Young Romance

Young Romance
Young Romance #1 (Sept. 1947), art by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby.
Publication information
PublisherCrestwood/Prize
DC Comics
ScheduleMonthly/Bimonthly
Publication date(vol. 1): 1947–1963
(vol. 2) (DC): 1963–1975
No. of issues(vol. 1): 124 (#1–124)
(vol. 2) (DC): 84 (#125–208)
Creative team
Created byJoe Simon & Jack Kirby
Written byvarious, including Joe Simon
Artist(s)various, including Joe Simon, Jack Kirby, Jerry Robinson, Mort Meskin, Bruno Premiani, Bill Draut, Ann Brewster, John Prentice and Leonard Starr

Young Romance is a romantic comic book series created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby for the Crestwood Publications imprint Prize Comics[1][2] in 1947. Generally considered the first romance comic,[3][4] the series ran for 124 consecutive issues under Prize imprint, and a further 84 (issues #125-208) published by DC Comics after Crestwood stopped producing comics.

  1. ^ Grand Comics Database: Young Romance
  2. ^ Grand Comics Database: Young Romance #1 (Sept. 1947)
  3. ^ Ro, Ronin. Tales to Astonish: Jack Kirby, Stan Lee and the American Comic Book Revolution (Bloomsbury, 2004)
  4. ^ Young Romance, at Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Accessed May 27, 2008

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