Girls' Romances #11

This October–November 1951 issue of Girls' Romances delivers 52 pages of heartfelt storytelling, anchored by a cover penciled by Carmine Infantino that captures romantic tension with real emotional pull. A red-haired young woman is held in the arms of a dark-suited man, yet her gaze drifts — and in the misty background, the ghostly outline of another man stands apart, silently watching. The teaser line says it all: "Though another man was kissing me, my heart cried out to my lost love… Come Back To Me!" — setting the stage for "Yesterday's Love" and the kind of bittersweet longing that made early 1950s romance comics so genuinely compelling.