Romantic Secrets #18

This Charlton romance title delivers the kind of charged, wordless drama the genre does so well — a glamorous young woman in a flowing pink gown and elbow-length gloves pauses on the staircase, her gaze meeting that of a dark-haired man looking up at her from below, the tension between them practically humming off the page. Cover pencils by Dick Giordano and inks by Vince Colletta give the scene a polished, cinematic quality that feels right at home in 1958. Promising "New, Different, Thrilling Confessions," this October issue — including the story "I Lost My Love" — is a fine example of Charlton's heartfelt approach to the romance comic at its mid-century peak.