Love Tales #56

A warmly rendered city-night embrace takes center stage on this 1952 Atlas romance title, as a blonde woman in a sweeping red dress and a dark-haired man in a blue suit lean into a near-kiss against a glittering urban skyline — cover art penciled and inked by Ken Bald at the height of the romance comics era. The teasing cover copy asks, "Was it really love, or only 'Too Much Moonlight?'" — perfectly capturing the emotional uncertainty that made these stories so irresistible to readers. At just a dime, Love Tales #56 delivered that monthly promise of "Thrilling Tales of Romance" with genuine style.