Valentine
#11 January 1964
(11 January 1964)
IPC,
1957 Series
- Price
- 6d [0-0-6 GBP]
- Pages
- 28
- Indicia Frequency
- published every Monday
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Fleetway Publications Ltd.
- Editing
- ?
Relax
comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Jack [Tony]; Betty; Gay; Guy; Brian; Len
- Synopsis
- Gay had devoted herself to Jack for four years and although she found their relationship a bit boring sometimes, she felt it was good preparation for marriage. But when she finds out Jack is seeing another girl because she is dull, she decides to start seeing lots of different guys and attend late-night parties. However, both she and Jack discover the party-life is boring and decide to go back to the way things were before.
Indexer Notes
The cover serves as the first page of the lead story.
[no title indexed]
You Were Made for Me / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The train's gone!
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Norma; Sheila Taylor; Keith Ingram
- Synopsis
- As Sheila realizes the train has gone and he hasn't come, she remembers how she fell for the new export manager when she first met him despite knowing he was married.
Indexer Notes
Artist's credits are based on information provided by David Roach at http://deskartesmil.blogspot.com/2009/12/jordi-longaron-en-uk.html.
Picture-serial 'inspired' by the song title "You Were Made for Me", sung by Freddie and The Dreamers.
Blurb at the end of the sequence states: "Next week: Love at First Sight!".
I Don't Care Anymore
comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Betty; Fiona; Bill Simpson
- Synopsis
- Betty had promised Fiona's mother she would keep an eye on her, but keeping Fiona away from boys turned out to be a full-time job. She tries to break up Fiona and the new tenant upstairs, but she falls for him instead. When he reveals he is not in love with her, it is Fiona who comes to the rescue. From then on, they start looking out for each other.
Indexer Notes
Story 'inspired' by the song title "I Don't Care Anymore", sung by Del Shannon.
[no title indexed]
Ann and Pam / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Coming down to the club tonight?
Indexer Notes
This feature is a vehicle for fashion and beauty advice in comic story format.
[no title indexed]
How Will It End? / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I didn't have time to answer her letter right away, but when I got to work the next morning...
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Felicity; Gilbert Slater; Gillian; David Morrison; Sid; Paul; Douglas
- Synopsis
- Felicity loses her job when her boss is offered a chance to write film scripts in America. Then she gets a postcard from her boyfriend who has taken a job as a hotel clerk in Majorca. Felicity and Gillian meet at a coffee-bar and write down all the things that had gone wrong, then burst out laughing. Two boys come up to say how nice it was to hear someone happy and asks them to dance. Felicity hopes that this time it will be a nice, quiet, ordinary romance... with a happy ending.
Indexer Notes
Picture-serial 'inspired' by the song title "How Will It End?", sung by John Leyton.
[no title indexed]
Dear Stevie... / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- My boyfriend's the dashing type...
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Clare Williamson; Terry
- Synopsis
- Clare's father doesn't approve of her boyfriend because he came from a broken home and had been in trouble with the police when he was younger.
Indexer Notes
Advice column in comic story format.
You're the Reason
comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Jayne; Peter Kingston; Maisie Dunne
- Synopsis
- Jayne stands outside the door and gives Peter a piece of her mind for the way she has been playing second-fiddle to the girl who lives next door to him. But Peter isn't behind the door and comes up behind her, telling her that he has taken Maisie and her bags to the station. Learning that Maisie has left for a job in Scotland, Jayne's anger suddenly vanishes.
Indexer Notes
Story 'inspired' by the song title "You're the Reason", sung by Gerry and The Pacemakers.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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1.
Relax
-
2.
["The train's gone!"]
You Were Made for Me -
3.
I Don't Care Anymore
-
4.
["Coming down to the club tonight?"]
Ann and Pam -
5.
["I didn't have time to answer her letter right away, but when I got to work the next morning..."]
How Will It End? -
6.
["My boyfriend's the dashing type..."]
Dear Stevie... -
7.
You're the Reason
This issue was modified by
- Steve Belknap
- Doug Brain
- Peter Croome
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