First Love Illustrated #19

A tropical setting ablaze with firelight and emotional tension, this 1952 Harvey romance issue pulls readers straight into melodrama with cover art by Lee Elias. The scene shows a man and a dark-haired woman locked in a passionate embrace in the foreground, while a second woman watches from the shadowed entrance of a tent behind them — a triangle of desire rendered in rich, vivid colors. With story titles like "Savage Love!", "False Sweetheart!", and "One Love Too Many!" splashed across the cover, First Love Illustrated #19 promises the kind of heartfelt, tangled romance that made Harvey's romance line a dime well spent.