Teen-Age Romances


Teen-Age Romances was an American romance comic series produced by St. John Publications. Each issue was a series of one-shot stories involving a wide cast of characters. The first three issues began with a standard format of five stories each, and then it branched out to various larger numbers.

Publication history

Teen-Age Romances, one of a late-1940s spate of romance comics, ran 45 issues, cover-dated January 1949 to December 1955. Released by St. John Publications, with at least two issues published under that publisher's Approved Comics imprint, it included among its artists Lily Renée and Matt Baker. Many stories were written by Dana Dutch.
Issues #4-8 carried photographic covers, and issues #26-30 used painted covers, rather than standard penciled-and-inked drawn covers.

Stories

The titles of the various stories include:

1949

  1. January
  2. #They Called Me a Wayward Girl
  3. #Too Many Dates Were My Downfall
  4. #Was I Too Young for Love?
  5. #I Played Hide and Seek with Love
  6. #I Spelled Ki$$e$ the Wrong Way
  7. April
  8. #I Dared to Kiss and Tell
  9. #We Couldn't Be Kept Apart
  10. #They Made Me a Cinderella
  11. #How Could I Fight Temptation?
  12. #I Took the Wrong Road to Romance
  13. July
  14. #I Didn't Want a Stepfather
  15. #I Was Afraid to Fall in Love
  16. #Did I Give My Love Too Freely?
  17. #Stand-In for Scandal
  18. #Spitework Was My Folly
  19. August
  20. #Moonlight Escapade
  21. #Never Gamble on a Lie
  22. #You're What the Boys Like
  23. #Does Necking Increase a Girl's Popularity?
  24. #Hollywood Pin-Ups - Peter Lawford
  25. #They Called Me a Love Thief
  26. #Pleasure Boat
  27. #Mopsy
  28. #Phony Love Affair
  29. #I Couldn't Give Up My Secret Love
  30. #I'll Not Date in August
  31. #Short Cuts to Glamour
  32. #Platter Chatter
  33. #Step Out, Please!
  34. #Movie Previews
  35. September
  36. #Come-On Girl
  37. #I Was a Hollywood Cinderella
  38. #My One Little Mistake
  39. #Love Is Born
  40. #Rival in Love
  41. #Platter Chatter
  42. #Brushes to Beauty
  43. October
  44. #Flame of Youth
  45. #It Doesn't Pay to Steal Kisses
  46. #Rx for a Broken Heart
  47. #Was I a Fool to Go On Loving Him?
  48. #I Lived a Lie
  49. #Was I Really a Bad Girl?
  50. November
  51. #I Ran Away from Home
  52. #Reputation at Stake
  53. #Suspicion Nearly Killed My Love
  54. #The Love Bargain I Couldn't Keep