Girls' Romances #23

Few comics capture romantic tension quite like this November 1953 installment of Girls' Romances, where the cover — penciled by Mike Sekowsky and Irv Novick — places a bride in a white gown and veil swept into the arms of a determined man who declares, "Once I kiss you — you'll never marry Andrew!" The drama practically leaps off the page, with the couple's faces inches apart and a glimpse of wedding guests visible in the background, suggesting the ceremony is dangerously close to being derailed. Featuring the story "The Last Kiss," this issue delivers exactly the kind of heartfelt, high-stakes romance that made DC's tagline — "Love stories that could happen to YOU!" — feel entirely believable in 1953.