Teen-Age Love #64

Charlton's Teen-Age Love #64 captures the heart-wrenching tension of young romance right on its cover, where a tearful blonde pleads with a dark-haired young man — "Tim, darling, I love you... all those others didn't mean a thing!" — while his cold profile tells a complicated story. Behind them, two vignette scenes reinforce the theme of "Too Many Loves": couples embracing and a girl caught awkwardly between competing affections. With cover art by Sal Gentile and interior work from the reliable team of writer Joe Gill and inker Vince Colletta, this 1969 Charlton romance is a sincere snapshot of the era's emotional storytelling at its most earnest.