Marilyn
#208
(March 7th, 1959)
Amalgamated Press,
1955 Series
- Price
- 4 1/2 D [0-0-4.5 GBP]
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- ?
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- The Amalgamated Press, Ltd.
- Editing
- Robert Lewis (editor)
Issue Notes
Credits based on information provided by David Roach.
[no title indexed]
comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You're going to the wedding whether you like it or not!
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Sheila; Marion; Reg; Barry
- Synopsis
- Barry convinces Marion to go to Reg's wedding with him, pretending they are a couple in love so people won't feel sorry for Marion losing Reg to Sheila.
Indexer Notes
The cover serves as the first page of this story.
Love Never Forgets
text story / 2.3 pages
- Script
- Peter O'Donnell
- Pencils
- Leslie Branton
- Inks
- Leslie Branton (wash tones)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Linda! You must go on!
- Genre
- romance
Breakaway Girl
comic story / 5.67 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Helplessly she was dragged away... from where the man she loved lay unconscious.
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Mandy Blake; Mark Randall; Mrs. Carrick; Cyril Carrick; Pendleton Pauling; Marion
- Synopsis
- Mandy's love for Mark breaks Mrs. Carrick's hold on her. To save her son, she orders Cyril to send for an ambulance. As Mandy waits for Mark to recover in the hospital, she learns for the first time of her inherited wealth. Mark thinks Mandy has everything she needs now, but when she visits him once last time before he goes abroad, he finally admits he loves her and wants to be with her.
Indexer Notes
This is the end of the serial.
[no title indexed]
Looking in on Life / comic story / 0.75 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- My fiancé refuses to live with my parents when we're married
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Sylvia; Mick
- Synopsis
- Mick and Sylvia are engaged, but with nowhere else to live Sylvia suggests they live with her parents.
Indexer Notes
Advice column letters presented in comic sequence format.
It Had to Be You
comic story / 3 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What? Us fall in love? Don't make me laugh!
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Sarah Jennings; Clive Garsett; Greta Dean; Millie
- Synopsis
- Greta arrives in the village and Sarah sees her kissing Clive from the window. Sarah can see that Greta is only interested in Clive for his money. With her plain looks, Sarah feels she has no chance, but Millie suggests there's a way for her to be pretty.
Indexer Notes
Next Week: Sarah give her answer!
The Gal in the Groove
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Daniel Garcia (signed as
Daniel) - Inks
- Daniel Garcia (signed as Daniel)
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The trapped kitten cried pitifully - and Shirley knew she couldn't just leave it there!
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Shirley; Reg; Mr. Mayne
- Synopsis
- When Shirley sees a kitten trapped in a tree, she uses a van parked underneath the tree to help her climb up to rescue it. However, when she looks down, the van is gone. She yells for help and a young man climbs up to her, but looks down and tells her he is scared of heights. When they finally climb down, the owner of the van asks Reg why he moved the van. Reg confesses he did it to get to know her better.
Just Around the Corner
comic story / 3.67 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- He made her mad. Just standing there grinning and doing nothing to help!
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Judy; Luke Heaton; Peter
- Synopsis
- Being scared of large dogs, Judy is frightened on a narrow cliff path when she and her poodle come face to face with a young man and his huge Alsatian, Champ. The next evening she is out walking Chico again when she is accosted on the path by a man she knows from work who makes unwelcome advances. Chico's barking brings Champ and his owner, who warns off Judy's attacker.
[no title indexed]
Ruby Always Has the Last Word! / comic story / 0.2 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Veronica used to get dozens of love letters -
- Genre
- humour
[no title indexed]
Larry / comic story / 0.2 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Good night, darling...
- Genre
- humour
Jill Day Makes You Sari-Wise
comic story / 0.2 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's new to wear a sari.
- Genre
- fashion
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
1.
["You're going to the wedding whether you like it or not!"]
-
2.
Love Never Forgets
-
3.
Breakaway Girl
-
4.
["My fiancé refuses to live with my parents when we're married"]
Looking in on Life -
5.
It Had to Be You
-
6.
The Gal in the Groove
-
7.
Just Around the Corner
-
8.
["Veronica used to get dozens of love letters -"]
Ruby Always Has the Last Word! -
9.
["Good night, darling..."]
Larry -
10.
Jill Day Makes You Sari-Wise
-
11.
["This girl's got what it takes! She's studied philosophy and logic at a university in America."]
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