#22

Synopsis

Debby, Paul and Lon grow up together. Lon goes in the Air Force and Paul joins the Army. When Paul comes home on leave, Debby thinks she loves him, but when Lon arrives, he is “the man who was my life!” They become engaged. Debby suffers “horrible facial injuries” in a car crash. When Lon sees her scarred face, he postpones their wedding. Debby works as a volunteer at the local veterans’ hospital. One day she sees Paul in the hospital: he was blinded in the war. Debby realizes it’s Paul she truly loves. Paul regains his eyesight and says Debby is “the most beautiful girl on Earth to me!”

Reprinted in

• True Love #2
• Alex Toth: Edge of Genius #2
• Setting the Standard: Comics by Alex Toth 1952-1954 #[nn]
• Genius, Isolated: The Life and Art of Alex Toth #[nn]— Republished from original art
• Golden-Age Greats Spotlight #18

Credits

Script

Brenda Brant, Mickey Marks

Pencils

Alex Toth, Ralph Mayo, Nick Cardy, Vernon Greene

Inks

Mike Peppe, Ralph Mayo, Nick Cardy

Illustrations

Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio