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Issue: Young Love #5 [18] Public Domain
Publication Date: February 1960
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Issues: #5 [18] of 21 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagPrize
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Feature Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/28/1959
Volume: 3
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 9 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Joe Simon
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1959 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress. Reference copy has December 8, 1959 stamp on cover.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: full color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Hunt Eloping Teenagers

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
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Pages: 1
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The Truth Has Many Faces

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Genres: romantic
Character(s): Hortense Torgan; Jerry North; Trudy Livingston; Sarah Livingston; Mr. Livingston; Samuel North; Pat Crawford; Mr. Torgan
Synopsis: Rich and spoiled Hortense becomes jealous when Jerry starts dating Trudy. Hortense threatens to have her father fire Jerry’s father from his factory job unless Jerry elopes with her. The wedding is prevented and Hortense’s father says he’d never fire anyone just on his daughter’s say-so. Hortense apologizes and Jerry goes back to Trudy, his true love.
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Pages: 6.67
Disclose Notes: Story told from multiple characters' point of view.

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[untitled]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? [as Nancy Hale]
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Feature(s): Nancy Hale
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Small Type

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Genres: romantic
Character(s): Ingre Sue Larsson; Peter "Pip" MacMillian; Reginald MacMillian; Clara MacMillian; Pat
Synopsis: Ingre comes to the USA to study for her PhD, and takes a job as a maid with the MacMillian family to pay for her expenses. Ingre and Pip MacMillian fall in love, but various things keep postponing their marriage. Ingre thinks Pip’s father is interfering because of his political ambitions. Ingre returns to Norway, but Pip and his father track her down. Mr. MacMillian apologizes and Ingre weds Pip.
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Pencils: Late Powell work, grey scale 'photos' in the paper on the opening page look like Powell's then current work for Sick.
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Where's George?

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Genres: romantic
Character(s): Sarah Hadley; Brad; Mrs. Walker; George
Synopsis: After Sarah is jilted by her fiancé Brad, she is afraid to fall in love again. New town doctor George proposes to Sarah and she reluctantly overcomes her fear and accepts. However, on the day of her wedding, George hasn’t appeared and she decides to leave town to get away from the gossip. Sarah then gets a call: George was injured in an auto accident. He isn’t badly hurt and he and Sarah have their wedding later.
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My Feature Story

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Genres: romantic
Character(s): Kip Malcolm; Louise; Carl Bergen; Mrs. Bergen
Synopsis: Louise is going steady with Kip, a longtime friend, even though he’s overweight (due to a glandular condition) and this makes her friends mock her. Louise finally breaks up with Kip when he embarrasses her by breaking an antique chair, and she starts dating Carl. However, Kip’s singing prowess at the school show makes him a hit with the other students. Louise is ashamed but knows “he’ll come back to me” and this time she won’t let peer pressure break them apart.
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Disclose Notes: Pencils previously attributed to Bob Powell "in a more 'modern' style" by Ger Apeldoorn but changed to Morrow in 2018, comparing it to his signed work on Sick.
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Beauty Clinic

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The Gentle Nudge

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Genres: romantic
Character(s): Don; Don's girlfriend
Synopsis: A young woman writes a letter to the local newspaper’s “Love Doctor,” complaining that her fiancé Don hasn’t proposed marriage although they’ve been dating for six years. The Love Doctor invites her to his office and says he’ll solve her problem: the columnist is Don, and he says he’ll marry her right away.
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Pages: 4.67
Disclose Notes: Bottom 1/3 of last page is a house ad.
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: Happy Birthday to Us!
Synopsis: House ad for Young Romance, Going Steady, and Young Love.
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