Marilyn
#14 August 1965
(14 August 1965)
Amalgamated Press,
1955 Series
- Price
- 7D [0-0-7 GBP]
- Pages
- 28
- Indicia Frequency
- published every Monday
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Fleetway Publications Ltd.
- Editing
- ?
Single Bliss
comic story / 3 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Why, oh why do people get married?
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Jill; Mick; Frank; Betty; Jimmy
- Synopsis
- Jill resolves never to get married because the couple that she babysits for are always quarreling.
Indexer Notes
The first page of this story serves as the cover for this issue.
No So Dum!
comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh, Ron, isn't this romantic!
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Doris Dum; Ron; Cornelius Wyatt
- Synopsis
- Doris and her boyfriend work at the town hall. The only drawback to her boyfriend was that he wasn't exactly adventurous. One day at work, Doris is sent down to the records section where she meets a handsome, young historian. Based on her unusual name, he tells her he thinks she is the Duchess of Dum, a title that hasn't been claimed for the last two hundred years.
Indexer Notes
Next week: The Duchess has trouble with the council!
My Mother Just Isn't Treating Me Fairly!
Looking in on Life! / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Can't I go dancing tonight?
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Cathy; Jackie
- Synopsis
- Cathy's mother gives her older brother the freedom to go out without asking where is going or when he'll be back, but tells her that it is different with girls.
Steady with You
comic story / 3 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I've got to tell Bob the truth sooner or later. I can't marry him!
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Sue; Bob; Fred Somers
- Synopsis
- Bob works at her father's fun fair and loves Sue, but she dreams of working in a dancing academy. She meets the new dancing instructor at the local pavilion and he asks her to be his partner in the next month's competition where the winners will get jobs in the London Dancing Academy. But shortly before the competition he tells her he's met a more experienced dancer and he is going to enter the competition with her. Bob overhears this and offers to be her partner.
How Jinny Won the Contest
public service announcement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Isn't Jinny great! That's the swingiest arrangement tonight!
- Characters
- Jinny
- Synopsis
- Jinny reveals her singing teacher is a tape recorder she was able to buy from all the money she saved from giving up cigarettes.
Indexer Notes
Advertisement is presented in comic story form.
The Heart of a Teenage Girl
comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I've never been to an agricultural show before, Stan.
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Peg; Stan; Sue; Bob
- Synopsis
- When Stan comments on the healthy complexion of a farming girl at the agricultural show, Peg decides she is going to start eating healthy... for a while.
Indexer Notes
Next week: An old flame!
Sing to My Heart
comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I've got to win! Otherwise I'll never know the truth about Dave.
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Sue [Rita]; Dave; Jack
- Synopsis
- Sue, disguised as Rita in a dark wig, wins the contest. Dave hesitates, but finally confesses to 'Rita' that he loves Sue. Sue returns the money to Jack that her uncle has given her for her singing career and returns to Dave.
Indexer Notes
End of Season Blues - a great new picture serial begins next week!
Because of You
comic story / 3 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Who'd have thought a harmless little creature like this could play such havoc with my life...?
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Shirley; Mr. Minot
- Synopsis
- When Shirley saves a tortoise caught in the morning traffic, she can't find anyone to take care of it and it seems to bring her nothing but trouble.
- Reprints
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from Valentine (IPC, 1957 series) #27 August 1960 (27 August 1960)
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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1.
Single Bliss
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2.
No So Dum!
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3.
My Mother Just Isn't Treating Me Fairly!
Looking in on Life! -
4.
Steady with You
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5.
How Jinny Won the Contest
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6.
The Heart of a Teenage Girl
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7.
[no title indexed]
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8.
Sing to My Heart
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9.
Because of You
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- Steve Belknap
- Peter Croome
- Ramon Schenk
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