My Love #8

Marvel's romance line was quietly delivering some of the most emotionally charged covers of 1970, and My Love #8 is a prime example. John Buscema's pencils, inked by John Verpoorten and Joe Sinnott, put the heartbreak front and center: a tearful young woman named Angie clutches her collar as two smirking rivals look on, while behind her a boy dismisses her with a cruel word — all of it captured in vivid, soap-opera-sharp detail that practically dares you not to feel something. Promising "tales of love that could be yours," this issue features the story "Born to Be Unloved?" from the creative team of Stan Lee, Gene Colan, Dick Ayers, and letterer Artie Simek — a lineup that brings genuine craft to stories of longing and heartache.