Romantic Secrets #26

A charged moment of heartbreak and indecision plays out on Dick Giordano's cover, where a dark-haired young woman in a yellow blouse reaches desperately for a door handle, eyes closed, while a concerned woman and a suited man look on — their speech bubbles capturing the drama of a romance on the verge of collapse. The featured story, "Flee from Love," promises the kind of emotionally honest storytelling that made Charlton's romance line a favorite in 1960, with interior work by the talented team of writer Joe Gill, artist Joe Sinnott, and inker Vince Colletta. As a bonus, the cover also sports a eye-catching contest promotion to win TWA round trips to Disneyland or New York — a charming period detail that makes this issue a little time capsule of early '60s America.