Young Love (comics)
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher |
Crestwood/Prize DC Comics |
| Schedule | Monthly/Bi-Monthly |
| Publication date |
(vol. 1): 1949–56 All for Love: 1957–59 (vol. 2) (Cr./Pr.): 1960–63 (vol. 2) (DC): 1963–77 |
| Number of issues |
(vol. 1): 73 (#1–73) All for Love: 17 (#1–17) (vol. 2) (Cr./Pr.): 21 (#18–38) (vol. 2) (DC): 88 (#39–126) |
| Creative team | |
| Writer(s) | various, inc. (Joe Simon) |
| Artist(s) | various, inc. (Joe Simon, Jack Kirby, Mort Meskin, Leonard Starr, John Romita Sr.) |
| Creator(s) | Joe Simon & Jack Kirby |
Young Love was one of the earliest romance comics titles, published by Crestwood/Prize, and later sold to DC Comics.
After the Sept/Oct 1947 release of Crestwood/Prize's genre-launching Young Romance comic, (arguably the first romance comic), by the prolific team of Simon & Kirby sold "millions of copies", the company (and duo) swiftly prepared a separate, spin-off title to capitalise on the success of this new genre. Launched amid imitators from (among others) Quality Comics, Fawcett Publications, Fox Features Syndicate and Timely Comics, Crestwood/Prize's companion title Young Love was released "less than a year and a half" after the debut of Young Romance, and also sold well.
Launched in February 1949, Young Love ran initially for 73 issues, until December 1956. Four months later (Apr/May 1957), Prize launched All for Love, which ran for 17 issues until Feb/Mar 1959, when it went on a year's hiatus, returning the following year and retitled Young Love. This retitled series then ran for 21 issues between February 1960 and June 1963, whereupon Crestwood/Prize sold this – and other – titles to DC Comics, who produced a further 88 issues between 1963 and 1977.
Criticised somewhat (as was the whole comics industry) during the mid-1950s Seduction of the Innocent-inspired Comic Book Hearings (part of the Senate Subcommittee hearings on the causes of juvenile delinquency), "love" or "romance" comics began to sell less well, and by 1963, Crestwood/Prize "got out of the comic book business," selling many of their titles (including Young Romance and Young Love) to DC Comics.
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