Marilyn
#18 June 1960
(18 June 1960)
Amalgamated Press,
1955 Series
- Price
- 5d [0-0-5 GBP]
- Pages
- 32
- Indicia Frequency
- published every Monday
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Fleetway Publications Ltd.
- Editing
- Robert Lewis (editor)
Issue Notes
Credits based on information provided by David Roach.
[no title indexed]
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Julio Vivas (signed)
- Inks
- Julio Vivas (signed)
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- No one will ever marry you - you're too much of a handful!
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Lorie; Bill Kendal; Kevin
- Synopsis
- Bill and Lorie had got on together for a long time, so she is surprised when he turns on her and tells her she needs to stop being a sea urchin. She buys a dress and makes herself look nice, but that doesn't get a positive reaction from Bill either. She decides to go dancing, but longs to feel the soft lap of the waves against Bill's boat.
Indexer Notes
The cover serves as the first page of this story.
Go Home, Kid!
text story / 2.3 pages
- Script
- Derek Long
- Pencils
- Jack Hardee
- Inks
- Jack Hardee (wash tones)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Mandy's hand flew to her lips.
- Genre
- romance
My Heart in Santa Lucia
comic story / 5.67 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's no use trying to reform me! I'm a down-and-out and I'm staying that way!
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Avis Carroll; Don Ramon Corrida; Roger Kingdom; Juanita
- Synopsis
- Roger pays money to Juanita to pretend she is Roger's girl, but Avis learns the truth. As she heads to Roger's boat, she sees a man coming up behind Roger with a knife and calls out. Warned in time, Roger is able to defend himself. But now that Avis has been seen with Roger, he tells her she must come on his boat with him.
Indexer Notes
Next Week: Two Castaways!
[no title indexed]
Tab - He's a Boy with the Girls! / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hi, kid. It was sports day over the park on Saturday, so Ty and me's there - natch...
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Tab; Ty
- Synopsis
- Tab picks out a girl he thinks is a champion runner.
Men Are for Loving
comic story / 3 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Rupert's been hurt? Now's your chance to prove you love him!
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Glenys; Rupert; Nathan
- Synopsis
- Nathan informs Glenys that Rupert has been injured. She visits him in the hospital and Rupert tells Nathan to put his engagement ring on her finger so he will know she is really his. Trying to keep their original wedding date is giving him the will to live so Nathan takes Glenys to get her wedding dress. Glenys tells Nathan that she can't go through with it, but Nathan tells her that he will see her marry Rupert if it is the last thing he does.
Indexer Notes
Next Week: I Forbid the Wedding!
[no title indexed]
Looking in on Life / comic story / 0.75 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Am I heading for heartbreak ?
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Judith; Arthur
- Synopsis
- Arthur is studying to be an engineer and will be going off to college. He's asked Judith to write to him, but hasn't told her he loves her. Judith wonders if it is silly to wait for him.
Indexer Notes
Advice column letter presented in comic sequence format.
Stuck with a Square
comic story / 3.67 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- No one else would have him - so they palmed him off on Effie.
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Effie; Diggory; Anne
- Synopsis
- Effie is matched up with Diggory who doesn't dance, doesn't have anything to say or even know he is supposed to bring her a drink when he gets one for himself. But he keeps asking her out and she just can't say no to him.
Meet Your Man
comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- M. Birch
- Pencils
- Daniel Garcia (signed as
Daniel) - Inks
- Daniel Garcia (signed as Daniel)
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- They called him Peg's boy friend - but she didn't even know him!
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Peg; Nick
- Synopsis
- Peg and Nick are shown smiling together in a photograph taken at a holiday camp that is published in a newspaper, even though neither was even aware of the other at the time the photograph was taken. Now the photo is causing problems for both of them because everyone thinks that Peg is Nick's girl.
[no title indexed]
Flo 'n' Fido / cartoon / 0.125 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Yes - he said to me 'Get out of the way and make it snappy' - so I bit him!
- Genre
- humour
[no title indexed]
Ruby Always Has the Last Word! / comic story / 0.2 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Doris was so surprised -
- Genre
- humour
[no title indexed]
Big Boy / comic story / 0.2 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This is the place - lend me your comb -
- Genre
- humour
Ideas From Ben-Hur by Toni Eden
comic story / 0.2 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The smooth flowing costumes worn in the film "Ben-Hur" can give us ideas
- Genre
- fashion
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
1.
["No one will ever marry you - you're too much of a handful!"]
-
2.
Go Home, Kid!
-
3.
My Heart in Santa Lucia
-
4.
["Hi, kid. It was sports day over the park on Saturday, so Ty and me's there - natch..."]
Tab - He's a Boy with the Girls! -
5.
Men Are for Loving
-
6.
["Am I heading for heartbreak ?"]
Looking in on Life -
7.
Stuck with a Square
-
8.
Is Romance a Racket ?
-
9.
Meet Your Man
-
10.
["Yes - he said to me 'Get out of the way and make it snappy' - so I bit him!"]
Flo 'n' Fido -
11.
Race to Happiness
-
12.
["Doris was so surprised -"]
Ruby Always Has the Last Word! -
13.
["This is the place - lend me your comb -"]
Big Boy -
14.
Ideas From Ben-Hur by Toni Eden
-
15.
["Don't turn him loose!"]
Can You Spot This Top Record Star?
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- Steve Belknap
- Doug Brain
- Peter Croome
- Ramon Schenk
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