Young Romance v2#2 (8)
Prize
United States
- Published
- November-December 1948
- Page count
- 52
- Cover price
- 0.10 USD
- Colour
- Colour
- Size
- Standard size
- Interior paper
- Newsprint
- Cover stock
- Glossy colour
- Binding
- Saddle-stitched
- Format
- Comic series
- GCD
- www.comics.org/issue/7146
Credits
- Editing
- Joe Simon, Editor
- Jack Kirby, Editor
Issue contents
Cover
Untitled
Cover, 1 page
"Love or Pity?"
Featuring
- Genre
- Romance
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Jack Kirby, penciller
- Joe Simon, inker
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- Ben Oda, letterer
Reprint history
- Printed in
- Agonizing Love (HarperCollins, 2011 series) #[nn] (2011)
- Young Romance: The Best of Simon & Kirby's Romance Comics (Fantagraphics, 2012 series) #[nn] (February 2012)
- Young Romance (Komics Initiative, 2018 series) #[nn] (septembre 2018)
Notes
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.
1Featuring
- Genre
- Romance
- Characters
- Harlan Crain; Ginny Crain; Mrs. Crain; Ken Davis; Perry Crain; Mr. Brandon; Marty; Angeline Parks; Cissy; Chester; Danny Sutherland
Credits
- Writing
- Jack Kirby , scripter
- Art
- Jack Kirby, penciller
- Joe Simon, inker
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- Ben Oda, letterer
Reprint history
- Printed in
- Agonizing Love (HarperCollins, 2011 series) #[nn] (2011)
- Young Romance: The Best of Simon & Kirby's Romance Comics (Fantagraphics, 2012 series) #2 (April 2014)
- Young Romance (Komics Initiative, 2018 series) #[nn] (septembre 2018)
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.
Notes
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.
2Featuring
- Genre
- Romance
- Characters
- Aunt Martha Daniels; Sue Daniels; Jimmy Cameron
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Bill Draut, line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- Ben Oda, letterer
Synopsis
Sue clashes her with guardian Aunt Martha over Sue’s boyfriend Jimmy. When Aunt Martha learns Sue is planning to elope, she intends to stop it, but changes her mind and permits her to leave, even secretly giving Sue $500. Aunt Martha remembers her youth, when she allowed her father to prevent her marriage to a young man. That young man is now the beloved governor, and Martha is “a wasted, lonely old maid.”
3Featuring
- Genre
- Romance
- Characters
- Irene; Frank Kennedy; Verne; Buzzy Bernard
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Jack Kirby, penciller
- Joe Simon , penciller
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- Ben Oda, letterer
Reprint history
Synopsis
Teenager Irene is attracted to her older sister Verne’s boyfriend Frank. While Verne is out, Irene dresses in her sister’s clothes and dates Frank, but feels out of place. She sees Verne dressed in Irene’s “bobby-soxer” outfit, dancing with Irene’s boyfriend Buzzy. Irene decides to act her age from now on.
4Featuring
- Genre
- Romance
Credits
- Writing
- , author [as Helen Perry]
- Text
- , typeset
5Featuring
- Genre
- Romance
- Characters
- Paul Walther; Cathy; Major; Tom
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Bill Draut, line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- Ben Oda, letterer
Reprint history
Synopsis
In post-WWII Europe, Army nurse Cathy meets artist Paul, who had spent four years in a concentration camp and has lost his faith in humanity. Cathy returns to the USA and her fiancé Tom, but arranges for Paul to emigrate to America. Tom, jealous, punches Paul when he hears Paul admit he loves Cathy. Cathy rejects Tom and realizes she loves Paul.
6Featuring
- Genre
- Romance
- Characters
- Evie Froman; Rex Taylor; Ann Froman; Mrs. Froman; Warren Wright; Rajah of Chandavar; Bascom "Deadeye" Fuller
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Jack Kirby, penciller
- Joe Simon, inker
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- Ben Oda, letterer
Reprint history
- Printed in
- Young Romance: The Best of Simon & Kirby's Romance Comics (Fantagraphics, 2012 series) #2 (April 2014)
- Young Romance (Komics Initiative, 2018 series) #[nn] (septembre 2018)
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.
Indicia
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