Sweethearts #102

Charlton's long-running romance anthology returns with issue #102, its cover — penciled and inked by José Luis García-López — laid out as a mini story-within-a-cover: a young woman tumbles from a horse, a concerned young man rushes to her side, and the two draw close in a tender moment, while a separate panel shows another couple nearly kissing against a seaside backdrop. The tagline promises that "shame and fear taunt the young lovers" in the lead feature "The Innocents," and a second story, "Whither Thou Goest, Darling," teases fatherly disapproval shadowing the romance of Kathy Raull and Dean Wilton. As a bonus, there's a free mini-poster tucked inside — a sweet little extra that made this 12-cent issue feel like quite a deal in 1969.