Girls' Romances #88

DC's Girls' Romances #88 (December 1962) captures all the delicious tension of a campus love triangle in one charged moment — a young woman caught between a possessive blond young man gripping her arm and a well-dressed dark-haired suitor approaching across the lawn, while another couple lingers in the background near a stately building. The cover speech bubbles say it all: "Here's your chance to prove you love me! Tell him… about us!" met with a trembling "D-do I really w-want to?…" John Romita's cover art delivers the emotional stakes with expressive faces and crisp detail, and inside, Mike Sekowsky brings the drama home with the featured story "Run from Your Heart!