Valentine
#71
(May 24 1958)
IPC,
1957 Series
- Price
- 4 1/2d [0-0-4.5 GBP]
- Pages
- 32
- Indicia Frequency
- published every Monday
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- The Amalgamated Press, Ltd.
- Editing
- Mike Butterworth
Issue Notes
Credits based on information provided by David Roach.
My Blue Heaven
comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Carlos Prunés (signed)
- Inks
- Carlos Prunés (signed)
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- For you, Miss!
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Don Saxon; Chris; Ivy
- Synopsis
- Chris is upset when her fiancé buys her a negligé instead of the vacuum cleaner she had been hinting for.
Indexer Notes
The cover serves as the first page of the lead story.
Story 'inspired' by the song title "My Blue Heaven", sung by Ronnie Hilton.
[no title indexed]
You're the Greatest / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Who'd be at Pynk & Pynk's at sale time?
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Josie Dawes; Philip Ackroyd; Gerda Lorraine
- Synopsis
- Josie quits her job at Pynk and Pynk's to become Philip Ackroyd's personal assistant. Her first assignment is to accompany him to Rome where she will have the task of handling six temperamental models.
Indexer Notes
Note at the end of the sequence states: "Next week: Josie shows her tact... and falls in love".
Picture serial 'inspired' by the song title "You're the Greatest", sung by Ronnie Carroll.
Tell Me How
comic story / 3 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Cricket! Huh! I wish it had never been invented!
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Derek Walker; Hilary; Bill
- Synopsis
- Hilary becomes frustrated with Derek's devotion to playing cricket. Then she meets a soldier who is devoted to playing baseball, but that doesn't seem as boring to her. But when Bill catches sight of a cricket match, he asks Derek to teach him and eventually becomes more obsessed with cricket than Derek ever was.
Indexer Notes
Story 'inspired' by the song title "Tell Me How", sung by The Crickets.
[no title indexed]
Living Love Stories / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- How did I come to meet Freda?
- Genre
- biography; romance
- Characters
- Nate Temple; Freda
- Synopsis
- The courtship and marriage of Nate Temple and Freda.
Be My Girl
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Josep Maria Miralles (signed as Miralles)
- Inks
- Josep Maria Miralles (signed as Miralles)
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Sue! Sue! You'll have to turn it off! Dad's coming up the path!
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Sue; Tommy Johnson; Jim
- Synopsis
- Sue falls for a singing sensation, but her father thinks he's a hooligan.
Indexer Notes
Story was 'inspired' by the song title "Be My Girl", sung by Jim Dale.
A Handful of Songs
Pete Dexter Band / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Carlos Freixas ? (signed as C.F.)
- Inks
- Carlos Freixas ? (signed as C.F.)
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Yes, rock for meeeee!
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Pete Dexter; Dixie Dexter; Ella Jones; Paddy; Jezebel; Jerry Varda
- Synopsis
- With Dixie having a baby, Ella replaces her as vocalist in the Pete Dexter Band. She falls in love with Paddy, the guitar player, but discovers he is secretly in love with Dixie. She contemplates leaving the band, but decides to stay with them.
Indexer Notes
Note at the end of the sequence states: "Next week: Love in Liverpool".
Picture serial 'inspired' by the song title "A Handful of Songs", sung by Tommy Steele.
To Be Loved
comic story / 3 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- We'd both better stay at home tonight Joy... too foggy!
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Steve; Joy; Fred
- Synopsis
- Joy is distraught with Steve's recent behavior and decides to go out with Fred.
- Reprints
in Indexer Notes
The story was 'inspired' by the song title "To Be Loved", sung by Malcolm Vaughan.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
1.
My Blue Heaven
-
2.
["Who'd be at Pynk & Pynk's at sale time?"]
You're the Greatest -
3.
Tell Me How
-
4.
["How did I come to meet Freda?"]
Living Love Stories -
5.
Be My Girl
-
6.
A Handful of Songs
Pete Dexter Band -
7.
To Be Loved
This issue was modified by
- Steve Belknap
- Doug Brain
- Peter Croome
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