Derek, who sees through Andrea's games in "Don't Speak to Me of Love!" And: Kathy has been looking forward to her vacation with her boyfriend Lee, but when she meets his friend Quent and falls for him, she realizes that she doesn't really love Lee after all in "The Edge of Love"! Also: 2 pages of poetry by Karen Loving, La Nelle Harvey, Freda Wheatley, Marlene Krilosky, Evelyn Goebel and Connie Shifteth. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by John Romita, Sr. Stories by unknown. Art by John Romita, Sr., Tony Abruzzo, Arthur Peddy and unknown. How could he tell her that he would never see her again? Find out in..."A Date with Heartbreak"! Also featuring "An End to Waiting" and "I Was Too Much in Love"! Plus: 1-page text filler "A Love Letter/I Need You" by Virgin Munoz. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Gene Colan. Stories by unknown. Art by Gene Colan, Mike Sekowsky & Mike Peppe, Werner Roth and unknown. Would Tony win his bet that he could make Judi fall in love with him? Find out in..."Don't Bet on Love!" Also featuring "Something Called Love!" and "I've Come to Say Goodbye!" Plus: 1-page Romance in Fashion filler "Sportswear Stepping.."! And: 1 page of poetry by Roseanne Mills, Alice Cheesman and Kathleen Whitehead. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Win Mortimer. Stories by unknown. Art by Win Mortimer, Werner Roth and Bill Draut. When he hired her to keep girls away from him, that included herself! But she didn't mean to fall in love with him...so how could he shame her like that? Read..."No Love Allowed"! (Note: Includes cameos by Fabian and Cary Grant.) Also featuring "Destination -- Heartbreak" and "Double Exposure to Love"! Plus: 1-page text filler "The Plea/Mistake/Lonely Arms" by Susan Trugman and Agatha Spadaro. And: 1-page text filler "I Shall Never Love Again/Soft Whispers" by Lynne Togno and Wanda Percell. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover pencils by Gene Colan. Stories by unknown. Art by John Rosenberger, Arthur Peddy and Mike Sekowsky & Bernard Sachs. Featuring: "The Thief of Love"; "Don't Throw Away My Love"; and "Take My Love -- He's Yours"! Plus: 1-page text filler "It's Over/Is There a Place?/Lonely" by Linda L., Sherry Speak and Kim Lister. Also: 1-page text filler "The End is Near/Love/Hope/It Hurts" by Sherrill Bemis, Louann Erickson, L.E. and Gayle Burton. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Gene Colan. Stories by unknown. Art by Gene Colan and Arthur Peddy. Debbie returns to her home town worried about what everyone will think when they learn that her wedding plans have seemingly been ruined in "Shame!" Plus: Lois is so eager to be in love that she makes her dates uncomfortable, and none of them stay around very long in "The Next Time I Fall in Love!" And: Adrian grows up with the strange sensation that she will never fall in love like other people, but eventually she meets the right man in "Whom Love Passes By"! Also: 1-page Romance in Fashion filler "Fun 'n Sun"! Plus: 1 page of poetry by Sheila Hoberman, Donna Cirella, Linda Snyder and Howard Bradley. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Win Mortimer. Stories by unknown. Art by Win Mortimer, Gene Colan, Werner Roth and unknown. Stell's former love, Jerry James, returns to town now that he is a successful singing star in "Never Say Never!" Plus: Liz keeps going on blind dates because she hopes she will somehow meet the man of her dreams in "Blind Date!" Also: Janie is going steady with Billy but she can't fight her feelings for Dave, her old boyfriend, in "He Laughed at My Tears!" And: 2-page Romance in Fashion filler "Style..Au Go Go"! Plus: 2 pages of poetry by Linda Beard, Duane Metcalf, Barbara Spears and Beth Coleman. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.