Heart Throbs #74

Few things in early 1960s romance comics pack a punch quite like this cover by John Romita — a tense three-way confrontation at what appears to be a travel agency counter, a jet airliner visible through the window above. A dark-haired woman in red fixes a sharp, accusatory stare on a suited man clutching what looks like travel documents, while a blonde woman between them looks on with wide-eyed anxiety, the speech bubble cutting right to the heart: "You're planning a honeymoon trip with HER — after what you told ME?" The tagline teasing "Honeymoon Heartbreak!" promises exactly the kind of emotionally charged drama that made DC's Heart Throbs essential reading for romance fans in 1961.