Yearly Archives: 2015

Aunts at War!

Mandy

Plot

Jill Marsden goes to live with her aunts May and Jessie while her parents are away and finds herself in the middle of a battlefield. The aunts have fallen out over something they can’t even remember, but each blames the other for it. Their feud has become so intense that they have divided the house between them with white lines, right down to the dining table. Even their dogs join in the feud, and the whole district is suffering because of the aunts’ quarrel. Jill is trying to find a way to make the aunts see reason but her efforts always seem to go wrong and make their squabbling worse.

Aunts

Matters come to a head when a film crew comes to the village. The aunts’ quarrelling spoils the shoot and the film crew leaves in disgust. As each aunt blames the other for it and another quarrel erupts, Jill loses her temper and shouts at them both over their stupid quarrelling. She tells them she is fed up with it, they are both to blame for spoiling the shoot, they are as bad as each other, and whatever started the feud should have been over years ago. She then gets so upset she runs off and gets hit by a car.

When Jill regains consciousness in hospital she discovers that the scolding and her accident have shocked her aunts into stopping their feud. They are now at peace and have removed the dividing lines in their house.

Notes

Appeared

  • Aunts at War! –  Mandy:  #963 (29 June 1985) – #973 (7 September 1985)

 

The Tammy Trilogy

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Plot

A trilogy of serials starring Tammy Thumbe. Her next door neighbour Bobby Brown is into chemistry, but Bobby’s formulas have strange effects on Tammy. In her first story, Tiny Tammy, Tammy shrinks whenever she gets wet. In her second story, Where’s Tammy?, Tammy becomes invisible. In her third story, Be Your Age, Tammy!, Tammy behaves either too young or too old for her age.

Tammy

Notes

  • Artist: Andrew Wilson

Appeared

  • Tiny Tammy – Mandy: #1150 (28 January 1989) – #1164 (6 May 1989)
  • Where’s Tammy? – Mandy: #1165 (13 May 1989) – #1176 (29 July 1989)
  • Be Your Age, Tammy! Mandy #1229 (4 August 1990)- #1238 (6 October 1990)

Other Appearances:

  • “Where’s Tammy” – Mandy Annual 1991

 

Sleeping Beauty from the Stars

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Plot

On the stern planet Xerox, a beauty queen is banished to the planet Peutridd for playing practical jokes. En route to Peutridd, she escapes aboard an Earth space capsule and falls asleep. On Earth, she is awakened Sleeping-Beauty style by a kiss from reporter Percy Prince. With Percy’s help she takes the name of Stella Saturn and gets a job as a fashion model. But when the Xeroxians discover Stella’s escape they send two of their Collectors to recapture her, which forces her and Percy to go on the run.

Sleeping Beauty

Notes

Appeared

  • Sleeping Beauty from the Stars –  Mandy: #958 (25 May 1985) – #969 (10 August 1985)

 

Meg Among the Slaves

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Plot:

In Victorian times, Meg Jackson applies for a sewing job at Hamble’s, the poshest store in London. She ends up at Hamble’s seamstress school, but discovers that Mr Jones the manager and his sister are cruel employers who make their apprentices work in appalling conditions. Then Meg begins to suspect Mr Jones of stealing from the store.

Meg

Notes:

Appeared:

  • Meg Among the Slaves – Mandy: #195 (10 October 1970) – #208 (9 January 1971)
  • Reprinted – Mandy: #586 (08 April 1978) – #598 (01 July 1978)
  • Reprinted – Mandy:  #958 (25 May 1985) – #971 (24 August 1985)

 

The Tribe at Number Ten

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Plot

Carol Rogers’ mother looked after the invalid Mr Rogers and Gran for many years until they passed over. Now Carol is encouraging her mother to build a social life. But then widower Mr Thomson and his five children move into the street. Carol is worried at the way Mum is getting involved in looking after them when she is just building her social life and does not want her mother to get ideas about marrying Mr Thomson.

Tribe

Notes

  • Writer: Alison Christie (Fitt)
  • Artist: Guy Peeters

Appeared

  • The Tribe at Number Ten –  Mandy:  #955 (4 May 1985) – #968 (3 August 1985)

 

Too Many Mums!

Mandy

Plot

Julia Casson’s divorced parents return from overseas, having remarried. This leaves Julia with three “mums” – her mother, new stepmother and Auntie Joyce. Each mum has different ideas on what is best for Julie, such as which school she is to attend. This causes a lot quarrelling, and Julia is caught in the middle.

Mums

Notes

Appeared

  • Too Many Mums!–  Mandy:  #955 (4 May 1985) – #970 (17 August 1985)

 

Secret Star!

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Plot

When rising pop star Jeff Collins loses his voice, he owes his agent Mr Winter a lot of money. Mr Winter wants his money back and insists Jeff perform despite his illness. Jeff’s twin sister Jodie takes his place in secret. When Jodie finds out what an unpleasant man Mr Winter is, she decides to investigate his dealings with Jeff.

Star

Notes

  • Artist: Ron Lumsden
  • Translated into Dutch and appeared in Tina 35-46/1985 as “De grote wisseltruuk” (The Big Exchange Trick)

 

Appeared

  • Secret Star! –  Mandy: #943 (9 February 1985) – #954 (27 April 1985)