Romantic Adventure Library #989
"Explanation" is a quietly charged romantic journey from 1982’s Romantic Adventure Library #989, a 15p UK comic where a Boston heiress, after two years of restless indulgence, sets out to find her ex-fiancé, the doctor, in Bangkok. Her path leads her to Mergui, where she must take a five-day boat ride to King Island, clashing with the ship’s captain—only to discover an unexpected bond forming amid their disagreements. The story unfolds with restrained tension and emotional honesty, drawn in the clean, expressive style of typeset lettering.
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A wealthy Boston heiress breaks her engagement to a doctor because she refuses to follow him to the island where he is going to work. After partying for two years, she becomes bored. She decides she loves her ex-fiancé after all and flies out to Bangkok to find him. At Mergui, she has to catch a boat to reach King Island where the doctor is. There is only one boat available to make the five-day journey. She and the captain are constantly at odds with each other, but soon find there is an attraction between them.
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