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Confidential Diary #13
"Cry For The First Time" is a tender, character-driven story from 1962 that traces the quiet bond between two childhood neighbors—Bryan, raised in a penthouse, and Bonnie, raised in a shabby tenement—whose lives diverge after he’s sent to private school. Years later, as adults, their paths cross again when Bonnie becomes a nurse and Bryan a doctor, rekindling a connection rooted in shared memories and unspoken feelings. Written by Joe Gill and inked by Vince Colletta, the issue’s cover inks by Colletta capture the emotional weight of this reunion.