We begin with our cover story, "Love Is a Swinger" by Robert Kanigher, Werner Roth, and Vince Colletta. Michelle is engaged to a wonderful guy but feels his ring is an anchor dragging her down as she envisions their future. She takes off his ring and plans to give it back to him when he takes her to a discotheque one evening. Before she can tell him how she feels, she is stunned to see him get up and dance with the attractive singer playing there. She later catches him kissing Lily Martin and realizes that she does love him, now that she has lost him. But Dick had just been using Lily to try to forget Michelle when he had noticed she had taken his ring off. Apparently, Lily is to be a reoccurring character, known as The Swinger.
Next is "The Test of Time" drawn by Tony Abruzzo and Bill Draut and reprinted from Falling in Love #67 (1964). Sue gets engaged and invites her brother to come for the weekend to reveal her big surprise. When Jim arrives, he has his own surprise as he is also engaged and arrives with his fiancee. They plan to have a two-week celebration before their wedding, but before the two weeks are up Sue and Jim catch their partners kissing each other.
Next is a Beauty on a Budget one-pager by Liz Berube.
That is followed by "Will I See Him?" by Joe Gill, John Celardo, and Vince Colletta. After breaking up with Lew, Anne goes to Joan's party wondering if she will see him there.
Next, we have "Appointment with Heartbreak" drawn by Arthur Peddy and Bernard Sachs and reprinted from Secret Hearts #39 (1957). Clay has asked Anne to meet him in the park. She assumes he is going to tell her he doesn't love her anymore because she has learned that he has been seeing another girl almost every evening while she has been out of town on an extended business trip. As she approaches Clay's bench, she decides she is not ready to face him. She finds an outdoor restaurant where she tells her story to a sympathetic stranger.
Next is another one-pager, "If You're Capricorn" by Raymond Marais and Liz Berube.
This is followed by "My Life for Yours" drawn by Gene Colan and reprinted from Falling in Love #68 (1964). Tad meets Ellen in her greenhouse after being in South America for two years. They had been in love once, but his jealousy had driven them apart and ultimately resulted in her being seriously injured when she ran away from him one evening and into an approaching car. Now she walks with a slight limp and the scar on her face is practically invisible. Tad learns that she is happy with her plant business and, most of all, loves her little girl and husband.
Next is "Love Me a Little –" drawn by Mike Sekowsky and Bernard Sachs and reprinted from Falling in Love #64 (1964). Marge easily makes conquests of men, but then loses interest in them. Instead of going to Miami again on vacation, she thinks about staying home this year but her friend convinces her to go, thinking that one of the men who swarm Marge will settle for her instead. At the Beachcomber Hotel, Marge is attracted to a man who seems impervious to her charms.
We end with The Swinger in her second story, "Rise, Love, Rise" by Robert Kanigher, Werner Roth, and Vince Colletta. Hitchhiking after the events in "Love Is a Swinger!", Lily panics when she sees a broken bridge and forces the driver to stop. The bridge brings back memories of how Tommy died. They had dated for a long time, but Lily had changed while Tommy had not. After telling Tommy her feelings, he had raced off in his car and smashed through a detour barrier where was drowned in the river. Feeling guilty for Tommy's death, Lily had set off to find herself. She helps a singer overcome his fears to perform at a rock festival, then moves on.
Edited by Dick Giordano.
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