Valentine
#25 April 1970
(25 April 1970)
IPC,
1957 Series
- Price
- 8d [0-0-8 GBP]
- Pages
- 32
- Indicia Frequency
- every Monday
- On-sale Date
- 1970-04-21
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- IPC Magazines Ltd.
- Editing
- Bill Williamson (editor); Trudy Culross (assistant editor); Sid Hayden (features editor); Helen Hooper (features); Pat Brennan (features); Dick Lewis (scripts); Jenny Fisher (art); Valerie Witton (art)
[no title indexed]
Mailbox... / letters page / 0.6 page
Indexer Notes
Letters from: Lynn and Jean (from Hastings, Sussex), Dawn Watson (from Cambridge), Diana Field (from Cranleigh, Surrey), Candy (from High Wycombe, Bucks.), Janet Carroll (from Wednesbury, Staffs.), and Sybil Bain (from Yarmouth)
Loving by Letter-but Are Words Enough?
comic story / 0 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- One of the great tests of love is separation.
Moment of Doubt
comic story / 3 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Selena was new to the scene--and new to the charms of a boy like York…
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- York Smith; Selina Barry; Milly
- Synopsis
- New in town, Selina feels lucky to meet the handsome and charming York. He shows her the town. On Monday at her new job, Selina discovers York's charmed every girl in town for about two days. Are her two days up?
- Reprints
in The New Faces
Beauty Service / text article / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Valentine takes two girls with good basics--and shows them how to achieve the looks they really want.
- Genre
- fashion
[no title indexed]
Stop, Look-and Listen..! / text article / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The Sound and the Fury, by William Faulkner, is the kind of classic I used to read at school…
[no title indexed]
Simon / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Where is he? What's happened to the boy Frankie's going to marry?
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Simon Chandler; Frankie Brook; Thelma
- Synopsis
- Frankie searches frantically for Simon and finally sees his van outside a run down house. Simon is inside—he bought the house for them and is trying to decorate, but has made a mess. Frankie says they will work on it together. Soon it is the night before their wedding and the girls gather. But Frankie sees Simon's van driving north, out of town. Is it because he thinks their marriage won't work?
Tomorrow the Sun Will Shine
text story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It was Rome, the city of lovers, and I should have been young and in love and content…
Meet Steve McQueen Every Girl's Dream!
text article / 2 pages
- Script
- Pat Brennan
- Pencils
- ? [as Warner-Pathe and United Artists] (photo)
- Inks
- ? [as Warner-Pathe and United Artists] (photo)
- Letters
- typeset
[no title indexed]
The £155,000 Man! / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ever fancied a footballer? Here's a great new serial about a girl called Cindy and a wonder boy of soccer.
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Cindy; Gerry Kane; Victoria
- Synopsis
- Cindy is secretary to the manager of a football club and loses her half day off to pick up the club's new soccer player, Gerry Kane. Cindy makes it clear to Gerry that she thinks he is a waste of money and she doesn't like soccer. That Saturday, Cindy attends Gerry's first game and, in her office, finds attractive Victoria. The woman asks Cindy to pass on a message to Gerry and tells Cindy to keep her hands off Gerry. While Cindy bluntly says she's not interested, she wonders why she came to the game.
- Reprints
in Indexer Notes
This is the first part of a new ongoing serial.
On the Outside Looking In…
text story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I could fix other people's love-lives--solve other people's problems…so why couldn't I help myself?
Second Hand Love
comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Domingo Álvarez ?
- Inks
- Domingo Álvarez ?
- Letters
- ?; typeset
- Editing
- ? (original editor)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- For years Jane had lived in her older sister's shadow, but now at last she had the chance to be herself…
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Jane Weston; Hilary Weston; Paul Deacon; Mrs Weston
- Synopsis
- When Hilary goes overseas, Jane takes ownership of her life, out of her sister's shadow. She blows her first week's wages on new clothes and meets Paul shopping at the same store. They share a drink and arrange a date. When Paul asks Jane's name, they discover Paul has dated Hilary. Jane is angry and runs away. Paul tracks her down and, from out the front of Jane's house, he tells the story—his date with Hilary began was a mistake, but with Jane it is love. Jane's mother encourages her to let Paul in.
- Reprints
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
["Tender love stories you will always remember…"]
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1.
[no title indexed]
Mailbox... -
2.
[no title indexed]
Romance Scope -
3.
Loving by Letter-but Are Words Enough?
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4.
Moment of Doubt
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5.
The New Faces
Beauty Service -
6.
Jimmy Savile He's All Heart
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7.
Your Mother Should Know… ('Cos She's Been Around Longer!)
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8.
["The Sound and the Fury, by William Faulkner, is the kind of classic I used to read at school…"]
Stop, Look-and Listen..! -
9.
["Where is he? What's happened to the boy Frankie's going to marry?"]
Simon -
10.
Tomorrow the Sun Will Shine
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11.
Girls! And Why They Get Away with Murder!
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12.
How's Your Heart Control
Quiz -
13.
Meet Steve McQueen Every Girl's Dream!
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14.
["Ever fancied a footballer? Here's a great new serial about a girl called Cindy and a wonder boy of soccer."]
The £155,000 Man! -
15.
Holiday Hangouts…Where to Do Your Own Thing This Summer
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16.
On the Outside Looking In…
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17.
Second Hand Love
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18.
[no title indexed]
Dear Stevie -
19.
How to Be a Teenager…and Survive!
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20.
[Ray Dorey]
Travellers' Tales -
21.
All These Things
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