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- ?
Just le titre avec la typographie originale. [Just the logo of the original title.]
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- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Joe Simon ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
Crédit, copyright, remerciements et une illustration. [Credit, copyright, acknowledgments and an illustration.]
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- ?
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- ? (photograph)
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- ? (photograph)
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- typographie
- Genre
- biographique (biography)
Biographies de Joe Simon et Jack Kirby avec une photo des deux auteurs. [Biographies of Joe Simon and Jack Kirby with a photo of the two authors.]
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- ?
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Joe Simon
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Christian Mattiucci
- Genre
- roman d'amour (romance)
- Characters
- Toni Benson; Granny; Bob Scott; Stanley Budko; Jerry
- Synopsis
- After her mother runs away, Toni is raised by her strict grandmother. Accepting a ride from Bob, Toni goes with him to a roadhouse. During a police raid, Bob ditches Toni but she’s rescued by club owner Stan. They date for a time but Stan vanishes, because he doesn’t want her to be tainted by his bad reputation in town. Toni allows herself to be picked up by Jerry but flees when he makes a pass at her. She discovers Stan now runs a gas station and they are reunited.
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- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Joe Simon
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Christian Mattiucci
- Genre
- roman d'amour (romance)
- Characters
- Sherman Sherman; June Collins; Karl Barton Jr.; Karl Barton Sr.; Mr. Jensen
- Synopsis
- Factory worker June has a crush on Karl, snobbish son of the factory owner. After Karl’s father sends him to work in the plant, Karl begins to date June, to the consternation of worker Sherman, who loves her. When Karl makes a disparaging remark about June, Sherman punches him and gets a promotion from Karl’s father. June realizes Sherman is the man for her.
- Reprints
- Script
- Joe Simon ?; Jack Kirby ?
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Joe Simon; Jack Kirby ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Christian Mattiucci
- Genre
- roman d'amour (romance)
- Characters
- Kitty Burke; Eddie Gates; Johnny Burke; Mrs. Burke; Mr. Burke; Mike Robbins; Mr. Sloan
- Synopsis
- High school student Kitty and her working-class family live in a slum area. She is attracted to lawyer Eddie, but her father makes a deal with Mike: if Kitty marries Mike, he’ll pay them a weekly allowance to raise their standard of living. When Kitty’s younger brother is arrested, Eddie makes a passionate defense and gets him released in Kitty’s custody. Kitty says she’s going to marry Eddie, not Mike.
- Reprints
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Joe Simon; Jack Kirby ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Christian Mattiucci
- Genre
- roman d'amour (romance)
- Characters
- Ruth Parsons; Ted Rush; Jim
- Synopsis
- Ruth and Jim get engaged before he leaves for service in the war. Jim’s friend Ted keeps Ruth company, but she suspects he wants to be more than a friend. When Jim comes home, Ted gives him a job as a salesman, which keeps Jim away from Ruth. Ted also suggests Jim is unfaithful to her. Jim catches Ruth and Ted together and after the fight, a beaten Ted confesses he was scheming to break them up. Ruth and Jim reconcile.
- Reprints
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Joe Simon; Jack Kirby ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Christian Mattiucci
- Genre
- roman d'amour (romance)
- Characters
- David Stanton Jr.; Joyce Owens; Mr. Smith; Harold Owens; Ma Owens; Mr. Case
- Synopsis
- Secretary Joyce becomes engaged to her boss David. She claims her family is also high society, but in truth her mother is a scrub woman who scrimps to buy Joyce nice clothes. When Joyce’s mother is injured, David takes her to a hospital and Joyce thinks he won’t care for her any more. She moves to another city but her brother finds her and says David still loves her and everyone wants her to come home.
- Reprints
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Joe Simon; Jack Kirby ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Christian Mattiucci
- Genre
- roman d'amour (romance)
- Characters
- Mary Temple; Jim Waters; Peggy Sharon; Mrs. Sharon; Mr. Frobisher; Mr. Stacey; Mr. Jordan; Jim Waters Jr.
- Synopsis
- Mary graduates from college and takes a teaching job in the rural town of Pinesville. She tutors farmer Jim, which provokes a “whispering campaign” by jealous Peggy. Jim proposes to Mary but she turns him down. Peggy snares him on the rebound. Mary resigns her position, but Jim makes her realize she does love him. They get married and Jim eventually becomes a doctor.
- Reprints
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Joe Simon; Jack Kirby ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Christian Mattiucci
- Genre
- roman d'amour (romance)
- Characters
- Gil Warren; Rusty Taylor; Bert; Charley Franklin
- Synopsis
- Rusty refuses to date anyone unless they spend money on her, so the local men convince newcomer Gil to pretend to be wealthy and go out with her and teach her a lesson. She accepts his invitation, only to discover he’s taking her to a barn dance. On their next date, they go to a fancy club but Gil has to borrow money from her to pay the bill. Rusty realizes she enjoys his company, not the places Gil takes her, and they admit they love each other.
- Reprints
- Script
- Jack Kirby ?
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Joe Simon; Jack Kirby ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Christian Mattiucci
- Genre
- roman d'amour (romance)
- Characters
- Janine Arday; Fred Baker; Aristide Renault; Tony Cummings; Ma Cummings; Monsieur Arday; Madame Arday
- Synopsis
- Janine meets American soldier Fred in France during the war. Afterward, she travels to the USA to marry him, but Fred is killed in a freak accident on the docks as she arrives. To avoid returning to France, Janine accepts the marriage proposal of wealthy French immigrant Aristide. He installs her on the Cummings farm, where she falls in love with Tony. However, Aristide returns and she agrees to wed him out of gratitude. A dream about Fred convinces her that she should marry the man she really loves: Tony.
- Reprints
- Script
- Jack Kirby ?
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Joe Simon ?; Jack Kirby ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Christian Mattiucci
- Genre
- criminel (crime); roman d'amour (romance)
- Characters
- Frank Craig; Dottie Craig; Mr. Gregory
- Synopsis
- Frank and Dottie get married even though he worries he can’t support them both on his salary. After the wedding, Frank feels guilty his wife can’t have nice things, so he begins to embezzle money from his job. When he’s injured in a car accident, Frank's replacement discovers the thefts. Frank is sent to prison for three years, but vows never to disappoint his wife again after he’s released.
- Reprints
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby (signed)
- Inks
- Joe Simon (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Christian Mattiucci
- Genre
- roman d'amour (romance)
- Reprints
Although the cover alludes to the title of the first story inside ("Love or Pity?"), the characters on the cover and their situation do not reference the interior story at all.
- Script
- Jack Kirby ?
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Joe Simon
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Christian Mattiucci
- Genre
- roman d'amour (romance)
- Characters
- Harlan Crain; Ginny Crain; Mrs. Crain; Ken Davis; Perry Crain; Mr. Brandon; Marty; Angeline Parks; Cissy; Chester; Danny Sutherland
- Synopsis
- Ginny is engaged to Ken but their future plans are disrupted when her brother Perry is charged with mail fraud by the FBI. The press and public opinion turn against the Crain family and her father has to resign as head of the local college’s physics department. Ken stands by Ginny but she suspects he just pities her. Ginny leaves for the city but on the trip she meets Danny, who says there are people who support them. Ginny goes home and marries Ken. Perry is eventually cleared.
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Although Perry is arrested by the FBI for "mail fraud," this story seems to allude to the anti-Communist "Red Scare" which began around 1947 in the USA.
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Joe Simon
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Christian Mattiucci
- Genre
- roman d'amour (romance)
- Characters
- Evie Froman; Rex Taylor; Ann Froman; Mrs. Froman; Warren Wright; Rajah of Chandavar; Bascom "Deadeye" Fuller
- Synopsis
- Headstrong Evie travels to India with her sister Ann and Ann’s boss Warren. While Ann and Warren handle business matters, Evie is given a tour of the country by Deadeye, a former U.S. pilot now running a small airline and tour service. They fall in love, and Evie will soon return to India to join him.
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- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Joe Simon
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Christian Mattiucci
- Genre
- roman d'amour (romance)
- Characters
- Irene Lorraine; Chris Lorraine; Mrs. Lorraine; Sam Dickerson; Mr. Nolan
- Synopsis
- Chris and Irene are raised by their mother for show business careers. Chris has second thoughts, and when their agent Sam proposes marriage, she hesitates, afraid of disappointing her mother and sister. However, she decides love comes first, which provokes a bitter argument with Irene. After the wedding, Sam arranges a reconciliation between Chris and Irene.
- Reprints
- Pencils
- Romain Gondy
- Inks
- Romain Gondy
- Colors
- Romain Gondy
- Script
- Jack Kirby ?
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Joe Simon
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Christian Mattiucci
- Genre
- roman d'amour (romance)
- Characters
- Toni Benson Budko; Stanley Budko; Sarah Benson; Dr. Jenkins; Albert Rheinbeck; Amon Cleveland; Marshall Cleveland; Bob Scott; Sophie Morrison Scott; Don Savoldi; Jack Fontaine
- Synopsis
- Toni and Stan get married and inherit a house from Toni’s grandmother. They face prejudice from some of the residents of their small town due to Stan's previous reputation as a "bad boy" and gambler. Urged to sell the house, Toni and Stan want to keep it and make ends meet by renting space to several veterans and their families who’ve come to work in the town’s steel mill.
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Sequel to “I Was a Pick-Up!” in Young Romance 1 (Sept-Oct 1947).
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- Lucky Star
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- Lucky Star
- Genre
- roman d'amour (romance)
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- Theda Hall (photo); Emerson Hall (photo)
- Inks
- Theda Hall (photo); Emerson Hall (photo)
- Colors
- Theda Hall (photo); Emerson Hall (photo)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- roman d'amour (romance)
- Reprints
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Joe Simon ?
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- roman d'amour (romance)
- Reprints
- Script
- Jack Kirby ?
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Jack Kirby ?; Joe Simon ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Christian Mattiucci
- Genre
- roman d'amour (romance)
- Characters
- Lizzie; Horton Miles; Stoney; Hank Smith
- Reprints
- Script
- Jack Kirby ?
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Jack Kirby ?; Joe Simon ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Christian Mattiucci
- Genre
- roman d'amour (romance)
- Characters
- Janie; Lisa Chase; Peter Harris; Mrs. Walsh
- Reprints
- Script
- Mickaël Géreaume
- Pencils
- various (photo)
- Inks
- various (photo)
- Colors
- various (photo)
- Letters
- typographie
Texte à propos des couvertures de Young Romance avec la reproduction en vignettes des couvertures de :
[Text about the covers of Young Romance with the thumbnail reproduction of the covers of:]
Young Romance : 39, 55, 41, 58, 50, 62
Youg Love : 39, 29, 52.
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- ?
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- Salem Ink; Josselin Billard
- Inks
- Salem Ink; Josselin Billard
- Colors
- Salem Ink; Josselin Billard
- Letters
- ?
Entre les pages 2 et 3 de la séquence précédente. [Between pages 2 and 3 of the previous sequence.]
- Pencils
- Toni Fejzula
- Inks
- Toni Fejzula
- Colors
- Toni Fejzula
Entre les pages 2 et 3 de la séquence précédente. [Between pages 2 and 3 of the previous sequence.]
- Script
- Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
- Pencils
- Michel Montheillet
- Inks
- Michel Montheillet
- Letters
- Christian Mattiucci
Courts extraits d'interviews de Jack Kirby et Joe Simon. [Short excerpts from interviews with Jack Kirby and Joe Simon.]
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- ?
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Christian Mattiucci
- Genre
- roman d'amour (romance)
- Characters
- Karen Nelson; Pete Lewis; Georgie Lester; Dick; Kay Norman
- Synopsis
- Karen goes on vacation to Florida and meets artist Pete, who saves her from drowning but is otherwise hostile. Kay arrives, claiming to be his fiancée. Pete says she broke his heart but he now loves Karen. Kay wants Pete to stay with her advertising agency and threatens to blacklist him unless Karen leaves. Karen decides to go but Pete catches her and says Kay tore up his contract, so they can now be together.
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- Pencils
- ? (photographie)
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- ? (photographie)
- Colors
- ? (photographie)
- Letters
- typographie
- Genre
- roman d'amour (romance)
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- Script
- Laurent Zimny
- Pencils
- Laurent Zimny
- Inks
- Laurent Zimny
- Colors
- Laurent Zimny
- Letters
- Laurent Zimny
- Pencils
- Theda Hall; Emerson Hall (Globe) (photograph)
- Inks
- Theda Hall; Emerson Hall (Globe) (photograph)
- Colors
- ? (photograph)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- roman d'amour (romance); western (western-frontier)
- Characters
- Whip Wilson; Reno Brown
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- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Jack Kirby; ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Christian Mattiucci
- Genre
- roman d'amour (romance); western (western-frontier)
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- Script
- Michel Gagné ?
- Pencils
- ? (photograph)
- Inks
- ? (photograph)
- Colors
- ? (photograph)
- Letters
- typographie
- Reprints
Article sur le travail de restauration mené par Michael Gagné. [Article on the restoration work carried out by Michael Gagné.]
- Letters
- typographie
Remerciements [Acknowledgments]
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- Germaine de Staël; Jean Cocteau; Beyoncé; Jean d'Ormesson; Axl Rose
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby (illustration)
- Inks
- Jack Kirby (illustration)
- Letters
- typographie
Maximes sur l'amour [Maxims on love]
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- ?
- Letters
- typographie
Présentation du livre [Presentation of the book]
Quatrième de couverture [Back cover]