Heart Throbs

A long-running romance anthology from Quality Comics, Heart Throbs ran for 46 issues from 1949 to 1956, offering a steady diet of wistful, dramatic tales of love and heartache. The series was most frequently written by Paul Gustavson and illustrated by a rotating team of artists including Ogden Whitney and Charles Sultan, who brought a classic mid-century sensibility to its stories. It stands as a solid example of the romance comics boom of the era, capturing the emotional trials and tribulations of its era’s readership.