Teen Confessions #58

Charlton's Teen Confessions #58 (1969) delivers the bittersweet romantic drama the series does so well — a tearful young woman in a striped bikini and oversized red hat stands apart in the foreground, lost in a thought balloon: "Les was always so shy… he'd never let himself go like that when he danced with me!" Behind her, that very guy dances carefree with another girl while a third looks on, making the heartache unmistakably visual. Cover pencils by Hal Grauer and inks by Vince Colletta give the scene a crisp, emotionally charged look that perfectly sets up the interior romance by writer Joe Gill and artist Charles Nicholas.