I Love You #43

Charlton's I Love You #43 from December 1962 delivers the heartache and high stakes that made romance comics so compelling — a tearful red-haired young woman clutches her purse and pearls, torn between ambition and love, while a pleading sailor in uniform reaches out behind her, urging her not to throw their love away. Cover pencils by Joe Sinnott, inked by Vince Colletta, give the scene a vivid emotional charge, with the woman's thought bubble — "My career… my position… I can't give them up!" — saying everything about the impossible choice at hand. Inside, Joe Gill's writing and Joe Orlando's art bring you "Don't Laugh at Love" and the teased story "A Boy… A Girl… A Moon!," making this a satisfying double dose of Charlton romance drama.