Young Love
#40
(November-December 1963)
DC,
1963 Series
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1963-09-12
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Arleigh Publishing Corporation
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Editing
- Larry Nadle (credited as L. M. Nadle) (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
Which Way, My Heart?
Mary Robin, R.N. / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Mary Robin; Greg Townsend
- Reprints
-
in Showcase Presents: Young Love (DC, 2012 series) #1 ([May] 2012) [black and white]
-
Which Way, My Heart?
Mary Robin, R.N. / comic story / 12 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You've been wonderful, Mary! Now, I know why they say a patient can fall in love with his nurse!
- Feature Logo
The Private Diary of Mary Robin, R.N.- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Mary Robin; Dr. Will Ames; Vera; Greg Townsend
- Synopsis
- Mary is torn between the surgeon, who doesn't love her, and the patient who thinks he does.
- Reprints
- in Showcase Presents: Young Love (DC, 2012 series) #1 ([May] 2012) [black and white]
-
- Keywords
- kittens
Indexer Notes
Credit for writer and artist from Nadle's paybook. Splash page is used for cover.
Someone to Remember
comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Judy and I were in love -- forever, we said -- but forever ended with summer... for Judy, in a fall setting, was not my love at all! She was a goddess of summer... she was only...
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Judy; Gay; Ted
- Synopsis
- When Ted meets Judy during the summer, he thinks he will love her forever. But in the fall, he compares her with the other girls at her school and questions how he feels about her. She tries to change for him, but this only drives him away faster. He makes a date with Judy's roommate, but then realizes that none of the other girls he has met is as genuine as Judy.
- Reprints
-
in Calypso (Arédit-Artima, 1962 series) #16 (janvier 1966) - in Young Romance (DC, 1963 series) #198 (March-April 1974) [retitled and updated]
- in Heart Throbs: The Best of DC Romance Comics (Simon and Schuster, 1979 series) (1979)
- in Showcase Presents: Young Love (DC, 2012 series) #1 ([May] 2012) [black and white]
-
- Keywords
- cigarettes
Indexer Notes
Credits for Draut pencils and Pike inks per Nadle's paybook but Nick Caputo is uncertain of Pike's contribution and suspects Nadle's records may be in error.
It is possible that the script was bought by Phyllis Reed, the former romance editor. Scripter identified by Bob Hughes.
[no title indexed]
As Jane Ford Sees It / letters page / 2 pages
- Script
- ? [as Jane Ford]
- Pencils
- John Romita (logo illustration)
- Inks
- John Romita (logo illustration)
- Colors
- ? (logo illustration)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- romance
Indexer Notes
advice column
The Power of Love
comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Why did she have to come here, tonight. This was the happiest day of my life -- up to now!
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Judith Matthews; Chris; Linda Matthews; Bill Watson
- Synopsis
- The boys that meet Linda's sister can't resist her beauty and Linda comes to accept it. But when she meets Bill she hopes to avoid putting him to the test.
- Reprints
- in Showcase Presents: Young Love (DC, 2012 series) #1 ([May] 2012) [black and white]
-
- Keywords
- swimming; tennis
Indexer Notes
Nadle's payment books has Mike Sekowsky for this story, however a group of art spotters on the GCD agreeded that this was Arthur Peddy (April 2012). Previous indexer thought it was Don Heck.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Which Way, My Heart?
Mary Robin, R.N. -
1.
[no title indexed]
The Marlboro House -
2.
Which Way, My Heart?
Mary Robin, R.N. -
3.
Party Time
Romance in Fashion -
4.
Someone to Remember
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5.
A Formal Look
Romance in Fashion -
6.
[no title indexed]
As Jane Ford Sees It -
7.
The Power of Love
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8.
["Hi! I've been asked to tell you that now is your big chance..."]
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9.
[no title indexed]
The Marlboro House
This issue was modified by, among others
- Steve Belknap
- Dwayne Best
- Nick Caputo
- Edgar Loftin
- Mike Nielsen
- Daniel Thingvold
- Jim Van Dore
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