Sweetheart Diary

Charlton Comics’ Sweetheart Diary ran for 34 issues from 1955 to 1962, offering readers a steady dose of romance and heartbreak through first-person tales of love found and lost. The series was most frequently written by Joe Gill, with art from a rotating roster of accomplished talents including Joe Sinnott, Dick Giordano, and Vince Colletta, who gave these confessional stories a polished, emotionally resonant look. A staple of Charlton’s romance line, it captured the era’s idealized yet dramatic view of courtship and relationships.