Teen-Age Romance #77

Few things capture the bittersweet thrill of young love quite like this 1960 Marvel entry in the romance genre. The cover — penciled by Al Hartley and inked by Vince Colletta — pulls you right into a soda-fountain moment: a blonde girl in a red sweater and pearl necklace leans close to share a drink with a dark-haired boy in blue, their faces nearly touching over a tall glass with two straws, while other teens mill about in the background. With story titles like "A Teen-Ager Can Also Love!" and "Some Day He Will Come Along," this issue promises the kind of heartfelt, earnest storytelling that made teen romance comics an essential part of 1960s pop culture.