Young Love #9 (39)
In "Each Day I Die!", 17-year-old Ivy leaves the orphanage to work as a maid for the Linwoods, where a single kiss from Chad Linwood sets off a chain of emotional upheaval. As she flees the fallout, struggles with fear and loneliness, and grapples with her first real feelings, she slowly learns what it means to grow into herself—only to find that love, once misunderstood, might finally be within reach. Jack Kirby’s expressive art and Joe Simon’s sharp inks bring this poignant coming-of-age story to life in a 1952 Prize comic.
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Ivy leaves the orphanage at age 17 and becomes a maid for the Linwoods. Chad Linwood kisses her and his parents find out. Ivy runs away and tries to find work, but is fearful of the advances of men. Hired as a file clerk, she reluctantly dates executive Walter, but rejects him when he becomes romantic. She quits her job. Chad tracks her down and claims he loves her, but she feels nothing for him. However, she now knows “the fire, the longing” she felt when she first kissed him “hadn’t been bad! They had been part of growing up!” Ivy returns to Walter now that she is “a woman at last!”
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