Teen Confessions #8

A tender farewell at the airfield takes center stage on this November 1960 Charlton romance issue, as a young man cups a dark-haired woman's face and pleads for her to wait for him — her whispered promise hanging in the air beside a waiting plane. The featured story, "Promised Love," is teased in heartfelt cover copy about a goodbye kiss and the aching uncertainty that follows. Cover pencils by Art Cappello and inks by Vince Colletta give the scene a warm, earnest quality that captures the emotional pull of early '60s teen romance comics at their most sincere.