Yearly Archives: 2015

Head of Hate!

Mandy,

Plot:

Gemma Andrews makes fun of a museum statue of the Greek monster Medusa the Gorgon and pays the price. Afterwards Medusa’s head keeps appearing to Gemma in reflective surfaces. Every time it does, Gemma turns spiteful and destructive and does not remember her behaviour afterwards. Eventually Gemma gets a translation of some words from the statue. It says that in order to break Medusa’s power, something of hers must be destroyed. But Gemma does not know what the “something” is because the key word is missing.

Medusa

Notes:

Appeared:

  • Head of Hate! –  Mandy: (?) – #1138 (5 November, 1988)

 

Seal Girl

Mandy, , ,

Plot:

Jake and Ruby Walters run a successful show with performing seals. When they visit a remote island in Scotland they find a girl who has been raised by seals. They call her Shona, pass her off as their niece and incorporate her into their show, planning to make a fortune. But Shona begins to learn human ways too fast, which threatens their plans, and Cherry, the other girl in the show, is jealous of Shona.

Seal Girl

Notes:

  • Artist: Tom Hurst

Appeared:

  • Seal Girl  –  Mandy:  #630 (10 February 1979) – #638 (07 April 1979)

 

Sally and the Sinister Sisters

Mandy,

Plot

Sally James’ grandfather buys a set of dolls that belonged to a Victorian witch. He is trying to mend them so as to make enough money to repair his shop. Sally is making new dresses for the dolls, but is finding that each doll is taking over her mind, which causes a lot of trouble for her.

Sally

Notes

  • Artist: Barrie Mitchell? (unconfirmed)

Appeared

  • Sally and the Sinister Sisters –  Mandy: #628 (27 January 1979) – #638 (07 April 1979) 

The Outcasts of Underwood School

Mandy, , ,

Plot

Twins Debbie and Carol Lowe sit a scholarship exam to Underwood Boarding School, but then they wish they hadn’t once they find out how snobby the Underwood girls are. However, they do pass the scholarship exam and have to attend Underwood, as its first day pupils. But the snobby pupils do not make them welcome, and Virginia Fishenden is their worst enemy.

Eventually Virginia pulls a trick on the twins that backfires and she nearly burns the school down. Virginia is shocked into confessing and her ashamed mother withdraws her from the school. The twins are then accepted by the other girls.

Underwood

Notes

  • Artist: Hugh Thornton-Jones
  • Writer: Maureen Hartley

Appeared

  • The Outcasts of Underwood School –  Mandy: #300 (14 Oct 1972) – #316 (3 Feb 1973)
  • Reprinted – Mandy: #625 (6 January 1979) – #641 (28 April 1979)

 

Hilary of the Happy Bus

Mandy

Plot:

Hilary Drew is the youngest member of the team in charge of Manchester’s mobile playgroup, which is known as the Happy Bus.

Happy Bus

Notes:

Appeared:

  • Hilary of the Happy Bus–  Mandy: #625 (6 January 1979) – #628 (27 January 1979) [no episode issue #627]

Other Appearances:

  • Hilary of the Happy Bus –  Mandy Annual 1979
  • Hilary of the Happy Bus –  Mandy Annual 1981
  • Hilary of the Happy Bus –  Mandy Annual 1982

Lucky

M&J, Mandy, , ,

Plot:

Adventures of Lucky the cat, as told by Lucky himself.

Lucky
Lucky  (Art: Wilf Street)

luckyLucky:  #703  – #712 (Art: José Casanovas)

Notes

  • Artist: Wilf Street
  • Artist: José Casanovas [Lucky  – Mandy: #703 (05 Jul. 1980) – #712 (06 Sep. 1980)]
  • Lucky (#898 -#900), reprinted and translated to Dutch – Conny: #3/1985

Appeared:

  • Lucky –  Mandy: #624 (30 December 1978) – #632 (24 February 1979)
  • Lucky  – Mandy: #703 (05 July 1980) – #712 (06 September 1980)
  • Lucky – Mandy: #898 (31 March 1984) – #900 (14 April 1984)
  • Lucky – Mandy #905 (19 May 1984)  – #906 (26 May 1984)
  • Lucky (reprint) – M&J: #13 (10 August 1991) – #20 (28 September 1991)
  • Lucky (reprint) – M&J: #66 (15 August 1992) -#73 (03 October 1992)

Other Appearances

  • Lucky – Mandy Annual 2002

 

The Quest of Anna Midnight

Mandy, ,

Plot

Anna Midnight, a talented artist, was left on the doorstep of a Children’s Home as a baby. Her surname is Midnight because that was when she was found, but her true identity is a mystery. She goes in search of a travelling artist in Cornwall because she is convinced he is her father.

Midnight

Notes

Appeared

  • The Quest of Anna Midnight– #253 (20 November 1971) – #266 (19 February 1972)
  • Reprinted – Mandy:  #623 (23 December 1978) – #636 (24 March 1979)

 

The Willing Hands of Meg Smith

Mandy, ,

Plot

In Victorian times, Meg Smith turns her hand to any job available to make ends meet for her younger siblings.

willing hands meg smith
The Willing Hands of Meg Smith – 1967

Meg
The Willing Hands of Meg Smith – 1977

Notes

  • Reprinted with different artist
  • Art: Len Potts (1977)

Appeared

  • The Willing Hands of Meg Smith –  Mandy: circa #42 (4 November 1967) – (?)
  • Reprinted – Mandy:  #557 (17 September 1977) – #571 (24 December 1977)