Girls' Love Stories #70

This May 1960 entry in DC's long-running romance anthology sets the emotional stakes right on its cover, where a dark-haired young woman leans close to an injured man resting in a hospital bed — a bandage on his cheek, a glass of water at his side — while a blonde woman in a smart grey dress freezes in the doorway, clutching flowers and a folder, her expression caught somewhere between surprise and heartbreak. Cover pencils by Mike Sekowsky and inks by Bernard Sachs give the scene that polished, expressive warmth the National Romance Group did so well. Inside, Werner Roth and Sachs bring the stories to life, including the featured tale "A Second Look at Love!" — so if hospital-ward heartache and tangled feelings are your kind of drama, issue #70 delivers.