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Issue: Youthful Romances #15 [1]
Publication Date: January 1953
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Issues: #15 [1] of 9 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagRibage
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Indicia Publisher: Ribage Publishing Corp.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 7 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Adolphe Barreaux
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Love Tames the Tiger

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Harry Harrison ?
Inker(s): Harry Harrison ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Character(s): Spike Jones
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Art credits identified by Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.

The cover does not illustrate a scene from "Love Tames the Tiger." It is perhaps related to the story "Love Me, Love My Job!"--which does feature Spike Jones--but neither of the drawn characters resembles they way they look inside the comic.
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Love Me, Love My Job!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bill Fraccio
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Character(s): Spike Jones; Kathy Williams; Tom; Ed; Bill; Ben
Synopsis: Kathy leaves Corwin Falls, Idaho, and becomes a popular actress on the Spike Jones television show. Her hometown boyfriend Tom visits her but feels out of place. They break up. The next night, Kathy attends a party with co-worker Ben, and he gets fresh with her. Tom appears and punches Ben. Kathy agrees to return to Idaho and marry Tom. Spike Jones and Ben set up the whole thing, although Ben didn’t count on getting a black eye from Tom.
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Pencil credit identified by Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.

Spike Jones was an actual bandleader of the 1940s and 1950s, who had his own radio and television programs. He also specialized in "comedy" music.
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Love Tames the Tiger

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Harry Harrison [as Hh] (signed)
Inker(s): Harry Harrison [as Hh] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Character(s): Zara; Jim Blaine; Lisa
Synopsis: Tiger tamer Zara wants circus employee Jim as her assistant and lover, but Jim and trapeze artist Lisa are attracted to each other. Zara sends her tiger Satan to kill Jim and Lisa, but they escape and Satan slays Zara instead.
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Same story premise as "The Wrong Kind of Love" in Personal Love (Eastern Color, 1950 series) 23 (September 1953). The female animal trainer is named "Kara" rather than "Zara" in this version.
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Second Chance!

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
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Pages: 2
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Love Flight

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bill Fraccio
Inker(s): Tony Tallarico
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, romantic
Character(s): Elizabeth Traynor; Mrs. Traynor; Captain Tom Norton
Synopsis: In England, Elizabeth falls in love with boarder Tom, a visiting American Air Force officer. However, Elizabeth’s father was an R.A.F. pilot killed during the war and Elizabeth fears Tom’s work as a test pilot will also prove fatal. When he won’t change his mind, she tries to trick him into missing a flight, but he finds out and they break up. Tom’s plane crashes and he contracts amnesia. The doctors use her to bring him back to normal. He’s also grounded from flying, so everyone is happy.
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Art credits identified by Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.
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Busy Junior Red Cross Councils

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: opinion
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Pages: 1
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Hearts Afloat!!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Tony Tallarico ?
Inker(s): Tony Tallarico ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Character(s): Bill Barlow; Ann Case; Frank
Synopsis: Ann loves fisherman Bill but is smitten with rich yachtsman Frank, until she discovers he’s married. She leaps overboard and is rescued by Bill. Ann later overhears Bill and Frank discussing how Frank made himself seem bad so she’d understand that Bill is the man for her.
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Art credits identified by Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.

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