Teen Confessions #23

Charlton's Teen Confessions captures the emotional intensity of early-1960s romance comics perfectly with this cover inked by Vince Colletta. The scene crackles with family tension: a sharply dressed woman in a red suit confronts a young redhead in yellow striped pants, declaring "I'm ashamed of you! I'm leaving!" while a young man looks on in the background and a second inset face wonders, "I love my mother very much… why did she say…" The cover promises "one of the most unusual love stories ever" with the feature "Sacrifice My Love," and with Joe Gill's writing inside, this 12-cent June 1963 issue delivers the heartfelt drama that made Teen Confessions a staple of the romance genre.