Love Romances #82

A charged public breakup takes center stage on this July 1959 issue, as a young blonde woman pleads with a dark-haired young man who coolly brushes her off — their tense exchange captured in speech bubbles while onlookers watch from the background. Matt Baker's pencils and Vince Colletta's inks give the scene a sharp emotional clarity that was perfectly tuned to the Girls in Love anthology format. The cover teaser — "His Lips, or None!" — sets a dramatically high emotional stakes for the stories inside, with interior art on "Better Late Than Never!" handled by John Forte.