Secret Hearts

Secret Hearts
Publication information
PublisherDC Comics
ScheduleBi-monthly, 8x per year
FormatOngoing
GenreRomance
Publication dateSept.–Oct. 1949 – July 1971
No. of issues153
Creative team
Written byGerry Conway, Natalie Krigstein,[1] Ann Martin, Jack Oleck, Len Wein
Artist(s)Tony Abruzzo, Liz Berube, Nick Cardy, John Celardo, Gene Colan, Vince Colletta, Tony DeZuniga, Bill Draut, Lee Elias, Frank Giacoia, Dick Giordano, Sid Greene, Carmine Infantino, Gil Kane, Bob Oksner, Arthur Peddy, Carl Pfeufer, Jay Scott Pike, John Romita Sr., John Rosenberger, Joe Rosen, Werner Roth, Mike Sekowsky, Alex Toth, Win Mortimer
Letterer(s)Ira Schnapp
Editor(s)Jack Miller, Zena Brody (c. 1952–c. 1957),[2] Ruth Brant, Phyllis Reed, Dorothy Woolfolk,[3] Barbara Friedlander[4]

Secret Hearts was a romance comic anthology published by DC Comics in the United States, primarily in the 1950s and '60s. A staple of the company's romance line, it was "one of the publisher's most successful and well-known romance titles."[5]

Notable artists featured in Secret Hearts include Mike Sekowsky, John Romita Sr., Jay Scott Pike,[5] Tony Abruzzo, Liz Berube, John Celardo, Gene Colan, John Rosenberger, Joe Rosen, and Werner Roth.

Pop artist Roy Lichtenstein based a number of his works, including Drowning Girl (1963), on panels from Secret Hearts.

  1. ^ Jaffe, Alex (March 12, 2024). "Creative Change: The First Women to Write For DC". DC.com.
  2. ^ "Brody, Zena". Who's Who of American Comic Books, 1928–1999.
  3. ^ Sergi, Joe. "Tales From the Code: You've Lost That Loving Feeling". CBLDF.
  4. ^ Rienzi, Greg (Fall 2022). "LUST! HEARTACHE! JEALOUSY! THE WILD WORLD OF ROMANCE COMICS". Johns Hopkins Magazine. Johns Hopkins University.
  5. ^ a b Seifert, Mark (27 Oct 2023). "The Long-Running Romance of DC Comics' Secret Hearts, up for Auction". Bleeding Cool.