Young Romance Comics (1963-1975 DC) comic books 1965-1967

Cover by John Romita, Sr. Stories by Robert Kanigher and unknown. Art by John Romita, Sr. and Mike Sekowsky & Bernard Sachs. Bonnie Taylor is on her way to Venice to reunite with an actor she met there briefly, but he fails to show up for their planned rendezvous in "Last Kiss -- First Heartache!" Plus: Nanette secretly loves Richy, and when his engagement to Vicki ends, Nanette is there to help him through it in "Shadow on My Love!" And: Laura Penn...Your Romance Reporter letters page. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by John Romita, Sr. Stories by Robert Kanigher and unknown. Art by John Romita, Sr., Tony Abruzzo & Arthur Peddy and unknown. Bonnie Taylor's fellow stewardess Angie thinks that Bonnie is much luckier at love, but Bonnie has many unhappy stories to tell. When they arrive in Paris they go to a masquerade ball, where the man that Bonnie has her eye on ends up with Angie. Bonnie flees the party, but a handsome stranger comforts her in "A Ticket to Romance!" Plus: Gloria is left behind when her sister Irene and her boyfriend Ken fall in love with each other. Several weeks later they come back, having realized they were not in love after all, and Ken wants another chance with Gloria in "Love Is a Lie!" Also: Natalie spends most of her time by the phone waiting for Sam to call and take her on an occasional date. When she decides to give him an ultimatum, he admits that he doesn't love her but expects her to be available whenever he is, so she is finally able to walk away for good in "I'll Be Here"! And: Laura Penn...Your Romance Reporter letters page. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by John Romita, Sr. Stories by Robert Kanigher and unknown. Art by John Romita, Sr. and John Rosenberger. Bonnie Taylor falls in love with an Irish ship's captain who wants to marry her, but his mother insists they wait a year to be sure of their feelings. One year later, Bonnie returns to their favorite spot, only to find a monument to her love, who was lost at sea, in "Never Let Go!" Plus: When Brenda and Bill meet they are both hurt from past relationships, so it takes them some time to realize that they are falling in love in "Change of Heart"! And: Laura Penn...Your Romance Reporter letters page (2 pages). Statement of ownership -- average print run 356,000; average paid circulation 197,000. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by John Romita, Sr. Stories by Robert Kanigher and unknown. Art by John Romita, Sr., Werner Roth, Bernard Sachs and unknown. Bonnie Taylor has a strange experience in Scotland where she seems to meet a man from a legendary village that only appears every hundred years in "One Kiss -- Forever!" Plus: When Billy tells Lana he doesn't want to marry her, she vows to change whatever she has to change about herself to make him change his mind in "Please -- Try, Try, Try to Love Me!" Also: Jan awakens in a hospital with amnesia. After returning home with her aunt, she discovers that she had been in love with Simon Walker and he wants her back. She suddenly remembers that she saw him kiss another girl, which caused her to drive away recklessly and get into an auto accident, but he promises that she is the only girl for him in "Love Me Again!" And: Laura Penn...Your Romance Reporter letters page (2 pages). 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover pencils by Gene Colan. Stories by Robert Kanigher and unknown. Art by John Romita, Sr., Gene Colan, Bernard Sachs and unknown. In Cairo, Bonnie Taylor meets a man in a museum who believes she resembles an ancient Egyptian princess. She falls in love with him but he drowns saving her when their rented sailboat capsizes, just as the princess' lover did, in "Love Is Here -- Love Is Gone!" Plus: Louise and Dennis start to go steady in high school though her mother thinks it's too soon. After three years together, Dennis breaks up with her, and Louise finds it difficult to go out with any other boy in "Too Young to Go Steady!" Also: Hairstyle and makeup tips in Romance in Fashion 1-pager "Beauty News"! And: Laura Penn...Your Romance Reporter letters page (2 pages). 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Gene Colan. Stories by unknown. Art by John Romita, Sr., John Rosenberger, Gene Colan and Win Mortimer. Can a girl build her happiness on the broken dreams of another girl? Read Bonnie Taylor's latest romance..."Forever Is Not Today"! Plus: Before your next kiss, read..."The Wrong Idea About Love"! Also: The glamorous Lorelei steals everyone's boyfriends until Susan inadvertently steals the one boy Lorelei truly loves in "Don't Steal My Love"! And: Romance in Fashion 1-pager "Swinging Hair"! Plus: Laura Penn...Your Romance Reporter letters page. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Mike Sekowsky? & Bernard Sachs? Stories by Robert Kanigher and unknown. Art by John Romita, Sr., Jay Scott Pike, Mike Sekowsky?, John Forte, Bernard Sachs? and unknown. Bonnie is captivated by a stranger she sees only once. When she finds him again, she is sure they will be happy together in the last Bonnie Taylor story "Stranger In My Heart!" Plus: Joan tries her hand at the theater, hoping that it will help her overcome her shy and awkward nature, but she is sure that she could never attract the attention of Mike, the leading man, in "Kiss Me! Kiss Me!" Also: Brenda's older sister June always attracts Brenda's boyfriends away, but she doesn't like it when one day the tables are turned in "How to Lose Your Boyfriend!" And: Hank just happened to be the first guy Cathy met in her new town. Nothing special, but they found the most interesting places...romantic places. If only she were with the right guy. It's when she meets the "right guy" that she finds the "magic" wasn't in the places, but with the "right guy" in the reprint story "His Magic Spell!" Plus: Laura Penn...Your Romance Reporter letters page. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Jay Scott Pike. Stories by unknown. Art by Jay Scott Pike, Bernard Sachs? and unknown. Gail falls in love with Richy, but when he asks her to marry him, she tells him that she promised to wait for her soldier boyfriend Peter, who's missing in Southeast Asia, in "Live -- Without Love!" Plus: Lois is determined to get ahead in life but her boyfriend Vic doesn't share her drive in "Winter In My Heart"! Also: Suzanne and Cully have a relationship based in daydreams and fantasy, and Suzanne is crushed when she thinks Cully is seeing another girl in "All Love's Magic"! And: Laura Penn...Your Romance Reporter letters page. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Tony Abruzzo. Stories by ? (as Hilda Storm) and unknown. Art by Mike Sekowsky, Jay Scott Pike, Tony Abruzzo and unknown. After Elsa's husband dies, she is unable to fall in love with any man (though several try their luck). Only when she meets Van, whose wife died some time earlier, does her reserve finally disappear in "A Heart of Stone"! Plus: Jeanie works as a babysitter for young Penny, but falls in love with Penny's widowed father Craig. Unfortunately, Craig is engaged to Kay, who immediately senses a potential rival in "A Meeting with Heartbreak!" Also: Bunny's wild outfits and attitude make her the life of every party, but her boyfriend Richy almost leaves her for good when he can't find the real girl underneath all that in "Funny Bunny!" And: Laura Penn...Your Romance Reporter letters page. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover pencils by Jay Scott Pike. Stories by unknown. Art by Gene Colan, Jay Scott Pike, Bernard Sachs? and unknown. Tina is painfully shy and unable to talk to boys even when they show some interest in her. She begins to believe that she will be alone forever until she meets a boy who is just as shy as she is in "Too Shy for Romance!" Plus: A girl fantasizes about falling in love with every handsome man she sees, and eventually it happens for real in "My Secret Love"! Also: Makeup tips in 1-page You Can Be Beautiful article "Nobody Is Perfect -- But You Can Be!" And: Laura Penn...Your Romance Reporter letters page. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Jay Scott Pike. Stories by unknown. Art by Dick Giordano & Sal Trapani, Arthur Peddy, Tony Abruzzo and unknown. Did she want more out of love than any man could give her? Read..."I Want Our Love to Be Different"! Plus: "Betrayed" reveals the truth about a man's heart! Also featuring "Save a Part of Your Heart - for Someone Else"! And: 1-page You Can Be Beautiful article! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover pencils by Tony Abruzzo. Stories by unknown. Art by Gene Colan, Arthur Peddy, Tony Abruzzo, Bernard Sachs, Jay Scott Pike? and unknown. After Peter breaks up with Monica, every other man she is with eventually does something that reminds her of Peter and she has to break up with him. Years later she meets Peter again with his wife and suddenly realizes that she doesn't still love him after all in "Diary of a Broken Heart"! Plus: Cathy and Bonnie go on a vacation to Venice where each one meets a dashing Italian man. But before long, they've switched partners in "Romance -- Italian Style!" Also: Things always go well for Carla on dates, until the boy tries to kiss her and her feelings immediately change. Eventually she meets the right boy, whose kisses don't turn her off, in "I Hated His Love! I Hated His Kisses!" And: Hair and beauty tips in 1-page You Can Be Beautiful article! Plus: Laura Penn...Your Romance Reporter letters page. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Tony Abruzzo? Stories by unknown. Art by Tony Abruzzo? and unknown. Wendy wonders why she is always compelled to give the credit to someone else whenever she does something good -- even when it means she doesn't get to date the guys she really likes -- in "Who Wants My Next Boyfriend?" Plus: Nan's head is turned when a guy from Hollywood pays some attention to her, but she realizes it's Jimmy, her longtime steady boyfriend, that she really loves in "Thanks for a Little Bit of Love!" Also: After an accident causes her boyfriend Les to suffer amnesia, Andrea pretends to get to know him all over again but she is afraid he will finally remember that he once found her with another man in "It Was You!" And: 1-page You Can Be Beautiful article! Plus: Laura Penn...Your Romance Reporter letters page. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Jay Scott Pike. Stories by unknown. Art by Jay Scott Pike & Vince Colletta, Bernard Sachs and unknown. A story that touches every teenager's life today -- what happens when a girl is..."Too Easy to Love!" Also featuring: "The Nearness of Love!" and "I Was His to Hold"! Plus: Mad Mad Modes for Moderns 2-pager "[Swing super cool in the long long pussycat look!]" And: Laura Penn...Your Romance Reporter letters page. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by John Rosenberger? Stories by unknown. Art by John Rosenberger? and unknown. Nancy falls out of love as quickly as she falls in, until she finally meets the right guy in "Too Fickle to Be Faithful!" Plus: Sandy wonders why the handsome boy she wants to meet keeps ignoring her, but she finally realizes that he's just shy and that she has to make the first move in "Waiting for Love!" Also: Joanie and Rick are childhood friends who eventually realize, after dating other people, that they are meant to be together in "We'll Both Dream!" And: Illustrating paper dresses in Mad Mad Modes for Moderns 2-pager "[Wear and Tear]"! Plus: Laura Penn...Your Romance Reporter letters page. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover pencils by Jay Scott Pike? Stories by unknown. Art by Jay Scott Pike?, Jack Sparling, Mike Sekowsky, Mike Peppe and unknown. Linda's problem is that she always takes on the interests and even the personalities of the guys she's dating in "What Kind of a Girl Are You?" Plus: When Nancy's best friend Susan dies, she meets Susan's fiance Peter at the funeral. The two are drawn together, but try to deny their growing feelings until Susan's mother gives her blessing in "No Right to His Love!" Also: Jo is looking for a first anniversary gift for her husband and reminiscences about gifts she's given to boyfriends in the past in the reprint story "To You, With Love"! And: Mad Mad Modes for Moderns 2-pager "[The dynamic duo! The greatest combo of mix and match ski gear...]"! Plus: Laura Penn...Your Romance Reporter letters page. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Jay Scott Pike. Stories by unknown. Art by Jay Scott Pike, John Rosenberger, Vince Colletta, Bernard Sachs and unknown. Barbara was raised by an aunt who really didn't want the responsibility. When Barbara's first boyfriend quickly falls out of love with her, she wonders if anyone will ever love her in "I Need You!" Plus: Everyone at the office thinks that Lucy and her boss Gary are a couple, but they are the last ones to realize it in "The Romance that Never Was!" And: Glenn loves Mindy but she can't wait to leave the farm community where they live. After she meets Jeremy, a pilot, Glenn realizes that he has to give up his dreams of being with her in "Stop-Over Love!" Also: The story of Rebecca Alkire, winner of the 1967 Miss American Teen-Ager pageant at Palisades Amusement Park, in the 2-pager "Miss American Teen-Ager"; Mad Mad Modes for Moderns 2-pager "What a Ginchy Idea!"; and Laura Penn...Your Romance Reporter letters page. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Jay Scott Pike. Stories by unknown. Art by Win Mortimer? & Bernard Sachs? and unknown. Joan moves to the big city and dates a lot of men, but doesn't fall in love with any of them. Love finally strikes on a visit home, with a small-town guy, in "The Most Wonderful Boy in the World!" Plus: When Peggy, the girl Noel loves, is in an accident, he thinks it's his chance to finally make her notice him in "I'll Care for You"! Also: Janie wants to fall in love, even though everyone she knows says that men can't be trusted. When she meets Peter, she thinks they're perfect for each other -- until she sees him kissing another girl in "Can Any Man Be Trusted?" And: Mad Mad Modes for Moderns 2-pager "Looking Ahead"! Plus: Laura Penn...Your Romance Reporter letters page. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.