Young Romance #157

(December 1968-January 1969)

Which Do I Choose` (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Werner Roth

Inks

Bernard Sachs ?

Colors

?

Letters

Ben Oda

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I had never known anything but the struggle and bleakness of farm life!

Genre

romance

Characters

Lucie Collins; Annie-May; Andy; Hank; Kathy; Jerry

Synopsis

Lucie had been raised in a small farm town, but dreamed of life in the big city. She finally goes to the city and gets a job as a secretary. She has trouble adjusting to the game of dating in the city until she bumps into a stranger who also happens to be from a farm town.

Keywords

barn dance; farm; train; typewriter

First Love (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bill Draut

Inks

Bill Draut

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

First Line of Dialogue or Text

And have you ever loved anyone before me, Abby?

Genre

romance

Characters

Abby; Dan; Jay Wharton; Wanda

Synopsis

Abby hesitates when Dan asks her if she had ever loved anyone else. She had been in a long relationship with Jay, but never really loved him. She decides to surprise Dan by making dinner for him in his apartment. But when she reads a note in a cookbook from one of his previous girlfriends, she thinks he's lied to her when he said she was the first girl he ever loved.

Reprints

• from Falling in Love (DC, 1955 series) #31 (December 1959)
• in Young Romance (DC, 1963 series) #201 (September-October 1974) [retitled and updated]

Keywords

cookbook; sailboat

Indexer Notes

Draut inks per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Bernard Sachs.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Dates 'n' Mates / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Jay Scott Pike (signed)

Inks

Jay Scott Pike (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Milt Snapinn

Genre

fashion

Reprints

• in Magic Moment Romances (K. G. Murray, 1958 series) #75 ([October 1969] ?), #83 ([February 1971] ?)

My Mother--My Rival! (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

John Rosenberger

Inks

John Rosenberger

Colors

?

Letters

Milt Snapinn

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Tina-- don't run-- don't try to escape me-- there's nothing to be afraid of--

Genre

romance

Synopsis

Tina is insecure about all her boyfriends because her mother is always around, dressing too young and trying to be part of Tina's crowd.

Reprints

• in Magic Moment Romances (K. G. Murray, 1958 series) #78 ([April 1970] ?)
• in Romantic (Arédit-Artima, 1960 series) #53 (janvier 1973) [modified to fit digest size]
• in Young Love (DC, 1963 series) #107 (December 1973-January 1974)

Keywords

records; school play; squirrel

Indexer Notes

Rosenberger pencils per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Win Mortimer.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Laura Penn... Your Romance Reporter / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

? [as Laura Penn]

Pencils

John Romita

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Keywords

lovelorn letters