Romantic Story #125

This January 1973 Charlton romance issue sets the mood with a sun-drenched tropical scene — a brooding dark-haired man leans close to a blushing blonde, whispering his declaration of love while a plane rests in the background and a watchful dark-haired woman peers down from the foliage above. The cover story teased is "No Other Women for Miles," and the speech bubbles crackle with romantic tension and just a hint of jealous suspicion. Art Cappello's cover work gives the whole thing a lush, emotionally charged atmosphere that made Charlton's romance line such a guilty pleasure in the early seventies.