Heart Throbs #126

DC's Heart Throbs #126 (July 1970) captures romantic tension at its most bittersweet, with a close-up of a young man leaning in for a kiss while the woman in his arms thinks to herself, "I can't marry anyone!" — even as he declares he's crazy about her and wants to wed her. The cover dialogue, teasing the story "Don't Ever Love Me!", perfectly sets up the emotional push-and-pull between these two figures, their faces filling the frame in intimate, aching detail. Cover art by Dick Giordano and Ric Estrada makes this a genuinely striking entry in DC's romance line, with Giordano's inks lending the scene a polished, emotionally charged energy.