Young Romance #146

DC Comics

United States

Published
February-March 1967
Page count
36
Cover price
0.12 USD
Colour
Colour
Size
Standard size
Interior paper
Newsprint
Cover stock
Glossy colour
Binding
Saddle-stitched
Format
Comic series
GCD
www.comics.org/issue/96417

Credits

Editing
Jack Miller, editor

Issue contents Hide all

Show/hide Cover Too Easy to Love! Cover, 1 page

Featuring

Genre
Romance

Credits

Art
Jay Scott Pike, line art
Colours
, colourist
Text
Ira Schnapp, letterer

Notes

Cover art taken from inside story's splash page.

Show/hide 1. The Nearness of Love! Comic story, 7 pages

"She was my best friend's sweetheart, and I loved her so much it hurt!"

Featuring

Genre
Romance
Characters
Jenny; Dick Acton; Sam

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
Tony Abruzzo, penciller
 
Bernard Sachs, inker
Colours
, colourist
Text
Ira Schnapp, letterer

Reprint history

Original
Heart Throbs (DC, 1957 series) #65 (April-May 1960)

Synopsis

Sam is in love with his best friend's girl. When his friend is sent to South America for six months for his engineering job, he asks Sam to look after her.

Show/hide 2. Jonie Newman; Sharon Lee Thomas (Miss Young America) Text article, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Miss Young America
Genre
Non-fiction

Credits

Writing
, author
Art
John Rosenberger, line art
Colours
, colourist
Text
, typeset
Show/hide 3. I Was His to Hold Comic story, 7 pages

"Don't send me away, Barbara! I've a home at last... and someone to love! That's all I need!"

Featuring

Genre
Romance
Characters
Barbara Bradley; Matt; Denise Bradley; Jim; Matt

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
Art Peddy, penciller [as Arthur Peddy]
 
Bernard Sachs, inker
Colours
, colourist
Text
Milt Snapinn , letterer

Reprint history

Also printed
United States
Girls' Romances (DC, 1950 series) #160 (October 1971)
Kiss Me Goodbye!  (retitled and updated)

Synopsis

Barbara realizes she doesn't have the talent to make it as a painter, but she encounters a garage mechanic who has the talent to succeed where she failed. But the mechanic seems content with his life, especially after meeting Barbara, so she feels she needs to spurn him so he will try painting again.

Show/hide 4. Untitled (Mad Mad Modes for Moderns) Illustration, 2 pages

"Swing super cool in the long long pussycat look!"

Featuring

Feature
Mad Mad Modes for Moderns
Genre
Fashion

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
Gray Morrow , line art
Colours
, colourist
Text
Milt Snapinn, letterer
Show/hide 5. Untitled (Laura Penn...Your Romance Reporter) Letters page, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Laura Penn...Your Romance Reporter

Credits

Writing
Jack Miller, scripter [as Laura Penn]
Art
Bernard Sachs, line art
Colours
, colourist
Text
, typeset
Show/hide 6. Too Easy to Love! Comic story, 13 pages

"So- long, honey! You sure had me sold on your sweet, innocent act--until Joe here filled me in on some real details about you!"

Featuring

Genre
Romance
Characters
Michelle; Joe; Gary

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
Hal Grauer , penciller
 
Jay Scott Pike, penciller [signed] (splash)
 
Vince Colletta, inker
 
Jay Scott Pike, inker [signed] (splash)
Colours
, colourist
Text
Milt Snapinn, letterer

Reprint history

Also printed
United States
Heart Throbs (DC, 1957 series) #134 (October 1971)
Too Easy to Love  (updated)
 
Australia
Falling in Love Romances (KG Murray, 1976 series) #78 ([August 1973?])
Too Easy to Love

Synopsis

When Michelle first moved to Plainville, she had no friends and rarely left her house. At her mother's urging she finally got out and met Joe. Although embarrassed by him at times, she goes out with him until she finally breaks up with him. Later she starts going out with Gary, but when Gary finds out she had previously dated Joe he assumes that no one who could date Joe could be much good.

Notes

Splash page is used as cover.


Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.