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Issue: Young Love #1 (43) Public Domain
Publication Date: March 1953
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Issues: #1 (43) of 73 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagPrize
Brand: Prize Group
Indicia Publisher: Crestwood Publishing Co., Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 5
Pages: 44
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 8 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Joe Simon
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Full Color
Dimensions: Standard Golden, then Silver, Age U.S.
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ? (photograph)
Colorist(s): ? (photograph)
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
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Teen-Age Widow

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Kirby
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Jack Kirby; Joe Simon ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Character(s): Ken Shelby; Clara; Steve; Marie; Tod Benson; Judy Benson; Herb Carson; Mrs. Carson
Synopsis: 17-year-old Clara marries Ken before his military deployment. On their honeymoon, he’s reported killed in an avalanche. Clara takes a job as governess for widower Tod’s daughter so she can remain at the site until Ken’s body is recovered in the spring, but stays on even afterwards. Tod introduces Clara to his employee Herb and they date, but Herb’s mother disapproves. Tod tells Clara that she needs to stop mourning and get on with her life, as he intends to do; they realize they love each other.
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Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Kirby script per Nick Caputo based on an analysis of the text. Kirby inks, with Simon likely assisting, also per Nick.
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You're Engaged

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Nancy Hale]
Penciller(s): ? (illustration)
Inker(s): ? (illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: educational
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Pages: 1
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The Wonderful Person!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Natalie Krigstein
Penciller(s): Bill Draut
Inker(s): Bill Draut
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Character(s): Ella Stanley; Roger Putnan [as Bill Gregory]; Jim Daly; Mrs. Lattimore; Sam Stanley; Mrs. Stanley; Mayor Henry Cordell
Synopsis: Ella works for Bill, a middle-aged newcomer who appears to be altruistically helping improve their small town. She admires Bill and even falls in love with him, so she refuses to listen to her boyfriend Jim, who claims Bill must have ulterior motives. Eventually, Jim exposes Bill as the head of a company which is making money from all of the civic “improvements” Bill has proposed. Ella apologizes and marries Jim.
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Krigstein script per biblio info published in Robin Snyder's The Comics, Vol 27, No. 5, May 2016.

Jim Daly is called "Jim Brady" in one panel.
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Marriage to a Tree!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: informational
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Jack Kirby; Joe Simon ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Feature(s): Nancy Hale's Problem Clinic
Character(s): Nancy Hale; Thelma; Eddie Walker; Morton
First Line: I often wonder how many of these letters I receive...
Synopsis: Thelma has received marriage proposals from handsome football player Eddie and nice, studious assistant librarian Morton. She asks Nancy Hale which one she should marry. “The answer is neither!”
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Pages: 2.5
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Coiffure Magic

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Charmaigne]
Penciller(s): Mort Meskin (Illustration)
Inker(s): Mort Meskin (Illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: educational
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: small header illo
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Girl Friday!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): John Prentice
Inker(s): John Prentice
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Character(s): Ella; Bert Keller; Maude Higgens; Tom
Synopsis: Ella has been Bert’s private secretary for 8 years; she loves him, but he’s already married. After Bert’s invalid wife dies, Ella encourages him to take a vacation. Bert returns with a new, young girlfriend, Maude. However, Maude elopes with another man. Ella quits her job. Bert comes to her and explains he wasn’t in love with Maude, but he does love Ella. He apologizes for taking her for granted.
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Pages: 7

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