Heart Throbs #42

Heart Throbs #42 brings the heat and heartache of mid-1950s romance comics to a dramatic head, with a tense beachside confrontation between a red-haired young woman pleading — "Oh, Cliff, darling… don't turn away from me! I've learned my lesson!" — and a stern naval officer who cups her face and fires back, "Look, Blanche, I want to marry you but you must stop being a selfish child!" Behind them, a wrecked ship sets the stage for a story promised by the cover line "Storm, Shipwreck and Danger Taught Me the Value of Love." Alongside that charged main scene, the issue also teases "A False Illusion," "I Fell for My Fiance's Buddy," "A Soldier's Date," and "Home Is Where the Heart Is" — a generous lineup of romantic dilemmas rendered with expressive linework by artist Charles Sultan and inker Dick Beck.