Falling in Love #100

Reaching its 100th issue milestone in July 1968, DC's Falling in Love marks the occasion with a cover by Jay Scott Pike that captures a quietly painful moment in a sun-dappled park: a young woman in an orange dress sits on a bench beside a blond young man who stoops to feed the ducks, while two other young women look on from a distance, their expressions carrying a hint of judgment. The cover's pointed question — "Could you be happy in love knowing that you were his… Third Choice?" — along with the woman's thought bubble about her rivals having turned Greg down first, sets up a story rich with self-doubt and romantic insecurity. Inside, artist and inker John Rosenberger, with lettering by Joe Letterese, brings "I Had No Right to Love! Part I" to life for readers who know that matters of the heart are rarely as simple as first, second, or third.