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Debuting a year after Simon & Kirbys Young Romance, Marvels My Romance was the second comic book romance title to hit the newsstands.

After pioneering the first romance comic with Young Romance, Joe Simon and Jack Kirby launched a second romance title called Young Love.

In Simon & Kirbys Young Romance #12, Jane falls in love with a man of unmatched strength, "He was the lightning, a thunderbolt, a dynamic force of nature."

A copy of Love Diary #35 by John Buscema from 1953, listed by Heritage Auction, is a real rarity - the only copy Heritage Auctions has seen.

Girls Romances #30 features the cover feature Hidden Heart by Mike Sekowsky and Bernard Sachs. The issue also includes art by Gene Colan.

Long a magazine staple, Joe Simon and Jack Kirby pioneered the romance genre in comic books beginning in 1947 with Young Romance.

Legendary comic book writer Chuck Dixon explained that the comic book industry's strategy of "feminist" storylines will not bring back a once formidable audience of young women, nor will Disney's transformation of male-centric franchises into "girly stories."

Jack Kirby, Russ Heath, Matt Baker, John Romita Sr and many other familliar names contributed to flagship Marvel romance My Own Romance.

Secret Hearts #83 published in 1962 by DC contains two "inspirations" for the work of Roy Lichtenstein, both originally from Tony Abruzzo.