Romantic Story #115

Charlton's Romantic Story #115 brings the warmth of early-'70s romance comics to life with a charming cover by Sal Gentile, where Patty Newton and Farley Moore — dressed in matching purple sweaters — stand back-to-back against a field of red hearts, their shared glance hinting at both affection and the heartbreak promised by the split-heart caption below. The cover's playful tension between love and loss ("All's Fair" meets "Heartbreak") sets a perfectly bittersweet mood for this all-new issue. With Joe Gill writing and Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia on interior art, this 20-cent gem delivers the earnest romantic storytelling that made Charlton's romance line a staple of the era.