My Love #16

A tennis court becomes the perfect stage for heartbreak in this 1972 Marvel romance, with cover art by Sal Buscema and John Romita capturing every sting of the moment. On the cover, a dark-haired young woman sits courtside, racket in hand and head bowed in distress, while in the background a man in a red shirt embraces a red-haired woman — the source of her anguish made painfully clear. The tagline "Sometimes, even the winner can lose" says it all, and with interior work from Gene Colan, Dick Giordano, and Gary Friedrich, My Love #16 delivers exactly what it promises: all the pathos and passion of true life.