Valentine
#1 July 1961
(1 July 1961)
IPC,
1957 Series
- Price
- 5d [0-0-5 GBP]
- Pages
- 32
- Indicia Frequency
- published every Monday
- On-sale Date
- 1961
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Fleetway Publications Ltd.
- Editing
- Mike Butterworth (editor)
Issue Notes
Credits based on information provided by David Roach.
Surrender
comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Julio Vivas (signed as Julio Vivas)
- Inks
- Julio Vivas (signed as Julio Vivas)
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I can't... I just can't marry him now!
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Paul; Rhona; Margo; Mike
- Synopsis
- On the last day of his leave, Paul asks Rhona to marry him when he returns in six months. But Margo and the others tell her that things will change in six months and Rhona finally starts to believe them.
Indexer Notes
The cover serves as the first page of the lead story.
[no title indexed]
Dear Diary / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Well... here we are again. Good old Seaview... never alters!
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Davy; Val; Pamela; Frank
- Synopsis
- Pamela is not looking forward to another holiday at Seaview with her parents, but that all changes when she meets Frank. As the holiday comes to an end, she wonders if she will see Frank again.
Indexer Notes
As is typical with this feature, Davy and Val are only portrayed in the first panel as the people who decide which story to publish that week.
Where the Boys Are
comic story / 3 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Tonight we examine a strange case in the town of Stanton.
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Jill Brown; Jim
- Synopsis
- The story of Stanton being a town with just one girl for the whole male population gets quite a bit of publicity. Then Jill is pressured into standing for election as Carnival Queen since there is no one else to run. When the girls working at the American factory hear about the trouble, they decide to come back to Stanton. No one was more happy about their return than Jill.
Indexer Notes
Story 'inspired' by the song title "Where the Boys Are", sung by Connie Francis.
[no title indexed]
Dear Stevie... / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Last year my boyfriend and I went on holiday with two married friends of ours...
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Kay Stone; Jock; Pam; Tom
- Synopsis
- Kay and her boyfriend go on holiday with a married couple. One night in the garden, Kay sees her boyfriend kissing the other woman. A couple of months later, Jock and Kay get engaged, but Kay wonders if she is making a mistake.
Indexer Notes
Advice column in picture story format.
At Last
comic story / 3 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- They think he's the tops... but they don't know him like I do!
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Lindy Mannering; Keith Harvey
- Synopsis
- Lindy had found the perfect man in Keith, but she found he was too perfect. She tells him they're finished and leaves via a short-cut to the cliff-top above. He follows her, but she discovers he is afraid of heights. Seeing a flaw in her superman made him her man again.
Indexer Notes
Story 'inspired' by the song title "At Last", sung by The Four Freshmen.
Ginchy
comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Carlos Freixas (signed as Carlos Freixas)
- Inks
- Carlos Freixas (signed as Carlos Freixas)
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Mr. Grimbold... you here in Paris?
- Characters
- Pete Dexter; Deborah Daly; Mr. Grimbold; Dixie; Philippe
- Synopsis
- Deborah dreams that her boss shows up and wants to forget about work while living and laughing in Paris. When she wakes up she discovers she has missed her train back. After breakfast, she meets a group of French boys and girls the band had encountered the night before. When Deborah meets Philippe, she knows her life will never be the same again.
Indexer Notes
Picture-serial 'inspired' by song title "Ginchy", played by Bert Weedon.
Note at the end of the story states: "Next week: Putting on the French Style!".
After You've Gone
comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Eugenio Giner (signed as Giner)
- Inks
- Eugenio Giner (signed as Giner)
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- That guy's a phoney, I tell you!
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Tom Taylor; Marcia Jones; Rod Venture; Mary Briggs
- Synopsis
- Tom worries about competing with Marcia's idol, Rod Venture. He becomes even more concerned after Rod shows up at the shop where Marcia works and she saves him from his rabid fans. Rod invites her on a date in appreciation, but she calls to tell him she couldn't meet him because she already had a date with Tom.
Indexer Notes
Story 'inspired' by the song title "After You've Gone", sung by Tab Hunter.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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1.
Surrender
-
2.
["Well... here we are again. Good old Seaview... never alters!"]
Dear Diary -
3.
Where the Boys Are
-
4.
["Last year my boyfriend and I went on holiday with two married friends of ours..."]
Dear Stevie... -
5.
At Last
-
6.
Ginchy
-
7.
After You've Gone
This issue was modified by
- Steve Belknap
- Doug Brain
- Peter Croome
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