Girls' Love Stories #68

A bittersweet beach day unfolds on this February 1960 cover from DC's National Romance Group, where a dark-haired young woman in the foreground clutches a small locket, her downcast expression hinting at longing while behind her a lively group gathers around a guitar player on the shore — sailboats drifting peacefully in the background. Cover pencils by Mike Sekowsky and inks by Bernard Sachs give the scene a warm, sun-washed tenderness that feels true to the era's romance comics at their best. With the special feature "Hello, Happiness!" and the story "Prophecy of Love" promised inside, issue #68 captures that particular ache of wondering whether happiness is just out of reach — or closer than you think.