Young Romance #v13#5 [107]
(August-September 1960)

Prize, 1947 Series
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Volume
13
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1960-04-28
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Feature Publications Inc.
Brand
Prize Group
Editing
Joe Simon (editor)

Issue Notes

Indicia: YOUNG ROMANCE, is published bi-monthly by Feature Publications, Inc., Sparta, Illinois. Editorial offices at 32 West 22nd Street, New York 10, N.Y. Single copy 10¢; Subscription, $.60 (6 issues). Second class postage paid at Sparta, Illinois. The stories in this magazine are true, but the names and places have been changed and should not be identified with any known institutions nor with any actual persons living or dead. No responsibility is accepted for unsolicited manuscripts or drawings. Entire contents © 1960 by Feature Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Copyright under the Universal Copyright Convention and International Copyright Convention. Copyright reserved under the Pan American Convention. Title registered in U.S. Patent Office. Printed in the U.S.A.

On-sale date from 1960 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress, corrected for typo in month identification.

What's Wrong with Me (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Joe Simon ?
Inks
Joe Simon ?
Colors
?
Letters
Ben Oda ?

Genre
romance

What's Wrong With Me? (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Matt Baker ?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
romance
Characters
Greta; Ralph; Aunt Martha; Fred
Synopsis
Greta's boyfriends always break up with her. She remembers her spinster Aunt Martha told her "never stop trying with all your might to find the happiness that every woman should have!" Years later, she meets her first boyfriend Ralph, now married and with children. He tells her "I could have loved you! But you didn't give my love a chance to grow naturally! You were over-aggressive!" Now that Greta knows what her "secret flaw" was, she will correct it.

Indexer Notes

Pencils attribution by Ger Apeldoorn (February 2011).

Problems by Nancy Hale (Table of Contents: 2)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
? [as Nancy Hale]
Letters
typeset

Genre
romance

Indexer Notes

Advice column with letters answered by "Nancy Hale."

His Ideal! (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bill Molno
Inks
Joe Simon ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
romance
Characters
Sally Benson; John
Synopsis
Sally loves college professor John, but is afraid he can't love "the brainless ninny I really am!" Sally works to "intellectualize" herself and then attempts to discuss Plato and Schopenhauer on their dates. John begins to avoid her, but finally confronts Sally and says he doesn't want "an egghead like myself." He loves Sally for herself, not her brains.

Indexer Notes

Molno pencils and possible Simon inks per Nick Caputo, October 2016.

Carol Came Back (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bill Molno ?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
S-190
Genre
romance
Characters
Jeff; Rhoda; Carol
Synopsis
Rhoda moves to a new town and falls in love with Jeff. However, she's soon warned by Mary that Jeff's former girlfriend Carol has returned to town. Mary repeatedly calls Rhoda to inform her that Jeff and Carol are seeing each other but she overplays her hand, calling at a time when Jeff is actually with Rhoda. Rhoda deduces that Mary and Carol are collaborating to make her doubt Jeff. Rhoda doesn't fall for their scheme.

Statement Required by the Act of August 24, 1912 (Table of Contents: 5)

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

Letters
typeset

Make-Up by Charmaigne (Table of Contents: 6)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (illustration)
Inks
? (illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
romance

Indexer Notes

one small illustrated panel at head

Envy (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bill Molno ?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
romance
Characters
Joe; Sally; Elaine; Ted; Jenkins
Synopsis
Sally's sister marries wealthy Ted, and Sally is envious because she feels she and her boyfriend Joe will be "stuck for the rest of our lives [in] noisy tenements!" Sally's attitude drives Joe away. However, Elaine shows up: she left Ted because he was never around: "He didn't want a wife...just a show-piece." Joe returns and Sally says she doesn't care if they're poor, she loves him. Ted and Elaine reconcile in time to attend Sally and Joe's wedding.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. What's Wrong with Me
  2. 1. What's Wrong With Me?
  3. 2. Problems by Nancy Hale
  4. 3. His Ideal!
  5. 4. Carol Came Back
  6. 5. Statement Required by the Act of August 24, 1912
  7. 6. Make-Up by Charmaigne
  8. 7. Envy
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Sean Byron
  • Nick Caputo
  • Mickey Coalwell
  • Steve Coates
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Dan Stevenson
  • David Wilt