First Kiss #33

Charlton's First Kiss #33 brings the heartache and hope of early-'60s romance to vivid life, with cover art by Hal Grauer and Vince Colletta depicting a red-haired young woman caught between two very different men — a passionate close-up kiss on one side, and a moonlit moment with a new suitor on the other. The cover captions tell the emotional stakes plainly: Cole inspired true love, then shattered it, while Adam waits in the wings for the story teased as "The Second Time Around." With interior work also by Grauer, Colletta, and writer Joe Gill, this 1963 issue delivers the bittersweet romantic drama that made Charlton's romance line such a reliable comfort read.