Young Romance
#198
(March-April 1974)
DC,
1963 Series
- Volume
- 24
- Price
- 0.50 USD
- Pages
- 100
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1973-12-04
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [block]
- Editing
- E. Nelson Bridwell (editor); Allan Asherman (associate editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Comic Reader #102.
Just The Way I Dreamed It!
comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- JS-58
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Did you ever dream about a certain guy being so much in love with you that he wants to be around you constantly... that he walks by your house in the hopes that he'll catch a glimpse of you... Would you believe that it happened to me...
- Genre
- romance
- Synopsis
- Kathy in interested in Ted and she thinks he likes her too but she gets a big surprise.
- Reprints
-
in MV Comix (Egmont Ehapa, 1968 series) #12/1975 (14. Juni 1975) -
in Romantic (Arédit-Artima, 1960 series) #69 (1er trimestre 1977) [modified to fit digest size]
-
Indexer Notes
editor credit from story code
Will You Be My Girl?
comic story / 7 pages
- Job Number
- JS-45
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- They were the most beautiful words I had every heard... but Charlie had also whispered them to...
- Genre
- romance
- Synopsis
- Charlie introduces himself to Jenny, the new girl in school, and she likes him right away -- until she hears that he's dated many other girls.
- Reprints
- in Romantic (Arédit-Artima, 1960 series) #69 (1er trimestre 1977) [modified to fit digest size]
-
Indexer Notes
editor credit from job number
Boyfriend; Victory; Cool Memories
text story / 1 page
- Job Number
- JS-82
- Genre
- romance
- Synopsis
- 3 poems about relationships
Indexer Notes
editor credit from job number
We're Getting Too Serious!
comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- N-850
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It would have been better if he had said goodbye... if he had broken it off cleanly and honestly... It would have been better than this slow torture when he said:
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Joni
- Synopsis
- Don wants to slow things down with Joni, though he says he still loves her. While he's making up his mind, she falls in love with Cary and leaves Don behind.
- Reprints
-
from Falling in Love (DC, 1955 series) #94 (October 1967) [retitled and updated]
-
Indexer Notes
Copyright © 1967. Original title: "I Want to Think It Over!" 2 pages omitted for this reprint.
The Girl I Wanted
comic story / 7 pages
- Job Number
- N-851
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I was a guy with definite ideas about the kind of girl who could turn me on... Take Judy, for example. She was the girl I loved not--
- Genre
- romance
- Synopsis
- Ted is interested in Judy but he's not sure she's right for him.
- Reprints
- from Young Love (DC, 1963 series) #40 (November-December 1963) [retitled and updated]
-
Indexer Notes
Original title: "Someone to Remember." Copyright © 1963, updated fashions and hairstyles, some lettering redone.
Things I Hate to Hear
comic story / 2 pages
- Job Number
- JS-86
- Genre
- teen
Indexer Notes
illustrated poem
The Thrill of Love
comic story / 9 pages
- Job Number
- N-852
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I wanted it so very much... but never realized the price I would have to pay for--
- Genre
- romance
- Synopsis
- Nan is shocked to find out her boyfriend Nicky really loves her best friend Carolyn, and even more surprised to learn that Carolyn's boyfriend Peter is interested in her.
- Reprints
- from Secret Hearts (DC, 1949 series) #107 (October 1965) [retitled]
-
Indexer Notes
Copyright © 1965, art and fashions updated, some lettering changed.
Original title: "Is Love for Real?"
My True Love Confession
letters page / 2 pages
- Script
- Allan Asherman
- Pencils
- Win Mortimer (illustrations)
- Inks
- ? (illustrations)
- Colors
- ? (illustrations)
- Letters
- typeset
- Editing
- Joe Simon; Allan Asherman (contest editor)
- Job Number
- JS-77
Indexer Notes
Reader's solution to story of Cindy in Young Romance #196. Editor credit from job number; letters from Cindy Moser; Pherenette Bowie; Bridget Brosky; Carolyn Pinkus; Cathy Beals; Lovey; Ms. C. Gonzales; Norri Pfohl.
Your Eyes of Love; Just Waiting
text story / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Win Mortimer (illustrations)
- Inks
- ? (illustrations)
- Colors
- ? (illustrations)
- Letters
- typeset
- Editing
- Joe Simon
- Job Number
- JS-87
- Genre
- romance
Indexer Notes
two illustrated poems; editor credit from job number
My Turn for Love
comic story / 7 pages
- Job Number
- D-638
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Did you ever have the feeling that you were about to meet the guy you've dreamed of? I have that feeling today!
- Genre
- romance
- Synopsis
- A girl fantasizes about different boys she sees in the park.
- Reprints
- from Girls' Romances (DC, 1950 series) #89 (January 1963) [retitled and updated]
-
Indexer Notes
Original title: "Love or Run." Reprint editor credit from job number; clothing, hairstyles, and more redrawn and reinked.
Come Home to My Heart!
comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Mike Sekowsky
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Phyllis Reed (original story)
- Job Number
- N-853
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- She'd been away so long... living a new life in a world I could never share... and now she was back. What a fool I was to think she had...
- Genre
- romance
- Synopsis
- Bart loves Linda but she leaves to become a successful actress. When he learns she has returned to town, she refuses to tell him why they can't be together.
- Reprints
- from Girls' Love Stories (DC, 1949 series) #87 (June 1962) [with art changes]
-
Indexer Notes
Hairstyles, clothing and dates changed.
What's Wrong with Me?
text story / 1 page
- Job Number
- JS-84
Indexer Notes
poem; editors credits from job number
Stop-Over Love!
comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Tony Abruzzo
- Inks
- Bernard Sachs
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Phyllis Reed (original story); Dorothy Woolfolk
- Job Number
- D-273
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- She was being blinded by her folly! I was sure I was right about Jeremy--that he had never intended to be anything more to her than a ...
- Genre
- romance
- Synopsis
- Glenn loves Mindy but steps aside when she falls in love with Jeremy.
- Reprints
- from Secret Hearts (DC, 1949 series) #67 (November 1960)
-
Indexer Notes
hairstyle, clothing updated for reprint; reprint editor credit taken from job code
When a Girl Discovers That She's Number 2, Does She Try Harder? Or Cry Harder?
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Phyllis Reed
- Pencils
- John Romita
- Inks
- John Romita
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Phyllis Reed (original story); Dorothy Woolfolk
- Job Number
- D-567
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- So that's his girl! ... His first choice!
- Genre
- romance
- Synopsis
- Linda and Bruce grow up next door to each other but she just isn't sure if he will ever fall in love with her.
- Reprints
- from Girls' Love Stories (DC, 1949 series) #96 (July 1963) [retitled]
- in MV Comix (Egmont Ehapa, 1968 series) #13/1975 (28. Juni 1975)
-
Indexer Notes
Some re-inking to update hairstyles and other details.
Original title: "The Sound of His Voice."
I'm Not Taking Any Chances!
comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- John Rosenberger
- Inks
- John Rosenberger
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Dorothy Woolfolk; Jack Miller (original story)
- Job Number
- D-357
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Love? Why should I let myself fall into that trap again? Why give in to this total stranger after the way I'd been put down by the last guy?
- Genre
- romance
- Synopsis
- When Sharon's fiancee leaves her waiting at the altar, she avoids becoming involved again, but a persistent stranger eventually breaks through her resolve.
- Reprints
- from Girls' Romances (DC, 1950 series) #106 (January 1965) [retitled]
-
Indexer Notes
Reprint editor credits taken from job number; some re-inking to update hairstyles and other details.
Original title: "I'll Never Love Again."
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
Just The Way I Dreamed It!
-
2.
Will You Be My Girl?
-
3.
Boyfriend; Victory; Cool Memories
-
4.
We're Getting Too Serious!
-
5.
The Walk
-
6.
The Girl I Wanted
-
7.
Things I Hate to Hear
-
8.
The Thrill of Love
-
9.
My True Love Confession
-
10.
Your Eyes of Love; Just Waiting
-
11.
My Turn for Love
-
12.
Come Home to My Heart!
-
13.
What's Wrong with Me?
-
14.
Stop-Over Love!
-
15.
When a Girl Discovers That She's Number 2, Does She Try Harder? Or Cry Harder?
-
16.
I'm Not Taking Any Chances!
This issue was modified by, among others
- Boris Ammerlaan
- Valmiki Annamanthadoo
- Steve Belknap
- Dwayne Best
- Nick Caputo
- Mike Nielsen
- Steven Rowe
- Jim Stangas
- Jim Van Dore
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