Romantic Secrets #17

This Charlton romance anthology from August 1958 sets an instantly captivating mood with a masquerade ball scene rendered by cover penciler Charles Nicholas and inker Dick Giordano — a dashing masked man in pirate-style attire draws a masked woman in a red colonial gown close, while a second costumed figure watches from the background amid lantern-lit festivities. The air of mystery and masked romance makes for a genuinely alluring cover that promises the kind of heartfelt drama interior artist John Tartaglione brings to "Homecoming!" All for a dime, this issue captures the bittersweet thrill of love hidden behind a mask.