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A half-century of love, longing and humiliation

February 13th, 2008
Author Kevin Melrose

Young Romance #1 (Sept.-Oct. 1947)

Rolling out some Valentine’s Day-themed content, EW.com posts a gallery of 25 classic romance-comic covers, and provides an overview of the genre created in 1947 by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby.

Related: The romance comics entry at Don Markstein’s Toonopedia

Related: David Welsh lists some favorite romance manga

 

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2 Responses to “A half-century of love, longing and humiliation”
  1. Goody Says:
    February 13th, 2008 at 10:01 am

    I didn’t know Constantine was a painter, too.

  2. mostlyhuman Says:
    February 13th, 2008 at 4:39 pm

    Is that the cover that was swiped for “Chasing Amy?”

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