Golden Age Romance Comics

The Archive of Golden Age Romance Comics is "a resource for scholars and fans interested in golden era romance comics, containing full scans of issues."

What? You say you've never heard of golden age romance comics before? Interestingly enough, the web site's essay on the genre explains that these comics represented the first and last time that adult American women were major consumers of comics:

Romance comics were one of five major genres of adult comics which boomed after World War II. The so-called golden-age of comics began in 1935 and ended at about the time of the self-imposed Comics Code of 1954. The main period of interest to this archive is the third phase of the golden era, from 1948 to 1954. During this period comic readership was at its height, and adults, both men and women, were a major piece of the market. These years saw comic sales approach 60 million issues per month, and a 1950 government-sponsored study of an Ohio town revealed that 54 percent of all comic readers were over 20-years old, and that the average reader bought about 11 comics per month.

All you Westerners be sure to check out Rangeland Love, which features stories such as "The Trail of the Purple Sage" and "Redhead on the Range!"