Young Romance
#202
(November-December 1974)
DC,
1963 Series
- Volume
- 24
- Price
- 0.60 USD
- Pages
- 100
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1974-08-01
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [circle]
- Editing
- Joe Simon; Allan Asherman (Assistant Editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Comic Reader #109.
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Ric Estrada; Win Mortimer; Jerry Grandenetti
- Inks
- Vince Colletta; Win Mortimer; Creig Flessel ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Shelly Leferman ?; typeset
- Job Number
- JS-207
- Genre
- romance
Indexer Notes
cover illustrations taken from interior panels
Table of Contents
table of contents / 1 page
- Pencils
- Creig Flessel (illustrations)
- Inks
- Creig Flessel (illustrations)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- Job Number
- JS-208
With a Little Help from My Friends
comic story / 10 pages
- Job Number
- JS-209
- Genre
- romance
- Synopsis
- Nick comes into the library where Sarah works every night to study but both are too shy to make the next move until Sarah's friends plot to make something happen.
All the Girls Fell in Love!
comic story / 3 pages
- Job Number
- JS-210
- Genre
- romance
- Synopsis
- Three girls try different ways of attracting Kevin, the new guy, but a chance encounter gives Phyllis the advantage.
Easier to Forget
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Win Mortimer
- Inks
- George Roussos ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ray Holloway ?
- Editing
- Murray Boltinoff (original story)
- Job Number
- JS-212
- Genre
- romance
- Synopsis
- Jill breaks up with her summer boyfriend Bruce when she learns he is engaged, but finds that she can't get him out of her mind when she returns home.
- Reprints
-
from Girls' Romances (DC, 1950 series) #144 (October 1969) [retitled]
-
Indexer Notes
Original title: "Summer Time Romance!" Some minor alterations to update hairstyles and other details.
Make Him Come to You
comic story / 3 pages
- Job Number
- JS-211
- Genre
- romance
- Synopsis
- Sue comes up with a plan to casually meet the handsome new guy in her building.
- Reprints
-
in Teen Confessions (K. G. Murray, 1982 ? series) ([1982])
-
I'll Take Care of You
comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ira Schnapp
- Editing
- Jack Miller (original story)
- Job Number
- JS-161
- Genre
- romance
- Synopsis
- When Peggy, the girl Noel loves, is in an accident, he thinks it's his chance to finally make her notice him.
- Reprints
- from Young Romance (DC, 1963 series) #150 (October-November 1967) [retitled] which is reprinted
- from Falling in Love (DC, 1955 series) #11 (May-June 1957) [hairstyles updated]
-
Indexer Notes
Original title: "I'll Care for You!" Some re-inking to update hairstyles and other details. This story was also reprinted in Young Love #111 a few months earlier, perhaps due to an editorial oversight.
[no title indexed]
Paul -- the Other Side! / letters page / 2 pages
- Job Number
- JS-213
Indexer Notes
advice column
Marked for Life!
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Win Mortimer
- Inks
- Vince Colletta
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Shelly Leferman ?
- Editing
- Murray Boltinoff (original story)
- Job Number
- B-242
- Genre
- romance
- Synopsis
- Joan is embarrassed by a small mole on her cheek, but she knows she's found the right guy when he calls it a "beauty mark."
- Reprints
- from Girls' Romances (DC, 1950 series) #144 (October 1969) [retitled]
-
Indexer Notes
Original title: "How Can He Love Anyone Who Looks Like Me?"
Manchaser
comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Mike Sekowsky ?
- Inks
- Bernard Sachs; ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ira Schnapp
- Editing
- ? (original story)
- Genre
- romance
- Synopsis
- Christine is determined not to fall in love while on vacation but then she meets Billy.
- Reprints
- from Heart Throbs (DC, 1957 series) #55 (August-September 1958) [retitled]
-
Indexer Notes
Original title: "Summer Heartbreak." Some re-inking to update hairstyles and other details.
Mismatch
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jay Scott Pike ?
- Inks
- Jay Scott Pike ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ray Holloway ?
- Editing
- Murray Boltinoff (original story)
- Job Number
- B-123
- Genre
- romance
- Synopsis
- Cathy and Gig meet through a computer dating service and fall in love, even though the service later notifies them that a mistake was made and they are not compatible.
- Reprints
- from Girls' Romances (DC, 1950 series) #143 (September 1969) [retitled]
-
Indexer Notes
Original title: "The Matchmaker by Mail."
Just Another Groupie
comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- B-321
- Genre
- romance
- Synopsis
- Corinne accepts a date with Mike, a drummer in a rock band, but she really just wants a chance to meet Danny, the lead singer.
- Reprints
- from Girls' Romances (DC, 1950 series) #145 (December 1969) [retitled and updated]
-
Indexer Notes
Original title: "Love Is a Game...for Two!"
Stray Cat
comic story / 13 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Ric Estrada ?
- Inks
- Vince Colletta
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Milt Snapinn
- Editing
- Murray Boltinoff (original story)
- Job Number
- B-263
- Genre
- romance
- Synopsis
- Debby falls in love with Dick, a starving artist, but she is frustrated with his lack of ambition.
- Reprints
- from Girls' Romances (DC, 1950 series) #143 (September 1969) [retitled]
- in Falling in Love Romances (K. G. Murray, 1958 series) #90 ([April 1977] ?)
-
Indexer Notes
Original title: "A Lock on My Heart!"
Don't Treat Me Like the Others!
comic story / 9 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Synopsis
- Pat gets involved in an office romance with Wally but quickly realizes her mistake.
- Reprints
- from Girls' Romances (DC, 1950 series) #145 (December 1969) [retitled and updated]
-
Indexer Notes
Original title: "Easy to Kiss."
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
-
1.
Table of Contents
-
2.
With a Little Help from My Friends
-
3.
All the Girls Fell in Love!
-
4.
Easier to Forget
-
5.
Make Him Come to You
-
6.
I'll Take Care of You
-
7.
[no title indexed]
Paul -- the Other Side! -
8.
Marked for Life!
-
9.
Manchaser
-
10.
Mismatch
-
11.
Just Another Groupie
-
12.
Stray Cat
-
13.
Don't Treat Me Like the Others!
-
14.
Two Moods of a Spring Day
This issue was modified by, among others
- Dwayne Best
- Nick Caputo
- Franklin Colletta
- Jim Stangas
- Daniel Thingvold
- Jim Van Dore
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