Roxy
#56
(4 April 1959)
Amalgamated Press,
1958 Series
- Price
- 4 1/2 D [0-0-4.5 GBP]
- Pages
- 28
- Indicia Frequency
- published every Monday
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- The Amalgamated Press, 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
- Idiot! What's the idea of getting me up - you know I don't work on Wednesday.
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Nesta; Jed Philips; Tom Carr
- Synopsis
- Filling in for her grandfather, Nesta wakes up Jed on his day off. Later that day, she's throws a ball for her dog and it hits Jed, who was lying asleep in the tall grass.
Indexer Notes
The cover servers as the first page of this story.
The Big Shot
comic story / 5.67 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- He had just put Mary out of business. Now he was making a date -- and ordering her to keep it!
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Mary Glynne; Dan Morgan; Jenny Ward
- Synopsis
- Dan has closed down Mary's coffee-stall, but when he has it relocated to the boys' club she begins to see a different side of him. But then Jenny, the problem girl of the district, confronts Mary and claims that she and Dan love each other.
- Reprints
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in Love Story Picture Library (IPC, 1952 series) #532 (7 June 1965) [serial collected in digest format] which is reprinted -
in Ciné*Flash (Arédit-Artima, 1962 series) #32 (août 1970)
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Indexer Notes
Next week: Jenny stirs up trouble!
Jungle Man
comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Jim Edgar
- Pencils
- Guido Buzzelli (signed)
- Inks
- Guido Buzzelli (signed)
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Waldo! Save her! She'll be killed!
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Kathie Garson; Hymie Borg; Waldo; Sari Cornell
- Synopsis
- Hymie and Sari plan to use Waldo for their own purposes when they reach England. An uneasy truce exists between Sari and Kathie, the only person who understands Waldo.
Indexer Notes
Next week: Waldo on His Own!
I Married John
comic story / 0.2 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Easter weddings are nice... only it might be cold...
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Sally; John
What to Do on Dates
comic story / 0.2 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Where to tonight, honey?
- Genre
- romance
Big Kiss at Easter
comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- O.K. I'll pay my forfeit. Ask me any question you like. I've nothing to hide!
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Molly; Ben Bailey; Sam Weaver
- Synopsis
- At a party, Molly has to truthfully answer a question. Knowing that she has a crush on him, Ben asks her who in the room would she like best for a steady. Feeling cornered, she said she wanted someone thoughtful like Sam. Sam has secretly wanted to take her out and takes her answer seriously, but he is so nice that Molly doesn't want to hurt his feelings.
Crazy to Care for Him
comic story / 4.67 pages
- Script
- J.A.G. Long
- Pencils
- José Carlos Gracia (signed)
- Inks
- José Carlos Gracia (signed)
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Keep tabs on that guy - he's broken just one heart too many!
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Glen Lawson; Mr. Higgs; Julie; Meg Harris
- Synopsis
- Julie, an odd-job girl in a solicitor's office, is asked to shadow a man with a reputation for making girls fall for him left and right, especially after he won a football pools' prize.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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1.
["Idiot! What's the idea of getting me up - you know I don't work on Wednesday."]
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2.
The Big Shot
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3.
Jungle Man
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4.
I Married John
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5.
What to Do on Dates
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6.
Big Kiss at Easter
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7.
Crazy to Care for Him
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- Steve Belknap
- Doug Brain
- Peter Croome
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