Roxy #20 July 1963 [280]

(20 July 1963)

No Time for Tears (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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Well... That's it, Betty! Thanks for everything and... goodbye!

Genre

romance

Characters

Betty; Jim; Alan Byers

Synopsis

Jim and Betty break up after two years together. Although the breakup was amicable, Betty feels she has nothing left to live for. As she gazes down at the water from a stone bridge, she is interrupted by a man who senses her despair. Over time he gradually brings her back to life, but when he proposes to her she tells him that she is fond of him, but she can't love him.

Indexer Notes

The first page of this story serves as part of the cover.

Love in Terror (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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Death to the aristocrats!

Genre

historical; romance

Characters

Suzanna; Aunt Marianne; Armand Lebrun; Philippe de Mancy; Juliette de Mancy

Synopsis

Suzanne and her aunt, a housekeeper, are in the Château de Mancy when it is overrun by peasants. As she and her aunt run to a cart provided by Armand, she encounters Juliette de Mancy and her brother, wounded and helpless. Even though she had grown to hate and fear him, she helps both of them into her cart. But as the cart pulls away, Suzanne wonders what has happened to her aunt.

Keywords

revolutionary France

Indexer Notes

Next Week: Long Live the Revolution!

Something for the Birds (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

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H-help! We've been invaded!

Genre

romance

Characters

Janice West; Michael

Synopsis

Janice is annoyed by all the birds near her window, drawn by the neighbor next door who has been feeding them breadcrumbs for weeks.

Pam Adds Inches - to Make a Perfect Figure (Table of Contents: 4)

Ann and Pam / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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Thirty six or bust - that's my motto from now on!

Genre

fashion

Characters

Ann; Pam

Synopsis

The girls plan to get a flat together.

Indexer Notes

The story is primarily a vehicle to showcase the products and fashions used by the girls.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.25 page (report information)

How Polite Can You Get? (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

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Don't you try to deny it, Sam! I saw you quite clearly from the bus!

Genre

romance

Characters

Sam; Patsy

Synopsis

Sam is so polite that Patsy doesn't know where she stands with him.

I'm a Singer! (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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I wanted to become a singer so much that I was prepared to tackle anthing... to get a start...

Genre

romance

Characters

Pat Smith; jack

Synopsis

Pat studies to become a singer.

Indexer Notes

Story mixes comic art panels with occasional photographs.

Next Week: Audition Result

The Woman Between (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

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Don't you see, Peter, she's evil? She's wicked and horrid... and she's trying to come between us!

Genre

romance

Characters

Sally; Peter; Susan

Synopsis

Sally offers an invalid who's been crippled since childhood to come live with her, but she soon drives a wedge between Sally and Peter.