Heart Throbs (1949 Quality/DC) comic books 1963

Cover by John Romita, Sr. Stories by unknown. Art by John Romita, Sr., Werner Roth, Tony Abruzzo, Mike Sekowsky, Bernard Sachs and Mike Peppe. Featuring: "Never Be Mine to Kiss"; "Beloved Stranger"; "Love Letters"; and "First Love!" Plus: 1-page text filler "My Love is A Dream/Useless Love/A Broken Heart" by P.S., Evelyn Goebel and Karen Krupski. And: 1-page text filler "To See My Love/A Quest for Love/I Search for My Love" by Christine Brown, C. Brown and Juanity G. Caldwell. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover pencils by John Romita, Sr. Stories by unknown. Art by John Romita, Sr. and unknown. You are cordially invited to attend the Engagement Party at the Hilltop House for Miss June Latham and Mr. Bradford Taylor in..."Empty Dreams"! Also featuring: "I Dreamed Alone"; "Heartbreak for One"; and "Garden of Love"! Plus: 1-page text filler "Weakness/Love without Hope/The Stranger in My Heart" by Clearice Massenburg, Peggy Samuelson and Frankie Songer. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover art by John Romita. "Deceiving Heart!", art by Bernard Sachs; A patient in a hospital dictates a letter to a nurse for her boyfriend, who is out of town for a few weeks; She wants to break the news that there is now someone else in her life, but the nurse is smitten with the patient's old boyfriend herself and can't bear to hurt him. "Three Lost Loves," pencils by Bill Draut, inks by Jay Scott Pike; Two older sisters receive letters from their younger sister; Reading between the lines, they realize that she is no longer planning to marry her fiance that summer. "I Need You; The First Time; Love" The Rhyme and Reason for Love and Romance article. "Lost Love; Sweet Misery" The Rhyme and Reason for Love and Romance article. "Come to My Arms," pencils by Mike Sekowsky; A writer driving in the country on a working vacation catches a glimpse of a girl crying on a bus and can't get her out of his mind; He returns to the small town restaurant and finds her sitting alone. "Never Look at Love!", pencils by John Romita (p 1) and Werner Roth (pp 2-8), inks by John Romita; Annette tries to read men's feelings toward her by the look in their eyes, but she is constantly misreading their intentions. Ad for Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by John Romita, Sr. Stories by unknown. Art by John Romita, Sr., Werner Roth?, Bernard Sachs, Arthur Peddy, Bill Draut and Jay Scott Pike. Mary has spent her whole life trying to make her adopted sister Ava happy, but she resists when Ava wants the man that Mary now loves in "Sisters in Heartbreak!" Plus: Linda falls for Jerry, the son of the motel owner where she is vacationing, but wonders whether he's just as nice to all the other girls who stay there in "My Last Romance"! Also: Ellen is attracted to Tom, the boyfriend of her roommate Joan, and the feeling is mutual but they don't know whether they should break up their current relationships in "What Are We Doing?" And: Everyone wants Laura's advice on love and romance, but Laura herself has little experience in those areas, in "A Stranger to Love!" Plus: 2 pages of poetry by Patricia McDermott, Karen Wallace, Maria Erevia and Carolyn Caumont. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by John Romita, Sr. Stories by unknown. Art by John Romita, Sr., Werner Roth, Tony Abruzzo, Bernard Sachs and Arthur Peddy. Ginger fears that her sister Jean is going to steal her boyfriend Roger as she has others in the past in "Tears for a Dream!" Plus: Ellen is afraid that Dick will leave her as she watched him leave his former girlfriend Wanda in "Someday He'll Love Me"! Also: On vacation in Italy, Greg meets Ellen, an American girl, who insists that she will never return to the U.S. and therefore cannot fall in love with him in "Come Back to Loving"! And: Lifeguard Andy meets two sisters staying at the hotel where he works and helps Carla to stop being so protective of Susan, and Susan to realize that she loves the boy she left behind at home in "Love Me and Leave Me!" Plus: 2 pages of poetry by Toni Gardner, Dorothy Evans, Joanne Todd, Carol Lewis and Carol Trafford. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover pencils by John Romita, Sr. Stories by unknown. Art by John Romita, Sr., Tony Abruzzo, Mike Sekowsky, Arthur Peddy?, Bernard Sachs and unknown. Vicky has loved Jack from afar for years, but when she finally believes that he will never return her feelings, he realizes that he loves her, too, in "One Love Too Many!" Plus: Donna and Paul are shopping for engagement rings when they learn that Paul's former fiancee Irene has returned to town, and Donna soon realizes that Irene plans to win Paul back in "His Old Flame!" Also: A case of mistaken identity makes Trudy believe that she has fallen in love with her sister's boyfriend in "Before My Time!" And: Julie dreams of a boy she has only seen twice from a distance, imagining herself in love in "Is It Really Love?" Plus: 2-pages of poetry by Paula Hollingsworth, Mickie Byrd, Juliette Binette, Lynn Kowalchuk, Esther Schreier and Barbara Ann Jurischk. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.