The painting was made for the cover of one of the episodes of Young Love.

Young Love was one of the earliest romance comics titles, published by Crestwood/Prize and later sold to DC Comics. Criticized somewhat during the mid-1950s Seduction of the Innocent-inspired Comic Book Hearings, "love" or "romance" comics began to sell less well, and by 1963, Crestwood/Prize "got out of the comic book business," selling many of their titles to DC Comics.