Tony Farina from Indie Comics Spotlight joins me for a discussion of the romance genre in comics. It’s barely a scratching of the surface as we look at some of the origins of the genre and as it developed over the years and integrates as a standard part of super-hero comics in the Silver and Bronze Age.

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You can also check out my chapter in “Politics in Gotham: The Batman Universe and Political Thought.”

https://www.amazon.com/Politics-Gotham-Universe-Political-Thought/dp/3030057755

And:

“Black Panther and Philosophy: What Can Wakanda Offer the World?”

https://www.amazon.com/Black-Panther-Philosophy-Blackwell-Culture/dp/1119635845/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2F69N3WJBZMF3&keywords=what+can+wakanda&qid=1642053514&sprefix=what+can+wakanda%2Caps%2C256&sr=8-1

Links

The Digital Comic Museum

https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/

Young Romances #1

https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/index.php?dlid=26096

Darling Romances #1 (“I Stole My Sister’s Man)

https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/preview/index.php?did=9151&page=13

Essential Spider-Man Volume 3

https://www.amazon.com/Essential-Amazing-Spider-Man-Vol-3/dp/0785106588

The Death of Gwen Stacy

https://archive.org/details/the-amazing-spider-man-121/The%20Amazing%20Spider-Man%20%23121/

Romance Comics on Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romance_comics

The Heart of Juliet Jones

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Heart_of_Juliet_Jones