Sweethearts #60

A tear rolls down the cheek of a heartbroken young woman as she reads a goodbye letter, while a thought bubble above her recalls a tender embrace she once shared with a young man — it's a quietly devastating snapshot of romantic loss, rendered with real feeling by cover penciler Sal Gentile and inker Vince Colletta. Charlton's Sweethearts #60 from 1961 packs in four stories, including "Love Me Forever," "Sacrifice for Love," "Crescendo," and "The Way to a Man's Heart," making it a generous offering for fans of mid-century romance comics. Writer Joe Gill brings his reliable hand to the interior, and the whole package captures the bittersweet emotional world that made this genre so compelling to readers of the era.