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Issue: Young Love #5 [11] Public Domain
Publication Date: July 1950
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Issues: #5 [11] of 73 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagPrize
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Crestwood Publishing Co.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 2
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 11 (8 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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
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Let's Try Again

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Character(s): Noreen; Glenn Porter
Synopsis: Noreen is plain and is therefore jealous of her boyfriend Glenn's alleged attention to other women. During an argument, she causes an auto accident and her face is badly cut. Plastic surgery makes her beautiful, but she thinks Glenn only pitied her before. Calling herself Jean, she meets Glenn at a ski resort and makes him fall in love with her. Noreen reveals her true identity and Glenn says "Noreen was a selfish, bitter girl." He prefers the new Jean, and "it wasn't your new face that I fell in love with!" Noreen promises to be more like Jean from now on.
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Pages: 7
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A Match For Any Man

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Character(s): Mona Freeman; Jeff Landis; George
Synopsis: Mona is hired by the party to craft Jeff into a viable political candidate. They fall in love and are married. "Jeff could be led but not driven," and she tries to convince him to campaign her way. He wants to keep his private life private. She works hard and he rises in the polls, but their relationship suffers. Jeff sues for divorce and the publicity causes him to lose the election. However, he and Mona are reunited and he eventually is elected senator.
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In Content Item: FlagYoung Love #7 published January 1950
as A Match for Any Man! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7
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Little White Lies

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Character(s): Kay Fuller; Tom Fuller; Walter Creston; Claire
Synopsis: Kay is "tired of being a nobody's wife!" because her husband Tom doesn't work hard enough at his ad agency copywriting job: he wants to be a novelist. "You are a failure!" Under an assumed name, she becomes friends with Tom's boss Walter--pretending to be Tom's sister-in-law--and urges him to promote Tom. Walter does, but he falls in love with Kay and she has to tell him she's married. When Walter learns who her husband is, he fires Tom. Kay apologizes and Tom forgives her.
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I'll Never Get Married

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: romantic
Character(s): Jane Larson; John Cameron; Ted; Paul Dayton; Gloria Hunter
Synopsis: Jane, who considers herself "plain" and "unexceptional," vows to never marry: "I don't want the men who want me, and I can't get the men I want!" Jane loves her boss John, but he dates wealthy Gloria. Jane tries to love Paul but can't get John out of her mind. Finally, John admits he loves Jane and says she would have seen it if she wasn't a "half-wit that's made up her mind to be an old maid!" They embrace.
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First-Date Tactics

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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: horror
First Line: The girl has never been in the old mansion before!
Synopsis: House ad for "Black Magic."
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The ad says "Watch for this first big issue!" but the cover shown is not the cover used for any issue of "Black Magic." Three story titles are listed: "My Dolly is the Devil" did appear in issue #1, but "I'll Never Sleep Again" and "Mother of the Frogs" do not seem to have been published.
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Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Character(s): Jennie S.; Jeffrey Gaines; Shirley; Charley Briggs; Nancy Hale
First Line: Jennie S. was one of those girls who couldn't see the trees for the forest!
Synopsis: Jennie tells her friend Shirley that she's not interested in fellow college student Jeffrey, so Shirley begins to date him. Charley tells Jennie he loves Shirley, and Jennie realises she loves Jeffrey. Nancy Hale advises Jennie and Charley to become a couple and see if Jeffrey is jealous. It works: Jeffrey proposes to Jennie and Shirley gets Charley.
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Dress Right For Spring

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? [as Charmaigne]
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Subject Matter
Synopsis: Fashion tips.
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Pages: 0.66
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The Eyes Have It

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? [as Charmaigne]
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Synopsis: Beauty tips for eyes.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Text article with one spot illustration.
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The Girl I'm Looking For

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Character(s): Art; Julia Warren; Helen; Maxie; Mac Doran
Synopsis: Before he ships out for occupation duty, soldier Art falls in love with Julia. Two years later he returns and tries to find her. Julia's roommate Helen doesn't know where she is, but she helps Art in his quest. They run into various shady characters but no one knows where Julia is. Helen runs a personal ad and Julia responds with her address. However, Art knows that Helen is the one for him.
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Pages: 8

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