Valentine
#20 June 1964
(20 June 1964)
IPC,
1957 Series
- Price
- 6d [0-0-6 GBP]
- Pages
- 28
- Indicia Frequency
- published every Monday
- On-sale Date
- 1964
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Fleetway Publications Ltd.
- Editing
- ?
Hold Me Tight
comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Joan; Iris; Bill
- Synopsis
- Joan asks if she looks all right for her date that night, but she doesn't actually have a date. After her date with Bill had been a dud, Joan had lied to her room-mate about it and pretended to go out on subsequent dates with him. But Iris had secretly been seeing Bill and used Joan's 'dates' to get some privacy with Bill.
Indexer Notes
The cover serves as the first page of the lead story.
Story 'inspired' by the song title "Hold Me Tight", sung by The Beatles.
[no title indexed]
Come On / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I..I want an audition with Pete Dexter!
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Penny; Pete Dexter; Jezebel
- Synopsis
- Penny follows Pete Dexter to a Soho restaurant and uses her last ten shilling note to bribe the piano player to play 'Blue Moon' so she can stage an impromptu audition.
Indexer Notes
Picture-serial 'inspired' by the song title "Come On", sung by The Rolling Stones.
Blurb at the end of the sequence states: "Next week: Meet the Rustlers!".
I Learned a Lot from You
comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Jean; Nigel; Aunt Clarinda
- Synopsis
- When the richest man in town starts paying attention to her, Jean writes to newspaper advice columnist 'Aunt Clarinda' to get advice. Eventually, the advice causes Nigel to break off from Jean and she decides to confront 'Aunt Clarina' about the advice. When she bursts into the office, she discovers that 'Aunt Clarina' is a man. He personally knew Nigel to be a worthless no-good and deliberately gave her advice that would break them up.
Indexer Notes
Information provided by David Roach at http://deskartesmil.blogspot.com/2010/01/jordi-franch-en-uk.html indicates that Franch provided art for this issue, but this may not be the story he drew.
Story 'inspired' by the song title "I Learned a Lot from You", sung by Mark Wynter.
[no title indexed]
Dear Stevie... / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Pete and I met on holiday...
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Sara Sidman; Pete
- Synopsis
- Pete is a hundred percent open air boy and Sara is strictly the indoor type.
Indexer Notes
Advice column in comic story format.
Just for You
comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Linda; John Rowse; Mary Draper; George
- Synopsis
- Linda's attempt to play matchmaker between John and Mary backfires when Mary and Linda's boyfriend start spending more time together while Linda works on John.
Indexer Notes
Story 'inspired' by the song title "Just for You", sung by Cilla Black.
[no title indexed]
If I Were You / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Tom... my daughter Jerri...
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Jerri; Tom
- Synopsis
- Jerri's father makes a pathetic attempt at playing matchmaker. Later she meets the handsome stranger again that makes her heart beat faster. His car has engine trouble and she fixes the problem, but when he surprises her by kissing her she puts her oily hands on his shirt.
Indexer Notes
Picture-serial 'inspired' by the song title "If I Were You", sung by Peter and Gordon.
Blurb at the end of the sequence states: "Next week: The Tale of a Shirt!".
Tell Me When
comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Robert; Rose; Daisy
- Synopsis
- When Robert meets Rose he warns her he is not going to fall in love. They agree to be friends, but Rose secretly hopes time will change his mind. A humiliating experience hardens Rose against future pain and when Robert does eventually ask her to marry him, she laughs at his proposal but instantly regrets it.
Indexer Notes
Story 'inspired' by the song title "Tell Me When", sung by The Applejacks.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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1.
Hold Me Tight
-
2.
["I..I want an audition with Pete Dexter!"]
Come On -
3.
I Learned a Lot from You
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4.
["Pete and I met on holiday..."]
Dear Stevie... -
5.
Just for You
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6.
["Tom... my daughter Jerri..."]
If I Were You -
7.
Tell Me When
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- Steve Belknap
- Doug Brain
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