Love Romances #50

Atlas Comics' Love Romances #50 from 1955 poses a question that hits right at the heart: "Does a Girl Need More Than Beauty?" Vince Colletta's cover art captures a glamorous blonde in a sweeping red gown who looks on with a mix of longing and hurt as a dark-haired woman in green charms a smiling man in a tuxedo — all set against a festive backdrop of colorful floating bubbles. The cover's second tease, promising a story your heart will "never" forget titled "...But Never a Bride!," makes this a wonderfully bittersweet snapshot of mid-1950s romance comics at their most emotionally charged.