Secret Romance #18

A stolen kiss beneath the branches — that's the romantic tension at the heart of this 1972 Charlton romance offering, with cover art by Torre Repiso depicting a young couple locked in an embrace near a garden pool, a red barn and vintage car framing the scene behind them. The cover's thought balloon tells a story all on its own: she's thinking "Lew is taking this all too seriously… this is just an interlude for me… I'll be leaving soon!" — a perfectly bittersweet setup for the featured story "It Was Only Love." Inside, artist Nicky Zann and inker Charles Nicholas deliver all-new stories and all-new art, plus a free pin-up poster of Shirley Jones tucked between the pages.