Secret Hearts #32

DC's long-running romance anthology delivers another heartfelt installment with this 1956 issue, featuring a cover penciled by Irv Novick that captures a young woman in a yellow jacket pressing her face tenderly against a chestnut horse while, in the background, a rider gallops away on horseback. Her thought bubble — "I've driven him out of my life… forever!… But I couldn't help it!" — sets a quietly aching tone that perfectly suits the featured story, "Unhappy Parting!" Inked by Joe Giella with lettering by Ira Schnapp, the cover balances warmth and melancholy in the understated way that made Secret Hearts such an enduring favorite among romance comics fans.