Romantic Rendezvous Comic #18
In "First Meeting," Betty clings to the old gas lamp-post outside her window—a quiet relic of romance and memory—when modernization threatens to erase it. As the dig for a new light begins, even Peter seems to turn against her, leaving Betty to stage a defiant sit-in on a chair above the hole. The moment is tender, quietly defiant, and charged with the weight of what’s at stake. Cover by ?; typeset; lettered by ?.
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For Betty, the old gas lamp-post outside her bedroom window is a symbol of romance. She had seen many lovers kiss there and Peter proposed to her under it. When a hole is dug for a modern light, Betty fights to keep the old lamp-post. But it seems that not even Peter is on her side. As a last resort, she places a chair over the hole and stages a 'sit in'. When police forceably move her, Peter takes over.
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