Plot
Lisa Murray’s mother becomes a pop star. But the demands of her new career are not leaving her much time for Lisa.
Notes
- Artist: Andrew Wilson
Appeared
- Number One Mum– Mandy: #1139 (12 November 1988) – (?)
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Cindy’s Magic Wand
Plot
Cindy Thrower slaves for a cruel uncle and aunt and spiteful cousins. She starts secretly training as a javelin thrower, but the lies she has to tell her nasty relatives in order to slip away to train start to catch up with her.
Notes
Appeared
- Cindy’s Magic Wand – Mandy: (?) – #1138 (5 November 1988)
We’ll be a Happy Family
Plot:
The parents of Heather and Carly Clayton have been missing for a year after a jungle air crash but have now returned. Heather is overjoyed but Carly starts causing trouble. She had enjoyed a luxurious life with the Warringtons, the foster-family the girls stayed with, but it made her spoiled and snobby, and she wants to keep in touch with them. The parents resent this and this leads to arguments. But when Heather tries to tell the Warringtons about Carly’s conduct they refuse to listen.
Notes:
- Writer: Maureen Hartley
Appeared:
- We’ll be a Happy Family – Mandy: #1127 (20 August 1988) – #1138 (5 November 1988)
Hayley’s Hidden Talent
Plot
Tina Marshall hopes that divorced Mr Todd will pop the question to her mother. Then Tina overhears Mr Todd’s daughter Hayley saying something that sounds like she feels inferior to Tina and cannot live in her shadow. Fearing this will be a barrier to the proposal she hopes for, Tina tries to address it by finding something Hayley is good at. But her efforts keep going wrong.
Notes
- Artist: Eduardo Feito
- Translated into Dutch as “Vera kan toch niks” (“Vera Is Not Good at Anything”)- Tina #27/1989-34/1989.
Appeared
- Hayley’s Hidden Talent – Mandy: #1128 (27 August 1988) – #1138 (5 November 1988)
I-am-a-Robot!
Plot
Jackie Johnson pretends to be a humanoid robot, Shena (Simulated-Humanoid-Electro-Newtronic-Automation) to save her scientist father from ruin. “Shena” is designed to protect wealthy Daphne Richmond, but Daphne gets kidnapped. Meanwhile, Daphne’s chauffeur Andrew discovers Jackie’s secret, and then two “robots” attempt to rescue Daphne.
Notes
Appeared
- I-am-a-Robot! – Mandy: (?) – #1147 (7 January 1989)
Night and Day
Plot
Karen Day’s mother has an evening job and now her father has been forced to change to the night shift, leaving the Day children on their own in the evenings. Dawn, the eldest, is supposed to be in charge, but is unsuited for the job because she is scatterbrained and this causes things to go wrong. Dawn’s younger sister Karen takes the blame because she does not want her parents to worry about Dawn’s incompetence, but this keeps getting her into trouble with them.
Notes
- Artist: Terry Aspin
Appeared
- Night and Day – Mandy: circa #1199 (6 January 1990) – #1210 (24 March 1990)
Toni’s Two Mums
Plot
Toni Dixon’s parents are divorced. She lives with her mother during the week and her father, stepmother Diane and baby William at weekends. This is causing problems, even at Christmas.
Notes
- Artist: Maria Dembilio
Appeared
- Toni’s Two Mums – Mandy: circa #1199 (6 January 1990) – #1212 (7 April 1990)
My Sister’s Pony
Plot
Ella Conway’s family had always been keen on horses. Her older sister, Delia, had shared their parents interest in dressage, while Ella preferred races and jumping. But after Delia was killed in an accident, her mother and father persuaded Ella to try riding Delia’s dressage pony, Silver Dream, in her place. Ella felt she would be forced to become just Delia’s shadow, and she vowed not to let this happen. She would secretly train the aloof, elegant pony to jump!
Notes
- Notes: Text story
- Spot Art: Tom Hurst
Appeared
- My Sister’s Pony – Mandy: #1204 (10 February 1990) – #1207 (3 March 1990)
Roll-Along Roma
Plot
When her parents were tragically killed in a car crash, young Roma Peters went to live with her mean aunt and uncle. Roma soon learned her relatives had only given her a home in order to get their hands on her inheritance. They were furious to learn they would only get a small monthly sum for Roma’s keep. Roma was a keen ice skater but when she discovered there was no ice rink in her new home town, she turned to roller skating to keep her spirits up.
Notes
- Artist: Guy Peeters
- Reprinted and translated into Dutch (as “Rol-Roma”) – Debbie Stripstory #7/1979.
Appeared
- Roll-along Roma – #361 (15 December 1973) – #373 (9 March 1974)
- Reprinted – Mandy: #739 (14 March 1981) – #751 (6 June 1981)
- Reprinted – Mandy: #1204 (10 February 1990) – #1216 (5 May 1990)
The Secret Scholar
Plot
In Victorian times, Lucy Seaton takes a skivvy’s job at Marlowe Seminary for Young Ladies to secretly glean as much education as she can in order to sit a scholarship that she promised her dying parents she would do her best to win. But she has to contend with the tough skivvy life, spiteful snobby schoolgirls and hard senior staff.
Notes
- Artist: Dudley Wynne
Appeared
- The Secret Scholar – Mandy: #1204 (10 February 1990) – #1216 (5 May 1990)