Marilyn
#19 August 1961
(19 August 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
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Eugenio Giner (signed as Giner)
- Inks
- Eugenio Giner (signed as Giner)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I don't care what anyone says - I'm going to be a glamour queen !
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Brian Winter; Mr. Cardew; Johnny; Molly Bates
- Synopsis
- Tired of being the little mouse that is always being ignored, Molly goes all out to look glamorous. Everyone treats her differently, but she discovers that isn't always a good thing.
Indexer Notes
The cover serves as the first page of this story.
[no title indexed]
My Sister's Impossible Husband / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Eileen... meet Inigo... one of the nicest chaps I know !
- Genre
- humour; romance
- Characters
- Eileen; Cherry; Garfield; Inigo Bates
- Synopsis
- Garfield tries to fix Eileen up with a boyfriend, but soon even Garfield has had enough of Inigo.
Indexer Notes
Next week: On with the Dance!
The Only One
comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- José GarcÃa Pizarro (signed as J. GarcÃa Pizarro)
- Inks
- José GarcÃa Pizarro (signed as J. GarcÃa Pizarro)
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- David... no! You know we agreed not to meet again until... until the wedding.
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Patricia; David Laws; Stuart Patterson
- Synopsis
- David is sent to Malaysia for eighteen months on national service. Patricia starts going out with a friend of Bill's, but eventually Stuart tells her that he loves her. And Patricia hasn't received any letters for weeks.
[no title indexed]
The Heart of a Teenage Girl / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It seemed funny without Bill around.
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Peg Dawson; Bill; Sue; Kenny
- Synopsis
- Peg feels bad about breaking up with Bill. She takes Sue's dog to the park, hoping to meet Bill but instead meets a stranger.
Burning Flame
text story / 2.125 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jorge Longarón (signed as Longaron)
- Inks
- Jorge Longarón (signed as Longaron)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- romance
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.
[no title indexed]
Gus and His Guitar! / comic story / 0.2 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'm having some special publicity photos of me on horseback.
- Genre
- humour
[no title indexed]
Ruby Always Has the Last Word! / comic story / 0.2 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'd like one of these swimsuits -
- Genre
- humour
[no title indexed]
Tab - He's a Boy with the Girls! / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ki, kid! There's nothin' like hearin' your favourite music when you're indoors... the ice cream chimes!
- Genre
- humour; romance
- Characters
- Tab
- Synopsis
- Tab takes over driving the ice cream trailer for a day, giving out free ice cream so he can make dates with the girls.
The Way to a Man's Heart
comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Frank Jarvis (signed)
- Inks
- Frank Jarvis (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Dial 999, lady! Gangway -- emergency!
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Susan Wood; Bill Martin; Mr. Atkins; Martha Atkins
- Synopsis
- When Susan moves in she soon discovers that her neighbor in a disaster in the kitchen. They make an arrangement where he will do the shopping if she will do the cooking for both of them.
[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 fell for Mike really hard.
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Sally; Mike; Ted
- Synopsis
- Sally always attracts the wrong kind of boy.
Indexer Notes
Advice column letter presented in comic sequence format.
There's No Tomorrow
comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I suppose you think you're too good for us now, Miss Baden! Very well, I accept your resignation.
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Linda Baden; Ron Green; Jock Kennedy
- Synopsis
- Linda gives up her job to make beauty contests her career. After winning four beauty queen titles, her agent gets her a T.V. spot.
Indexer Notes
Next Week: Consolation prize for Ron !
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
1.
["I don't care what anyone says - I'm going to be a glamour queen !"]
-
2.
["Eileen... meet Inigo... one of the nicest chaps I know !"]
My Sister's Impossible Husband -
3.
The Only One
-
4.
["It seemed funny without Bill around."]
The Heart of a Teenage Girl -
5.
Burning Flame
-
6.
["I'm having some special publicity photos of me on horseback."]
Gus and His Guitar! -
7.
["I'd like one of these swimsuits -"]
Ruby Always Has the Last Word! -
8.
["Ki, kid! There's nothin' like hearin' your favourite music when you're indoors... the ice cream chimes!"]
Tab - He's a Boy with the Girls! -
9.
The Way to a Man's Heart
-
10.
["I fell for Mike really hard."]
Looking in on Life -
11.
There's No Tomorrow
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- Steve Belknap
- Peter Croome
- Ramon Schenk
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