Teen-Age Love #74

Charlton's Teen-Age Love #74 delivers the heartache and romantic rivalry that made the romance genre so compelling in 1971 — a tearful brunette watches in the foreground as a thought bubble reveals a young man named Richie leaning in to kiss a blonde, accompanied by the warning "Look out, Richie, she's real trouble!" The cover's layered composition, rendered by penciler Art Cappello and inker Joe Sinnott, draws you right into the emotional tension with surprising intimacy. If you have a soft spot for Charlton's earnest, soap-opera storytelling, this issue — featuring the story "Hurry Toward Love" — is a satisfying slice of early-'70s romance comics.