Young Love
#v6#6 (60)
(August 1954)
Prize,
1949 Series
- Volume
- 6
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1954
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Crestwood Publishing Co. Inc.
- Brand
- Prize Group
- Editing
- Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
Outcast!
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Frank Marko; Peter Lindstrom; Ruth Damler; Mr. Damler
- Synopsis
- Young attorney Frank spends the summer in a rural community and falls in love with farm girl Ruth. However, the other members of the community, led by Peter, call him an “Outlander” and when Ruth’s father dies they consider Ruth and Frank “outcasts.” Frank agrees to stay and work the farm, but no one will help them. When a tornado strikes, Frank saves Peter’s life and this changes the community’s attitude about him and Ruth.
- Reprints
in Indexer Notes
The story suggests this insular farm community is something like the Amish but does not make this explicit.
I'll Tell on You
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Janet Brent Hill; Larry Shaw; Frank Hill; Edith Hill
- Synopsis
- Janet is married to lazy gambler Frank; he dies in a fire and she is also assumed dead, but survives and starts a new life under her maiden name. Foreman Larry falls in love with Janet, but is unaware she was married before. Janet’s former sister-in-law Edith gets a job at the factory. Edith dates Larry but he prefers Janet; Edith tells him Janet’s story to explain Janet’s secretive ways, then departs. Larry and Janet will be married.
- Reprints
Desperate to Marry
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Phil Holden; Edna Justin; Stan; Lucille; Ruth; Mrs. Justin; Al; Danny Holden
- Synopsis
- Edna’s family urges her to get married then protest when she dates Phil, a mechanic, since her sisters married middle-class businessmen. Edna says “Beggars can’t be choosers!” and marries Phil. He likes his work and refuses the family’s offers of help. When Edna has a baby, her family takes over and Phil doesn’t like their ideas about raising a child. He finally snaps and tells them off, and Edna realizes “he was so much better than the men my sisters married! Always had been!”
Penny Wise
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Penny; Sis; Tommy
- Synopsis
- How to make your limited wardrobe go further. “You don’t need a million to look like a million!”
One Woman Man!
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Mart; Steve; Cathy Wells; Mom
- Synopsis
- Mart wants to marry Cathy but his brother and fellow electrical lineman Steve comes between them. On the day Steve is scheduled to marry Cathy, he has an accident at work and Cathy offers to marry Mart if he saves Steve’s life. Steve is rescued and Mart realizes “we can’t force love”--he steps aside so his brother and Cathy will be happy.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
I'll Tell on You
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1.
Outcast!
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2.
Summertime
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3.
I'll Tell on You
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4.
Desperate to Marry
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5.
Penny Wise
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6.
Positively Yours
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7.
One Woman Man!
This issue was modified by, among others
- Nick Caputo
- Katy Hayhurst
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Van Dore
- Gary L. Watson (R.I.P.)
- David Wilt
- Warren Zeigler
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