Sweetheart Diary #36

Charlton's Sweetheart Diary #36 delivers the "Thrilling Intimate Stories" the series promises, and Dick Giordano's cover art captures that warmth beautifully — a smiling blonde woman embraces a dark-haired man in a blue suit, her hand clutching what appears to be a personal diary labeled "My Diary" as a bouquet of roses rests nearby. The tender scene sets the mood perfectly for the issue's story, "The Prom," written by Joe Gill with interior art by Charles Nicholas and inking and lettering by Jon D'Agostino. At just a dime in 1957, this Charlton romance title offered readers a heartfelt escape into the emotional world of young love.