Love Romances #93

A love triangle reaches its breaking point on this vivid 1961 cover, where a distressed young woman in a red polka-dot dress rushes toward the door while a man in a blue suit reaches after her, and a blonde woman in a green top looks on from the background — the speech bubbles making clear these three are Ellen, Dan, and Gloria, each caught in the emotional crossfire. The cover teaser — "Could a girl like Ellen ever find true love when it's only Romance on the Rebound?" — sets up exactly the kind of heartfelt romantic drama that defined this era of romance comics. With cover art by Matt Baker, Jack Kirby, and Vince Colletta, and interior work from Don Heck, Stan Lee, Larry Lieber, and Sam Rosen, this is a nicely crafted entry in Marvel's mid-century romance line.