I Love You #85

Charlton's long-running romance anthology delivers another slice of mid-century heartache with this 1970 issue, cover-priced at just fifteen cents. Luis Avila's cover art sets the scene beautifully: a glamorous, pearl-adorned young woman eyes the room with cool skepticism as, behind her, a couple embraces at what appears to be a cocktail party, while a thought bubble pointedly observes that "Patricia is even more of a snob than I am." The teaser copy promises poor Patricia a rude shock when she discovers her new beau drives a truck for a living — the kind of sharp social comedy that made Charlton romance comics genuinely irresistible.