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Issue: Young Love #3 [3] Public Domain
Publication Date: June 1949
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Issues: #3 [3] of 73 Issues
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Publisher: FlagPrize
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Crestwood Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 8 (7 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: full color
Dimensions: standard Golden, then Silver Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Disclose Notes: Cover photo is of "Joy Lansing, Hal Roach Television Starlet." She later changed the spelling of her first name to "Joi" and appeared in various movies and television shows. Curiously, she appeared on 3 consecutive "Young Love" covers (#3-5).
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Wallflower!

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Genres: romantic
Character(s): Amy Martin; Bix Jackson; Joan; Bob; Art; Ned Arden; Jim Burns; Patricia Gibbings; Marion; Don Irvine; Mr. Sanderson
Synopsis: After several embarrassing experiences as a teen, Amy gets a reputation as a “wallflower” at social events and loses confidence in herself. Photographer Bix offers her a job, modelling in a nightclub, and she performs well. Then he reveals it was all a set-up in order to restore her self-esteem. Amy and Bix fall in love.
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Look Before You Love!

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Genres: romantic
Character(s): Kerry Blanchard; Joyce Ryan; Myra Whitcomb; George Sumner
Synopsis: Secretary Joyce falls in love with Kerry at first sight. However, after he proposes, she catches him in an embrace with former girlfriend Myra. Kerry claims he initially used her to make Myra jealous, but now he really loves Joyce. Joyce forgives him but the love she felt is gone. She eventually begins dating Kerry’s friend George, and may marry him some day.
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Headstrong!

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Genres: romantic
Character(s): Vicki Allen; Mr. Carson; Jerry Snyder; Duke Wilson; Ruth Jackson; Dolly Madsen; Marcia Thompson
Synopsis: Vicki is hired as a reporter for a small town newspaper. She interviews Duke and begins to date him, despite his reputation as a wolf. However, when one of Duke’s former girlfriends blames Vicki for stealing his affections and tries to commit suicide, Vicki is tarred by scandal and fired from her job. Her friend Jerry admits he loves her and helps Vicki through the tough times.
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Character(s): Nancy Hale; Alice J.; Bob; Mrs. R.; Miss C.
First Line: I came to Miss Hale for help with a problem almost every girl must face...
Synopsis: Alice tells Nancy Hale that her boyfriend Bob dumped her because she refused to drink alcohol at parties. Nancy introduces her to various people who say drinking is a personal choice for mature people and can be dangerous for young people, and perhaps Alice was “going out with the wrong crowd.”
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I Didn't Want Love

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Match Makers!

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Genres: romantic
Character(s): Paula Bethany; Igor Bethany; Freda Bethany; Mrs. Arnold; Arthur Arnold; Alex Jameson
Synopsis: Paula’s parents are immigrants from Europe and raise her in a strict, old-fashioned manner. When her parents insist she get married before she turns 20 and that they will pick her husband, she rebels. Even though the man they’ve chosen is Arthur, whom she loves, Paula refuses on principle. She decides to elope with Alex instead, but Arthur intervenes. Paula says that she was “lucky in loving the man” that her parents chose for her.
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Clinging Vine

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Genres: romantic
Character(s): Mary Lou; Stan Walker; Jerry; Frankie; Wilma Mason
Synopsis: Mary Lou pretends to be a “helpless, wide-eyed, clinging vine” type to attract dates. She becomes engaged to Stan, but he is soon irritated by her feigned helplessness. Mary Lou thinks newcomer Wilma has stolen Stan’s affection, but Wilma says Stan merely got tired of Mary Lou’s act: “Men like women to be feminine, but they don’t like them to be dopes!” Mary Lou apologizes to Stan and they reconcile.
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