Marilyn
#22 July 1961
(22 July 1961)
Amalgamated Press,
1955 Series
- Price
- 5d [0-0-5 GBP]
- Pages
- 28
- Indicia Frequency
- ?
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Fleetway Publications Ltd.
- Editing
- Robert Lewis
Issue Notes
Credits based on information provided by David Roach.
[no title indexed]
comic story / 3 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- And here she comes, on the arm of her husband... the bride of the year!
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Brian Palmer; Pat
- Synopsis
- Pat dreams of being the happiest bride in the world and Brian dreams of being the greatest racing driver. Actually, he is just a mechanic, but in both their dreams they are always together.
Indexer Notes
The cover serves as the first page of this story.
A Man in the House
comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Alan... wait!
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Aunt Mary Higgins; Mary; Hanbury T. Werlbeck; Alan Foreman
- Synopsis
- Mary receives a note from Alan saying he is leaving the castle. She tries to catch him before he leaves, but on reaching the castle the place starts falling down around her. Alan finds her and tells her he loves her. The American buyer likes the castle more as ruins than before so his offer still stands. Alan gives up his lease so that he can find a place where he and Mary can live together.
Indexer Notes
End of serial.
Next week: New Picture Serial - My Sister's Impossible Husband.
Going Up?
comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- We're losing height... drifting down!
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Judy; Dickie; John; Claude Jenkins
- Synopsis
- Judy has to choose between flamboyant Dickie and John, who is quieter. They are all invited to ride in a hot air balloon. When the balloon starts drifting down, one of them will have to jump out a few feet feet above the water to allow the balloon to rise again. They draw lots to see who will jump and Judy gets the paper with the cross on it.
[no title indexed]
The Heart of a Teenage Girl / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Sue and I had booked for a fortnight at a holiday camp.
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Peg; Sue; Timothy
- Synopsis
- Peg goes to holiday camp alone and soon has a romance with Timothy. When Sue is able to catch up and join her at the camp, she notices how much Timothy looks like Peg's boyfriend at home, Bill.
Burning Flame
text story / 2.5 pages
- Genre
- romance
Indexer Notes
Continuing text story with accompanying illustration. Artist's credits are based on information provided by David Roach at http://deskartesmil.blogspot.com/2009/12/jordi-longaron-en-uk.html.
[no title indexed]
Gus and His Guitar! / comic story / 0.2 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- There's a talent spotter in the audience
- Genre
- humour
[no title indexed]
Ruby Always Has the Last Word! / comic story / 0.2 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Just bought dad a model -
- Genre
- humour
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.07 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Pete and I like the same discs, the same singers and the same books. We just don't like each other.
- Genre
- humour
[no title indexed]
Tab - He's a Boy with the Girls! / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hi, kid. I'm datin' Eileen, who is one slick chick, with all the trimmings!
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Tab; Eileen
- Synopsis
- Eileen suffers from 'stop-it-everyone's-looking-itis' when Tab tries to kiss her. So he takes her to the train station and buys tickets so they can be among all those people saying goodbye with kisses of their own.
Tender Parting
comic story / 3 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I can't compete with an armful of school-books! We're finished, Joe!
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Eve Lightfoot; Joe Salter; Brian; Tony; Mrs. Lockyer; Dr. Salter
- Synopsis
- Joe is a medical student who has to study most nights. Eve gets bored of staying in all the time and breaks up with him.
[no title indexed]
Looking in on Life / comic story / 0.8 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Kay Bewick
- Inks
- Kay Bewick
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I always go out with my friend Eileen, who's seventeen, like me.
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Kathy; Eileen; Colin; Norman
- Synopsis
- Eileen always takes the best boy for herself, but Kathy feels jealous when she takes Colin.
Indexer Notes
Advice column letter presented in comic sequence format.
There's No Tomorrow
comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh, gosh, I... I hope Ron won't mind me going in for this! But he will... I know he will...
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Linda Baden; Ron Green; Beryl Fielding; Grace Prostle
- Synopsis
- While Ron is fishing at the pier, Linda enters a Beauty Queen Contest without his knowledge. She is one of two finalists when she breaks the news to Ron.
Indexer Notes
Next week: Final Decision !
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
1.
["And here she comes, on the arm of her husband... the bride of the year!"]
-
2.
A Man in the House
-
3.
Going Up?
-
4.
["Sue and I had booked for a fortnight at a holiday camp."]
The Heart of a Teenage Girl -
5.
Burning Flame
-
6.
["There's a talent spotter in the audience"]
Gus and His Guitar! -
7.
["Just bought dad a model -"]
Ruby Always Has the Last Word! -
8.
["Pete and I like the same discs, the same singers and the same books. We just don't like each other."]
-
9.
["Hi, kid. I'm datin' Eileen, who is one slick chick, with all the trimmings!"]
Tab - He's a Boy with the Girls! -
10.
Tender Parting
-
11.
["I always go out with my friend Eileen, who's seventeen, like me."]
Looking in on Life -
12.
[no title indexed]
-
13.
There's No Tomorrow
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- Steve Belknap
- Peter Croome
- Ramon Schenk
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