Girls' Romances #44

From DC's National Romance Group comes this May 1957 entry in the Girls' Romances series, promising readers "love stories that could happen to you." The cover, penciled by Tony Abruzzo and inked by Bernard Sachs, pulls you right into a moment of emotional crisis — a glamorously dressed young woman, her expression caught between disbelief and heartbreak, clutches a man's shoulder as shadowy figures loom behind her, her speech bubble pleading, "No — no — it's not true — it can't be! It's me he loves —!" With interior art by Sy Barry and the featured story "Ring of Broken Dreams" promised on the cover, this 10-cent issue captures the bittersweet drama that made romance comics such a beloved part of 1950s storytelling.