Young Love comic books issue 69

Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories by unknown. Art by John Romita, Sr., Werner Roth, Jay Scott Pike, Bill Draut, Bernard Sachs and unknown. Giant-size issue of reprint love stories you will never forget! Ginger fears that her sister Jean is going to steal her boyfriend Roger as she has others in the past in "Tears for a Dream!" Plus: Ginny has read lots of books about how to attract a man, and she follows all the rules when she meets Les Harper. But though they share many interests and spend all their free time together, Les ends up resenting her for monopolizing him. Ginny takes some advice from his mother and backs off until he comes back to her in "Heartbreak in Paradise!" Also: When rich Rory Maxwell pursues Mary Lou, she can only remember the way he treated her when they were children and she thinks he's laughing at her all over again. He stops her from leaving town at the last minute by proposing marriage in "A Shoe for Cinderella!" And: When Mary falls in love with Curtis, she doesn't know he was previously engaged to her late sister in "Moment of Truth!" Plus: Paul and Leslie have an argument and separate but he never stops hoping she will return in "To Hide From Love!" Also: Though she tries mightily to resist, Nola falls in love with Jack, but she has not told him that she is dying in "Forgive Me, Forget Me!" And: Producer Victor tells Brenda that she's all wrong for a role in the play he's casting because she has never been in love. She meets a younger man and finally begins to understand what love is, but learns that he has only been trying to get her to introduce him to her producer friend. Luckily, it turns out that Victor has been in love with her the whole time in "Curtain for a Heart!" Plus: four Mad Mad Modes for Moderns 2-pagers! Softcover, 64 pages, full color. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Jack Kirby and Joe Simon. Art by Bob McCarty and Jack Kirby. Part of Prize's influential romance comics line, produced by the studio of Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Issue #69 on cover; Vol. 7, issue #3 in indicia. Neglected by her own family, Pam obsesses over the families of the men she dates. In the remote wilds, Jeff struggles to prove he's tough enough for bush pilot Lisa and her father, a mining foreman. Forest ranger Steve falls for redheaded speed demon Linda after busting her for speeding in a national park. At this point in the series, the stories become pretty offbeat for romance comics. How's the Family?; Love's Long View; Bright Boy!; The Lady in the Jaguar; A Letter; The Girls Next Door. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.