Heart Throbs #119
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "The Boy We Loved!", Sandy’s forced engagement to Tod takes a dark turn when she confides in her roommates about his threat to expose her in connection to Bud Troy’s murder. As Chris channels her reporter’s instincts to uncover the truth, tensions rise—especially when Marian’s fiancé Sergio’s sister Liz becomes a suspect, stirring old wounds and new suspicions. With emotional stakes high and secrets unraveling, this 1969 issue of Heart Throbs, written by Barbara Friedlander and illustrated by Jay Scott Pike with inks by Dick Giordano and George Roussos, delivers a gripping, character-driven drama anchored in suspense and shifting loyalties. The cover by Dick Giordano captures the mood perfectly—a 12-cent story of love, fear, and the past refusing to stay buried.
In "Hurry Toward Heartbreak!", Gail’s relentless drive to build a life with Bob spirals into a series of choices that pull them further apart—each step meant to secure their future, yet leading only to distance. As she pushes him toward success and then away, she begins to wonder if she’s lost the one person who truly matters.
In "Episode 18" from Heart Throbs #119 (1969), Sandy finds herself trapped in a dangerous web after agreeing to marry Tod under threat of exposure for Bud Troy’s murder, while her roommates offer uneasy support. As Chris uses her reporter’s instincts to dig into the truth, Marian’s joy over Sergio’s proposal is shadowed by suspicion falling on his sister Liz, whose past with Bud complicates the mystery.
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Reprinted in Young Love #112 (1974), Romantic #4 (1986), June #2
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