“'In the 1940s and 50s, women of all ages read romance comics,' says Sydney Heifler, a PhD candidate at the Ohio State University and part of a new wave of scholars exploring the connections between comics, American culture and gender. 'There was a strong moral code in those comics, but you had women who tested behavior and limits.'"
 

Sydney was interviewed in a new article in Forbes about her research on romance comics. 

Read the article.