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Heart Throbs (1949) · The Collector

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Quality Comics
Heart Throbs (1949)

Heart Throbs

Quality Comics · 1949–1956

Format: Ongoing series
Status: Ended
Issues: 46
Frequency: Bi-monthly
Cover price: 10¢

New issues go on your pull list in Releases, with the date to order each one by.

Quality Comics#1

Heart Throbs

Issues
Creators
Characters
Details

Issues

46 issues

Quality Comics#1

Heart Throbs

#1

Aug 1949

Quality Comics#2

Heart Throbs

#2

Oct 1949

Sources

Grand Comics Database series 12169

Catalog data from the Grand Comics Database is licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 and was normalized by The Collector. Cover images belong to their publishers.

Quality Comics#3

Heart Throbs

#3

Dec 1949

Quality Comics#4

Heart Throbs

#4

Feb 1950

Quality Comics#5

Heart Throbs

#5

Apr 1950

Quality Comics#6

Heart Throbs

#6

Jun 1950

Quality Comics#7

Heart Throbs

#7

Aug 1950

Quality Comics#8

Heart Throbs

#8

Oct 1950

Quality Comics#9

Heart Throbs

#9

Mar 1952

Quality Comics#10

Heart Throbs

#10

Apr 1952

Quality Comics#11

Heart Throbs

#11

Jun 1952

Quality Comics#12

Heart Throbs

#12

Jul 1952

Quality Comics#13

Heart Throbs

#13

Aug 1952

Quality Comics#14

Heart Throbs

#14

Sep 1952

Quality Comics#15

Heart Throbs

#15

Oct 1952

Quality Comics#16

Heart Throbs

#16

Dec 1952

Quality Comics#17

Heart Throbs

#17

Jan 1953

Quality Comics#18

Heart Throbs

#18

Feb 1953

Quality Comics#19

Heart Throbs

#19

Mar 1953

Quality Comics#20

Heart Throbs

#20

Apr 1953

Quality Comics#21

Heart Throbs

#21

Jun 1953

Quality Comics#22

Heart Throbs

#22

Aug 1953

Quality Comics#23

Heart Throbs

#23

Oct 1953

Quality Comics#24

Heart Throbs

#24

Nov 1953

Quality Comics#25

Heart Throbs

#25

Dec 1953

Quality Comics#26

Heart Throbs

#26

Jan 1954

Quality Comics#27

Heart Throbs

#27

Mar 1954

Quality Comics#28

Heart Throbs

#28

May 1954

Quality Comics#29

Heart Throbs

#29

Jul 1954

Quality Comics#30

Heart Throbs

#30

Sep 1954

Quality Comics#31

Heart Throbs

#31

Nov 1954

Quality Comics#32

Heart Throbs

#32

Jan 1955

Quality Comics#33

Heart Throbs

#33

Mar 1955

Quality Comics#34

Heart Throbs

#34

May 1955

Quality Comics#35

Heart Throbs

#35

Sep 1955

Quality Comics#36

Heart Throbs

#36

Oct 1955

Quality Comics#37

Heart Throbs

#37

Nov 1955

Quality Comics#38

Heart Throbs

#38

Dec 1955

Quality Comics#39

Heart Throbs

#39

Jan 1956

Quality Comics#40

Heart Throbs

#40

Feb 1956

Quality Comics#41

Heart Throbs

#41

Mar 1956

Quality Comics#42

Heart Throbs

#42

Apr 1956

Quality Comics#43

Heart Throbs

#43

May 1956

Quality Comics#44

Heart Throbs

#44

Jul 1956

Quality Comics#45

Heart Throbs

#45

Oct 1956

Quality Comics#46

Heart Throbs

#46

Dec 1956

Creators

Who made the most issues of this run, with the issues they span.

38 people credited

Writers

Paul Gustavson3 issues · #1–#8

Artists

Ogden Whitney15 issues · #17–#46
Charles Sultan11 issues · #12–#46
Gene Colan9 issues · #9–#42
John Forte9 issues · #11–#39
Bill Ward7 issues · #1–#44
Sam Citron6 issues · #7–#44
W. G. Hargis6 issues · #14–#38
Paul Gustavson3 issues · #1–#8

Cover artists

John Forte6 issues · #20–#41
Bill Ward2 issues · #1–#2
Chuck Cuidera2 issues · #2–#20
Matt Baker2 issues · #30–#46
Theda Hall1 issue
Emerson Hall1 issue
Carlyle Blackwell Jr.1 issue
Bruno Bernard1 issue

Inkers: Ogden Whitney (13), Dick Beck (6), W. G. Hargis (4)
Letterers: Paul Gustavson (3), John Duffy (2), Sam Rosen (2)
Editors: Al Grenet (39), Richard Arnold (12), Harry Stein (7)

Characters and teams

Who appears most often in this run, by issues they appear in.

616 characters

Carol6
Alice4
Edith3
Gloria3
Mr. Carter3
Sandra3
Tom3
Albert Gray2
Amy Bradford2
Anne2
Aunt Mary2
Bart Kirby2
Bert Evans2
Bruce Carter2
Carl2
Charles Jason2
Charlie2
Danny Reed2
Don2
Eddie2
Edward Oliver2
Freddie2
Gary Norton2
Janet2

Publication details

Publication notes

There was a publishing hiatus between issue #8 (October 1950) and #9 (March 1952).

From the Grand Comics Database.

Publishing format: was ongoing series
Binding: saddle-stitched
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior