This absolutely wonderful trade paperback about romance comics...
... features a crying bride on the cover from a cover illustrated by the legendary Jack Kirby from the groundbreaking comic he co-created with Joe Simon,
Young Romance!
But here's the kicker...there's no story inside to go with the cover!
Simon and Kirby often would do a cover concept first, then do a story based on it!
Sometimes they'd come up with a cover idea...but then couldn't expand it into a tale they were creatively-satisfied with!
But, the cover was pretty good, and they didn't want it to go to waste, so they'd use it anyway!
This situation existed with all three of the Simon & Kirby Prize Comics romance titles; Young Romance, Young Love, and Young Brides!
Here's another cover involving a bride and groom that didn't have a story attached...
Here's a generic one that could've been (and was) used on any of the series...
And here's one that did have a related story in the issue...
BTW, note the differences, including the fact there's no gruff Old West-style sheriff in the tale below!
Cover art is by John Prentice, and the story art is by Bob McCarty, both working from Jack Kirby layouts!
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