Romantic Secrets #48

A moonlit almost-kiss between a close couple dominates this January 1964 Charlton romance issue, while a dark-clad woman watches from the shadows in the background — her pained expression perfectly setting up the featured story, "Caught Between Two Loves." The cover's speech bubbles crackle with longing and tension, and Dick Giordano's clean, expressive linework gives the scene a warmth that pulls you right into the heartache. Charlton's Romantic Secrets was delivering genuinely affecting romance comics in 1964, and this issue looks like a fine example of the genre at its most emotionally charged.