Romantic Secrets #45

Charlton's Romantic Secrets #45 delivers the bittersweet emotional mix that made the romance genre so compelling in 1963 — the cover, penciled by Dick Giordano and inked by Vince Colletta, splits beautifully between two moods: below, a dark-haired young woman and a red-haired young man share a tender embrace amid blooming pink roses, while above, that same woman lies draped over a tree branch in quiet despair. The caption — "This was the place where I had discovered happiness… and here I was learning about heartbreak!" — frames the cover's central tagline, "…it was a 'Good Place to Cry!'" Inside, writer Joe Gill and artist Hal Grauer bring you "No Business For Love," promising the kind of emotionally charged storytelling Charlton's romance titles did so well.