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Romantic Story

    (Charlton, 1949-1973)
™ and © Charlton Publications, Inc.
Fawcett publishes #1–22; Charlton publishes later issues

Publishers during the 1940s created romance comics strictly as a revenue generator. Horror and sci-fi comics were selling well and the female market was, err, virgin territory. These titles would have been seen as the perfect complement to the movies and magazines women were already reading. They combined the topics of unrequited love and heartbreak. Every girl wanted a steady beau or to get married. How times have changed! She was never an ugly duckling despite being unpopular or unnoticed but the odds are heavily stacked in her favor. Blessed with the slyness of a fox, her prey is the unsuspecting male of the species AKA the oaf. Unaware, inattentive and with a silly grin on his face, the oaf blithely walks into a trap from which he’s never seen again. One interesting fact is that men authored most of these books! Thanks, guys.
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  • 1
    #1
    Nov 1949
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Joe Millard
    No copies available
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    #2
    Jan 1950
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    W: Jane Winters
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    #3
    Mar 1950
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    W: Ann Fielding
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    #4
    May 1950
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    W: Norma Garrett
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  • 5
    #5
    Jul 1950
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    W: Lucia Hearn
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  • 6
    #6
    Sep 1950
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    W: Elaine Miller
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  • 7
    #7
    Nov 1950
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    W: Elaine Miller  ·  A: Bob Powell
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    #8
    Jan 1951
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    W: Robert Lucas  ·  A: Bob Powell
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  • 9
    #9
    Mar 1951
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    W: June Allen
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  • 10
    #10
    May 1951
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    W: John Martin
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    #11
    Jul 1951
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    W: John Martin
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  • 12
    #12
    Sep 1951
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    W: John Martin
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  • 13
    #13
    Nov 1951
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    W: Wilfred Ferguson
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  • 14
    #14
    Jan 1952
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    W: John Martin  ·  A: Bernard Baily
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  • 15
    #15
    Mar 1952
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    W: John Martin  ·  A: George Evans
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  • 16
    #16
    May 1952
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    W: John Martin  ·  A: Bob Powell
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  • 17
    #17
    Jul 1952
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    W: Raymond Kent
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  • 18
    #18
    Sep 1952
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    W: John Martin
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  • 19
    #19
    Nov 1952
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    W: Ruth Sterling
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  • 20
    #20
    Jan 1953
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    W: Ruth Sterling  ·  A: Bob Powell
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  • 21
    #21
    Apr 1953
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    W: Connie Lee
    1 copy for $49.99
  • 22
    #22
    May 1953
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    W: John Martin, Howard Boughner  ·  A: Howard Boughner
    Last Fawcett issue
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  • 23
    #23
    May 1954
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    Charlton begins as publisher
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  • 24
    #24
    Jul 1954
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    A: Bernard Baily
    Jun-Jul issue
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  • 25
    #25
    Aug 1954
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  • 26
    #26
    Sep 1954
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    A: Leon Winik
    Feature on actress Barbara Hale
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  • 27
    #27
    Dec 1954
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    A: Leon Winik
    Reprint from Sweetheart Diary #1 (Winter 1949)
    No copies available
  • 28
    #28
    Aug 1955
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    W: Frances Howard
    Reprints from Romantic Secrets 33 (Feb 1950)
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  • 29
    #29
    Oct 1955
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    Reprints from My Love Affair #2 (Sep 1949) and Romantic Story #11 (Jul 1951)
    No copies available
  • 30
    #30
    Jan 1956
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    W: John Martin  ·  A: Bob Powell, Jon D’Agostino, Charles Nicholas
    Reprints from Romantic Story #8 (Jan 1951) and #12 (Sep 1951), and Romantic Secrets #21 (Aug 1951)
    No copies available
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    #31
    Mar 1956
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    W: Elba Lohman  ·  A: Charles Nicholas
    Reprints from Romantic Story #10 (May 1951), Sweetheart Diary #5 (Oct 1950), Life Story 31 (Apr 1949), and Mike Barnett, Man Against Crime #1 (Dec 1951)
    No copies available
  • 32
    #32
    Jun 1956
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    A: Marc Swayze, Dick Giordano
    Reprint from True Stories of Romance #3 (May 1950)
    No copies available
  • 33
    #33
    Aug 1956
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    A: Charles Nicholas, Fred Bell
    Reprint from True Life Secrets #1 (Mar-Apr 1951)
    No copies available
  • 34
    #34
    Jan 1957
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    A: Dick Giordano, Charles Nicholas
    No copies available
  • 35
    #35
    May 1957
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    A: Charles Nicholas
    No copies available
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    #36
    Jul 1957
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    A: Charles Nicholas
    No copies available
  • 37
    #37
    Nov 1957
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    A: Bill Molno
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  • 38
    #38
    Jan 1958
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    A: Charles Nicholas, Bill Molno, Dick Giordano
    No copies available
  • 39
    #39
    Mar 1958
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    A: John Severin, Charles Nicholas, Bill Molno, Paul Reinman
    Giant-Size
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  • 40
    #40
    Sep 1958
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    A: Charles Nicholas
    No copies available
  • 41
    #41
    Dec 1958
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    A: Charles Nicholas
    No copies available
  • 42
    #42
    May 1959
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    A: Charles Nicholas
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  • 43
    #43
    May 1959
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  • 44
    #44
    Jul 1959
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    A: Vince Colletta, Charles Nicholas
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    #45
    Sep 1959
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    A: Charles Nicholas, Vince Colletta
    No copies available
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    #46
    Nov 1959
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    A: Joe Sinnott, Charles Nicholas
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    #47
    Jan 1960
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    A: Charles Nicholas, Joe Sinnott
    No copies available
  • 48
    #48
    Mar 1960
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    Has TWA contest
    1 copy for $24.98
  • 49
    #49
    Jun 1960
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  • 50
    #50
    Aug 1960
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    A: Charles Nicholas, Joe Sinnott
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  • 51
    #51
    Oct 1960
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    A: Charles Nicholas
    Has TWA contest
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  • 52
    #52
    Dec 1960
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    A: Joe Sinnott, Charles Nicholas
    No copies available
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    #53
    Feb 1961
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    #54
    Apr 1961
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    #55
    Jun 1961
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    A: Joe Sinnott, Charles Nicholas
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    #56
    Aug 1961
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    #57
    Oct 1961
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    A: Charles Nicholas
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    #58
    Dec 1961
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    #59
    Mar 1962
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    #60
    May 1962
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    #61
    Jul 1962
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    #62
    Sep 1962
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    #63
    Nov 1962
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    #64
    Jan 1963
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    #65
    Mar 1963
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    #66
    May 1963
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    #67
    Jul 1963
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    #68
    Sep 1963
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    #69
    Nov 1963
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  • 70
    #70
    Jan 1964
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    A: Norman Nodel, Bill Molno, Charles Nicholas, Bill Montes
    Reprint from Sweetheart Diary #35 (Sep 1956)
    No copies available
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    #71
    Mar 1964
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    #72
    Jun 1964
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  • 73
    #73
    Sep 1964
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    A: Nicholas Alascia
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  • 74
    #74
    Nov 1964
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  • 75
    #75
    Jan 1965
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    W: Martha Marsden  ·  A: Charles Nicholas
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  • 76
    #76
    Apr 1965
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    Mar-Apr issue; Reprint from Love Diary #5 (Jul 1959)
    No copies available
  • 77
    #77
    Jul 1965
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  • 78
    #78
    Aug 1965
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  • 79
    #79
    Oct 1965
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    A: Bill Montes, Bill Fracchio
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  • 80
    #80
    Dec 1965
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    A: Bill Fracchio
    No copies available
  • 81
    #81
    Mar 1966
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    Feb-Mar issue
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  • 82
    #82
    May 1966
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    Apr-May issue
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  • 83
    #83
    Jul 1966
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  • 84
    #84
    Sep 1966
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  • 85
    #85
    Nov 1966
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    Nazis
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  • 86
    #86
    Jan 1967
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    #87
    Mar 1967
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    #88
    Jun 1967
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    #89
    Aug 1967
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  • 90
    #90
    Oct 1967
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    W: T. Gill (Gill Fox)  ·  A: C. Olivera (Nestor Olivera)
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  • 91
    #91
    Dec 1967
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    A: Bill Fracchio, Ernesto R. Garcia
    No copies available
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    #92
    Feb 1968
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    #93
    Jun 1968
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    #94
    Jul 1968
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  • 95
    #95
    Sep 1968
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    A: Charles Nicholas, Ernesto R. Garcia
    1 copy for $19.98
  • 96
    #96
    Oct 1968
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    A: José Luis García-López
    No copies available
  • 97
    #97
    Nov 1968
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  • 98
    #98
    Jan 1969
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  • 99
    #99
    Mar 1969
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    A: Charles Nicholas, Ernesto R. Garcia
    No copies available
  • 100
    #100
    May 1969
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    No copies available
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