Confidential Diary #16

Charlton's Confidential Diary #16 wears its romantic turmoil right on its cover, where a young woman in red sits apart, a thought bubble reading "There is so much they don't know about me!" while two separate couples kissing in the background pose the burning question: "Which Love Is Real?" Cover pencils by Dick Giordano and inks by Vince Colletta give the imagery a polished mid-1963 romance comics look, with that vivid yellow backdrop making the emotional tension pop. Writer Joe Gill's "Give Love a Chance" promises exactly the kind of heartfelt, glamour-tinged drama that made Charlton's romance titles such a guilty pleasure.