Secret Romance #17

Charlton's Secret Romance #17 (1972) delivers a deliciously tangled love triangle right on its cover, where a blonde named Vikki leans close to a young man named Jim — while a dark-haired woman in the foreground fumes that he's her man, and a second woman strums a guitar in the background, watching the drama unfold. Cover pencils by Art Cappello and inks by Sal Gentile give the scene a polished, emotionally charged energy that perfectly captures the romantic tension of the era. Inside, Charles Nicholas and inker Jon D'Agostino bring the art for "A Place for Crying" — and as a bonus, there's a free pin-up poster of Susan Dey tucked inside.