Just Married #87

This 1972 Charlton romance title delivers the kind of heartache that made the genre irresistible: a tearful dark-haired young woman looks on, hand raised to her cheek, while in the background a smiling groom stands beside his blonde bride in her wedding veil — a wedding that clearly should have been hers. Cover art by Sal Gentile frames the emotional tension perfectly, with a thought bubble cutting right to the core: "If Gerda hadn't lied...I'd be marrying Gordon right now!" The issue also teases a story called "Rebound," asking whether Jennifer will let fear of another mistake keep her lonely — the kind of emotional drama that kept Just Married a steady favorite on the romance rack.