Valentine #16 March 1963

(16 March 1963)

You're Telling Me (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

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You're going through with this, Cleo! Whether you want to or not…

Genre

romance

Characters

Cleo Brown; Paul; Jim Carter

Synopsis

Cleo's mother recommends that she never marry a man like her father because she thinks it is not natural for a woman to rule the roost like she has. However, her boyfriend Jim is just like her father and always asks her where she wants to go. At a dance, she meets Paul who takes command of her and Jim lets her go. Cleo enjoys Paul's commanding presence, but when she sees the way he treats her parents when they talk about their wedding arrangements, she realizes it would never work and she hopes Jim will take her back.

Reprints

• in Romantic Rendezvous Comic (K. G. Murray, 1964 ? series) #18 ([August 1969] ?)

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Be Mine / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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I have bought a few pots of paint and some bushes and thought I might go down to Apple Tree Farm on Saturday and ...

Genre

romance

Characters

Debby Carpenter; George Meridew

Synopsis

Debby (who lives in England) and George (who lives in Australia) inherit jointly under the terms of Debby's uncle's will an attractive house. George comes to England and meets Debby. George writes Debby to invite her to help paint the house. They are attracted to each other, but each thinks the other is cool toward them. Then when they start the job, George spills the paint.

Indexer Notes

Picture-serial 'inspired' by the song title "Be Mine", sung by Teddy Johnson and Pearl Carr.

That Kinda Talk (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

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Jordi Franch Cubells ?

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Jordi Franch Cubells ?

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Genre

romance

Characters

Ruth; Janet Greig; Mike Greig

Synopsis

Ruth notices that the boy on the train has slept past the station where he always gets out. She wakes him up and seems in a panic about what Janet will say. He convinces Ruth to accompany him to tell Janet how he slept past his station. But Janet is Mike's sister and she warns her that Mike is as clever as a cartload of monkeys and will twist her around his little finger. Mike admits to Ruth that he pretended to sleep past his station to get to know her.

Indexer Notes

Story 'inspired' by the song title "That Kinda Talk", sung by Mark Wynter.

Information provided by David Roach at http://deskartesmil.blogspot.com/2010/01/jordi-franch-en-uk.html indicates that Franch provided artwork for this issue, but this may not be the story he drew.

I Really Was Fed Up ... (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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Editing

Gillian

Genre

fashion; romance

Characters

Jenny; Adam

Synopsis

While going shopping with her friend, a collie puts its muddy paws on her coat. The dog's owner asks her to send him the cleaner's bill. When the dog owner comes by with the cleaning money, he is accompanied by Adam who asks her to walk with him and the dog next Saturday afternoon.

Indexer Notes

Story is a vehicle for a fashion and beauty guide.

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Once in a Lifetime / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

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Jorge Longarón

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Jorge Longarón

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I ran away... and to this!

Genre

romance

Characters

Carol Mayes; Eva Lee; Derek Carlton; Mary Anderson

Synopsis

A funicular railway car has come to a halt high in the mid-air somewhere in the Swiss mountains with four passengers, who think back over their past lives. For ten years, Mary had devoted herself to caring for her mother. Now she has the money and leisure to do as she pleased, but sees herself as a mousy old maid of twenty five. She met a man who stirred something in her and he asked her to join him on the funicular railway. When he didn't show, she went alone. Now a helicopter rescues them and Mary discovered that the man did care for her. The other passengers resolve to change their lives.

Indexer Notes

Conclusion to picture-serial 'inspired' by the song title "Once in a Lifetime", sung by Jimmy Justice.

Artist's credits are based on information provided by David Roach at http://deskartesmil.blogspot.com/search/label/Jordi%20Longaron.

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

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I'm so miserable I don't know what to do ...

Genre

romance

Characters

Jane Justice

Synopsis

Jane is in love with her doctor.

Indexer Notes

Advice column in picture story format.

You Made Me Love You (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

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Roberto González Casarrubio ?

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Roberto González Casarrubio ?

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Genre

romance

Characters

Helen; George Marshall

Synopsis

Shy George worked at the estate agent's next door and Helen took him tea every day. When George starts buying flowers for a girlfriend, Helen asks him about her and he admits he hasn't met her. George tells her he fell in love with a girl in a photograph. Helen suggests he needs to get her out of his system by finding another girl. George asks Helen out and she agrees to go out "just a couple of times", but they eventually fall in love. Then Helen discovers the photograph was a picture of a house and George made it all up just to get friendly with her.

Indexer Notes

Story 'inspired' by the song title "You Made Me Love You", sung by Bobby Darin.

Information provided by David Roach at http://deskartesmil.blogspot.com/search/label/Casarrubio indicates Casarrubio provided art for this issue.