Valentine
#13 May 1961
(13 May 1961)
IPC,
1957 Series
- Price
- 5d [0-0-5 GBP]
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- published every Monday
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Fleetway Publications Ltd.
- Editing
- Mike Butterworth (editor)
Issue Notes
Credits based on information provided by David Roach.
Doll House
comic story / 3 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What are you doing here?
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Bill Lawson; Betty
- Synopsis
- Bill and Betty run into each other when they return to the house they had planned to live in. Betty remembers they had been so in love when Bill had won the rag doll for her. A few weeks later, Bill had proposed but soon the quarrels started. Finally, two weeks before the wedding, an argument about the ceremony caused them to split up. Now they leave by separate doors, but Betty couldn't leave without collecting the doll. As she reaches for the doll in the dark, she feels another hand and it is Bill. He persuades Betty that the doll reminds them of love between them that hasn't disappeared.
Indexer Notes
The cover serves as the first page of the lead story.
Artist credits based on information available in "The Art of Jose Gonzalez" (Dynamite Entertainment, copyright 2015) by David Roach (ISBN: 978-1-60690-743-6).
[no title indexed]
Dear Diary / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Where are you going for your holiday this year, Wendy?
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Davy; Val; Wendy
- Synopsis
- A boy with a camera sees Wendy swimming and wants to take a picture of her, but drops his camera in the river. Wendy retrieves the camera for him, but the film is ruined. He arranges to meet her there the next day to get the picture, but she gets sick and is confined to bed for three days. When she goes to the dispensary to get a prescription filled, she meets the boy again, who is there to buy another roll of film for his camera. They take pictures of each other and she hopes the next photos will be of their wedding.
Indexer Notes
As is typical with this feature, Davy and Valerie are only portrayed in the first panel as the people who decide which story to publish that week.
Emotions
comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Roberto González Casarrubio (signed as G. Casarrubio)
- Inks
- Roberto González Casarrubio (signed as G. Casarrubio)
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Sheila, dear... you look lovely!
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Sheila; Moira Buckley; David Parker
- Synopsis
- Her mum had chosen an out-of-fashion red velvet dress for Sheila's first dance at the firm where she works. Sheila feels she will be a laughing stock and doesn't want to go. Her fears seem confirmed when, after an hour, no one has asked her to dance. Then David, one of the bright lights of the firm, asks Sheila to dance and spends the evening talking to her. When David leaves to say hello to the boss, Moira suggests he was not spending time with her by choice. Sheila leaves in tears, but the next morning David has sent flowers and a note indicating he wanted to see her.
Indexer Notes
Story 'inspired' by the song title "Emotions", sung by Brenda Lee.
[no title indexed]
Dear Stevie ... / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I live on a new housing estate...
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Linda Westhill; Mrs. Bates
- Synopsis
- Linda has to travel into the town every day, but feels the whole town treats the people from the estate like dirt.
Indexer Notes
Advice column in picture story format.
Sincerely
comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Carlos Freixas (signed as Carlos Freixas)
- Inks
- Carlos Freixas (signed as Carlos Freixas)
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Being generous is all very well... but you'd give away your last ha'penny!
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Gillian; Paul; Reg Barker; Colin; Stuart
- Synopsis
- First, Gillian went out with Paul, who was so generous he offered her to go dancing with another guy at the weekend he's away. Then she started going out with Colin who was too tight with his money. Finally, she fell in love with Stuart, who struck a better balance between being careful and extravagant.
Indexer Notes
Story 'inspired' by the song title "Sincerely", sung by Connie Francis.
This Is It
comic story / 3 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- George! Goodbye!
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- George; Merle; Harold Jervis; Evie
- Synopsis
- A week after George had walked out on Merle and her boss, Mr. Jervis asks Merle out to dinner and proposes to her. The following week, Merle invites Mr. Jervis to her home to meet her step-mother. While talking to her step-mother, Merle overhears him taking credit for an idea that had been George's. Merle finds a new job and a small bed-sitter. Three months later, she sees an announcement in the paper that Mr. Jervis was marrying her step-mother. The following day, George shows up at the door selling vacuum cleaners and tells her that he has settled down at last.
- Reprints
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in A Very British Affair: The Best of Classic Romance Comics (Rebellion, 2023 series) (January 2023) [reprints entire serial]
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Indexer Notes
End of picture-serial 'inspired' by the song title "This Is It", sung by Adam Faith.
More Than You Know
comic story / 3 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This hat is going to alter my whole life... I know it is!
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Carol Thorpe; Cliff Thomas; Mrs. Rogers
- Synopsis
- Carol spends three guineas for a new hat specially to wear for a job interview at lunchtime. The hat gives her confidence until she discovers she left the price tag on it all day.
Indexer Notes
Story 'inspired' by the song title "More Than You Know", sung by Johnny Mathis.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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1.
Doll House
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2.
["Where are you going for your holiday this year, Wendy?"]
Dear Diary -
3.
Emotions
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4.
["I live on a new housing estate..."]
Dear Stevie ... -
5.
Sincerely
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6.
[no title indexed]
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7.
This Is It
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8.
More Than You Know
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- Steve Belknap
- Doug Brain
- Peter Croome
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