Teen Confessions #12

From Charlton's beloved romance line comes this 1961 installment of Teen Confessions, with cover art by Joe Sinnott, Vince Colletta, and Dick Giordano capturing a tender moment outside what appears to be a school building. A young woman clutching textbooks gazes up at a young man in a varsity sweater while a second girl looks on wistfully from the background — a quietly charged triangle that perfectly sets the emotional tone. The cover's tag, "Afraid to Love," along with the interior story "Play Girl" written by Joe Gill and drawn by Joe Sinnott, promises the heartfelt, relatable drama that made teen romance comics such a staple of early '60s reading.