Love on the Racks

Love on the Racks A History of American Romance Comics

Paperback (07 May 2018)

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Publisher's Synopsis

For the better part of three decades romance comics were an American institution. Nearly 6000 titles were published between 1947 and 1977, and for a time one in five comics sold in the U.S. was a romance comic.

This first full-length study examines the several types of romance comics, their creators and publishing history. The author explores significant periods in the development of the genre, including the origins of Archie Comics and other teen publications, the romance comic "boom and bust" of the 1950s, and their sudden disappearance when fantasy and superhero comics began to dominate in the late 1970s.

Book information

ISBN: 9781476675305
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Imprint: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Pub date:
DEWEY: 741.53543
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 246
Weight: 436g
Height: 179mm
Width: 254mm
Spine width: 22mm