Love Diary #55

This August 1968 Charlton romance issue captures the bittersweet ache of unrequited feeling with real emotional clarity. The cover by Luis Avila draws your eye first to a wistful red-haired young woman in the foreground, chin resting in her hand, while behind her a blonde woman flirtatiously adjusts a man's tie — the speech bubbles bristling with jealous internal commentary ("Are all men blind?"). Teasing the story "I Too Am in Love," this is a lovely snapshot of the quietly dramatic world Charlton's romance line delivered so consistently in the late 1960s.