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Issue: Young Romance: The Best of Simon & Kirby's Romance Comics #[nn]
Publication Date: February 2012
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Publisher: FlagFantagraphics
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Indicia Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
On Sale Date: 02/08/2012
Volume:
Pages: 216
ISBN: 9781606995020
UPC/EAN: 978160699502052999
Price: $29.99 USD
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Content Items: 34 (21 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Hardcover
Color: color
Dimensions: 7.75 " x 9.75 "
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Binding: hardcover
Publishing Format: collected editions
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Genres: romantic
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Young Romance

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Table of Contents

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Introduction

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Boy Crazy

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First Line: The story of a girl who learned her lesson through heartbreak.
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From Content Item: FlagYoung Romance v1 #2 [2] published November 1947
was Boy Crazy [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Win Cash Prizes!

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Disclose Notes: Announcing contest asking readers for their true romance stories. Most likely reprinted from Young Romance (Prize, 1947 series) #v1#2 [2] (November-December 1947).
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Her Tragic Love

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First Line: The pitiful story of a girl who could find but one solution to...
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From Content Item: FlagYoung Romance v1 #2 [2] published November 1947
was Her Tragic Love [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Fraulein Sweetheart..

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First Line: Is there room for love in a heart filled with hate?
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From Content Item: FlagYoung Romance v1 #4 [4] published March 1948
was Fraulein Sweetheart.. [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Shame

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First Line: I could never believe it of you, Joyce!
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From Content Item: FlagYoung Romance v1 #5 (5) published May 1948
was Shame [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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The Town and Toni Benson!

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First Line: Just one year ago, this magazine published the story...
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From Content Item: FlagYoung Romance v2 #5 (11) published May 1949
was The Town and Toni Benson! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Kathy and the Merchant of Sunset Canyon!

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First Line: Young city-bred Dan Adams could sell anything...
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From Content Item: FlagWestern Love v1 #2 [2] published September 1949
was Kathy and the Merchant [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Sailor's Girl!

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First Line: Was it right for a girl to spend months of loneliness and anxiety...
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From Content Item: FlagYoung Romance v3 #1 (13) published September 1949
was Sailor´s Girl! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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The Perfect Cowboy!

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First Line: What would you do if you were an average cowgirl in an average town...
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From Content Item: FlagReal West Romances v1 #4 published October 1949
was The Perfect Cowboy! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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I Want Your Man!

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First Line: All my life I've envied and hated you!
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From Content Item: FlagYoung Romance v3 #9 (21) published May 1950
was I Want Your Man! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Nancy Hale's Problem Clinic

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First Line: Nancy Hale, our authority and consultant on social affairs...
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From Content Item: FlagYoung Romance v3 #11 (23) published July 1950
was Nancy Hale's Problem Clinic [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Old Fashioned Girl!

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First Line: I was poorly prepared for the smart, zesty tempo of modern living.
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From Content Item: FlagYoung Romance v4 #10 (34) published June 1951
was Old Fashioned Girl [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Mr. Know-It-All Falls in Love

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First Line: Life is simple to a methodical man like Henry.
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From Content Item: FlagYoung Love v4 #7 (37) published September 1952
was Mr. Know-It-All Falls in Love [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Wedding Present!

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First Line: He was the missing guest at their wedding...
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From Content Item: FlagYoung Love v5 #8 (50) published October 1953
was Wedding Present! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Norma the Queen of the Hot Dogs!

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First Line: Norma didn't want much out of life...
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was Norma the Queen of the Hot Dogs! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Cover Gallery

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The Post-Code Era

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Old Enough to Marry!

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First Line: You make noises like a man...
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From Content Item: FlagYoung Romance v9 #2 (80) published December 1955
was Old Enough to Marry [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Lovesick!

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First Line: She wanted to see him strong and well again.
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was Lovesick [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Lizzie's Back in Town!

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First Line: Get ready... Get set... You eligible bachelors!
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From Content Item: FlagYoung Romance v10 #1 (85) published December 1956
was Lizzie's Back In Town! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Lady's Choice!

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First Line: One of the boys wouldn't be a gentleman.
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was Lady's Choice! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Resort Romeo

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First Line: They flock around every pretty girl who's on vacation.
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was Resort Romeo [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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My Cousin From Milwaukee!

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First Line: Cute, sweet and adorable... but oh, my... what a headache!
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was My Cousin From Milwaukee! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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The Love I Lost!

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First Line: One by one, my friends married...
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From Content Item: FlagYoung Romance v12 #3 [99] published April 1959
was The Love I Lost [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Why I Made This Book

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Genres: biography, non-fiction, romantic
First Line: I've been an avid fan of Jack Kirby since I discovered his work at the age of 7.
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Simon and Kirby's Romance Comics: A Historical Overview

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Photo Covers

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From Content Item: FlagYoung Romance v3 #11 (23) published July 1950
was Gang Sweetheart [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Disclose Notes: Reprints seventeen photo covers in 1/9 page-size and a single cover in full-page size.
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About the Restoration

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First Line: The most time-consuming aspect of putting this book together...
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Biographies

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First Line: 21 stories of romance and heartbreak ...
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