Secret Romance #21

A flood of red hearts frames this tender, charged moment on Art Cappello's cover, where a long-haired blonde woman pulls a mysterious masked man — sporting a feathered cap — into a kiss, her thought bubble capturing that irresistible push-and-pull: "How can he kiss me like this? I have no right to be in his arms…but I adore him!!" Charlton's Secret Romance #21 wears its "Forbidden Kisses" tagline proudly, promising the kind of breathless, complicated longing that made romance comics such a guilty pleasure in 1972. Toss in a free mod pin-up of Bobby Sherman and you've got a genuinely fun snapshot of early-'70s pop culture wrapped in a swooning cover.