Valentine
#9 November 1968
(9 November 1968)
IPC,
1957 Series
- Price
- 7d [0-0-7 GBP]
- Pages
- 28
- Indicia Frequency
- Published every Monday
- On-sale Date
- 1968
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Fleetway Publications Ltd.
I Say a Little Prayer
comic story / 3 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's not that I don't like you, Ken. I do, and a lot... but...
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Ken Matthews; Linda
- Synopsis
- Ken proposes to Linda, but she says he is too serious about them. She tells him she isn't ready for rings and things yet and that he would soon find another girl. Months later, her shy, tender Ken was in with the Pirates, a gang whose reputation was all black. Realizing she still loved him and thinking he wouldn't be headed for trouble if she hadn't turned him down, she decides to tell him how she feels. But she discovers she is too late when she learns that he died a week ago when his bike was involved in an accident with a ten ton truck.
- Reprints
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in Love Story Picture Library (IPC, 1952 series) #1244 ([March] 1975) [modified to fit digest size]
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Indexer Notes
The first page of this story serves as part of the cover.
It'll Be Me
comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- When I saw Pete doing his private eye act there was only one thing I could do...
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Pat Jones; Steve; Pete; Sandra Delorme [Alice Brown]
- Synopsis
- With the office boy watching to see if Pat really has a date, she asks a stranger to kiss her to cover for the fact that she doesn't actually have a date. The stranger obliges, but tells her that his girl saw them kiss and left. Pat tries to track down the girl to explain, but learns he made up the girl's name to see more of Pat.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Artist's credits are based on information provided by David Roach at http://deskartesmil.blogspot.com/2009/09/felix-mas-en-uk.html.
Wonderland by Night
comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Sunny Spain! And I feel as if I were going to my funeral!
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Don; Gay; Pierre
- Synopsis
- Gay's fiancé tries to put on an act, but she can tell something isn't right between them on their "Weekend for Two" competition prize getaway. When Gay enters her room that night, there is a mix-up and another man has a key for the same room. He says the night is young, offering to show her to town, and she accepts.
Indexer Notes
Next week: Surprise, Surprise!
I Will Come to You
comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It wasn't the ring that sparked it off, it was the radiance on Sue's face...
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Sue; Pete; Gloria; Ann
- Synopsis
- Ann and Pete were 'just good friends' who both believed that life was for having a ball with no ties. They had a lot of dates together until Ann introduced Pete to Gloria.
Indexer Notes
Artist's credits are based on information provided by David Roach at http://deskartesmil.blogspot.com/2009/09/felix-mas-en-uk.html.
Story 'inspired' by the song title "I Will Come to You", sung by Dusty Springfield.
World
World / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The smoochy, oh-so-familiar English voice hit me straight in the Appleby heart...
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Nurse Judy Appleby; Dr. Mark Fury; Dr. Dell Ryan; Nurse Tawny Adams; Dr. Fausto
- Synopsis
- Judy receives a call from Dell back in England, telling her that he is coming to New York for a medical convention. Meanwhile, Tawny confesses that she hates being a nurse and only got into it because of her uncle, the chief doctor there.
Indexer Notes
Artist's credits are based on information provided by David Roach at http://deskartesmil.blogspot.com/2010/05/enric-badia-romero-en-u-k.html.
Next week: Walt Was a Wild, Wild Boy!
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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1.
I Say a Little Prayer
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2.
It'll Be Me
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3.
Wonderland by Night
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4.
I Will Come to You
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5.
World
World -
6.
Too Old for Him?
This issue was modified by
- Steve Belknap
- Doug Brain
- Peter Croome
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