Heart Throbs #30

This Quality Comics romance offering from September 1954 captures the ache of jealousy with real immediacy — a distressed blonde in a white dress watches wide-eyed from the sidelines as a man in a blue tuxedo dances attentively with a redhead, couples swirling around them on what looks like a ballroom floor. The cover tagline asks "Was I Really Wrong?" while the cover, penciled by Matt Baker, also promises three heartfelt stories inside: "A Deserted Bride," "I Was His Second Choice," and "Romance on the Rebound." For fans of mid-century romance comics, this is a beautifully composed snapshot of the genre at its most emotionally charged.