Romeo #10 September 1966
In "Watch It, Mr. Cupid," a chance encounter at a mysteriously overbooked hotel leads Sally into a haunting night at the Chateau Villanoir, where a ghostly visitor from the past claims a room once his nursery—and now demands to return to his regiment. With art by Romero and a cover by Norman Lee, this 1966 D.C. Thomson tale blends wartime memory and eerie coincidence in a story that lingers long after the final page.
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When the bus reaches the hotel they discover that the previous manager had overbooked and has no place for them to stay. A stranger hearing of their plight, offers to let them stay in the Chateau Villanoir. Sally, who has taken medication for a cold, is awakened by a man claiming the room was once his nursery, but who now must rejoin his regiment. The next morning Sally learns that the man she had met the night before had been killed in the Battle of the Somme fifty year ago.
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