Love Romances #103

This January 1963 Marvel romance entry features a striking split composition: in the foreground, a dark-haired young woman in red clutches her hands to her face with an expression of deep worry, while behind her a red-haired woman in a yellow floral dress stands before a stern-looking young man who delivers the pointed words, "Too bad, Doris… you had your chance, but now it's too late!" The cover teases the lead story — "The Dream World of Doris Nelson" — with the aching question of whether her heart can ever escape it. Jack Kirby's pencils, inked by Al Hartley and Paul Reinman, bring a real emotional charge to this snapshot of romantic regret, making it a heartfelt example of early-'60s Marvel romance comics at their most dramatically earnest.