Love Diary #80

Charlton's Love Diary #80 (1972) delivers the emotional intensity the romance genre does best — the cover by Art Cappello sets the stakes immediately, showing a couple locked in a tender kiss while a yellow plane crashes into the sea above them with a thunderous "K-RAYSH!", and a second woman in the corner buries her face in her hands. A caption reading "A plane crash at sea took my first husband from me… now my heart was going to be broken again!" makes it clear this story, "Second Honeymoon," is tangled up in loss, longing, and the risk of loving again. Fans of early '70s romance comics will find this issue a genuinely heartfelt entry in the series, with interior art by Norman Nodel and a free Bobby Sherman pin-up poster tucked inside as a sweet bonus.