and http://www.comics.org/series/572/

From Tom Lammers and the Timely/Atlas crew. A good 1/4 of these issues have yet
to be indexed.

MY OWN ROMANCE[1]
1 (Sep 1948) ─ 76 (Jul 1960)
Numbering continued as Teen-age Romance (77-86).

1 (Sep 1948)
3433         “Love for a Crooner!” (10 pp.)
3589         “The Ring!” (6 pp.)
3228         “Too Young for Romance!” (11 pp.)
SL-2046     Text story: “Ship Ahoy!” (2 pp.)
3438         “The One Who Waited!” (9 pp.)
                House ad: “These Are the Tales of the Witness!”  Witness 1
(½ pg.)
                House ad: “The Most Beautiful Girl in the World!”  Venus 2
(½ pg.)
3564         “Love and Football Don't Mix!” (7 pp.)

2 (Nov 1948)             
4143         “With This Ring, I Thee Wed!” (8 pp.)
3671         “Dance, Fool, Dance!” (8 pp.)
SL-3625     Text story: “The Daring Young Man” (2 pp.)
                House ad: “The Only 10¢ Girls Teen Magazine” (½ pg.)[2]
4181         “Plain Jane!” (9 pp.)
                Editorial: “Hi, Friends” (1 pg.)
3954         “Wings of Romance!” (9 pp.)
4284         “Jilted!” (6 pp.)

3 (Jan 1949)              
4398         “Portrait of Romance” (8 pp.)
4292         “Shadow of a Mother-in-Law!” (10 pp.)[3]
SL-4461     Text story: “A Waste of Time” (2 pp.)
4242         “Conflict!” (12 pp.)
                Editorial: “Hi Friends” (1 pp.)
4328         “The Outsider!” (9 pp.)

4 (Mar 1949)
Photo cover.
5034         “I Was a Woman Scorned!” (11 pp.)
4599         “I Hated the Man I Loved!” (8 pp.)
4376         “He Didn't Want Me!” (6 pp.)
SL-2046     Text story: “Ship Ahoy!” (1⅔ pp.)
                Editorial: “A Letter to Our Readers and Their Parents!  Hi,
Friends” (1 pg.)
                Statement of the Ownership, Management, Circulation, Etc. (⅓
pg.)[4]
4570         “Forbidden Love!” (7 pp.)[5]
4569         “Shadow from the Past!” (10 pp.)                               

5 (May 1949)
Photo cover.
4621         “Peril from the Past?” (6 pp.)
                Editorial: “A Letter to Our Readers and Their Parents!  Hi,
Friends” (1 pg.)
5007         “I Sold the Man I Loved!” (10 pp.)
SL-5131     Text story: “I Was Hypnotized!” (2 pp.)         
4233         “Useless!” (8 pp.)
5071         “I Loved a Scoundrel!” (11 pp.)
4574         “My Tragic Decision!” (7 pp.)  Art by [Mike Sekowsky].

6 (Jun 1949)
Photo cover.
5096         “When Hearts Must Break!” (10 pp.)
5189         “Too Many Sweethearts!” (10 pp.)  Art by [Mike Sekowsky].
SL-5319     Text story: “Assignment for Love” (2 pp.) [6]
                Letters: “Straight from the Heart!” (2 pp.)
                Editorial: “A Letter to Our Readers and Their Parents!” (1
pg.)
5190         “Portrait of a Tragic Love!” (10 pp.)
5163         “With Tears in My Soul!” (7 pp.)  Art by [Chris Rule].

7 (Jul 1949)               
Photo cover.
5148         “Shock from the Past!” (12 pp.)
5258         “I Hate My Husband!” (8 pp.)[7]  Art by [Pete Tumlinson/George
Klein].
SL-5368     Text story: “The Wrong Love Song” (2 pp.)
5422         Letters: “Straight from the Heart!” (2 pp.)
5191         “When a Love Must Die!” (9 pp.)
                Editorial: “A Letter to Our Readers and Their Parents!” (1
pg.)
5223         “My Secret Love!” (8 pp.)

8 (Aug 1949)
Photo cover.
5234         “My Nightmare Romance!” (10 pp.)
5548         “My Strange Rival!” (8 pp.)
                Poem: “Sonnet of Love” by William Shakespeare (1 pg.)[8]
                Text story: “Dance, Gypsy, Dance” (2 pp.)
5373         “My Magic Dress!” (7 pp.)
                Letters: “Straight from the Heart” (2 pp.)
5175         “Can Such Love Live?” (11 pp.)  Art by [Syd Shores].

9 (Oct 1949)
Photo cover.
6016         “Did I Love a Criminal?” (8 pp.)  Art by [Mike Sekowsky].
5651         “Hated by the Man I Love!” (7 pp.)  Art by [Mike Sekowsky].
                Letters: “Are You in Love?” (1 pg.)
5530         “When Love Comes Too Soon!” (7 pp.)
                Letters: “Straight from the Heart” (2 pp.)
5330         Text story: “Postponement of Love” (2 pp.)
5516         “Laura Downs, the Girl Without a Conscience!” (8 pp.)
                Can I Mend My Broken Romance? (1 pg.)  Art by [Lin Streeter].
5748         “The Mistake of Claire Barnes!” (7 pp.)  Art by [Marion
Sitton].

10 (Dec 1949)            
Photo cover.
6463         “I Chose the Wrong Path!” (9 pp.)
6280         How I First Knew I Was in Love! (1 pg.)
                House ad: “If It's Romance You Want ...” (½ pg.)[9]
5895         “My Untamed Desire!” (9 pp.)  Art by [George Tuska].
6306         Text story: “Love Is No Dream” (2 pp.)  Illustration by
“H.C.”
6092         “I Was Not Wanted in Town!” (9 pp.)
                House ad: “You Asked for It!”  Man Comics 1 (1 pg.)
                Letters: “Straight from the Heart” (1½ pp.)
                Contest: “Win a $1 Prize!” (½ pg.)[10]
6614         “Moonlight and Kisses!” (9 pp.)  Art by [Mike Sekowsky].

11 (Mar 1950)            
Photo cover.
7129         “I Was Whistle-Bait!” (10 pp.)  Art by [Mike Sekowsky].
                Letters: “Straight from the Heart” (2 pp.)
7054         “Second Meeting!” (9 pp.)
SL-6982     Text story: “It All Came True” (1⅔ pp.)
                Statement of the Ownership, Management, Circulation, Etc. (⅓
pg.)[11]
7100         “Ruthless!” (10 pp.)
                House ad: “If You Want Romance” (⅓ pg.)[12]
6431         Can I Mend My Broken Romance (1 pg.)
                House ad: “Venus the Only Magazine of Its Kind in the
World!” (1 pg.)
7055         “Too Few Kisses!” (7 pp.)

12 (Jun 1950)            
Photo cover.
7090         “Cora” (8 pp.) 
House ad: Reno Browne (⅓ pg.)[13]
7204         Text story: “Love Opened My Eyes” (2 pp.)  Illustration by
“Joan.”
                House ad: “If It's Romance You Want” (½ pg.)[14]
                House ad: My Friend Irma 3 (1 pg.)
7188         “We Both Loved Susan!” (10 pp.)
7149         “The Secret of Caroline Tracy” (9 pp.)  Art by [Mike
Sekowsky].
6678         How I First Knew I Was in Love (1 pg.)
7151         “Love ... After Hours!” (9 pp.)

13 (Oct 1950)            
6659         “My Heart Was a Flame!” (8 pp.)
6947         “Second Chance” (6 pp.)
6401         “Crisis!” (8 pp.)
6980         Text story: “Broken-Hearted Love” (2 pp.)
6790         “I Was Betrayed!” (8 pp.)
6136         “The Choice” (8 pp.)

14 (Jan 1951)            
6557         “Peril from the Past!” (8 pp.)
7233         “After Marriage What?” (15 pp.)
6562         Text story: “Case File on Love” (2 pp.)
                Public service: “The Classroom Secret” (1 pg.)[15]  Art by
[Jerry] Fasano.
6951         “My Weird Wedding” (9 pp.)  Art by [Bob Powell].
6918         “Vengeance” (6 pp.)

15 (Mar 1951)
6850         “Red Hearts and Black Gold!” (10 pp.)
                                Art by [Mike Sekowsky].
6826         “Crescendo!” (7 pp.)
6068         Text story: “Double Trouble” (2 pp.)
6923         “The Deception of Sylvia Thompson!” (8 pp.)
5573         “I Loved a Scoundrel!” (7 pp.)
6171         “Love Is Where You Find It!” (6 pp.)[16]

16 (May 1951)
6344         “Laura's Decision!” (6 pp.)
6914         “For Better or Worse!” (7 pp.)
5484         Text story: “Heartbreak for Two” (1⅔ pp.)
                Statement of the Ownership, Management, Circulation, Etc. (⅓
pg.)[17]
5627         “Intermezzo of Love!” (6 pp.)
5862         “The Love-Thief!” (6 pp.)
6226         “Rude Awakening!” (6 pp.)
6622         “The Heartbreak of Dr. Martin!” (7 pp.)

17 (Jul 1951)
7148         “No Love for Molly!” (8 pp.)
6598         “The Lonely Hours!” (8 pp.)
6434         “When a Heart Has Faith” (7 pp.)
7169         Text story: “There's Hope for Love” (2 pp.)
6417         “From Out of the Past!” (8 pp.)
6962         “The Torment of Laura Marshall!” (7 pp.)

18 (Sep 1951)
Cover by Joe Maneely.
7123         “When Love Comes Never” (11 pp.)             Art by [Syd
Shores].
6125         Text story: “His Poetic Nature” (2 pp.)
8570         “My Empty Heart” (5 pp.)
8670         “Regretfully Yours” (5 pp.)  Art by Ann Brewster.
6966         “Her Brother’s Keeper!” (7 pp.)
8705         “No Love Have I” (6 pp.)  Art by Jack Keller.
8585         “The Romance of Bessie Benton!” (4 pp.)  Art by [Pete] Morisi.

19 (Nov 1951)
8927         “Too Young for Romance!” (7 pp.)  Art by [Al Hartley].
8893         “Ann Delmar's Strange Secret” (6 pp.)  Art by [Chris Rule].
9006         “Dreams Are Not for Me!” (5 pp.)  Art by [Mike Sekowsky/Chris
Rule].
SL-6362     Text story: “My Love Flies High” (2 pp.)
8960         “The Stars Look Down!” (6 pp.)  Art by [George Klein].
8934         “The Lonely Nights” (6 pp.)
8834         “Double-Crossed by Love” (4 pp.)
8983         “Love Comes First!” (4 pp.)

20 (Jan 1952)            
Cover by Al Hartley.
9173         “None Are So Blind” (5 pp.)  Art by Morris Weiss.
6716         Text story: “The Romantic Lie” (2 pp.)
9246         “The Lonely Hours” (6 pp.)  Art by [Bernie Krigstein].
9266         “Never Laugh at Love!” (4 pp.)
9305         “The Courtship of Carol Sawyer” (7 pp.)  Art by [Mike
Sekowsky/Chris Rule].

21 (Mar 1952)            
Cover by [Al Hartley].
9665         “See Ya Around!” (6 pp.)  Art by [Mike Sekowsky].
9853         “My Heart's Desire” (5 pp.)  Art by Morris Weiss.
6304         Text story: “Love Gets a Lift” (1 pg.)
9627         “A Guest in the House” (6 pp.)  Script by [Ed] Jurist.  Art by
[Jay Scott] Pike.
6307         Text story: “Love Is a Winner” (1 pg.)
9737         “The Sacrifice of Sheila Storm” (6 pp.)  Art by [Mike
Sekowsky].

22 (May 1952)           
Cover by Al Hartley.
9976         “Always a Bridesmaid” (7 pp.)  Art by Jay Scott Pike.
6181         Text story: “My Love Went West” (2 pp.)
A-120        “Alone!” (7 pp.)  Art by [Mike Sekowsky/Chris Rule].
A-30          “The Honorable Thing to Do” (5 pp.)               Art by
Morris Weiss.
9760         “Good-Bye, My Love!” (4 pp.)
A-103        “The Man I Mustn't Marry!” (7 pp.)  Art by [Mike
Sekowsky/Chris Rule].
9973         “Too Late for Love!” (7 pp.)

23 (Jul 1952)             
Cover by Al Hartley.
A-454        “The Prince and the Playgirl!” (7 pp.)  Art by [Al Hartley].
                Text story: “Day Dreams” (1⅔ pp.)
A-489        “Affair of the Heart!” (6 pp.)  Art by Jay Scott Pike.
                Statement of the Ownership, Management, Circulation (⅓
pg.)[18]
A-452        “Anybody's Girl Friend” (6 pp.)  Art by [Mike Sekowsky].
A-371        “Stolen Kisses” (6 pp.)  Art by Morris Weiss.
A-453        “Too Much in Love” (5 pp.)  Art by Ogden Whitney.
A-455        “Love Story!” (7 pp.)  Art by [Mike Sekowsky].

24 (Sep 1952)            
Cover by [Carmine Infantino].
A-874        “Be Still, My Heart” (6 pp.)  Art by [Carmine Infantino].
A-796        “Dangerous Kisses” (6 pp.)  Art by Morris Weiss.
A-725        Letters: “Heart to Heart Talk” (1 pg.)[19]
A-648        “A Man for Amy” (3 pp.)
A-730        “My Lost Love!” (6 pp.)  Art by [Ogden Whitney].
5330         Text story: “Postponement of Love” (2 pp.)
A-870        “Overanxious” (5 pp.)  Art by [Ann Brewster].
A-647        “Two Men Love Joan!” (10 pp.)  Art by [Al Hartley].

25 (Nov 1952)
A-841        “Ann Comes Home” (9 pp.)  Art by Al Hartley.
A-774        Letters: “Heart to Heart Talk” (1 pg.)[20]
A-948        “Love on the Rebound!” (6 pp.)
6770         Text story: “Love Goes to the Rodeo” (2 pp.)
A-945        “The Marriage of Mildred Winters” (6 pp.)  Art by Ogden
Whitney.
B-152        “To Remember Him By” (5 pp.)
B-67          “Good Girl” (5 pp.)  Art by [Chris Rule].
B-117        “Nine to Five” (5 pp.)  Art by Bill Everett.

26 (Jan 1953)            
Cover by Al Hartley.
B-58          “Love and Lucy Walker!” (5 pp.)  Art by Jay Scott Pike.
B-139        Text story: “Best Choice” (2 pp.)
B-48          “One Man Too Many” (5 pp.)
B-377        “Female” (6 pp.)
A-958        “Come Back, My Love” (7 pp.)  Art by Jay Scott Pike.

27 (Mar 1953)            
Cover by Al Hartley.
B-950        “That Old Feeling” (6 pp.)  Art by Jerry Robinson.
B-815        “Love Story” (7 pp.)  Script by Stan Lee. Art by [Carmine
Infantino].
B-718        Text story: “From Beans to Millions” (2 pp.)  Illustration by
[Morris Weiss].
B-807        “Infatuation” (5 pp.)  Art by [Chris Rule].
B-918        “Too Many Loves” (5 pp.)  Art by [Mike Sekowsky].

28 (Spr 1953)            
Cover by Al Hartley.
C-119        “Years Ago!” (7 pp.)  Art by Jay Scott Pike.
A-150        Text story: “Girl Without a Past” (2 pp.)
B-994        “A Dime a Dance” (5 pp.)  Art by John Forte.
B-977        “Too Much in Love” (6 pp.)
C-31         “Shall I Marry Him?” (5 pp.)  Art by Jay Scott Pike.

29 (Apr 1953)            
Cover by [Al Hartley].
C-260        “Milly's Mistake!” (5 pp.)  Art by Jay Scott Pike.
C-99         Text story: “Poor Little Rich Girl” (1⅔ pp.)
C-166        “Love Is Where You Find It!” (7 pp.)  Art by [Alice
Kirkpatrick].
                Statement Required by the Act of August 24, 1912 (⅓ pg.)[21]
C-252        “Love 'Em and Leave 'Em!” (5 pp.)  Script by Stan Lee.  Art by
[Werner Roth].
B-948        “The Reason He Left Me!” (6 pp.)  Art by [Mike Sekowsky/Chris
Rule].

30 (May 1953)           
Cover by Al Hartley.
C-286        “Linda Nelson Finds Romance” (6 pp.)  Art by Jay Scott Pike.
C-453        “Goodbye Forever!” (6 pp.) 
A-822        Text story: “Time for Love” (2 pp.)
C-292        “The Girl He Really Loves!” (6 pp.)  Art by Morris Weiss.
C-329        “No Man for Marion” (5 pp.)[22]  Art by Al Hartley.

31 (Jun 1953)            
Cover by Al Hartley.
C-433        “Should a Girl Wait” (5 pp.)  Art by Jay Scott Pike.
C-337        Text story: “No Room for Love” (2 pp.)
C-662        “Tony's Kiss” (7 pp.)
C-670        “A Shoulder to Lean On” (6 pp.)  Art by [Mike Sekowsky/Chris
Rule].
C-444        “Marion Gets Married!” (5 pp.)[23]  Art by [Al Hartley].

32 (Jul 1953)
Cover by Russ Heath.
C-564        “Once in a Lifetime” (6 pp.)  Art by Jay Scott Pike.
C-855        “Heaven for Harriet!” (7 pp.)
SL-6305     Text story: “A Victory for Love!” (2 pp.)
C-917        “Too Eager ... Too Often!” (5 pp.)
C-943        “Here Is My Heart!” (5 pp.)  Art by [Mike Sekowsky].

33 (Aug 1953)
Cover by Al Hartley.
C-754        “The Man I Married!” (6 pp.)  Art by Jay Scott Pike.
C-974        “A Kiss for Kathy” (7 pp.)  Art by [John Tartaglione].
6563         Text story: “Male, Female and Secretary” (2 pp.)           
Illustration by [Jay Scott Pike].
C-823        “I Love You, Laura” (5 pp.)
C-651        “The Greener Grass” (5 pp.)  Art by [Mike Sekowsky].

34 (Sep 1953)
Cover by [Al Hartley].
C-512        “Desertion” (7 pp.)  Art to Jay Scott Pike.
6365         Text story: “Summer Camp!” (2 pp.)
C-499        “She Walks in Beauty!” (6 pp.)  Art by [Mike Sekowsky].
C-420        “Mother Complex” (5 pp.)  Art by [Chris Rule].
C-400        “Honeymoon” (5 pp.)

35 (Dec 1953)
D-223        “One Kiss Too Many” (6 pp.)  Art by [John Tartaglione].
D-205        “I Thee Wed” (6 pp.)  Art by Jay Scott Pike.
D-167        Text story: “Graduation to Love” (2 pp.)
D-246        “Dream Man” (6 pp.)
D-137        “Tommie and Tess” (5 pp.)  Art by Jay Scott Pike.

36 (Feb 1954)
Cover by Al Hartley.
D-533        “Going Steady!” (7 pp.)  Art by John Romita.
SL-5206     Text story: “My Life Is Yours” (2 pp.)
D-522        “More Than Love” (6 pp.)  Art by Jay Scott Pike.
D-513        “The Heart of Sonia Blaine!” (5 pp.)  Art by [Art Peddy].
D-506        “When I Marry” (5 pp.)  Art by [Werner Roth].

37 (Apr 1954)            
Cover by Jay Scott Pike.
D-911        “The Long Dead Past!” (6 pp.)  Art by Jay Scott Pike.
D-752        “Don’t Make Me Marry!” (6 pp.)  Art by [John] Tartaglione.
7226         Text story: “When Love Comes Along” (1⅔ pp.)
D-684        “People Who Love in Glass Houses” (5 pp.)  Art by Howard
Alexander.
                Statement Required by the Act of August 24, 1912 (⅓ pg.)[24]
D-825        “The Touch of Your Hand” (6 pp.)  Art by Jay Scott Pike.

38 (Jun 1954)            
Cover by [Al Hartley].
E-220        “A Life to Share” (6 pp.)  Art by [John] Tartaglione.
E-242        “Another Girl's Man” (6 pp.)  Art by Joe Maneely.
6476         Text story: “The Language of Love” (2 pp.)
E-219        “Why Do I Love You?” (5 pp.)  Art by Jack Shapiro.
E-180        “Millie's Marriage” (6 pp.)  Art by Jay Scott Pike.

39 (Aug 1954)            
Cover by [Vince] Colletta.
E-515        “Love Story” (6 pp.)  Art by Jay Scott Pike.
E-537        “My Type of Man!” (6 pp.)  Art by J[ohn]. Tartaglione.
6415         Text story: “You For Me” (2 pp.)
E-496        “Rude Awakening!” (5 pp.)[25]  Art by Al Hartley.
E-522        “Graduation Present!” (6 pp.)  Art by [Vince] Colletta.

40 (Oct 1954)
E-882        “Someday I'll Find You!” (6 pp.)  Art by Jay Scott Pike.
E-896        “A Matter of Pride!” (6 pp.)  Art by Al Hartley.
A-149        Text story: “A Woman's Intuition” (2 pp.)
E-849        “Afraid to Marry!” (6 pp.)  Art by John Romita.
E-866        “Meant for Each Other!” (5 pp.)

41 (Dec 1954)            
Cover by [Vince Colletta].
F-118        “Love Episode!” (6 pp.)  Art by Jay Scott Pike.
F-142        “Jilted” (6 pp.)  Art by [John Tartaglione].
C-206        Text story: “Sure of Love” (2 pp.)
F-125        “No Date for the Dance!” (5 pp.)
F-102        “Different as Day and Night!” (6 pp.)[26]  Art by [Vince]
Colletta.

42 (Feb 1955)
Cover by [Vince Colletta].
F-353        “Back to My Arms!” (6 pp.)  Art by [Vince] Colletta.
F-290        “In Love with Love!” (5 pp.)  Art by [John Tartaglione].
7050         Text story: “Second Chance” (2 pp.)  Illustration by [Morris
Weiss].
F-333        “Dianne's Devotion!” (6 pp.)  Art by [Chris Rule].
F-334        “Two Weeks ... with Love” (6 pp.)  Art by Jay Scott Pike.

43 (Apr 1955)            
Cover by [Vince] Colletta.
F-526        “If I Should Lose You!” (6 pp.)  Art by Jay Scott Pike.
F-630        “Happy Ending” (6 pp.)  Art by [Vince] Colletta.
5143         Text story: “Never Leave Me!” (2 pp.)
F-479        “I Love You, But ...” (6 pp.)  Art by Al Hartley.
F-629        “Till Death Us Do Part” (5 pp.)[27]  Art by [Vince] Colletta.

44 (Jun 1955)
Cover by [Vince] Colletta.
F-837        “My Husband-to-Be” (6 pp.)  Art by [Vince] Colletta.
F-874        “Working Girl” (5 pp.)
G-145        Text story: “Just One Kiss” (1⅔ pp.)
F-810        “Nancy's Crowd!” (6 pp.)  Art by Gene Colan.
                Statement Required by the Act of August 24, 1912 (⅓ pg.)[28]
F-856        “Rita's Romance!” (6 pp.)  Art by [Werner Roth].

45 (Aug 1955)            
Cover by [Vince Colletta].
G-106        “My Steady Date!” (6 pp.)  Art by Jay Scott Pike.
G-227        “When Love Beckons!” (5 pp.)  Art by [Vince] Colletta.
 6922        Text story: “Welcome Home” (2 pp.) 
G-126        “No Greater Love” (6 pp.)  Art by W. R. Brown.[29]
G-176        “To Have and to Hold!”  Art by [Vince] Colletta.

46 (Sep 1955)            
Cover by [Vince] Colletta.
G-506        “Tears on My Pillow!” (5 pp.)  Art by [Vince] Colletta.
SL-7079     Text story: “Falling in Love” (2 pp.)  Illustration by [Russ
Heath].
G-369        “Marriage Proposal!” (6 pp.)  Art by Jay Scott Pike.
G-477        “When I Fall in Love!” (6 pp.)  Art by [Werner Roth].
G-382        “He Kissed Me!” (6 pp.)  Art by [Vince] Colletta.

47 (Oct 1955)
Cover by [Vince] Colletta.
G-538        “With Open Arms!” (6 pp.)  Art by Jay Scott Pike.
G-368        “My Own True Love!” (6 pp.)  Art by [Vince] Colletta.
C-508        Text story: “Wedding Belle” (2 pp.)
G-475        “My Dearly Beloved!” (5 pp.)  Art by [Matt Baker].
G-518        “The Night We Kissed!” (6 pp.)  Art by [Vince Colletta].

48 (Nov 1955)
Cover by [Vince] Colletta.
G-843        “He Doesn't Know I Exist!” (5 pp.)  Art by Al Hartley.
G-938        Text story: “Two Hearts as One” (2 pp.)  Illustration by
[Morris Weiss].
G-885        “I'll Always Love You!” (6 pp.)  Art by [Vince] Colletta.
G-865        “I Won't Be an Old Maid!” (6 pp.)  Art by [Jay Scott
Pike/Chris Rule].
G-925        “Here in Your Arms!” (6 pp.)  Art by Tom Scheuer.

49 (Dec 1955)            
Cover by [Vince] Colletta.
H-23         “I Love You, Mr. Smith” (6 pp.)  Art by [Vince] Colletta.
H-60         “When You're Near Me!” (6 pp.)  Art by [Jay Scott Pike].
H-201        Text story: “The Voice of Love!” (2 pp.)  Illustration by
[Vince Colletta].
H-18         “Home Girl” (5 pp.)   Art by [Matt Baker].
H-59         “Second Chance” (6 pp.)  Al Hartley.

50 (Jan 1956)            
Cover by [Vince] Colletta.
H-246        “Alone!” (5 pp.)  Art by Jay Scott Pike.
H-452        Text story: “The Way of Love” (2 pp.)  Illustration by [Vince
Colletta].
H-258        “Campus Queen!” (4 pp.)  Art by [John Tartaglione].
H-247        “The Touch of Your Lips!” (5 pp.)  Art by [Al Hartley].     
H-264        “Too Tall for Love!” (4 pp.)  Art by Jay Scott Pike.
H-259        “A Kiss for the Bride!” (5 pp.)  Art by [Vince] Colletta.

51 (Mar 1956)            
Cover by [Vince] Colletta.
H-442        “Mother ... He Proposed!” (5 pp.)  Art by Tom Scheuer.
H-871        Text story: “Be My Love” (2 pp.)
H-445        “My Love Is a Ladies' Man!” (5 pp.)  Art by Jay Scott Pike.
H-607        “Business and Pleasure!” (4 pp.)  Art by Jay Scott Pike.
H-614        “The Man I Love!” (4 pp.)  Art by [Al Hartley].
H-606        “One More Kiss!” (5 pp.)  Art by [Vince] Colletta.

52 (May 1956)           
Cover by Vince Colletta.
J-8            “Love Locked Out!” (5 pp.)  Art by Jay Scott Pike.
J-212        Text story: “Worlds Apart” (1⅔ pp.)
J-39          “They Called Me Fickle!” (5 pp.)  Art by [John] Tartaglione.
J-37          “Mine Alone” (4 pp.)  Art by [Vince] Colletta.
J-29          “Here Is My Heart!” (4 pp.)  Art by [Valerie Barclay].
                Statement Required by the Act of August 24, 1912 (⅓ pg.)[30]
J-24          “Miss Wilson Regrets” (5 pp.)[31]  Art by [Tom Scheuer].

53 (Aug 1956)            
Cover by [Vince Colletta].
J-354        “The Wrong Man” (5 pp.)  Art by [Vince] Colletta.
D-208        Text story: “I Love You!” (2 pp.)
J-438        “Till the End of Time!” (5 pp.)  Art by Tom Scheuer.
J-436        “The Sacrifice of Doris Wayne!” (4 pp.)  Art by Ann Brewster.
J-503        “The Man I Marry” (4 pp.)
J-443        “Too Late for Love?” (5 pp.)  Art by Al Hartley.               

54 (Oct 1956)            
Cover by [Vince] Colletta.
J-805        “Sweet and Lovely” (5 pp.)  Art by [Vince] Colleta.
K-461        Text story: “The Man I Love” (2 pp.)  Illustration by [Tom
Scheuer].
J-819        “Someday You'll Come Along!” (5 pp.)  Art by Jay Scott Pike.
J-835        “Blind Date!” (4 pp.)  Art by Al Hartley.
J-820        “The Lonely Hours” (4 pp.)  Art by Ann Brewster.
J-761        “Love Is Forever” (5 pp.)  Art by [Vince] Colletta.

55 (Jan 1957)            
Cover by [Vince Colletta].
K-621        “Flirtation Walk!” (5 pp.)  Art by [Vince] Colleta.
H-61         Text story: “New Understanding” (2 pp.)  Illustration by [Tom
Scheuer].
K-509        “Wanting You” (5 pp.)  Art by Tom Scheuer.
K-620        “'Til We Meet Again” (5 pp.)  Art by Alexander Toth.
K-602        “I Married a Millionaire!” (4 pp.)  Art by Ann Brewster.
K-510        “Young ... and Foolish!” (4 pp.)  Art by Jay Scott Pike.

56 (Mar 1957)            
Cover by [Vince] Colletta.
L-140        “I Need You, My Darling!” (5 pp.)  Art by [Vince Colletta].
J-9xx        Text story: “Could This Be Love?” (2 pp.)
L-148        “I Can Only Marry One” (5 pp.)  Art by Jay Scott Pike.
L-166        “Another Girl's Man!” (4 pp.)  Art by [Matt Baker].
K-916        “In Love Again!” (4 pp.)  Art by [Anne Brewster].
K-920        “The Bride!” (5 pp.)  Art by [Vince Colletta].

57 (May 1957)           
Cover by [Vince Colletta].
L-671        “I Love You, That's Why” (5 pp.)  Art by [Vince] Colletta.
                Statement Required by the Act of August 24, 1912 (⅓ pg.)[32]
D-91         Text story: “Getting Away” (1⅔ pp.)
L-678        “The Man Who Can't Be Mine!” (5 pp.)  Art by [Matt Baker].
L-721        “I Want to Say, Yes!” (4 pp.)  Art by [John Tartaglione].
L-708        “When I Marry” (4 pp.)
L-724        “Not My Type” (5 pp.)  Art by [Vince] Colletta.

58 (Jul 1957)
Cover by [Vince Colletta].[33]
M-228       “When You're in Love” (5 pp.)  Art by [Vince] Colletta.
H-156        Text story: “By the Sea” (2 pp.)
M-226       “The Farmer's Daughter” (5 pp.)  Art by Jay Scott Pike.
M-227       “Infatuation!” (4 pp.)  Art by [John] Tartaglione.
M-233       “One More Date” (4 pp.)  Art by Anne Brewster.
M-213       “Why Can't I Fall in Love?” (5 pp.)  Art by [Vince] Colletta.

59 (Sep 1957)
Cover by [Vince] Colletta.
M-621       “Working Girl” (5 pp.)  Art by Vince Colletta.
J-985        Text story: “Thinking of Him” (2 pp.)  Illustration by [Jay
Scott Pike].
M-620       “Two Different Worlds” (5 pp.)  Art by [Matt Baker].
M-569       “Those Lonely Nights!” (4 pp.)  Art by [John Tartaglione].
M-557       “When a Girl Gossips!” (4 pp.)  Art by Ann Brewster.
M-622       “Me... Marry a Nobody?” (5 pp.)  Art by Jay Scott Pike.

60 (Nov 1957)
Cover by [Vince] Colletta.
M-901       “Break-up!” (4 pp.)  Art by [Vince Colletta].
M-877       “At My Age!” (5 pp.)  Art by [Matt Baker].
M-896       “When a Tomboy Falls in Love!” (5 pp.)  Art by Jay Scott Pike.
J-885        Text story: “Music Lovers” (2 pp.) 
M-913       “Possessive” (4 pp.)  Art by Ann Brewster.
M-921       “I Sing with a Band” (5 pp.)  Art by [Vince Colletta].

61 (Jan 1958)            
Cover by Vince Colletta.[34]
O-30         “Sweet Seventeen!” (5 pp.)  Art by [Vince Colletta].
J-907        Text story: “Misunderstanding” (2 pp.)
O-31         “The Artist and the Lady” (5 pp.)  Art by Jay Scott Pike.
O-34         “Trust Me, My Love!” (4 pp.)  Art by Joe Orlando.
O-35         “A Kiss for Sis” (4 pp.)  Art by [John] Tartaglione.
O-57         “The Beauty of Beverly Storm” (5 pp.)  Art by [Vince
Colletta].

62 (Mar 1958)            
Cover by [Vince] Colletta.
O-103        “Man of My Dreams” (5 pp.)  Art by [Vince Colletta].
SL-6892     Text story: “Romance Is a Comedy” (1⅔ pp.)
O-339        “Not His Type!” (5 pp.)  Art by Jay Scott Pike.
O-96         “Blind Date!” (4 pp.)  Art by “JT” [John Tartaglione[.
M-965       “Too Many Boy Friends” (4 pp.)  Art by John Forte.
                Statement Required by the Act of August 24, 1912 (⅓ pg.)[35]
O-226        “I Was a Stand-In for Love!” (5 pp.)  Art by [Vince] Colletta.

63 (May 1958)           
Cover by [Vince] Colletta.
M-992       “I Live On the Wrong Side of the Tracks!” (5 pp.)            
Art by [Vince] Colletta.
H-592        Text story: “Popular Girl” (2 pp.)
O-65         “The Lady Is a Flirt!” (4 pp.)  Art by [Ann Brewster].
O-36         “And So Good-Bye!” (5 pp.)[36]  Art by [Vince Colletta].
M-976       “Girls Who Wear Glasses” (4 pp.)                  Art by [Chris
Rule/Vince Colletta].
O-25         “We Date in Secret” (5 pp.)  Art by Jay Scott Pike.

64 (Jul 1958)             
Cover by [Vince] Colletta.[37]
O-115        “A Teen in Love!” (5 pp.)  Art by [Vince] Colletta.
H-202        Text story: “Small Town Girl” (2 pp.)  Illustration by [Tom
Scheuer].
M-963       “This Life I Lead” (5 pp.)  Art by Jay Scott Pike.
O-232        “I Lived in a Fool's Paradise” (4 pp.)  Art by [Ann Brewster].
O-111        “What Would You Have Done?” (4 pp.)  Art by Ann Brewster.
O-357        “We Met on a Cruise” (5 pp.)  Art by [Vince] Colletta.

65 (Sep 1958)            
Cover by [Vince Colletta].[38]
O-267        “Those Lonely Saturday Nights!” (5 pp.)[39]  Art by [Vince
Colletta].
J-930        Text story: “My Own True Love” (2 pp.)
T-12          “I Met My Love Again!” (5 pp.)  Art by [Matt Baker/Vince
Colletta].
O-373        “The Other Love” (4 pp.)  Art by Jay Scott Pike.
O-294        “Love, or Infatuation!” (4 pp.)  Art by [Vince Colletta].
O-343        “How Long Must Marriage Wait?” (5 pp.)  Art by Jay Scott Pike.

66 (Nov 1958)
Cover by [Vince Colletta].
T-49          “When the Honeymoon Ends” (5 pp.)  Art by [Matt Baker/Vince
Colletta].
F-776        Text story: “Two Weeks -- with Love” (2 pp.)
T-48          “But He Won't Marry Me” (5 pp.)  Art by Jay Scott Pike.
T-51          “I Love You, Miss Jones!” (4 pp.)  Art by [Vince Colletta].
T-52          “When a Girl Is Lonely” (4 pp.)  Art by Jay Scott Pike.
T-50          “The Problem of Pamela Nelson!” (5 pp.)  Art by [Matt
Baker/Vince Colletta].

67 (Jan 1959)
Cover by [Vince Colletta].
T-89          “When You Came Along” (5 pp.)  Art by [Matt Baker/Vince
Colletta].
F-984        Text story: “Her Ideal Man” (2 pp.)
T-98          “If You Love Me” (5 pp.)  Art by Jay Scott Pike.
T-94          “Never Let Me Go!” (4 pp.)  Art by [John Buscema].
T-91          “Happily Ever After!” (4 pp.)  Art by [Matt Baker/Vince
Colletta].
T-90          “When a Dream Comes True!” (5 pp.)  Art by [Matt Baker/Vince
Colletta].

68 (Mar 1959)
Cover by [Vince Colletta].
T-167        “She Walks in Beauty” (5 pp.)  Art by [Matt Baker/Vince
Colletta].
C-318        Text story: “Love in Arms” (2 pp.)  Illustration by [Joe
Maneely].
T-177        “My Parents Are Too Old Fashioned!” (5 pp.)  Art by “BF”
[Bob Forgione].
T-174        “My Chance for Romance” (4 pp.)  Art by Jay Scott Pike.
T-173        “That First Kiss!” (4 pp.)  Art by R[uss]. Heath.
T-166        “I'll Know Him When He Comes Along” (5 pp.)  Art by [Matt
Baker/Vince Colletta].

69 (May 1959)           
Cover [by Vince Colletta].
T-253        “The Man for Mary Collins” (5 pp.)  Art by [Matt Baker/Vince
Colletta].
                Statement Required by the Act of August 24, 1912 (⅓ pg.)[40]
D-349        Text story: “I'll Be Waiting” (1⅔ pp.)
T-254        “I Love You, Mr. Jones!” (5 pp.)  Art by Jay Scott Pike.
T-256        “Should a Teen-Ager Go Steady?” (4 pp.)  Art by [Al Hartley].
T-257        “I Dream Too Much!” (4 pp.)  Art by Bob Forgione.
T-255        “Can a Shy Girl Find Romance?” (5 pp.)  Art by [Matt
Baker/Vince Colletta].

70 (Jul 1959)
Cover by [Vince] Colletta.[41]
                “This Was My Honeymoon!” (5 pp.)  Art by [Matt Baker/Vince
Colletta].
G-395        Text story: “My Own True Love” (2 pp.)
                “I'll Never Stop Loving You!” (5 pp.)  Art by Jay Scott
Pike.
T-303        “Those Lonely Nights!” (4 pp.)  Art by [Matt Baker/Vince
Colletta].
T-317        “A Waitress Can Also Dream!” (4 pp.)  Art by [Al Hartley].
T-301        “If Love Is Blind” (5 pp.)               Art by [Matt
Baker/Vince Colletta].

71 (Sep 1959)
Cover by [Jack Kirby/Chris Rule].
                “Don't Ask Me To Marry You!!” (5 pp.)  Art by [Matt
Baker/Vince Colletta].
K-268        Text story: “Chance Meeting” (2 pp.)
                “The Boy I Love!” (5 pp.)  Art by Jay Scott Pike.
T-355        “Was I Too Shy for Romance?” (4 pp.)  Art by “JS” [Joe
Sinnott].
T-379        “And Then I Found You!” (4 pp.)  Art by [Al Williamson].
T-370        “But ... Do You Love Me?” (5 pp.)  Art by [Matt Baker/Vince
Colletta].

72 (Nov 1959)           
Cover by [Vince Colletta].
                “My Teen Age Sweetheart!” (5 pp.)  Art by J[ay]. S[cott].
Pike.
J-842        Text story: “Happiness Ahead” (2 pp.)
T-423        “Don't Break My Heart Again” (5 pp.)  Art by [Matt Baker/Vince
Colletta].
T-430        “Am I Waiting Too Long for Love?” (4 pp.)  Art by John Forte.
T-447        “Tomorrow We Marry” (4 pp.)  Art by Paul Reinman.
T-429        “Can't You See I Love You!” (5 pp.)  Art by [Matt Baker/Vince
Colletta].

73 (Jan 1960)
Cover by [Jack Kirby/Vince Colletta].
T-531        “I Gave Up the Man I Love!” (6 pp.)  Art by [Matt Baker/Vince
Colletta].
                “I Found My Heart's Desire” (6 pp.)  Art by Jay Scott Pike.
T-534        “I Learned About Love the Hard Way!” (6 pp.)  Art by [Vince
Colletta].
J-267        Text story: “Love with a Will” (2 pp.)
T-533        “Is There No Man for Me?” (5 pp.)  Art by [Don Heck].

74 (Mar 1960)            
Cover by [Vince Colletta].
T-613        “I Loved a Scoundrel!” (7 pp.)  Art by [Vince Colletta].
H-322        Text story: “Lost Lover” (2 pp.)
                “Don't Let It Happen to You!” (6 pp.)[42]  Art by Jay Scott
Pike.
T-603        “I Was Ashamed of My Family!” (5 pp.)  Art by John Forte.
T-609        “He Was Perfect -- But I Lost Him!” (5 pp.)  Art by [Jack
Kirby/Vince Colletta].

75 (May 1960)           
Cover by [Vince Colletta].
T-687        “It Happened to Me!” (6 pp.)[43]  Art by [Dick Giordano/Vince
Colletta].
T-676        “A Thing of Beauty!” (7 pp.)  Art by [Dick Giordano/Vince
Colletta].
K-419        Text story: “This Thing Called Love” (1¾ pp.)
                Statement Required by the Act of August 24, 1912 (¼ pg.)[44]
T-683        “My Wedding Day!” (5 pp.)  Art by [Vince Colletta].
T-659        “My First Kiss” (5 pp.)  Art by [Vince Colletta].

76 (Jul 1960)             
Cover by [Jack Kirby/Vince Colletta].
T-791        “The Night We Kissed!” (6 pp.)  Art by [Vince Colletta].
                “I'll Love You Forever” (7 pp.)  Art by [Vince Colletta].
J-907        Text story: “Romantic Rendezvous” (2 pp.)  Illustration by
[Joe Maneely].
T-785        “No Turning Back” (5 pp.)  Art by D[ick]. Giordano.
T-790        “Will I Be a Spinster?” (5 pp.)  Art by “Vin Dick” [Dick
Giordano/Vince Colletta].

[1] The first three issues were titled simply My Romance.
[2] Miss America Magazine (vol. 7) 14.
[3] Features a newlywed couple named “Stan and Joan;” Stan Lee married Joan
Clayton Boocock. on 5 Dec 1947.
[4] For My Romance, 1 Oct 1948.  Stan Lee, Editor; Martin Goodman, Managing
Editor; Robert Solomon, Business Manager.
[5] Supernatural element: story is narrated by the ghost of Romeo's father,
Lord Montague, from the Shakespearean play Romeo and Juliet (1597).
[6] Bears a note that reads, “The story behind the cover!”
[7] Western-themed story, perhaps intended originally for one of the western
romance titles.
[8] The last five lines of Shakespeare's 29th Sonnet, first published in 1609.
[9] Encourages reading of “the magazines with the Lovers heart” colophon on
the cover.
[10] Asks readers to “List the titles of your favorite romance magazines in
the [six] spaces below ... in the order of your preference!  Then write a note
of 25 words or less telling why these magazines are your favorites!”
[11] For  1 Oct 1949.  Stan Lee, Editor; Martin Goodman, Managing Editor;
Robert Solomon, Business Manager.
[12] Encourages reading of “the magazines with the Lovers heart” on the
cover.
[13] In the form of a news bulletin, datelined Hollywood, from “MNS”
[Marvel News Service?].
[14] Encourages reading of “the magazines with the Lovers heart” on the
cover.
[15] Publicizing an organization called the National Citizens Commission for
the Public Schools.
[16] Features a reporter for a newspaper called the Bugle.
[17] For 1 Oct 1950.  Stan Lee, Editor; Martin Goodman, Managing Editor; Robert
Solomon, Business Manager.
[18] For  1 Oct 1951.  Stan Lee, Editor; Martin Goodman, Managing Editor;
Robert Solomon, Business Manager.
[19] Note in heading reads in part, “We want to hear your ideas, so that we
can make My Own Romance a better magazine, a magazine containing the kind of
stories you want to read.”  Letters are to be addressed to “Stan Lee,
Editor.”
[20] Includes a letter from Joan Clayton, Newcastle-on-Tyne, England, who had
become Mrs. Stan Lee on 5 Dec 1947.   She suggests a poll among readers of
favorite stories in each issue, to which editor Lee replies, “Joan, you took
the words right out of our mouth.”  When another reader asks “Why don't you
print more magazines like [My Own Romance], she is referred to “Girl
Confessions, Love Romances, Actual Confessions, and Lovers ... all bearing the
Atlas seal ... Remember to always look for the Atlas Seal on the cover of every
magazine you buy.”
[21] For  1 Oct 1952.  Stan Lee, Editor; Martin Goodman, Managing Editor;
Monroe Froehlich, Jr., Business Manager.
[22] For sequel, see C-444 “Marion Gets Married!” in issue 31.
[23] Note on splash reads, “By popular request, we bring you the sequel to
“No Man for Marion!” [C-329] published in last month's issue of this
magazine!”
[24] For  1 Oct 1953.  Stan Lee, Editor; Martin Goodman, Managing Editor;
Monroe Froehlich, Jr., Business Manager.
[25] A magazine ad for “Lee Watches” appears in the penultimate panel, an
allusion to editor Stan Lee.
[26] Note in last panel reads in part, “Was her decision the right and wise
one?  What would you have done if you were Jean Dawn?  Please tell us by
writing to Jean Dawn c/o My Own Romance ...”  For sequel, see F-629 “Till
Death Us Do Part” in issue 43.
[27] A note in the splash reads, “In response to many requests from readers
of My Own Romance, we are happy to bring you this heart-warming sequel to a
story which appeared in the previous issue ...  'Different as Day and
Night!'“  The story to which this refers, F-102, actually appeared in issue
41.
[28] For  1 Oct 1954.  Stan Lee, Editor; Martin Goodman, Managing Editor;
Monroe Froehlich, Jr., Business Manager.
[29] Name scribbled on notepad in splash, among chemical and mathematical
formulae.
[30] For 1 Oct 1955.  Stan Lee, Editor; Martin Goodman, Managing Editor; Monroe
Froehlich, Jr., Business Manager.
[31] A poster near the stage door advertises Rodgers and Hart's Jumbo at the
Hippodrome Theatre; this play ran there from Nov 1935 to Apr 1936.
[32] For 1 Oct 1956.  Stan Lee, Editor; Martin Goodman, Managing Editor; Monroe
Froehlich, Jr., Business Manager.
[33] Background figures by Bill Everett.
[34] Cover reused for Love Romances 89 (Sep 1960).
[35] For 1 Oct 1957.  Stan Lee, Editor; Martin Goodman, Managing Editor; Monroe
Froehlich, Jr., Business Manager.
[36] Last panel shows a copy of My Own Romance with a caption that reads in
part, “Don't miss the heart warming sequel to this story in a future issue of
My Own Romance!” This does not seem to have happened.
[37] Cover reused for Teen-age Romance 83 (Sep 1961).
[38] Headline on newspaper carried by girl reads “F. ME.”
[39] Girl sings on television station “WLEE,” an allusion to editor Stan
Lee.
[40] For 1 Oct 1958.  Martin Goodman, Publisher; Stan Lee, Editor.
[41] Cover recycled for Teen-age Romance 81 (May 1961).
[42] Note in last panel reads, “Next issue: Don't miss the gripping sequel to
this tale!”  Cf. T-687 “It Happened to Me!”
[43] Note on splash reads “In the last issue you read “Don't Let It Happen
to You,” the poignant story of one girl's mistake!  Now the editors are proud
to bring you the gripping sequel to that tale ...”
[44] For  1 Oct 1959.  Martin Goodman, Publisher; Stan Lee, Editor.