Valentine #48

(December 14th, 1957)

Tell Me That You Love Me (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

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Pencils

Gerry Haylock

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Gerry Haylock

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Groping in blind panic, my hands clutched at the ice... scrabbled and slipped.. then I was plunging downwards, the ice-cold water choking me

Genre

romance

Characters

Brent; Moira; Jim; Diana Blake; Susan Smythe

Synopsis

After Brent saves her life, Moira finds he seems to be perfect and falls in love with him. But she worries that someone so perfect could ever stay in love with a little nobody like her so she is reserved in her praise of him.

Indexer Notes

The cover serves as the first page of this story.

Rock Around the Town (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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Pencils

Rab Hamilton

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Rab Hamilton

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Here's what we're offerin' you, kid...

Genre

romance

Characters

Georgina Medley; Kim; Fred Butters; Smirke; Siegel

Synopsis

Kim throws up her job and relationship with Fred to be a stand-in for a famous actress. When the actress meets Kim, she throws a fit and walks out. With a press reception pending, a turban is wrapped around Kim's hair and she is led in the press room in place of the actress.

Indexer Notes

Next week: A New Romance for Kim!

I Know You Love Me (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

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Pencils

Eric Dadswell

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Eric Dadswell

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Violets... for me? But who?

Genre

romance

Characters

Shirley; Ian; Roy; Joan

Synopsis

Shirley thinks that Ian is proposing to her when he shows her a ring, but he is just asking for advice since he is planning to propose to another girl.

This Week: Harry Dawson and Lana (Table of Contents: 4)

Living Love Stories / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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You know, Harry, your voice is too good for this sort of thing.

Genre

biography; romance

Characters

Harry Dawson; Lana

Synopsis

Harry's courtship of Lana.

I'll Never Stop Loving You (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

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Rab Hamilton

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Rab Hamilton

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Mrs. Dale's got to help me... she's just got to! Nobody else can!

Genre

romance

Characters

Judy; Mrs. Dale; Ronnie

Synopsis

Judy writes to the Valentine romance advice columnist to complain about the restrictions placed on her by her parents. She regrets that she has to deceive her parents to pay for her ticket to a rock 'n' roll dance with her boyfriend.

Heartbreak Is New to Me (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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Eric Dadswell

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Eric Dadswell

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Will he recognise me this time? .. Oh let him recognise me! .. Let him!

Genre

romance

Characters

Lisa Jackson; John Brailsford

Synopsis

Lisa accepts a part-time secretary position with John, but he still doesn't recognize her. After the interview, he offers to give her a lift. Then she notices the man who has been following her give a signal and a car with three men follow them. When Lisa gets out of the car and sees that John is still being followed, she sees there are only two men in the pursuing car. She is wondering where the third man went as she stands in front of the tracks of the oncoming train.

Reprints

• in True Life Library (IPC, 1954 series) #359 ([March] 1963) [serial consolidated in digest format]
which is reprinted
• in Love Story Picture Library (IPC, 1952 series) #837 (2 November 1970)

Indexer Notes

Next week: ? ? ? ?

Unless (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

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Pencils

Antonio Romero

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Antonio Romero

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I say... you are in a mess, aren't you?

Genre

romance

Characters

Chris; Ned; Louisa

Synopsis

Chris had learned from her mother how to handle men by pretending to be helpless. When she starts to redecorate her flat, her failure helps her to meet Ned. She thinks the helpless little girl routine will work with him until he starts showing more interest in a woman who is interested in boat-building. Ironically, it is that woman who comes to Chris' flat and sets her straight about how to redecorate her flat so she and Ned can get back together.