CharltonÕs Sweethearts series was a thrilling and lurid entry in the romance comic genre.
Tales of love, longing, betrayal and desire abound and set the standard for romance
comics. There is terrific artwork by Dick Giordano, Charles Nicholas, Vince Alascia, Ken
Battlefield and Jon D'Agostino. Sweethearts was originally published by Fawcett Comics
and started with issue #68, picking up the numbering from where Captain Midnight
ended. It has the notoriety of being the first romance comic published monthly. In 1954
Fawcett stopped publishing comics and Charlton picked up the title and some of the left
over inventory stories. The first issue of the Charlton run began with #122, where the
Fawcett numbering had ended, then switched to number #23 with the following issue.