Girls' Love Stories #20

A beautifully rendered 1952 romance cover sets the emotional tone for this DC anthology, showing a blonde woman in a striking orange dress pressing a gloved hand to her forehead in distress, while in the background a man waves goodbye to another woman beside a departing red train. The cover copy hints at heartache and haunting feelings with its "Ghost of Love!" teaser, perfectly capturing the bittersweet drama that Girls' Love Stories delivered to its devoted readership. At just ten cents, this December issue promises the kind of emotionally honest storytelling the series proudly advertised as "True to Life!