Young Romance #v12#5 [101]
(August-September 1959)

Prize, 1947 Series
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Volume
12
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Feature Publications Inc.
Brand
Prize Group
Editing
Joe Simon

Issue Notes

Indexed from a scan from Digital Comic Museum (digitalcomicmuseum.com).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Al Avison ?; Joe Simon ?
Inks
Joe Simon ?
Colors
?
Genre
romance
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Love and Marriage (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bill Fraccio ?
Inks
Vince Colletta ?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
romance
Characters
Joan Sanders; Philip Harwood; Billy Harwood

Indexer Notes

Possible Fraccio pencils and Colletta inks per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Paul Reinman.

Man in the House (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 4.67 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Prentice; Joe Simon ? (see notes)
Inks
Joe Simon (see notes)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
romance
Characters
Al Williams; Ella; Clyde

Indexer Notes

Prentice-Simon credit per Harry Mendryk's Simon and Kirby blog. Previous indexer credited Jo Albistur. Majority of the story is made up of swiped/reused Prentice panels from the "Young Romance" #72 (August 1954) story "The Irresistible Bum".

The Mail Bag (Table of Contents: 3)

Nancy Hale / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
? [as Nancy Hale]
Letters
typeset
Genre
romance

The Talk of the Town (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bill Montes ?
Inks
Vince Colletta ?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
romance
Characters
Carol Tate; Ted Mason; Jerry Harper

Indexer Notes

Clues to artist's id may be in the splash panel. MONT on license plate on car may refer to artist Bill Montes.

Young and Beautiful and Bored! (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Avison ?
Inks
Joe Simon ?
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek
Genre
romance
Characters
Steve; Penny

Indexer Notes

Possible Avison pencils per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Joe Simon.

Self-confidence (Table of Contents: 6)

Charmaigne / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
? [as Charmaigne]
Letters
typeset
Genre
romance

Smooth Operator (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
George Tuska
Inks
Joe Simon ?
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen
Genre
romance
Characters
Jimmy Lake; Sammy Strobe; Gloria

Indexer Notes

Tuska pencils and possible Simon inks per Nick Caputo.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
  2. 1. Love and Marriage
  3. 2. Man in the House
  4. 3. The Mail Bag
    Nancy Hale
  5. 4. The Talk of the Town
  6. 5. Young and Beautiful and Bored!
  7. 6. Self-confidence
    Charmaigne
  8. 7. Smooth Operator
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Nick Caputo
  • Per Sandell
  • Dan Stevenson
  • Ryan Ten
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Gary L. Watson (R.I.P.)
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