Romantic Story #97

Charlton's long-running romance anthology returns with issue #97, featuring a cover by Lucho Olivera that crackles with dockside heartache. A young blonde woman in a floral pink dress clutches the lapels of a naval officer, her expression fierce as a speech bubble captures her plea — "You said you loved me! You promised you'd never go away!" — while a second sailor looks on in the background near a moored ship. The featured story, "Never Love a Sailor Man," sets the emotional stakes perfectly, making this 1968 issue a compelling snapshot of the longing and drama that made Charlton romance comics a staple of the era.