Girls' Love Stories #26

A sun-dappled autumn bike ride sets the stage for heartache in this December 1953 entry in DC's beloved romance anthology. The cover tells the story vividly: two red-haired twin sisters — dressed nearly identically in blue sleeveless tops and plaid capris — share the same road but not the same luck, as one rides alongside an attentive blond young man while her sister pedals alone in the background, the caption capturing it all: "We're twin sisters, alike in every way except one… Myra is lucky in love…" With "Too Few Kisses" among the stories promised inside, this ten-cent issue delivers the kind of relatable, bittersweet romance that made Girls' Love Stories a staple of 1953 newsstands.