Young Romance #200

(July-August 1974)

Table of Contents (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Ric Estrada (illustrations)

Inks

Ric Estrada (illustrations)

Colors

?

Letters

Gaspar Saladino

Job Number

JS-135

He Touched Me! (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Ric Estrada

Inks

Ric Estrada

Colors

?

Letters

Irv Watanabe ?

Job Number

G-426

First Line of Dialogue or Text

...He held me close ... and I wanted this moment to last forever! But I knew it couldn't! I knew that she would show up in her scarecrow robe and curlers to humiliate me ...

Genre

romance

Synopsis

Carol's mother always seems to interfere with Carol's dating life, and one day Carol discovers her mother's diary, which reveals the reasons for the behavior.

Reprints

• in Romantic (Arédit-Artima, 1960 series) #69 (1er trimestre 1977) [modified to fit digest size]

I Can't Help the Way I Am! (Table of Contents: 3)

My True Love Confession / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Jay Scott Pike

Inks

Dick Giordano

Colors

?

Letters

Charlotte Jetter ?

Editing

Jack Miller (original story)

Job Number

JS-136

First Line of Dialogue or Text

You've got to make up your mind now--is it me--or that hippie?

Genre

romance

Synopsis

Karen is in love with Kip, a cynical musician with no definite plans for his future, but her parents send her away to college to break the couple up. Six months later Karen meets him again, but wonders whether anything has changed in his attitude.

Reprints

• from Girls' Romances (DC, 1950 series) #135 (September 1968) [pp 2-8, retitled], #136 (October 1968) [retitled]

Indexer Notes

Original title: "My Time to Love." Some re-inking to update hairstyles and other details; originally a two-part story reprinted as one.

Kid Brothers (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Creig Flessel (illustrations)

Inks

Creig Flessel (illustrations)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset; ?

Job Number

JS-137

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I used to think that younger brothers were dumb, stupid, jerky, dumb-as-they-come dumb. And my kid brother beat all the others by a mile, 'cause first off you'd see a mouthful of braces whenever he'd smile.

Genre

romance

Indexer Notes

Illustrated poem. Possible Flessel art per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Win Mortimer.

Pajama Party (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Win Mortimer (illustrations)

Inks

Win Mortimer (illustrations)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Job Number

JS-141

Genre

romance

Reprints

• in Love Song Romances (K. G. Murray, 1959 ? series) #90 ([August 1980] ?)

Indexer Notes

illustrated poem

Why Did I Have to Love a Beach Bum? (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Jay Scott Pike

Inks

Jay Scott Pike

Colors

?

Letters

Milt Snapinn ?

Editing

Jack Miller (original story)

Job Number

JS-126

First Line of Dialogue or Text

My parents were right about Eddy and I knew it... After all, what kind of future could there be with this high-flying, wild-headed weirdo who spent half his life on a surfboard and ran from responsibility.

Genre

romance

Synopsis

Ann's parents disapprove of her surfer boyfriend, Eddy, but it turns out that Eddy is willing to change himself into someone they will like.

Reprints

• from Young Love (DC, 1963 series) #59 (January-February 1967) [retitled]

Indexer Notes

Original title: "The Truth About Men!" Some re-inking to update hairstyles and other details.

Don't Make Me Beg! (Table of Contents: 7)

My True Love Confession / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

John Rosenberger

Inks

John Rosenberger ?

Colors

?

Letters

Milt Snapinn ?

Editing

Jack Miller (original story)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Once we had been as close as a boy and a girl could be... until I made the mistake I shall always regret! Now, I wanted him back! I wanted him to believe in me... to believe that I loved him!

Genre

romance

Synopsis

Ann risks her longtime relationship with Drew because of a brief attraction to Bill, who seems much more exciting.

Reprints

• from Falling in Love (DC, 1955 series) #98 (April 1968) [retitled]

Indexer Notes

Original title: "Please Take Me Back." Some re-inking to update hairstyles and other details.

I Had to Love! (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

Joe Letterese ?

Job Number

D-263

First Line of Dialogue or Text

It wasn't important that I be loved... not at first, anyway. I had to love... someone... something... even a man I had never seen... a man who might not even exist...

Genre

romance

Synopsis

A woman becomes obsessed with a painting of a handsome man and revisits the gallery where it hangs every day. She meets the model for the painting but he turns out to be shallow and uninteresting, and she finds that it's the artist who really attracted her.

Reprints

• from Falling in Love (DC, 1955 series) #20 (August 1958) [retitled and updated]

Indexer Notes

Original title: "I Had to Love!" Some re-inking to update hairstyles and other details.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Paul -- The Other Side! / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script

? [as Paul]

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

typeset

Job Number

JS-133

Indexer Notes

advice column

Why Can't I Think of Something to Say? (Table of Contents: 10)

My True Love Confession / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Phyllis Reed

Pencils

Jay Scott Pike

Inks

Bernard Sachs

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Job Number

JS-140

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I had the same problem with every boy... I choked up, became tongue-tied... And when I finally met the boy I wanted, I couldn't say "I love you"! I couldn't even talk to him!

Genre

romance

Synopsis

Della tries desperately to overcome her shyness.

Reprints

• from Young Love (DC, 1963 series) #55 (May-June 1966) [retitled]
which is reprinted
• from Girls' Love Stories (DC, 1949 series) #64 (August 1959) [updated]

Indexer Notes

Original title: "Heart-Shy!"

I'm Not Interested! (Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Jack Miller

Pencils

Joe Giella (splash page ?); Bernard Sachs

Inks

Bernard Sachs ?; ?

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Editing

Jack Miller (original story)

Job Number

JS-138

First Line of Dialogue or Text

What do you do when love is more than you can handle? When he doesn't encourage you, but you feel you can do something about that! You try every feminine trick you can think of, and then, in one brief moment your life is shattered when he says--

Genre

romance

Synopsis

Liz relentlessly pursues Perry until he has to tell her publicly that he just isn't interested in her. Fortunately, her next-door neighbor Bud, whom she has always ignored, is there to confess his love for her.

Reprints

• from Young Love (DC, 1963 series) #56 (July-August 1966) [retitled]
• in Teenage (Semic, 1977 series) #2/1977 (uke 41 1977)

Indexer Notes

Original title: "I'll Make Him Love Me!" New splash page and some alterations to update hairstyles and other details.