Valentine #14 January 1961

(14 January 1961)

It's a Sin to Tell a Lie (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Carlos Prunés

Inks

Carlos Prunés

Letters

?

Genre

romance

Characters

David Jones; Sheila; Keith Castle

Synopsis

Sheila meets a reporter who is in danger of losing his job if he doesn't find a nice human interest story. She told him that she and David had been childhood sweethearts, but as she got older, men were crazy about her and David left. Keith spent the following days with her as his paper ran the series about her search for David. When two hundred men show up at the paper in response to the paper's search, Sheila has to admit that no boy ever looked at her twice and there was no David. The editor threatens to sue her, but Keith suggests a follow-up story where the girl marries the reporter.

Indexer Notes

This is a continuation of the story that started on the cover.

Turn Me Loose! (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Roy Newby

Inks

Roy Newby

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Oh, come off it. This is nineteen sixty-one. They can't force you to marry this General Gaspacho character!

Characters

Joy; Delores de Gamba; David

Synopsis

Having been arrested by revolutionaries on the Caribbean island of Muba, Joy is joined in her hotel room prison by Delores, the daughter of Muba's president prior to the previous day's revolution. Delores tells Joy that if she doesn't marry General Gaspacho, her father will be shot. Joy resolves to help Delores and tries to escape.

Reprints

• in Love Story Picture Library (IPC, 1952 series) #540 ([August 1965]) [serial reprinted in digest format]
which is reprinted
• in Love Story Picture Library (IPC, 1952 series) #765 (3 November 1969) [modified hairstyles and fashions]
which is reprinted
• in Love Story Picture Library (IPC, 1952 series) #1270 ([July] 1975)

Indexer Notes

Picture-serial 'inspired' by the song title "Turn Me Loose!", sung by Fabian.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Heartbreak Hotel / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Carlos Freixas (signed)

Inks

Carlos Freixas (signed)

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I don't give a dud penny for their chances!

Genre

romance

Characters

Grant Steele; Miss Carron; Gerry; Alison; Jake; Helen Smith; Mr. Cobb

Synopsis

Travelers of the world stream through the Terminus Hotel, but on this evening out over the Atlantic, the Starjet airliner carrying several of the hotel's clientele is limping home for an emergency landing in the fog. Miss Carron, who turned downed the second pilot's proposal the night before, fears she will never see him again. Seeing her agony, Alison decides to accept Grant's offer of a job in Bermuda. Meanwhile, Mr. Cobb arrives, demanding to see his daughter, not realizing she is on the plane circling overhead.

Reprints

• in Damita (Editorial Ferma, 1959 ? series) #250 ([6 diciembre 1963 ?]) [serial consolidated in digest format]

Indexer Notes

Picture-serial 'inspired' by song title "Heartbreak Hotel", sung by Connie Francis.

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

Dear Stevie... / comic story / 2 ? pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Maurice Skye

Inks

Maurice Skye

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Dear Stevie, I am eighteen...and I want to get married.

Genre

romance

Characters

Vicky Cross; John

Synopsis

Vicky wants to marry John, but her parents won't give their consent because of their age. Vicky sees headlines in the newspapers about the threat of atomic attacks and feel they should take what happiness they can now.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 4 ? pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Josep Maria Miralles

Inks

Josep Maria Miralles

Letters

?

Genre

romance

Characters

Mr. Perkins; P.C. Rogers

Synopsis

She thinks everyone is against her as she tries to save the life of the horse, Betsy. But when a policeman brings them in, she discovers the council and the boys at the station have been taking up a collection to save Betsy.

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

Honor Eden of 56 East / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Jack Sparling ?

Inks

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Who was the girl, Mr. Giles?

Genre

romance

Characters

Midget Harkness; Barry Giles; Luis; Larry Harkness; Hank Brewster

Synopsis

Midge hold a grudge against her father, an American ambassador, and plans to cause trouble for him by getting a job dancing at the Club Arturo. But Giles plans to take photographs of her and use composites to make fake scenes in order to get the ambassador to pay big to have the pictures destroyed.

Reprints

• from Honor Eden daily (McClure Newspaper Syndicate Feature) 1960-xx-xx - 1960-xx-xx (probably six strips, dates unknown)

Trust in Me (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Julio Montañés

Inks

Julio Montañés

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

There he is with a different girl again! What do I see in him?

Genre

romance

Characters

Greg Marsh; Betty

Synopsis

From the day Betty came to work for Greg, she was warned that he had broken the heart of every girl in the office. Betty sees how he stands up his girlfriends and vows he won't break her heart, but she falls in love with him despite herself.

Indexer Notes

Story 'inspired' by the song title "Trust in Me", sung by David Whitfield.