Valentine #9 September 1961

(9 September 1961)

Runaway (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Letters

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Genre

romance

Characters

Ellen; Ann; David Crompton; John

Synopsis

After a lovers' quarrel, a young woman runs away blindly and ends up in a garden she has been told about, seeing an old broken statue of a woman laying on the ground. When John finds her, she asks to hear the story about the girl who posed for it. During World War I, Ann posed for her lover David, who had been turned down when he tried to join the military. But his obsessive jealousy of soldiers became too much and one night she ran off - some saying she tripped and fell from the cliff top, others saying she threw herself over. David was left only with a statue of the girl he had loved.

Indexer Notes

This is a continuation of the story started on the cover.

Be My Love (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Josep Maria Miralles (signed as Miralles)

Inks

Josep Maria Miralles (signed as Miralles)

Letters

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Genre

romance

Characters

Mavis; Jean; Brian Hardy

Synopsis

Mavis thinks the boy across the way must have a beautiful soul to play the violin so beautifully. When they meet at a friend's party, they hit if off immediately. She even convinces her parents to go listen to him play, but when her dog Pongo brings down some partitions, she discovers they have been listening to a gramophone. Brian was a violinist, but wasn't very good and wanted to impress her to prove he has a beautiful soul.

Indexer Notes

Story 'inspired' by song title "Be My Love", sung by Joni James.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Dear Stevie / comic story / 2 ? pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Letters

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Genre

romance

Characters

Carol

Synopsis

Stevie gives job advice to a young girl who wants to be an air-hostess.

Indexer Notes

Advice column in picture story format.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Ginchy / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

This letter appears to be for you, Miss Daly.

Genre

romance

Characters

Deborah Daly; Pete Dexter; Philippe; Mr. Grimbold; Jezebel; Dixie

Synopsis

Debbie has returned to England and her job as an income tax inspector, but gets an invitation to a jazz party at Noggs Wharf. At the party, she is thinking of Philippe. Then Philippe appears and proposes to her.

Indexer Notes

Picture-serial 'inspired' by song title "Ginchy", played by Bert Weedon.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Dear Diary / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

I wonder if he's changed?

Genre

romance

Characters

Peggy; John; Tom

Synopsis

John returns after being away for two years and he's changed so much he hardly seems like the boy she was in love with. John takes her horseback riding, but the whole thing is a washout because she doesn't know how to ride. Determined go riding with John again, she starts taking riding lessons. Three months later John has a new girlfriend and Peggy is unofficially engaged to her riding instructor.

Side by Side (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

José Bielsa (signed)

Inks

José Bielsa (signed)

Letters

typeset

Genre

romance

Characters

Jane; Gerry; Mike Shandy

Synopsis

Gerry had insisted on eating at a riverside inn and as she feared, the waiter had recognized her from the time she had been there a year ago. Jane then tells Gerry about Mike, a poor painter she had been in love with. But Mike would never get a job and the end had come at that restaurant, when he had ordered a big meal with no money to pay for it. Gerry realizes that she had gone out with him because he had more money than Mike, but he didn't want to play second fiddle to Mike and left. Then Jane discovers that Mike had taken a job as a barman the day she walked out on him.

Indexer Notes

Story 'inspired' by song title "Side by Side", sung by Craig Douglas.

Information provided by David Roach at http://deskartesmil.blogspot.com/2009/10/jose-bielsa-en-uk.html indicates that Bielsa provided art for this issue. Signature confirmation tentatively based on information at https://www.tebeosfera.com/autores/fernandez_bielsa_jose_maria.html.