Plot
On her twelfth birthday Fay Martin is told by Aggie an old witch, that Fay is a changeling brought up to as a mortal. Fay could make spells – but each one she uses means she is a day closer to be taken back to the Underworld.
Notes
- Writer: Maureen Hartley
Appeared
- The Sad Spells of Fay Martin – Mandy: #329 (5 May 1973) – #346 (1 September 1973)
- Reprinted – Mandy #647 (9 June 1979) – #665 (13 October 1979) [no episode #663]
I reckon this one needs a story post as it is popular and fondly remembered. I can’t do it as I have no episodes.
I only have 2 episodes myself, it doesn’t seem to have been reprinted either which is surprising – at least I haven’t seen it in any later issues I have, although I have gaps!
The Sad Spells Of Fay Martin was reprinted. The repeat appeared in Mandy 647 (June 9 1979) – 665 (October 13 1979). No instalment in 663.
Thanks!
So thankful to have found this . Fay Martin , I need to learn more of You.
Fay Martin , I need to learn more of You.
You could check out 30th Century Comics for issues.
Fay was adopted when she was a baby. On the day before her twelfth birthday, she falls and scrapes her knees. Her mother notices that she has never cried. The next day (her twelfth birthday) she went shopping for her mother and notices an elderly lady crossing the street and an auto is going to hit her. She wishes it would stop, and it did. She walks the lady (Aggie) home and is invited in for tea. Aggie informs Fay that she is a witch and was told to keep an eye on her (that she was a changeling, a fairy raised as a mortal. Fay is happy until she finds out each spell takes her closer to returning to the underworld. She tries to not use any spells, but she keeps having to. One day she sees a stranger talking to Aggie. It was the chief inspector of changelings. He tells her that it won’t be long before she goes. Then she tries to study for term exams. Aggie has a party that night for her friends. Fat won’t go because she has to study. Aggie uses magic to take Fay to the party. The chief inspector shows up and Fay tells him she wants to stay with her parents. The answer is the sooner she returns to the underworld the better. Fay is half asleep at the exam and does poorly on all but the math exam (she accidently wished she had finished the paper). She was accused of cheating on this. That night she thinks she has a solution to her problem and wishes she was a normal girl and not a changeling. This brings the chief inspector who tells her how ungrateful she was and that she only has nine wishes left. Finally, she only has two wishes left. She uses one of them to wish her parents didn’t love her so they wouldn’t be hurt anymore. She than packs her suitcase and runs away spending the night in a barn. The next day her parents see her and her father runs after her (the wish didn’t work). He is run over by a truck and Fay uses her last wish that he would be all right. She than started crying. Her love for her parents was so strong it broke her spell, and she became a normal girl. Aggie comes by on a broom and tells Fay that she is going to the underworld in her place. Fay tells Aggie goodby and good luck.
The power of love does it every time. You often see it in other serials, such as “The Curse of Carmina” and “Sister of Hate” (Suzy), and “The Cat’s Eye on Katy” (Tammy).
Anyone got any idea who the artist is? He or she was a prolific, long-standing mainstay of the Mandy team. I for one would like to know the name.