Just Married #49

Charlton's Just Married #49 captures the emotional tension of newlywed doubt beautifully — a young woman in red slacks stands apart from her husband, hand pressed to her cheek in anxious thought, while the looming faces of disapproving parents hover above them both with pointed warnings about the marriage. The cover's caption boxes spell out her inner conflict with real feeling, teasing the featured story "A Word from the Wise" and making it easy to understand why readers in 1966 couldn't put this one down. With cover art by Dick Giordano and Pat Masulli, and interior work from the reliable team of writer Joe Gill and inker Vince Colletta, this issue delivers the heartfelt romantic drama that made Just Married such a staple of the era.