Sweethearts (Vol. 2)

Early issues of Sweethearts featured the usual combination of lovelorn melodrama and cheesecake that made love comics such big sellers. In 1955, Fawcett dropped its comic line altogether and Sweethearts fell into the clutches of the notoriously inept and unimaginative publisher Charlton.

Strangely enough, Charlton’s low-end sensibilities meshed perfectly with the cliché-ridden genre that romance comics had become by the mid-50s. Always a reflection of the stultifying insecurity and sexual frustration of American middle class suburbia, love comics like Sweethearts epitomized kitsch culture and became icons of pop art in 1960s. By that time, however, Sweethearts and other romance comics had embraced “hip” 1960s fashions and slang, as well as an embarrassingly shallow take on “radical” social values, providing lots of unintended laughs for modern readers.

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#45

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#90

Dec 1966

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W: Joe Gill · A: Norman Nodel, Art Cappello

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#97

Feb 1968

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#101

Dec 1968

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#110

May 1970

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#117

Jul 1971

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Sep 1971

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Dec 1971

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#123

Mar 1972

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#126

Jul 1972

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#130

Dec 1972

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#136

Oct 1973

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#137

Dec 1973

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