Secret Hearts #74

A snapshot of early-1960s romantic tension, this issue of DC's Secret Hearts features a cover by John Romita that puts the heartache right up front: a young man in a red sweater leans against a sleek white convertible, coolly telling "Ginny" he won't be seeing her tonight, while a dark-haired woman hugging schoolbooks smirks knowingly to a blonde friend — "What he really means is, he won't be seeing you any night, from now on!" Inside, Tony Abruzzo and Bill Draut bring the drama to life with the featured story, "Ask Me No Questions." For ten cents in 1961, Secret Hearts delivered the kind of quietly devastating romantic storytelling that made the National Romance Group's line so compelling.