Romance comics appealed to a new audience not looking for a superhero narrative. Today, these comics would likely have drawn in the slice-of-life crowds, offering a different form of escapism while ...

The modern romance magazine had been a staple of American newsstands for decades by the time comic books entered the arena with Joe Simon and Jack Kirby's Young Romance in 1947. The romance magazine ...

Beyond its comics and pulps, Ace became best known ad most succesful as a paperback publisher, with the legendary genre imprint Ace Books. In her book Love on the Racks : A History of American Romance ...

Romance was never a major priority in the original ThunderCats cartoons. Beyond the fact that the team numbered only three true adults, their story was one of survival in a new home. Despite this, a ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Back in the day, romance comics were one of the most popular genres on the scene, rivalling and ...

Romance is a language spoken by all generations, but everyone’s “vocabulary” is different. In the 1980s, a declaration of love could begin with a note sent through a friend, and a date could begin ...

In a lean but not very mean 40-minute special for HBO Max, Ian Lara not only scores laughs but tells great stories that are, really, contained romantic comedies. It’s just a smooth special. From ...

RPGs If you wish Baldur's Gate 3 had more ghoulish dungeons and old school D&D vibes, this cosmic horror RPG might be the one: "Did I just see a Rust Monster in a modern game?" Marvel Comics Drink up ...

Aside from Cyclops and Jean Grey, the X-Men’s premier “power couple” is Rogue and Gambit. In fact, it’s hard to imagine the sassy southern mutants with anyone else. But as X-Men ’97 hinted at in ...