Romeo #203

(July 15th 1961)

The Girl Who Could Make Love Potions (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 4.75 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Len Batchelor

Inks

Len Batchelor

Colors

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Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I still don't know what made me pick up the musty little volume from the barrel of books marked down to 6d.

Genre

romance

Characters

Patrick C. Drummond; Bill Cunningham; Tim Scott; Fiona

Synopsis

Fiona buys a an old book of recipes to get ideas for new dishes that could get her a bonus at work and eventually a promotion. One of the recipes is for a love potion and when her neighbor reads it, he tells the other guys that one of her dishes has the extra ingredient.

Indexer Notes

The cover serves as the firs page of this story. The cover is the only page of the story in colour.

Bonnie Lee and the Cool-Cat Count (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 2.5 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

A small crowd gathered quickly.

Genre

romance

Characters

Bonnie Lee; Jean; Countess D'Anglemoi

Synopsis

Bonnie gets the opportunity to meet the grandson of the Countess D'Anglemoi when she see him drop a book.

Indexer Notes

Start of serial.

From This Day Forward (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 2.75 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Antonio Romero

Inks

Antonio Romero

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Tomorrow, Elsie told herself, I'll have admitted defeat.

Genre

romance

Characters

Bert Sturrock; Elsie; Alan Brown

Synopsis

Elsie's plans to be a commercial artist in London haven't worked out so she is preparing to return to her home in the country where they'll all say, "We told you so." But the day before she is scheduled to leave she meets a man who wants to take over her flat when she leaves. They hit it off so well together that she decides to stay.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

A Date with Kate / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

George Martin

Inks

George Martin

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Here, I thought you'd given up slimming, Kate?

Genre

romance

Characters

Kate; Jim; Brenda; Joe; Toni

Synopsis

Jim's old girl friend turns up at Toni's café and he reluctantly allows her to join them to the Palais.

The Impersonator (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Len Batchelor (signed as BATCH)

Inks

Len Batchelor (signed as BATCH)

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Ann Loring's boy friend, Jimmy Bradford, is at the police station, under suspicion of murdering a waitress.

Genre

romance

Characters

Ann Loring; Jimmy Bradford; Tommy Lloyd; Alice Lloyd; Harry Walker

Synopsis

Ann thinks the murdered girl's little brother can help prove that Jimmy is innocent. They find Tommy has gone to see Mother Goose again. Tommy comments that it is just a man dressed up as Mother Goose and he recognizes him as a man who was in their café. After Tommy pulls off his wig and false nose, the man tries to escape. But he is injured in a fall. After a confession from him, Jimmy is in the clear.

Indexer Notes

Adapted from the 1961 movie distributed by Bryanston Films.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

A Man in Her Life (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 2.75 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Antonio Romero

Inks

Antonio Romero

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Right, that's enough of that one. Now we'll try the spring hip throw. It's rather difficult...

Genre

romance

Characters

Lee; Valerie

Synopsis

Lee runs a Judo School in London, but hadn't made any friends except for her pets. But that changes when she has a couple of chance encounters with a young policeman.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Slim Kim The Girl with the Curvy Figure / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Is that everything?

Genre

domestic

Characters

Kim; Vera

Synopsis

Kim shows Vera some daily exercises to add a few inches to her bust.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Scooter Annie and Her Friend, Lou / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Bill Hill

Inks

Bill Hill

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Annie has agreed to switch places with a rich American heiress to let her meet a French boy she's fallen for.

Genre

humour

Characters

Annie; Lou; Louis Almedo

Synopsis

While Annie is impersonating an oil heiress, the girls decide to go swimming in the pool of the plush Paris hotel. While Lou is making time with the smashing looking swimming instructor, Annie accidentally meets a man who is trying to avoid the real heiress.

Indexer Notes

continuing story