Teen-Age Love #43

Three vignettes share this cover by Dick Giordano, each capturing a different shade of mid-1960s romance: a blonde in a blue dress dancing energetically at a go-go party, a couple in formal wear making a graceful entrance at what appears to be a debutante ball, and a close pair sharing a tender moment while a trumpet player's silhouette looms nearby. The banner titles — "The Swinger," "Debutante," and "Nobody Loves Me!" — promise the full emotional range of teen romance, from the thrill of the dance floor to the ache of loneliness. Charlton's Teen-Age Love was reliably delivering this kind of heartfelt, relatable storytelling in 1965, with interior work from writer Joe Gill and artist Sal Gentile inked by Dick Giordano.