Secret Romance #47

Charlton's Secret Romance #47 brings its heartfelt anthology of love stories to a December 1979 close with a cover by Art Cappello that perfectly captures the dreamy emotional language of the romance genre. A golden-haired young woman clutches a telephone receiver with a wistful smile, lost in conversation, while floating hearts and purple flowers surround her — and in soft, sketched linework behind her, a tender couple shares a close embrace. Jorge Badía Romero illustrates the interior, including the evocatively titled "The Ballad of Corine Blakely," promising the kind of earnest, emotionally rich storytelling that made Charlton's romance line a quiet staple of the era.