Young Love #1 [1]
In *Young Love #1* (1949), a poignant story titled "The Man I Loved Was a Woman-Hater!" unfolds as psychiatrist Jim, a widower twice the age of his patient Kit, steps in to save her from despair after a broken romance. Drawn together by shared loneliness, their friendship deepens into a surprising proposal—only for Kit’s future to shift when Jim’s son Paul, long aware of his own feelings, surprises her with a proposal of his own. With emotional honesty and quiet grace, Bill Draut’s art captures the fragile tension of love, loss, and second chances, while Jack Kirby and Joe Simon’s striking cover sets the tone for a story that lingers long after the final page.
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Psychiatrist Jim prevents Kit from committing suicide over a failed love affair. They become friends. He’s a widower and 20 years older than she, but asks Kit to marry him. Pat, the girlfriend of Jim’s son Paul, thinks Kit is a gold-digger like she is. When Kit tells Paul about Pat, he says he knew it all along; he then proposes to Kit himself. To avoid hurting Jim, Kit leaves but he tracks her down and says if she doesn’t love him then he wants her to marry Paul instead. She does.
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