Heart Throbs #79

DC's Heart Throbs was one of the most emotionally resonant romance titles of its era, and this September 1962 issue delivers a quietly devastating cover by John Romita. A young woman in a yellow coat stands on a city street outside the Central Trust Company, hand pressed to her chest, her face tilted upward in anguish as she thinks "He's… with HER!" — while through a glowing window above, two silhouetted figures stand together, oblivious to the heartache below. The cover caption promises the story "Invitation to Heartbreak," teasing a tale of love accepted with eyes wide open and the pain that followed.