#86

Synopsis

As a little girl, Linda falls in love with Nicky, the older boy next door. Linda's sister, Rita, ridicules Linda and has her own designs on Nicky. As Linda grows up, Nicky tries to discourage her attentions, saying she isn't a little girl anymore. Eventually, he leaves town and Linda receives a letter from Nicky, telling her she should forget him. But Nicky is actually in love with Linda and just afraid he is stealing her chance of happiness with someone her own age. He comes back and proposes to Linda.

Notes

Reprinted from

• Falling in Love #52— retitled

Reprinted in

• Twin Hearts #160— modified for digest format

Credits

Pencils

Don Heck, Win Mortimer, Jay Scott Pike, John Romita, Werner Roth

Inks

Tony DeZuniga, Jack Abel, Vince Colletta, John Romita

Letters

Irv Watanabe, Ira Schnapp

Editor

Dorothy Woolfolk

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