Romantic Story #47

This January 1960 Charlton romance issue puts heartache and longing front and center, with a dramatic central image of a blond man and dark-haired woman sharing a tender, breathless kiss against a twilight cityscape — while smaller vignettes around the cover hint at a woman caught between competing affections, including a mysterious figure in a striped hat. Cover pencils by Joe Sinnott and inks by Vince Colletta give the figures a polished, expressive quality that perfectly suits the emotional pull of the featured story "One Other Love." At just a dime, and with free prizes promised inside, this is a warm slice of early-1960s romance comics at their most earnest.