Girls' Romances #19

A perfectly captured slice of 1953 small-town tension, this DC romance title delivers its drama right on the cover: a young woman in a striking red coat walks arm-in-arm with a broad-shouldered blond man carrying luggage, while two disapproving onlookers gossip outside a drugstore. The cover text for "Runaway Sweethearts" sets the scene beautifully — the whole town is whispering that Brian has already broken one girl's heart, and she's determined to prove them wrong. For a dime, Girls' Romances #19 promises the kind of heartfelt, emotionally charged storytelling that made mid-century romance comics such a beloved genre.