| Issue | #1 |
| Published | September-October 1953 |
| Frequency | bi-monthly |
| Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | ? |
| Notes | Indicia reads: DARING LOVE, Vol. 1, No. 1, SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 1953. Published bi-monthly by GILLMOR MAGAZINES, INC. 175 Fifth Avenue, New York 10, N. Y. |
| Genre | romance |
| Notes | Title from story inside issue. |
| Genre | romance |
| Notes | lots of good girl art in this one |
| Genre | romance |
| Genre | romance |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | romance |
| Genre | romance |
| Pencils | Steve Ditko |
| Inks | Steve Ditko |
| Notes | Per Blake Bell, "Strange and Stranger: The World of Steve Ditko" (Fantagraphics Books, 2008, ISBN-13: 9781560979310), page 20, Steve Ditko's first published work (his second sale, appearing before his first sale) is penciling and inking the story "Paper Romance" in Gillmor Magazines' DARING LOVE #1 (September-October 1953). According to Blake, "So buried was this title [DARING LOVE] in the dustbin of history that Ditko's contributions went undiscovered until the late 1980s." |
| Reprinted | in Strange Suspense: The Steve Ditko Archives (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) #1. |