Secret Hearts #141

Secret Hearts #141 (On Sale: November 20, 1969) has a cover by Bill Draut and Vinny Colletta. This cover is based on an unused piece drawn by Dick Giordano.

We begin with "20 Miles to Heart Break" by Barbara Friedlander, Alex Toth and Vinny Colletta and reprinted in Young Love #123. A hitchhiking Melanie accepts a ride from Juan Perez. During the drive they discuss how society would never approve of them being together due to their different races. They stop at a restaurant for dinner and decide to join other couples who are dancing. However, a fight breaks out when others object to them being together. Melanie runs out of the restaurant and is hit by a car. She wakes up back at her mother's house where she learns that Juan was arrested. This is the beginning of a multi-part series.

Next is a one-pager, "From Chipmunks to Love" by Barbara Friedlander and John Celardo in which two lonely people meet while they are feeding chipmunks in the park.

That is followed by the six-pager, "Joanna" by Barbara Friedlander, Ric Estrada and Frank Giacoia. Kelly wonders if her boyfriend, Carl, is still in love with his former girlfriend, Joanna.

Next up is "My Brother... My Rival?" a two-pager inked by Bernard Sachs. Bill keeps monopolizing the attention of the guys his sister brings home, and she begins to wonder if he is now her rival. Later tells her that he knows all of them and that none of them is good enough for her.

We end with "The Girl Nobody Loved" drawn by Winslow Mortimer and Vinny Colletta. Jan lives with self doubt, not believing that the handsomest and most interesting guys could possibly want to date her. To stave off the assumed rejection, Jan settles for the more ordinary dates.

Edited by Dick Giordano.