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Issue: Young Romance #2 (8) Public Domain
Publication Date: November 1948
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Issues: #2 (8) of 124 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagPrize
Brand: A Prize Publication
Indicia Publisher: Feature Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 2
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 7 (6 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
Format Notes:  
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Joe Simon
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
First Line: Love or Pity?
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In Content Item: FlagAgonizing Love #[nn] published January 2011
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Although the cover alludes to the title of the first story inside ("Love or Pity?"), the characters on the cover and their situation do not reference the interior story at all.
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Love or Pity?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Kirby ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Joe Simon
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Character(s): Harlan Crain; Ginny Crain; Mrs. Crain; Ken Davis; Perry Crain; Mr. Brandon; Marty; Angeline Parks; Cissy; Chester; Danny Sutherland
Synopsis: Ginny is engaged to Ken but their future plans are disrupted when her brother Perry is charged with mail fraud by the FBI. The press and public opinion turn against the Crain family and her father has to resign as head of the local college’s physics department. Ken stands by Ginny but she suspects he just pities her. Ginny leaves for the city but on the trip she meets Danny, who says there are people who support them. Ginny goes home and marries Ken. Perry is eventually cleared.
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In Issue: FlagYoung Romance: The Best of Simon & Kirby's Romance Comics #2 published April 2014
In Content Item: FlagAgonizing Love #[nn] published January 2011
as Love or Pity? [Story on Interior Page(s)]splash page
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
Disclose Notes: Although Perry is arrested by the FBI for "mail fraud," this story seems to allude to the anti-Communist "Red Scare" which began around 1947 in the USA.
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Fortune Hunter

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bill Draut
Inker(s): Bill Draut
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Character(s): Aunt Martha Daniels; Sue Daniels; Jimmy Cameron
Synopsis: Sue clashes her with guardian Aunt Martha over Sue’s boyfriend Jimmy. When Aunt Martha learns Sue is planning to elope, she intends to stop it, but changes her mind and permits her to leave, even secretly giving Sue $500. Aunt Martha remembers her youth, when she allowed her father to prevent her marriage to a young man. That young man is now the beloved governor, and Martha is “a wasted, lonely old maid.”
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Pages: 6
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My Big Sister's Beau!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby; Joe Simon ?
Inker(s): Joe Simon; ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Character(s): Irene; Frank Kennedy; Verne; Buzzy Bernard
Synopsis: Teenager Irene is attracted to her older sister Verne’s boyfriend Frank. While Verne is out, Irene dresses in her sister’s clothes and dates Frank, but feels out of place. She sees Verne dressed in Irene’s “bobby-soxer” outfit, dancing with Irene’s boyfriend Buzzy. Irene decides to act her age from now on.
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Pages: 6
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A Lesson in Strategy

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Helen Perry]
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
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Pages: 2
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To Love Again

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bill Draut
Inker(s): Bill Draut
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Character(s): Paul Walther; Cathy; Major; Tom
Synopsis: In post-WWII Europe, Army nurse Cathy meets artist Paul, who had spent four years in a concentration camp and has lost his faith in humanity. Cathy returns to the USA and her fiancé Tom, but arranges for Paul to emigrate to America. Tom, jealous, punches Paul when he hears Paul admit he loves Cathy. Cathy rejects Tom and realizes she loves Paul.
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Pages: 8
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Love Can Strike so Suddenly!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Joe Simon
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Character(s): Evie Froman; Rex Taylor; Ann Froman; Mrs. Froman; Warren Wright; Rajah of Chandavar; Bascom "Deadeye" Fuller
Synopsis: Headstrong Evie travels to India with her sister Ann and Ann’s boss Warren. While Ann and Warren handle business matters, Evie is given a tour of the country by Deadeye, a former U.S. pilot now running a small airline and tour service. They fall in love, and Evie will soon return to India to join him.
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In Issue: FlagYoung Romance: The Best of Simon & Kirby's Romance Comics #2 published April 2014
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Pages: 9

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