Falling in Love #104

This January 1969 DC romance issue promises a story that "dares to tell the truth about men," and the cover by Ric Estrada and Dick Giordano sets the tension perfectly — a dark-haired young woman in a yellow coat looks on in wide-eyed shock as the man called Jim leans intimately toward a blonde woman in a restaurant booth, her whispered plea ("When are you going to tell Noelle about us?") hanging in the air like a dropped glass. The drama is immediate and utterly human, the kind of tightly wound emotional situation that made DC's late-'60s romance line so compelling. Whether you're a longtime fan of the genre or just discovering it, Falling in Love #104 is a vivid snapshot of heartache rendered in sharp, stylish lines.