This is a strange book. Unlike most of these We start with a new Table of Contents drawn by Tony DeZuniga and an actual new story, "How Do I Know When I'm Really in Love?" by Robert Kanigher and Winslow Mortimer.
Next up is "My Shameful Past" written by Robert Kanigher, with page one drawn by Jay Scott Pike and the rest of the story by Artie Saaf and Vince Colletta and reprinted from Young Love #60 (1967).
That is followed by another reprint: "My Sister Stole My Man" by Robert Kanigher and John Romita and reprinted from Girls' Love Stories #91 (1962).
Next up is a text feature, "How I Met My Boyfriend" with illustrations by John Rosenberger. In this ongoing contest, readers submit stories of their first meeting with their boyfriends.
The next tale is "The Other Girl" by Robert Kanigher and Bernard Sachs and reprinted from Girls' Romances #70 (1960).
They sneak in another bit of new material with "The Wrong Kind of Love" by Robert Kanigher, Ric Estrada, and Wally Wood.
Next up is television model Wendy Winthrop in "Made for Love" a two-part tale written by Jack Miller, with the first part drawn by Jay Scott Pike and the second part drawn by Pike and inked by Bob Oksner and reprinted from Girls' Romances #99 and #100 (1964).
We are back to the editor's Robert Kanigher obsession with "I Didn't Want His Love" by Robert Kanigher and Norman Nodel. I'm not sure how this story came about since it is only one of two stories Nodel (born Nochem Yeshaya in 1922 ) did for DC. His other piece is from the British Classics Illustrated comic book, an issue which the American publishers of Classics Illustrated decided not to publish and was sold instead to DC. This saw print as Showcase #43 (1963) featuring Doctor No. With this purchase, DC held the rights to a James Bond comic for ten years. In 1972, as their rights were close to expiring, Jack Kirby and Alex Toth were contacted, but DC ultimately decided against it, feeling unsure about the future of the characters as Sean Connery made what he stated would be his last appearance as 007, in Diamonds Are Forever. Finally, something interesting about this book. This story was reprinted from Girls' Romances #130 (1968).
Our next reprint is "Good-Bye, Lover" by Robert Kanigher, Mort Drucker, and Bob Lander and reprinted from Girls' Romances #20 1953). Lander worked as an inker at DC from 1951 through 1953.
Next up is "Happy Ending" by Robert Kanigher, Mike Sekowsky, and Bernard Sachs. This is obviously an old story but may have never seen print before.
We end with a one-pager drawn by Mort Drucker entitled "Where Is Love?"
The entire book was reprinted in DC 100-Page Super Spectacular: Love Stories Replica Edition #5 (2001).
Edited by Dorothy Woolfolk.
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