Jackie #179

In "Would You Repeat the Question, Please?" from Jackie #179 (1967), Hazel stumbles upon a bundle of love letters and can't resist reading just one—only to find herself utterly drawn into their secret world. As she traces the letters to their sender, Bill, she’s caught between duty and a growing curiosity about the man behind the words, especially when she learns he’s in love with Martha. The story unfolds with quiet tension and emotional weight, exploring the fragile line between prying and connection.

Jo finds herself caught between friendship and a growing curiosity when her friend Jill pushes her to go on a double-date—just to spend time with Des. Refusing to repeat another evening with Dave, Jo walks away, only to hear a voice from a nearby tree asking for help, echoing Jill’s earlier remark: “boys don’t grow on trees, you know.”

In "Twelve Red Roses," Jackie faces a quiet storm of emotion as Jeff’s persistent courtship clashes with her loyalty to Alan—whose possessiveness leaves her uneasy. When a dozen red roses appear at her door with no note, and a mysterious promise to pick her up at eight, she must decide who truly deserves her heart.

In "The Fortune Teller," Jane, drawn to the mystery of the fair, pays a gipsy for a reading—skeptical at first, but unsettled when the woman suddenly panics, returns her money, and refuses to speak the final prediction. As the gipsy’s earlier forecasts begin to unfold with eerie accuracy, Jane is left questioning what unseen danger the fortune-teller so feared.