Romance comics

Romance comics
Young Romance #1 (Oct. 1947) launched the genre. Cover art by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby.
Authors	Matt Baker Jay Scott Pike Alex Toth Mike Sekowsky Marie Severin
Publishers	Crestwood Publications Fox Feature Syndicate Charlton Comics Fawcett Comics DC Comics
Publications	Young Romance My Romance My Life Sweethearts Young Love

Romance comics are a genre of comic books that were most popular during the Golden Age of Comics. The market for comics, which had been growing rapidly throughout the 1940s, began to plummet after the end of World War II when military contracts to provide disposable reading matter to servicemen ended. This left many comic creators seeking new markets. In 1947, part of an effort to tap into new adult audiences, the romance comic genre was created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby with the Crestwood Publications title Young Romance.