The Young Doctors #2
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeThe issue contains two stories. "A Day to Remember" follows Dr. Burke, whose life is threatened by an escaped psychiatric patient holding a gun; Dr. Burke must make a split-second decision while a crowd gathers below, unaware of the danger. "A Look Back" depicts Jane Stuart, now a successful Hollywood star, returning to her hometown of Wilmington after ten years to reunite with Dave Richer, her former love; the town arranges a grand reception, but Jane discovers that Dave has married another woman named Bessie, forcing her to confront how their lives have diverged.
A young doctor must navigate conflicting loyalties when a critically wounded bank robber arrives at Metro Hospital—the police want answers about hidden money, the press hunts for a scoop, and the doctor himself holds a secret that could compromise his medical ethics. As pressure mounts from all sides during the patient's fight for survival, Doctor Landon faces an impossible choice between keeping his word and satisfying those demanding he reveal what the dying man confessed.
Doctor Burke confronts the painful limits of psychiatric care when a wealthy patient's husband removes his wife from treatment prematurely—only for the situation to spiral into a life-or-death crisis atop a city penthouse. In this tense psychological drama, Burke must draw on experience and insight to reach a woman on the edge, while grappling with his own doubts about whether he can truly help her. The story explores the messy reality of medicine: sometimes the hardest part isn't diagnosis, but getting people to accept the help they desperately need.
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Reprinted in Sham Comics #4 (2019)
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