Heart Throbs #78

A poolside love triangle simmers on John Romita's cover for this July 1962 DC romance issue, where a confident redhead in a red swimsuit bids a breezy "Bye, dear — try not to be bored while I'm gone!" to a young man seated beside a dark-haired woman in a yellow swimsuit, whose expression suggests she has her own ideas about keeping him company. The sunny setting and the loaded smirk on the departing woman's face set up exactly the kind of emotionally charged drama that made Heart Throbs a staple of early '60s romance comics. Inside, Tony Abruzzo's art (inked by Bill Draut, lettered by Ira Schnapp) brings the featured story "That Summer Night" to life, alongside the teased feature "The Girl in His Arms!