Teen-Age Love #85

Charlton's Teen-Age Love #85 (1972) captures the romantic tension of the era in vivid style, with Art Cappello's cover art depicting a young blonde woman in an orange dress glancing back while a dreamy, close-up vision of a couple — a young man and woman on the verge of a kiss — fills the background. Her thought bubble says it all: "Sure I love Alan…but I can't marry him!" A banner at the bottom invites readers to discover why Didi calls it quits in "Turn on to Love," making this a warm, emotionally charged snapshot of early-'70s teen romance comics at their most heartfelt.