Valentine
#2 December 1967
(2 December 1967)
IPC,
1957 Series
- Price
- 7d [0-0-7 GBP]
- Pages
- 28
- Indicia Frequency
- Published every Monday
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Fleetway Publications Ltd.
- Editing
- ?
Round and Round
comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Up to the top again... and faster, Rosa... faster!
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Marco Angel; Rosa; Johnny
- Synopsis
- Born in the fairground, Rosa has dreamed of the day she can join "the Angels" motorcycle act on the Wall of Death, but Marco makes her miserable by pushing her so hard. Rosa's boyfriend is not from the fairground world. He wants her to marry him and settle down.
Indexer Notes
The first page of this story serves as part of the cover.
A Place in the Sun
comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Golden, sun-bathed Sicily! Who wouldn't want to work there? And with a film company doing location work, too? Well, I wouldn't for a start!
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Bernice Vinson; Kathy; Bob; Bruno Palmieri
- Synopsis
- A make-up girl riding in the star's car when leaving the film's location set in Sicily is kidnapped.
Indexer Notes
Next week: Held to Ransom!
Try My World
comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'd always dreamed of shopping at Renshaw's... but I'd never had that kind of money!
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Mr. Hoskins; Cherry Foster; Sir Jeffrey Renshaw; Paul; Miranda; Guy; Felicity
- Synopsis
- Cherry starts a department for young people's clothing in her grandfather's store. After working late one night, she overhears Paul telling Felicity that he only wants to marry Cherry so he can inherit all of the store, not just half of it.
Indexer Notes
Next week: Cherry... Will You Marry Me?
Doctor, Doctor
comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Visiting time is over, Mr. Verdi... and I've no more to say to you!
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Nurse Judy Appleby; Lew Brody; Lorraine; Mr. Verdi; Carl; Markham; Estelle; Barbie; Doctor Dell Ryan
- Synopsis
- Judy and Barbie hang out at Luna Park to see if they can determine if the accidents at The Brody Menagerie are being caused by one of the workers.
Indexer Notes
Next week: Where There's Smoke...
Getting Better
comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Félix Mas (signed as Mas)
- Inks
- Félix Mas (signed as Mas)
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hi there, sweetheart! Great day to be alive, eh?
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Lindy Smith; Sid Fuller
- Synopsis
- Lindy is fed up with both Sid and the boring routine of her job.
- Reprints
-
in Love Story Picture Library (IPC, 1952 series) #1152 ([April] 1974) [modified to fit digest size] - in A Very British Affair: The Best of Classic Romance Comics (Rebellion, 2023 series) (January 2023)
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Indexer Notes
Story 'inspired' by the song title "Getting Better", sung by the Beatles.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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1.
Round and Round
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2.
A Place in the Sun
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3.
Try My World
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4.
Doctor, Doctor
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5.
[no title indexed]
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6.
Getting Better
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- Steve Belknap
- Peter Croome
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