SWEETHEARTS: THE CHARLTON SERIES: VOLUME ONE STANDARD COLOR EDITION

SWEETHEARTS: THE CHARLTON SERIES: VOLUME ONE STANDARD COLOR EDITIONWith stories titles like My Secret Sin, Night of Retribution and My Brief Encounter, Charltons 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. 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

With stories titles like ÒMy Secret SinÓ, Night of RetributionÓ and ÒMy Brief EncounterÓ,
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.
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
was #122, where the Fawcett numbering had ended, then switched to number 23 the following
issue.
This book was compiled with the best images currently available. That stated, these comics are sixty
years old. The best efforts have been made to make the pages as enjoyable as possible but not
every panel is perfect and some