Young Romance
#161
(August-September 1969)
DC,
1963 Series
- Price
- 0.15 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1969-06-10
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Editing
- Joe Orlando (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
Dance with Me, Darling!
comic story / 7 pages
- Job Number
- J-379
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- She never takes her eyes off Doug! She'll win him away from me if she can!
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Doug; Diana; Sandra Blake
- Synopsis
- Doug and Diana had been dancing partners since childhood. Over the years their dancing partnership sees successful dance contests, a professional career and eventually, love. Their big chance comes when they are scheduled to appear on a nationwide television show, but Diana trips on some stairs and sprains her ankle. Unable to perform, she has to watch as another girl takes her place and worries that she will lose Doug to his new dance partner.
- Reprints
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from Secret Hearts (DC, 1949 series) #38 (February-March 1957)
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- Keywords
- dancing contest; television studio
Indexer Notes
Diana's hair and fashions have been redrawn for this reprint.
Heartbreak
comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- J-181
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I told you we were through -- can't you understand that? Have you come here to pity me?
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Brian Hunt; Sue Hyatt; Cheryl; Ned Strosovic
- Synopsis
- The face of Cheryl's boyfriend is badly injured while he is serving in Vietnam and he tells her they are through because he doesn't want her pity.
- Reprints
- in Truer Than True Romance: Classic Love Comics Retold (Watson-Guptill Publications, 2001 series) #[nn] ([June] 2001) [with new satiric dialogue], #[nn] ([June] 2001) [splash page only]
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- Keywords
- bicycles; football; soldiers
Indexer Notes
Pencils credit and reprint information added by Allen Ross.
My First Love Was My Last Love!
comic story / 11 pages
- Job Number
- J-140
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Getting into a swanky place like Oxford Hills is a real break for me! Gosh... I sure hope I can make good!
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Jeanne Otis; Mary Alvarez; Bill Drake; Roger Wade; Reba Vanness; Carlos Montenegro
- Synopsis
- Mary starts as a student nurse at swanky Oxford Hills Hospital, a place that serves very high class people. On her first day she becomes the only nurse that a wealthy patient known for being a "nurse-eating tiger" will take care from. Soon after she starts falling in love with an interne, but is heartbroken when she sees him kissing a high society volunteer whose father had donated the west wing of the hospital.
- Keywords
- hospital; student nurse
[no title indexed]
Laura Penn... Your Romance Reporter / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Jack Miller [as Laura Penn]
- Pencils
- John Romita (illustration)
- Inks
- ? (illustration)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- J-333
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Dear Miss Penn: I am thirteen years old, and I have...
- Genre
- romance
- Keywords
- advice
Indexer Notes
Artwork reprinted from previous Laura Penn column.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
Dance with Me, Darling!
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2.
Heartbreak
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3.
Teen-Age Queen of the Year!
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4.
My First Love Was My Last Love!
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5.
["Dear Miss Penn: I am thirteen years old, and I have..."]
Laura Penn... Your Romance Reporter
This issue was modified by, among others
- Boris Ammerlaan
- Steve Belknap
- Nick Caputo
- Peter Croome
- Edgar Loftin
- Allen Ross
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Stangas
- Jim Van Dore
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