List of romance comics

Starting in the late 1940s, several American comic book publishers sought out older audiences by creating a new genre: romance comics. Although the genre had waned in popularity by the 1970s, romance comics continue to be produced in the 2000s.

Titles

• 100% (DC/Vertigo, 2002 – 2003)

    All True Romances (1955-1958)
    Boy Loves Girl (1952-1956)

• Brides in Love (Charlton Comics, 1956 – 1965)
• Career Girl Romances (Charlton Comics, 1964 - 1973)
• Cinderella Love (Ziff Davis/St. John Publications, 1950 – 1955) — acquired by St. John in 1953
• Cindy Comics (Marvel Comics, 1947 – 1950)
• Date with Debbi (DC, Jan./Feb. 1969 – 1972
• A Date with Judy (79 issues, Oct./Nov. 1947-Nov. 1960)
• Diary Loves/G.I. Sweethearts/Girls in Love (Quality Comics, 1949 – 1956)
• Dotty Comics (Ace Magazines, 1948–1949) — Title changes to "Glamorous Romances" at issue #41

   Falling in Love (1955-1973)

• First Love Illustrated (Harvey Comics, 1949 - 1963)
• Flaming Love (Quality Comics, 1949 – 1950)
• Forbidden Tales of Dark Mansion (DC Comics, 1971–1974) — started out as Gothic romance
• Girl Comics vol. 1 (Timely/Atlas, 1949 - 1954)
• Girls' Love Stories (DC Comics, 1949 – 1973)
• Girls' Romances (DC Comics, 1950 – 1971)
• Glamorous Romances (Ace Magazines, 1949–1956) — Formerly titled "Dotty Comics"
• Haunted Love (Charlton Comics, 1973 – 1975) — Gothic romance
• Heart Throbs (Quality Comics/DC Comics, 1949 – 1972) — acquired by DC in 1957

   Hi-School Romances (1949)

• Hollywood Romances/For Lovers Only (Charlton Comics, 1966 – 1976)
• I ♥ Marvel (Marvel Comics, 2006)
• I Love You (Charlton Comics, 1955 - 1980)
• Ideal Romance (Quality Comics, 1954 – 1955)
• Just Married (Charlton Comics, 1958 - 1976)
• Love and Romance (Charlton Comics, 1971 - 1975)
• Love Confessions (Quality Comics, 1949 – 1956)
• Love Diary (Charlton Comics, 1958 - 1976)
• Love Lessons (Harvey Comics, 1949 – 1950)
• Love Letters (Quality Comics, 1949 - 1956)
• Love Romances (Marvel Comics, 1949 - 1963)
• Love Scandals (Quality Comics, 1950)
• Lovelorn/Confessions of the Lovelorn (American Comics Group, 1949 - 1960)
• Millie the Model (Marvel Comics, 1945 - 1973)

    Modern Love (1949)

• My Date Comics (Hillman Periodicals, 1947-1948) — romance/humor mixture by Simon & Kirby
• My Love Life (Fox Comics, 1949 – 1951)
• My Love Secret... (Fox Comics, 1949 – 1950)
• My Only Love (Charlton Comics, 1975 - 1976)
• My Secret Life (Charlton Comics, 1957 - 1962)
• Night Nurse (Marvel Comics, 1972 – 1973)
• "Our Love Story (Marvel Comics)
• Patsy Walker (Marvel Comics, 1945 - 1965)
• Popular Teen-Agers (Star Publications, 1950 – 1954)
• Radiant Love (Key Publications, 1953 – 1954)
• Range Romances (Quality Comics, 1949-1950) — Western/romance mix
• Romantic Adventures/My Romantic Adventures (American Comics Group, 1949 – 1964)
• Romance Tales (Marvel Comics, 1949 – 1950)
• Romantic Marriage (Ziff Davis/St. John Publications, 1950 – 1954) — acquired by St. John in 1953
• Romantic Secrets (Fawcett Comics/Charlton Comics, 1949 – 1964) — acquired from Fawcett in 1953
• Romantic Story (Fawcett Comics/Charlton Comics, 1949 - 1973) — acquired from Fawcett in 1954
• Secret Hearts (DC, 1949 - 1971)
• Secret Love Stories (Fox Comics, 1949)
• Secret Romance (Charlton Comics, 1968 - 1980)
• Secrets of Love And Marriage (Charlton Comics, 1956 - 1961)
• Strange Confessions (Ziff Davis, 1952)
• Strange Love (Fox Comics, 1950)
• Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (DC Comics, 1958 – 1974)
• Sweetheart Diary (Charlton Comics, 1955 - 1962)
• Sweethearts (Fawcett Comics/Charlton Comics, 1948 - 1973) — acquired from Fawcett in 1954
• Teen Confessions (Charlton Comics, 1959 - 1976)
• Teen-Age Confidential Confessions (Charlton Comics, 1960 - 1964)
• Teen-Age Love (Charlton Comics, 1958 - 1973)
• Teen-Age Romances (St. John Publications, 1949 – 1955)
• Teen-Age Temptations (St. John Publications, 1952 - 1954)
• Tender Romance/Ideal Romance/Diary Confessions (Key Publications, 1953 – 1956)
• Time for Love vol. 2 (Charlton Comics, 1967 - 1976)
• Trouble (Epic Comics, 2003)
• True Life Secrets (Charlton Comics, 1951 – 1956)
• True Stories of Romance (Fawcett Comics, 1950)
• True War Romances/Exotic Romances (Quality Comics, 1952 - 1956) — romance/war mix
• Untamed Love (Quality Comics, 1950)
• Wedding Bells (Quality Comics, 1954-1956)
• Young Love (Crestwood Publications, 1947 – 1956, 1960 – 1963; DC Comics, 1963 – 1977)
• Young Romance (Crestwood Publications/DC Comics, 1947 – 1975) — acquired from Crestwood in 1963

See also

• List of romance manga