First Love Illustrated #23

From 1952, this Harvey romance title delivers the kind of emotionally charged storytelling that made the genre a postwar staple. Al Avison's cover is a striking composition: a man in a dark suit leans in to kiss a dark-haired woman in a vibrant red floral dress as they recline together, while a second woman in the background watches from the shadows with a tense, uncertain expression — and a small ceramic frog ornament sits quietly in the foreground near a tea set. The cover promises "the daring, uncensored truth behind the marriages of East and West," teasing the featured story "I Was a Japanese War Bride," with interior art by Jack Sparling.