''My Own Romance'' is a
comic book title originally published by
Timely Comics beginning in 1948 to 1951 and later by
Atlas Comics Atlas Comics may refer to
* Atlas Comics (1950s)
Atlas Comics is the 1950s comic book, comic-book publishing label that evolved into Marvel Comics. Magazine and mass market paperback, paperback novel publisher Martin Goodman (publisher), Martin ...
from 1951 to 1961, and published by
Marvel Comics until 1962.
Publication history
The title began publication as ''My Romance'' #1–3 (Sep 1948 – Jan 1949), and was renamed ''My Own Romance'' with issues #4–18 (Mar 1949 – Sep 1951) published by Timely, and issues #19–76 (Nov 1951 – Jul 1960) published by Atlas, and the title and continued as ''Teen-Age Romance #77–81 Sep 1960 – May 1961), and issues #82-86 were published by Marvel Comics.
Vince Colletta worked at Atlas Comics primarily as a
romance comics artist, he drew dozens of stories and covers for the Atlas titles ''
Love Romances'', ''
Lovers'', ''My Own Romance'', ''Stories of Romance'', and ''The Romances of Nurse Helen Grant''.
Matt Baker drew stories prolifically for the
romance comics of Atlas, namely ''
Love Romances'', ''My Own Romance'', and ''Teen-Age Romance''.
Jay Scott Pike
Jay Scott Pike (September 6, 1924 – September 13, 2015) was an American comic book artist and commercial illustrator known for his 1950s and 1960s work for Marvel Comics and DC Comics, advertising art, and as a good girl artist. He created t ...
was a regular Atlas Comics contributor, drawing in a variety of genres for such titles as the
romance comics, including ''
Girl Confessions'', ''
Love Romances'', ''Love Tales'', ''My Own Romance'', ''Secret Story Romance'', and ''True Secrets''.
Don Heck contributed to such Atlas/Marvel
romance comics as ''
Love Romances'' and ''My Own Romance''.
The earliest confirmed comic-book work for
Pete Tumlinson
Howard Peter Tumlinson (June 7, 1920 – June 5, 2008) was an American comic book artist whose work appeared from the late 1940s through the 1950s in titles published by the Marvel Comics predecessors Timely Comics and Atlas Comics, and a book ill ...
is
penciling "I Hate My Husband!", an eight-page story (either co-penciled with or
inked by
George Klein) in the
Timely Comics romance title ''My Own Romance'' #7 (July 1949).
In a rare switch,
Christopher Rule
Christopher Rule (November 23, 1894 – April 1983) was an American comic book artist active from the 1940s through at least 1960, and best known as the first regular Marvel Comics inker for comics artist Jack Kirby during the period fans and hi ...
penciled a story that someone else (
Vince Colletta) inked, in ''My Own Romance'' #63 (May 1958).
The title featured art from comics industry notables such as
Bob Brown,
,
Gene Colan,
Gil Kane,
Jack Kirby,
Joe Orlando,
John Romita Sr.,
Mike Sekowsky,
Alex Toth, and
George Tuska.
[https://www.comics.org/series/660/details/creators/]
Al Williamson's works from ''My Own Romance'' #71 were reprinted in the 2004 collection ''Al Williamson: Hidden Lands'' from
Dark Horse Comics.
Material from (some covers only) ''My Own Romance'' (1949) #71–76 and ''Teen-Age Romance'' (1960) #84–86 were included in the 2021 collection ''The Complete Kirby War and Romance''.
References
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Atlas Comics titles
Defunct American comics
Marvel Comics titles
Romance comics
Timely Comics titles