Young Romance
#158
(February-March 1969)
DC,
1963 Series
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1968-12-10
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Editing
- Joe Orlando (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
Driftwood
comic story / 10 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I love you, Ray. I love you!
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Ray Fleming; Ellen Morse; Virginia Clemens
- Synopsis
- A drifter sees a chance to live off the fat when a girl from a wealthy family takes an interest in him. Then he meets her friend from an even wealthier family and ditches Ellen for Ginnie. His plan is working, but he finds it isn't as much fun as he thought it would be and he keeps thinking of Ellen. He goes back to Ellen and skippers her sailboat to victory in the trophy race.
- Keywords
- beach; sailboat; swimming
The Girl from Yesterday
comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's been over a year... and I guess I'm improving... because I was able to come here tonight... where we used to come... and not feel like bawling!
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Della; Sam; Mary
- Synopsis
- At the end of a shipboard romance, Della feels spurned when she tells Sam he loves her, but he can't say it back to her. Now they meet years later with Sam mourning over the death of Mary, who had been driving to Lake City to marry him when her car went off the road. Sam sees Della a lot during the next few weeks and realizes he now does love Della. But then something Della says makes Sam realize that Della knows more about Mary's death than he realized.
- Reprints
-
from Falling in Love (DC, 1955 series) #49 (March 1962)
-
- Keywords
- bowling; gas station
[no title indexed]
Dates 'n' Mates / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Ric Estrada (signed)
- Inks
- Ric Estrada (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Milt Snapinn
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- In olden days a glimpse of...
- Genre
- fashion; romance
- Reprints
-
in Heart to Heart Annual (K. G. Murray, 1972 ? series) #2 ([1972] ?)
-
[no title indexed]
Laura Penn... Your Romance Reporter / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- ? [as Laura Penn]
- Pencils
- John Romita (illustration)
- Inks
- ? (illustration)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Dear Miss Penn: I come from a broken home...
- Genre
- romance
- Keywords
- advice
One Heart Must Break!
comic story / 10 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Leonard is so charming, and very sophisticated... but when Joe watches me with his eyes they have a language of their own!
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Leonard; Joe; Diane
- Synopsis
- Diane goes to Spain on her vacation and has two men fall in love with her: the charming and sophisticated Leonard and the tour bus driver Joe. Not wanting to choose between them, she takes the next jet back to New York. The next morning she receives a telegram from Leonard, but then Joe arrives after quitting his job so he could see her and she knew Joe was the man for her.
- Keywords
- art gallery; flamenco dancers; jet; motorcycle; picnic; Spain
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
-
1.
Driftwood
-
2.
The Girl from Yesterday
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3.
["In olden days a glimpse of..."]
Dates 'n' Mates -
4.
["Dear Miss Penn: I come from a broken home..."]
Laura Penn... Your Romance Reporter -
5.
One Heart Must Break!
This issue was modified by, among others
- Boris Ammerlaan
- Steve Belknap
- Nick Caputo
- Peter Croome
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Stangas
- Jim Van Dore
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