Young Romance #170

(February-March 1971)

You've Arrived... (Table of Contents: 1)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script

Len Wein

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

G-1153

Reprints

• in Twin Hearts (K. G. Murray, 1958 series) #181 ([1973])

Love Is a Swinger! (Table of Contents: 2)

The Swinger / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Robert Kanigher

Pencils

Werner Roth

Inks

Vince Colletta

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

G-879

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The stormy seas of heartbreak have finally flung lovely young Michelle Moore into the safe harbor of Dick Dayton's arms.

Genre

romance

Characters

Michelle Moore; Dick Dayton; Sue; Lily Martin

Synopsis

Michelle is engaged to a wonderful guy, but feels his ring is an anchor dragging her down as she envisions their future. She takes off his ring and plans to give it back to him when he takes her to a discotheque one evening. Before she can tell him how she feels, she is stunned to see him get up and dance with the attractive singer playing there. She later catches him kissing Lily and realizes that she does love him now that she has lost him. But Dick had just been using Lily to try to forget Michelle when he had noticed she had taken his ring off.

Indexer Notes

First appearance, The Swinger. Previous indexer thought the penciler was Ric Estrada.

The Test of Time (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Tony Abruzzo

Inks

Bill Draut

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

G-861

First Line of Dialogue or Text

We'd planned two gay weeks of celebrating, but, before that time was up, we'd lost the reason for celebrating but found a reason for giving love...

Genre

romance

Characters

Bob; Jim; Joan; Sue

Synopsis

Sue gets engaged and invites her brother to come for the weekend to reveal her big surprise. When Jim arrives, he has his own surprise as he is also engaged and arrives with his fiancee. They plan to have a two week celebration before their wedding, but before the two weeks are up Sue and Jim catch their partners kissing each other.

Reprints

• from Falling in Love (DC, 1955 series) #67 (May 1964)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Beauty on a Budget / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

Elizabeth Safian

Pencils

Elizabeth Safian (signed as Elizabeth)

Inks

Elizabeth Safian (signed as Elizabeth)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

G-839

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Blend your way to beauty!!

Will I See Him? (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Gill

Pencils

John Celardo (signed)

Inks

Vince Colletta (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

G-671

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Anne, it'll only make you feel worse if Lew is there and...

Genre

romance

Characters

Lew Walker [Lew Colton]; Anne; Joan; Marla

Synopsis

After breaking up with Lew, Anne goes to Joan's party wondering if she will see him there.

Indexer Notes

Lew is referred to as Lew Walker in one panel and Lew Colton in another.

Appointment with Heartbreak (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Art Peddy

Inks

Bernard Sachs

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

G-421

First Line of Dialogue or Text

It isn't easy to keep an appointment with the man you love--when you know he's going to tell you he's fallen in love with somebody else!

Genre

romance

Characters

Clay; Alice Ware; Anne; Howard Quentin

Synopsis

Clay has asked Anne to meet him in the park. She assumes he is going to tell her he doesn't love her anymore because she has learned that he has been seeing another girl almost every evening while she has been out of town on an extended business trip. As she approaches Clay's bench, she decides she is not ready to face him. She finds an outdoor restaurant where she tells her story to a sympathetic stranger.

Reprints

• from Secret Hearts (DC, 1949 series) #39 (April-May 1957) [hairstyles updated]

If You're Capricorn (Table of Contents: 7)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

Raymond Marais

Pencils

Elizabeth Safian

Inks

Elizabeth Safian

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

G-550

Reprints

• in Magic Moment Romances (K. G. Murray, 1958 series) #88 ([December 1971] ?)

Keywords

horoscope

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script

? [as Laura Penn]

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Job Number

G-858

My Life for Yours! (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Gene Colan

Inks

Gene Colan ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

G-1088

First Line of Dialogue or Text

It had all happened long before... and the worst parts of it were now only like the memory of a bad dream...

Genre

romance

Characters

Tad; Ellen

Synopsis

Tad meets Ellen in her greenhouse after being in South America for two years. They had been in love once, but his jealousy had driven them apart and ultimately resulted in her being seriously injured when she ran away from him one evening and into an approaching car. Now she walks with a slight limp and the scar on her face is practically invisible. Tad learns that she is happy with her plant business and, most of all, loves her little girl and husband.

Reprints

• from Falling in Love (DC, 1955 series) #68 (July 1964)
• in Heart to Heart Romance Library (K. G. Murray, 1958 series) #157 ([1971] ?)

Love Me a Little (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Mike Sekowsky

Inks

Bernard Sachs

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

G-1089

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I was spoiled by the easy game of romance! There wasn't a man I couldn't win--if I set my cap for him!

Genre

romance

Characters

Andrew; Nina; Marge Jayson; Mr. Madison; Don

Synopsis

Marge easily makes conquests of men, but then loses interest in them. Instead of going to Miami again on vacation, she thinks about staying home this year but her friend convinces her to go, thinking that one of the men who swarm Marge will settle for her instead. At the Beachcomber Hotel, Marge is attracted to a man who seems impervious to her charms.

Reprints

• from Falling in Love (DC, 1955 series) #64 (January 1964)

Indexer Notes

Some faces and hairstyles updated by Vince Colletta. Previous indexer credited Werner Roth with pencils.

Rise, Love, Rise! (Table of Contents: 11)

The Swinger / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Robert Kanigher

Pencils

Werner Roth

Inks

Vince Colletta

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

G-894

First Line of Dialogue or Text

You flipped? Get your foot off the brake before we...

Genre

romance

Characters

Lily Martin; Tommy; Marty

Synopsis

Hitchhiking after the events in "Love Is a Swinger!", Lily panics when she sees a broken bridge and forces the driver to stop. The bridge brings back memories of how Tommy died. They had dated for a long time, but Lily had changed while Tommy had not. After telling Tommy her feelings, he had raced off in his car and smashed through a detour barrier where was drowned in the river. Feeling guilty for Tommy's death, Lily had set off to find herself. She helps a singer overcome his fears to perform at a rock festival, then moves on.