*Girls’ Comics: D.C.Thomson’s pioneering romance weekly, Romeo, launched in 1957 to a rapturous reception from the love-starved audience, and spawned scores of imitators aimed at older teen girls and young housewives not yet disillusioned with domestic drudgery. With its stories of bright young career girls in exotic locales, it offered escapism to a generation, but was frequently discarded after reading, meaning that despite its substantial print runs, few copies survive today. Issue #1 set the pattern that would be followed with minor variations for decades: complete ‘done in one’ stories (‘Cruise to Romance’), romantic serials (‘The Innocents In Paris’, ‘Rose the Slave Girl’) and occasional comedy fillers (inexplicably importing Atlas’ Millie the Model by Lee and Goldberg for the latter!). This premiere copy of a long-running and popular series is VG at £50. SORRY, THIS HAS NOW SOLD