Young Love
#v6#4 (58)
(June 1954)
Prize,
1949 Series
- Volume
- 6
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Crestwood Publishing Co. Inc.
- Brand
- Prize Group
- Editing
- Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
in 
The Unblessed Events
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Sherry; Joe; Ralph Parker; Mrs. Parker; doctor
- Synopsis
- Teenager Sherry is mortified when her mother and father announce that they’re having another baby. Sherry’s boyfriend Joe doesn’t understand why Sherry is so upset; she even moves out of the house and gets a job. Joe brings Sherry back to her house after her baby sister is born, and she changes her mind about things.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
A Man To Marry!
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Julie Marsh; Hal Walker; Steve Ellis; Mr. Ellis; Mrs. Ellis; Ed Spaulding
- Synopsis
- Studious Hal proposes to fellow college student Julie, but she is Steve’s girlfriend. Steve is overbearing and possessive. Steve’s mother says she was courted by both her husband and Ed 20 years before: she preferred Ed, but Steve’s father swept her off her feet. Julie chooses Hal.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
Perfect Lady!
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Larry Kingsley; Doris Palmer; Mrs. Branch; Joan Walsh; Mr. Duncan
- Synopsis
- Former artist Larry is now down-and-out, after being jilted by singer Joan. Doris, who lives in the same boardinghouse, nurses Larry back to health from pneumonia. Doris gets Larry an art commission from the ad agency where she works, but he says he can’t draw anymore. Doris poses for him and their landlady is scandalized, so Larry marries Doris. He refuses to get a job, and a pregnant Doris leaves him. Larry returns: he’s now working again and reunites with Doris.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
A Lesson in Love!
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Del Evans; Betty
- Synopsis
- Betty spends a year remaking her boyfriend Del into a “polished...gentleman,” then he tells her that he’s engaged to someone else. He says his fiancee “loves me exactly as I am!” whereas Betty constantly found fault with him.
I Was Heartsick!
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Marcia; Don; Aunt Alice
- Synopsis
- Aunt Alice pushes Marcia into becoming an actress. Marcia fails, and her hometown boyfriend Don dumps her. Marcia returns to the city and gets a job in a department store. Don and Aunt Alice show up: Aunt Alice had asked Don to give up Marcia so she could concentrate on her acting career, but is now sorry she interfered. Don and Marcia reconcile.
Live, Love and Be Married!
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Wayne; Ginny; Evelyn; Arthur; George Forman; Harold; Wayne's mother
- Synopsis
- Wayne and Ginny get married on a whim and move into an old house that needs work. Wayne can’t keep a job because his “heart isn’t in it!” Ginny is consoled by her boss George. Wayne demands his share of his inheritance from his brother and buys a greenhouse. Ginny supports him, because she knows gardening is his passion and he’ll make good.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
["Perfect Lady!"]
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1.
The Unblessed Events
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2.
A Man To Marry!
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3.
Conversation Pieces
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4.
Perfect Lady!
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5.
A Lesson in Love!
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6.
I Was Heartsick!
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7.
Firm Foundation
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8.
Live, Love and Be Married!
This issue was modified by, among others
- Nick Caputo
- Tillmann Courth
- Katy Hayhurst
- Daniel Thingvold
- Jim Van Dore
- David Wilt
- Warren Zeigler
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