I will get around to them at some point. Both stories had a long run in the comics, so it takes longer than other short complete stories, to read through and write about. Possibly will do Valda in the soon future, as I’ve been reading through some of those stories recently.
Angel was Mandy’s most popular serial ever – Mandy said so herself. So if there was a Top Ten for Mandy, which would come first – Angel or Valda? Or do we give them joint honours?
Angel repeated twice. One reprint ended with the last issue of Mandy and the other was the Lucky Charm reprint. Angel spawned two ‘The Diary of Angel’ serials. The first appeared in Mandy, and starred a girl borrowing Angel’s diary for help in her recuperation from a road accident. The second was in M&J and had children reading stories out of Angel’s diary. (Personally, I think it would be a good idea to transcribe the diary because those constant borrowings can’t be good for its preservation!) And of course there were the Angel appearances in the annuals. I do not know if the original Angel ever repeated in M&J.
I have a good collection of M&J, I’ve only come across “The Diaries of Angel”, so I don’t think classic Angel was reprinted. I would say it is a close call between Valda and Angel, I think they are both the most remembered of Mandy stories.
Come to think of it, I think Angel was reprinted twice in Mandy. If that’s correct, classic Angel had four innings, including the original run and the Lucky Charm reprint.
Love Next Door was drawn by Julio Bosch.
Have you considered a feature on Angel or Valda at some point?
I will get around to them at some point. Both stories had a long run in the comics, so it takes longer than other short complete stories, to read through and write about. Possibly will do Valda in the soon future, as I’ve been reading through some of those stories recently.
Angel was Mandy’s most popular serial ever – Mandy said so herself. So if there was a Top Ten for Mandy, which would come first – Angel or Valda? Or do we give them joint honours?
Angel repeated twice. One reprint ended with the last issue of Mandy and the other was the Lucky Charm reprint. Angel spawned two ‘The Diary of Angel’ serials. The first appeared in Mandy, and starred a girl borrowing Angel’s diary for help in her recuperation from a road accident. The second was in M&J and had children reading stories out of Angel’s diary. (Personally, I think it would be a good idea to transcribe the diary because those constant borrowings can’t be good for its preservation!) And of course there were the Angel appearances in the annuals. I do not know if the original Angel ever repeated in M&J.
I have a good collection of M&J, I’ve only come across “The Diaries of Angel”, so I don’t think classic Angel was reprinted. I would say it is a close call between Valda and Angel, I think they are both the most remembered of Mandy stories.
Come to think of it, I think Angel was reprinted twice in Mandy. If that’s correct, classic Angel had four innings, including the original run and the Lucky Charm reprint.
A couple more names:
M & J (Pages: 23-25) [Art: Peter Wilkes]
The Perfect Pony (Pages: 27-32) [Art: Veronica Weir]
Wee Slavey (Pages: 49-56) [Art: “B Jackson”]
M & J (Pages: 59-61) [Art: Peter Wilkes]
Blind Date (Pages: 99-103) [Art: Claude Berridge]