Just Married #36

This Charlton romance title delivers the kind of domestic tension that made the genre irresistible in 1964 — a blonde woman in a pink dress lies on the sofa, chatting cheerfully on the phone, completely unaware that her husband has just stepped through the door behind her, briefcase in hand, and is watching with a wary expression. The cover tagline, "My Marriage Was Almost Burned by an… 'Old Flame,'" sets up exactly the charged moment Dick Giordano's crisp, expressive linework so effectively captures. Writer Joe Gill and artist Sal Gentile bring the interior drama, making this a satisfying slice of mid-60s romance comics at their most emotionally engaging.