My Secret Life #44

This February 1962 Charlton romance issue draws you in with a cover inked by Vince Colletta, depicting a couple sharing a tender, heart-filled embrace in the foreground, while a second vignette in the upper corner shows a glamorous woman in a black swimsuit posed poolside — two romantic moods sharing the same cover. The bold cover tagline promises a story about Willie Dane, once "sweet, devoted, and eligible," with something mysterious causing a change in him, setting an irresistible emotional tone. Add in the era's fun extras — a contest offering a trip to Hollywood to watch American-International's Off on a Comet being filmed, plus prize offers and a "Treasure Toy Club" membership — and this issue captures everything that made Charlton romance comics such a lively part of early 1960s comics culture.