Teen-Age Love #39

Charlton's Teen-Age Love #39 sets a dreamy Caribbean mood with this Dick Giordano cover, where a dashing young man in a tuxedo and a glamorous woman in red share whispered declarations of love against a moonlit sea — while in the foreground, a heartbroken girl clutches her head and wonders, "Why, Les, why?" The teaser copy promises romance and heartbreak aboard ship in "Love at Sea," making the emotional stakes plain before you even open the cover. For fans of 1964 romance comics, this issue — with interior work by writer Joe Gill and artist Sal Gentile inked by Dick Giordano — is a warm, bittersweet slice of the genre at its most earnest.