Teen Confessions #55

Charlton's Teen Confessions #55 from 1969 captures the tangled emotions of young romance right on its cover, where a couple shares a close, tender moment outside a place called Joe's while a football player in jersey number 18 walks past with a dark-haired girl — and a bespectacled onlooker watches from the background. Cover pencils by Hal Grauer and inks by Vince Alascia give the scene a warmly dramatic quality, with the story teases — "They Always Say They Love Me!" and "The Has-Been and Me" — promising the kind of honest, heartfelt storytelling that made this series a favorite. At just 12 cents, this issue even sweetened the deal with a free mini-poster tucked inside.