| Heart Throbs | |
|---|---|
 Heart Throbs #1 (Aug. 1949) by Bill Ward. | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Quality Comics DC Comics |
| Schedule | varied: Bimonthly and 8x/year |
| Format | Ongoing series |
| Genre | Romance |
| Publication date | Aug. 1949 – Oct. 1972 |
| No. of issues | 146 |
| Creative team | |
| Written by | Bob Kanigher, Barbara Friedlander |
| Artist(s) | Jay Criton, Gene Colan, Ogden Whitney, Mort Drucker, John Romita, Sr., Win Mortimer, John Rosenberger |
| Penciller(s) | John Forte, Jay Scott Pike |
| Inker(s) | Vince Colletta, Bernard Sachs, Gene Colan, Russ Jones, Tony DeZuniga |
| Letterer(s) | Ira Schnapp, Gaspar Saladino |
| Editor(s) | Whitney Ellsworth, Phyllis Reed, L.M. Nadle, Jack Miller, Barbara Friedlander, Joe Orlando, Dorothy Woolfolk |
| Collected editions | |
| Heart Throbs: The Best of DC Romance Comics | ISBN 0671252364 |
Heart Throbs was a romance comic published by Quality Comics and DC Comics from 1949 to 1972. Quality published the book from 1949–1957, when it was acquired by DC. Most issues featured a number of short comics stories, as well advice columns, text pieces, and filler. The long-running feature "3 Girls—Their Lives—Their Loves", drawn by Jay Scott Pike and inked by Russ Jones, ran in Heart Throbs from 1966–1970.
In addition to Pike and Jones, regular contributors to Heart Throbs during its run included Bob Kanigher, Barbara Friedlander, Jay Criton, Gene Colan, John Romita, Sr., John Forte, Vince Colletta, Bernard Sachs, Win Mortimer, John Rosenberger, and Tony DeZuniga.