Time for Love #10

Charlton's Time for Love #10 brings all the bittersweet tension of late-1960s romance comics to a single charged moment: a dark-haired young woman named Anne gazes up at Roland with longing, her thought bubble asking why he must despise her, while a smirking older man in a tuxedo looks on from behind them, whispering that she's supposed to be happy when "Rollie" kisses her. The story title "Make-Believe Kisses" anchors the cover's mood of glamour wrapped around heartache, with Ernesto García Seijas's artwork capturing the elegant, melancholy atmosphere perfectly. A lovely snapshot of Charlton's 1969 romance line at its most dramatically compelling.