Falling in Love #76

DC's Falling in Love #76 (July 1965) captures that particular agony of romantic half-truths in a single charged moment: a young woman sipping a milkshake at what looks like a soda counter freezes in panic as a handsome blond man in a red sweater walks in, her thought bubble revealing she'd been fibbing to her girlfriends about knowing him. The cover by Tony Abruzzo frames the three young women with wonderful expressiveness — one excited, one oblivious, and our heroine quietly mortified — making the whole scene feel lively and instantly relatable. The issue even throws down a challenge right on the cover: "We Defy You to Guess the Ending of This Story!" — a fun promise that pairs perfectly with the lead story, "What Happens to Puppy Love?