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Issue: Young Romance #4 (64) Public Domain
Publication Date: December 1953
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Issues: #4 (64) of 124 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagPrize
Brand: Prize Group
Indicia Publisher: Feature Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 7
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 8 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U. S.; Later Standard Silver Age U. S.
Paper Stock: Glossy Covers; Newsprint Interiors
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
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Character(s): Young Man; Young Woman
Synopsis: Full-page color photo depicting a couple at a piano.
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Pages: 1
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Beautiful Friendship!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Kirby ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): George Roussos ?; Jack Kirby
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Character(s): Valerie Hood; Charlie Strauss (truck driver); Eddie Flynn; Mrs. Bowser
Synopsis: Valerie moves into Mrs. Bowser's boarding house and immediately excites the romantic interests of resident best buds, Charlie and Eddie. Both men date her, but then begin to fight over her. Val declines future dates with either men because she believes she's jeopardizing their friendship. Both men retreat a bit, but Charlie eventually becomes her husband. In spite of losing Val, Eddie remains a fast friend to both.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: credits per Nick Caputo, May 2015, who notes that Roussos may have inked pages 2-3.
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Unkissed Bride!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): John Prentice
Inker(s): John Prentice
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Character(s): Donna Harper; Donna's father; Lee Saxon; Edith Merril
Synopsis: Donna loves Lee, but Lee is engaged to Edith. Lee is crushed when Edith elopes with another. Donna offers to marry Lee, telling him that it is not in his best interest to see Edith and her husband about town or to let himself become the subject of gossip. They marry and move to the coast, but Lee can't forget Edith. After six months of misery, confusion, and living in separate bedrooms, Lee realizes he loves Donna and consummates their marriage.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Prentice art per Nick Caputo, May 2015.
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Stop, Thief!

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Nancy Hale]
Penciller(s): ? (header illustration)
Inker(s): ? (header illustration)
Colorist(s): ? (header illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Feature(s): Nancy Hale
Synopsis: Advice on deflecting the stratagems of women intent on stealing the boyfriends and husbands of others.
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The Doctor is In Love!

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): Doctor Beth Simmons; Jeff Turner (engineer); Ginny Ford (secretary)
Synopsis: Beth and Jeff date and fall in love. He proposes but she won't accept because she believes he is self-centered and would resent the amount of attention she devotes to a clinic for poor children. She later learns he was born in the slums, worked hard for an engineering degree, and has long built low cost housing and playgrounds for the poor with no financial remuneration for himself. She realizes she has misjudged his character and begs his forgiveness.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: credits per Nick Caputo, May 2015.
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Primitive Horoscope

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Synopsis: The birth customs and beliefs of the Malagasy people of Madagascar.
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Pages: 1
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Control Your Breath

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? [as Charmaine]
Penciller(s): ? (header illustration)
Inker(s): ? (header illustration)
Colorist(s): ? (header illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Feature(s): Charmaigne
Synopsis: Article about deep breathing and exercises to accomplish it.
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The Heartbreaker!

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): Johnny Porter; Ruth Morse; Master Sergeant Abel Morse (Ruth's father); Ilsa Mueller; Ilsa's father; Hans (Ilsa's betrothed)
Synopsis: Soldier Johnny is a heartless Casanova and leaves his German sweetheart Ilsa devastated when he returns to the States. He dates Ruth while coldly ignoring Ilsa's letters. Ruth learns of Ilsa and deplores the cruel way Johnny treats her. She drops him. Johnny is bitter and asks for a transfer to Germany, thinking Ilsa will welcome him with open arms. He discovers she's betrothed and has lost all interest in him. Johnny wonders if a reunion with Ruth is possible.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: credits per Nick Caputo, May 2015.

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