Girls' Romances #73

Girls' Romances #73 delivers the kind of charged romantic tension that made DC's romance line so compelling in 1961 — the cover by John Romita puts a blonde young woman at the center of a heated confrontation between two sharp-dressed rivals, one grabbing the other's lapel while she looks on with wide, anxious eyes. The locket around her neck is practically the spark plug of the whole scene, with one man daring the other to explain it. Inside, artist Arthur Peddy and inker Bernard Sachs bring their polished storytelling to "Girl on the Beach" and more, making this a satisfying ten-cent package of heartfelt drama.