Marilyn #8 April 1961
In "Never Let Me Go," two strangers with identical faces—Penny and Carole—cross paths in London, stunned by their uncanny resemblance despite being unrelated. As Carole, an American visiting her uncle, the head of a trade delegation, shares her secret romance with a foreigner she’s been meeting in secret, Penny offers a daring solution: elope. With Julian Morote handling both art and inks, this poignant 1961 tale of identity and forbidden love unfolds in a world where appearances blur the lines of fate.
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Penny and Carole run into each other and are stunned to discover that, though unrelated, they look exactly alike. Carole is an American who is staying with her uncle, the head of the trade delegation. Penny shows Carole around London and Carole confesses that she has fallen in love with a foreigner she met at one of her uncle's receptions. But they have to keep their meetings secret or he would be sent back to his country. Penny suggests that they elope.
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