Plot:
Mary Myers’ mother spills a mysterious liquid on herself at the scientific research laboratory where she works. The liquid causes her to shrink whenever she gets hot.
Notes:
Appeared:
- Mary’s Mini Mum – M&J: #28 (23 November 1991) – #36 (18 January 1992)
How interesting! The artist is the same as the unknown artist who drew “Merry at Misery House” in Jinty!
Yes that artist keeps popping up in loads of places, including annuals and picture story libraries. I wonder if he/she switched to DCT after IPC comics finished up, a lot of the stories in DCT seem to be from the 90s.
As for Mini-Mums this is the 3rd story I know of that involved shrinking mothers!
Were there any shrinking dads?
WHERE CAN I FIND THIS AT
M&J comics are bit harder to find than others. Occassionaly they do pop up on ebay. 30th century comics have a few but none of the issues with Mary’s Mini Mum at the moment. https://30thcenturycomics.co.uk/catalogue-index/girls-comics/#M
lorrbot said:
“As for Mini-Mums this is the 3rd story I know of that involved shrinking mothers!”
What are the other two?
The Adventures of Mini Mum from Bunty http://girlscomicsofyesterday.com/2014/01/the-incredible-adventures-of-mini-mum/ and Mini-Mum! from Mandy http://girlscomicsofyesterday.com/2014/01/mini-mum/
As for shrinking Dad’s I can only think of times when the whole family were shrunk, not just the dad, like in Dangerous Days for the Tiny Taylors.
Bunty had “My School Chum Mum”, where Mum ends up looking like a school girl after an overdose of anti-aging cream. I like this one for exploring how much Mum finds school has changed since her time and rattling the teachers’ cages a bit.
Does anyone know of other serials where chemicals had oddball effects on mums?
There was also a picture story library “Trouble Brewing” where the mom also ended up de-aging after drinking special tea. Though she had it worse than My School Chum Mum as she didn’t stop de-aging and ended up younger than her daughter!