Valentine #2 February 1963
(2 February 1963)

IPC, 1957 Series
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Price
6d [0-0-6 GBP]
Pages
28
Indicia Frequency
published every Monday
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Fleetway Publications Ltd.
Editing
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Go Away Little Girl (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
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Pencils
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Inks
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Letters
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Genre
romance
Characters
Betty Phillips; Peter
Synopsis
Betty has a sentimental attachment to the old gas lamp-post outside her bedroom window. Over the years, she had seen lovers kiss there and Peter had proposed to her under it. When a hole is dug next to it in preparation for replacing it with a modern lamp-post, Betty fights to keep the old lamp-post. Her last resort is to place a chair over the hole and sit in it to prevent progress on the new lamp-post. It seems that no one, not even Peter, is on her side. When she is moved, she looks back to discover that Peter is sitting over the hole and is willing to lose his job to support her.
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Indexer Notes

The cover serves as the first page of the lead story.

It's Gonna Take Me Some Time (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
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Pencils
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Inks
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Letters
typeset

Genre
romance
Characters
Linda; Phil Brown; Fred
Synopsis
Phil had just started working there that morning, but announced to Linda that it was their anniversary because it had been exactly three hours, eleven minutes and six seconds since he fell in love with her. Linda informs Phil that she has a boyfriend and tries to brush him off, but Phil is persistent. At lunch with Linda, her boyfriend seems oblivious to Phil's presence on the park bench as he goes on about the telly or a book. Seeing she is bored with Fred, Linda agrees to go out with Phil. She tries to sabotage the date by making it boring, but realizes Phil makes her feel alive.

Indexer Notes

Story 'inspired' by the song title "It's Gonna Take Me Some Time", sung by Connie Francis.

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

Teenage Idol / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
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Pencils
Carrillo ?
Inks
Carrillo ?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I was awakened at half past six this morning by a... a vacuum cleaner!
Genre
romance
Characters
Dave Jones; Kathy; Aunt Cissie
Synopsis
Dave Jones, a top pop TV star has crashed his car into Kathy's front garden and has to stay in their house while he is recovering. Kathy tells him it is a special day because Aunt Cissie is coming to visit. Aunt Cissie is rich and is going to leave all her money to Kathy's dad when she dies so he can retire and devote his life to his painting. Despite Kathy's warnings, Dave's overbearing attitude carries over with his meeting with Aunt Cissie and she storms out of the house, vowing to see them in the gutter before she would leave them her money.

Indexer Notes

Picture-serial 'inspired' by the song title "Teenage Idol", sung by Rick Nelson.

Blurb at the end of the sequence states: "Next week: Enter Sandra!".

Home Is Where the Heart Is (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Domingo Álvarez
Inks
Domingo Álvarez
Letters
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Genre
romance
Characters
Jo; Madge; Susie; Pete; Clive
Synopsis
After being away for two years, Jo finds that there doesn't seem to be a place for her in the lives of her old friends. Reacquainting herself with the streets, she sees the half-way house that had scared her as a child. Back then she had brought some fruit to the door for the old lady that lived there alone, but had run away scared before anyone answered. Now older, Jo revisits the house and meets the lady's nephew, who had been there visiting when she had brought the fruit. Clive walks her back down the hill and she feels as though she is home at last.

Indexer Notes

Story 'inspired' by the song title "Home Is Where the Heart Is", sung by Elvis Presley.

Artist's credits are based on information provided by David Roach at http://deskartesmil.blogspot.com/2010/03/domingo-alvarez.html.

The WRAC Got the Mails Through (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Dear Diary / comic story / 2 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
He's not here! Oh, well... I don't suppose he would have noticed me.
Genre
romance
Characters
Veronica; John; Ronnie
Synopsis
Veronica wonders if the boy on the train has noticed her and is pleasantly surprised to find he has. Because he seems so shy, she suggests they go buy some hot chestnuts. He walks her home and she tells him she will look out for him in the mornings. But she wonders if she was too forward, especially when she doesn't see him for a week. On Saturday, when she takes her small brother sledding, she runs into John and his brother. She learns that John has been in bed with a cold all week and has not been avoiding her.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script
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Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Coming to the pictures tonight, Betty?
Genre
romance
Characters
Jill Marsden; Betty; Jack
Synopsis
Jill and Betty have been friends since they were at school. Recently, Betty got engaged but when Jill met Betty's fiance in town, he offered her a ride and asked her to date him sometime.

The Main Attraction (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
?

Genre
romance
Characters
June; George; Mavis; Arthur; Fred; Leo
Synopsis
June keeps hearing people refer to her as George's girl, but she doesn't know anyone named George.
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Table of Contents
  1. 1. Go Away Little Girl
  2. 2. It's Gonna Take Me Some Time
  3. 3. ["I was awakened at half past six this morning by a... a vacuum cleaner!"]
    Teenage Idol
  4. 4. Home Is Where the Heart Is
  5. 5. The WRAC Got the Mails Through
  6. 6. ["He's not here! Oh, well... I don't suppose he would have noticed me."]
    Dear Diary
  7. 7. ["Coming to the pictures tonight, Betty?"]
    Dear Stevie...
  8. 8. The Main Attraction
This issue was modified by
  • Steve Belknap
  • Doug Brain
  • Peter Croome