Teen-Age Love #17

Charlton's Teen-Age Love #17 captures the bittersweet heartache of 1960 romance in a single, carefully composed image: a tearful blonde watches through a window as a young couple share a tender kiss beneath a cluster of colorful balloons, her thought bubble revealing the sting of recognition — "Rita thinks he loves her… just as I thought Billy Clay loved me when I was his girl!" The cover art, penciled by Joe Sinnott and inked by Vince Colletta, balances the intimate closeness of the kissing pair against the lonely distance of the observer with real emotional craft. Inside, the story "I Was Alone…" promises the kind of heartfelt teenage drama that made this Charlton series such a warm companion for romance readers of the era.