Young Romance
#181
(April 1972)
DC,
1963 Series
- Volume
- 22
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1972-02-08
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [character]
- Editing
- Dorothy Woolfolk; Ethan C. Mordden (assistant editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Comic Reader #81.
in 
Ned & Gloria & Jim & Sandra
comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Ernie Chan (credited as Ernesto Chua)
- Inks
- Tony DeZuniga
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Milt Snapinn
- Job Number
- D-682
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Gloria, Jim; Sandra; Ned
- Synopsis
- Gloria secretly starts dating her best friend's boyfriend Jim, deceiving both her friend Sandra and her own boyfriend Ned.
Indexer Notes
Chua signature appears on the original art, as reported by Michael Styborski via Facebook.
Ink credits per Nick Caputo.
[no title indexed]
Secret Garden of Love Poetry / text article / 1 page
- Job Number
- D-755
Indexer Notes
poetry submitted by readers; announcement of a new recipe contest
When You're in Love
comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- D-565
- Genre
- romance
- Synopsis
- Jean works as a babysitter for young Penny, but falls in love with Penny's widowed father Craig. Unfortunately, Craig is engaged to Kay, who immediately senses a potential rival.
- Reprints
-
from Young Romance (DC, 1963 series) #141 (April-May 1966) [retitled]
-
Indexer Notes
Original title: "A Meeting with Heartbreak!"
Wake Up and Dream!
comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- D-788
- Genre
- romance
- Synopsis
- Former child star Janice Talbot wants to be famous again, not realizing that her real future lies in another direction.
- Reprints
- from Girls' Love Stories (DC, 1949 series) #16 (March-April 1952)
-
[no title indexed]
Do's and Dont's of Dating / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- ? [as Page Peterson]
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- Vince Colletta
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- John Costanza
- Job Number
- D-393
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Don't come home too late, Donna...
- Genre
- romance
The Shadow Between Us
comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- D-146
- Genre
- romance
- Synopsis
- When Donna learns that her boyfriend Carl was killed in Vietnam, his friend Ethan falls in love with her but her love for Carl stands in the way.
[no title indexed]
Laura Penn... Your Romance Reporter / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Carol Fein (credited as Laura Penn)
- Pencils
- Ric Estrada ? (logo illustration)
- Inks
- Vince Colletta (logo illustration)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- D-772A
Indexer Notes
advice column
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Ned and Gloria and Jim and Sandra
-
1.
Ned & Gloria & Jim & Sandra
-
2.
[no title indexed]
Secret Garden of Love Poetry -
3.
When You're in Love
-
4.
How to Handle a Blind Date
-
5.
Wake Up and Dream!
-
6.
["Don't come home too late, Donna..."]
Do's and Dont's of Dating -
7.
The Shadow Between Us
-
8.
[no title indexed]
Laura Penn... Your Romance Reporter
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Dwayne Best
- Nick Caputo
- CTGarry
- Merlin Haas
- Bob Hughes
- Mike Nielsen
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Stangas
- Jim Van Dore
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