Teen-Age Love #18

Charlton's Teen-Age Love #18 packs its cover with tender, heartfelt moments — a mosaic of romantic vignettes depicting couples sharing close embraces and stolen kisses, from a dark-haired woman gazing up at her beau amid yellow roses to a blonde pulling her young man close, and a uniformed figure meeting his sweetheart near what looks like a train platform. The cover, penciled by Art Cappello and Charles Nicholas with inks by Vince Alascia and Vince Colletta, captures that warm, wistful mood that made early 1960s romance comics so appealing. With stories including "Return to Romance" and "Blind Date," this January 1961 issue offers a satisfying anthology of youthful longing at a dime a copy.