First Love Illustrated #27

A moody poolside scene dominates Al Avison's cover for this 1953 Harvey romance title — a dark-haired woman in a red dress coolly smokes a cigarette in the foreground while, just behind her, a couple share a passionate kiss beneath a moonlit tropical sky. The cover teaser "Wrong Kind of Love" and the provocative question "Can First Love Be True Love?" set the emotional stakes perfectly for a book promising "True Love Stories." Inside, Bob Powell brings his assured linework to "Heartbreak Highway" and the rest of this ten-cent collection of heart-on-sleeve drama.