Falling in Love #29

A bittersweet farewell takes center stage on this September 1959 issue, where a young woman reaches up desperately toward a man pulling away near what appears to be a departing train, his pained expression matching her anguished grasp as his speech bubble reads "Goodbye, darling… it has to be this way!" Cover pencils by Sy Barry and inks by Bernard Sachs give the scene a cinematic emotional intensity that defined DC's National Romance Group titles of the era. The teaser for "When Johnny Comes Back!" promises even more heartache and hope inside — pure mid-century romance comics at their most affecting.