Confidential Diary #14

This September 1962 Charlton romance title delivers the kind of charged drama the genre does best — on the cover, penciled by Dick Giordano and inked by Vince Colletta, a confident blonde in a striking red dress coolly sizes up a stern male teacher (a Mr. Paulson, per the speech bubbles) in what is clearly a classroom standoff, her private thoughts hinting at a sharp plan for revenge while he threatens a failing grade. Inside, Joe Sinnott and Vince Colletta bring three stories — "Foolish Vengeance," "Matchmaker," and "Smash-Up" — that promise the emotional twists and romantic complications Charlton's romance line delivered so reliably in the early '60s.