ROMANCE 1940s-1970s ALL PUBLISHERS

 

(A small ‘p’ after the grade denotes a UK distributed pence copy.)

 

ALL TRUE ROMANCE (Ajax)

4 (32) GD/VG    £5

 

BRIDES’ SECRETS (Ajax)

18 GD/VG         £5

 

CAREER GIRL ROMANCES (Charlton)

76 VG+ p          £3

 

CINDERELLA LOVE (Ziff-Davis)

8 VG                 £10

 

COMPLETE LOVE (Ace)

V28#1 VG-        £5

 

CONFESSIONS OF THE LOVELORN (ACG)

112 GD-            £4

 

CYNTHIA DOYLE, NURSE IN LOVE (Charlton)

70 VG               £4

 

DIARY CONFESSIONS (Key)

10 FN               £12

 

DIARY SECRETS (St John)

17 VG-              £30 Suggestive Matt Baker cover; interiors by Baker & Kubert among others.

 

FALLING IN LOVE (DC)

1                      £20 Coverless, otherwise FN+ with lovely white pages.

7 PR                 £5 Overall FN+, but back cover neatly removed.

31 GD/VG         £6

32 VG-              £8

42 VG+             £8

98 VG               £4

136 GD/VG       £2

 

FIRST KISS (Charlton)

7 GD                 £2

 

FIRST LOVE (Harvey)

89 GD-              £3

 

FLAMING LOVE (Quality)

4 FA/GD           £10

 

GIANT COMICS (Charlton)

2 VG                 £23

 

GIRLS’ LOVE STORIES (DC)

24 FA/GD          £8

62 GD-              £4

67 VG+             £12

 

GIRLS’ ROMANCES (DC)

37 GD-              £5

72 GD               £4

 

GI SWEETHEARTS (Quality)

39 GD+             £5

42 GD               £4

 

GLAMOROUS ROMANCES (Ace)

50 VG-              £8

87 VG               £6

 

GREAT LOVER ROMANCES (Toby)

19 FA               £2.75

 

HEART THROBS (Quality/DC)

58 GD-              £5

78 FA/GD          £3

89 GD+             £3 half text page out; stories OK.

126 VG             £4.25

 

HIGH SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL DIARY (Charlton)

8 VG+ p            £4

 

HI-SCHOOL ROMANCE (Home)

1 FA/GD           £10

6 GD-                £4

 

I LOVE YOU (Charlton)

34 FN p             £4.75

39 FN+ p           £7.50

43 FN/VFp        £5

51 FN-              £3

70 VG/FN          £4

101 VG-            £2.50

 

IDEAL ROMANCE (Key)

5 GD                 £4

 

JUST MARRIED (Charlton)

5 VG                 £4

9 VG/FN           £5

97 VG               £3

 

LIFE STORY (Fawcett))

39 VG               £10

 

LOVE ADVENTURES (Atlas)

1 VG+               £23

 

LOVE & ROMANCE (Charlton)

9 VG+ p            £2.75

 

LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT (Ace)

14 VG+             £9.75

 

LOVE CONFESSIONS (Quality)

40 FA/GD          £3

 

LOVE DIARY (Our Publishing)

16 VG/FN          £13

25 VG-              £6

 

LOVE DIARY (Charlton)

2 VG+               £7

36 FN-              £6

46 FA/GD          £1

 

LOVE LETTERS (Quality)

1 FA/GD           £12

2 FN                 £40 Stunning Bill Ward cover. Featured in our cover gallery.

                        To see this actual comic, follow this link: http://www.thirtiethcentury.free-online.co.uk/images/CG_loveletters2.jpg

 

LOVE ROMANCES (Timely/Atlas/Marvel))

41 GD/VG         £9

87 VG+             £9.50

89 VG               £5.75

91 VG               £8.50

95 VG               £5.75

96 VG               £10

97 VG               £10

98 VG               £10

105 VG+           £11.25

106 VG             £10

 

LOVERS’ LANE (Gleason)

17 FA               £3

 

LOVE SCANDALS (Quality)

2 GD                 £7

 

MOVIE LOVE (Famous Funnies)

1 VG                 £15

 

MY LOVE (Marvel)

1 FN                 £12.50

4 FN                 £8

9 VG                 £5.25

11 VG               £4

12 FN               £7.50

12 VG               £5

23 VG/FN          £6.25

26 GD               £2.50

 

MY OWN ROMANCE (Atlas)

67 VG/FN          £6.75

 

MY REAL LOVE (Standard)

5 FA/GD           £7

 

MY ROMANTIC ADVENTURES (ACG)

51 VG/FN          £15

54 VG/FN          £15

86 VG+             £12

 

MY SECRET LIFE (Charlton)

41 VF p             £7

41 FN+ p           £4.50

 

MY SECRET MARRIAGE (Superior)

11 FA/GD          £3.50

 

NEW ROMANCES (Standard)

9 GD/VG           £6

9 VG-                £9

 

OUR LOVE STORY (Marvel)

1 FN+               £18

25 FN               £5.25

 

PERSONAL LOVE (Prize)

V2#2 VG           £6

 

POPULAR ROMANCE (Standard)

6 VG/FN           £13

 

ROMANTIC ADVENTURES (ACG)

45 FN-              £9

 

ROMANTIC SECRETS (Fawcett)

17 FA               £3

22 VG+             £15

 

ROMANTIC STORY (Fawcett/Charlton)

10 VG-              £9

19 GD-              £5

73 FN+             £4

128 VG+ p        £3

 

SECRET HEARTS (DC)

23 GD               £9

25 FA               £7

29 GD/VG         £7

41 GD               £4

64 VG               £5

 

SECRET ROMANCE (Charlton)

36 GD               £1

 

SECRETS OF YOUNG BRIDES (Charlton)

6 VG-                £4

 

SWEETHEARTS (Charlton)

36 FA+             £2

63 VG/FN          £4.50

71 FN+ p           £16

86 VG               £4

128 VG             £3.50

 

TEEN-AGE LOVE (Charlton)

46 VG+             £3.50

78  FN              £4

 

TEEN-AGE ROMANCE (Marvel)

79 FN+             £9.50

80 FN               £7.25

85 FN               £10.75 Kirby.

 

TEEN-AGE ROMANCES (St John)

5 VG+               £39 Matt Baker art

33 VG               £35 Suggestive Matt Baker cover. Interiors by Baker & others.

 

TEEN-AGE TEMPTATIONS (St John)

2 VG                 £50 Matt Baker saucy drum majorette cover. Nice copy but tiny irregularities at bottom edge preclude higher grade. Featured in our cover gallery.

                        To see this actual comic, follow this link: http://www.thirtiethcentury.free-online.co.uk/images/CG_teen-agetemptations2.jpg

5 GD+               £30 Matt Baker cover & art. Featured in our cover gallery.

                        To see this actual comic, follow this link: http://www.thirtiethcentury.free-online.co.uk/images/CG_teen-agetemptations5.jpg

 

TEEN CONFESSIONS (Charlton)

11 VG               £3

12 FN               £4

23 VG/FNp        £4.75

32 VG-              £2.75

 

THRILLING ROMANCES (Standard)

20 GD               £5

 

TRUE LOVE PICTORIAL (St John)

2 VG                 £55 Matt Baker negligee cover. Interiors by Baker & others. Featured in our cover gallery.

                        To see this actual comic, follow this link: http://www.thirtiethcentury.free-online.co.uk/images/CG_truelovepictorial2.jpg

 

TRUE SECRETS (Atlas)

22 VG               £15

 

WARTIME ROMANCES (St John)

17 FA/GD          £10 Matt Baker cover

 

YOUNG BRIDES (Prize)

V2#4 VG-          £17 Simon & Kirby

 

YOUNG LOVE (Prize/DC)

V3#10GD+        £16

58 VG+             £5

63 GD+             £3.50

 

YOUNG ROMANCE (Prize/DC)

V2#2 GD/VG     £30 #8 on cover; Simon & Kirby.

V2#5 VG/FN      £52 Simon & Kirby

V6#9 FA/GD      £10 #5 on cover; Simon & Kirby.

V11#1 VG/FN    £16.50 Simon & Kirby

V11#2 VG         £13.50 Simon & Kirby

V11#5 VG/FN    £16.50 Simon & Kirby

V11#6 VG/FN    £16.50 Simon & Kirby

V12#1VG/FN     £16.50 Simon & Kirby

V12#4 VG         £5        

183 FN              £8

208 VG+           £5 Final issue

 

YOUTHFUL LOVE ROMANCES (Pix Parade)

2 FA                 £5

3 VG                 £8

 

YOUTHFUL ROMANCES (Ribage)

8 FA                 £4