Love Diary #36

A warm slice of 1965 romance from Charlton, this issue of Love Diary features a cover by Dick Giordano that captures heartache and hope in equal measure. A tearful young woman dominates the upper half, her face buried in her hands as caption boxes hint at haunting memories, while below, a young man in swim trunks kneels earnestly beside a woman in a red swimsuit, urging her — per the speech bubble — to stop looking back and embrace life again. The featured story, "The Picture Of Love," written by Joe Gill with art by Bill Fraccio and inks by Tony Tallarico, promises the kind of emotionally honest storytelling that made Charlton's romance line a genuine comfort read of the era.