Yearly Archives: 2015

Pryde of the Blues

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Plot:

As captain of Blue House at St. Angela’s, Jill Pryde was following in the footsteps of her late mother, who had also won a scholarship to the school. Blue House had not won the House Cup since Jill’s mother had been captain over twenty years ago. Jill was determined to lead the Blues to victory, despite the scheming of Selma Parker, a member of Green House, who was equally determined her house should win by fair means or foul.

pryde of the blues

Notes:

Appeared:

  • Pryde of The Blues –  Judy:  #1131 (12 September 1981) – #1141 (21 November 1981)

A Mill Girl’s Story

Judy,

Plot:

England, 1830, and Sarah Deeping, with  her young brother, Samuel, and her widowed mother, had been forced to leave their Norfolk village to seek employment in the woollen mills of the North. Sarah and Sam worked at Hurn’s Mill, while Mrs Deeping gave some of the mill workers’ children an elementary schooling.

mill girls story

Notes:

  • Art: Paddy Brennan

Appeared:

  • A Mill Girl’s Story –  Judy:  #1134 (03 October 1981) – #1145 (19 December 1981)

The Face of Evil

Judy,

Plot:

Cara and Rhoda Hemmings, identical twins,  were orphaned as babies. Rhoda was adopted by a wealthy lady named Mrs Gasket, but Cara grew up in an orphanage. When Rhoda was killed in a boating accident, and her adopted mother was seriously injured, Cara was asked to take her sister’s place until Mrs Gasket was well enough to take the news of Rhoda’s death. Speaking to the maid, Annie, Cara was shocked to learn that Mrs Gasket had approached the orphanage for permission to adopt Cara but the Matron had refused.

face of evil

Notes:

  • Art: Ron Tiner
  • Reprinted and translated to Dutch as  “De schim van het kwaad” – Tina #22/1982- #34/1982

Appeared:

  • The Face of Evil –  Judy:  #1135 (10 October 1981)  – #1145 (19 December 1981)

Wanda and the Witches’ Brew

Judy

Plot:

Gail Howard helped her widowed mother run a small boarding housein Morsden. She met Wanda, a servant girl who worked for an alchemist in 1488 and had drunk  his time-jumping brew to land in 1978. Wanda wanted to return to her own time and Gail promised to collect the ingredients for the brew.

wandas wittches brew

Notes:

Appeared:

  • Wanda and the Witches’ Brew –  Judy:  #946 (25 February 1978) – #957 (13 May 1978)

Cloak of Darkness

Judy,

Plot

Joanna Peel, on holiday at Blane Castle, tried on a highwayman’s cloak once worn by the notorious Lady Jessica Blane. That very night, she had found herself wearing the cloak, riding a great, black horse to the gates of a strange house.

cloak of darkness

Notes

  • Art: Paddy Brennan

Appeared

  • Cloak of Darkness –  Judy:  #946 (25 February 1978) – #955 (29 April 1978)

Dainty Dinah

Judy

Plot:

Boradmile boys’ school had opened its doors to girls. The girls, led by Jackie Robinson and Hilary West, were determined to prove that anything the boys could do they could do better, so when Dinah Della field turned up with her very feminine ways, they regarded her as a liability.

dainty dinah

Notes:

Appeared:

  • Dainty Dinah–  Judy:  #937 (24 December 1977) – #945 (18 February 1978)

Air-Raid Annie

Judy, ,

Plot:

During the Second World  War, ten-year-old Annie Williams lived with her family in Kent. She discovered she had a sixth sense that gave her warning of the approach of enemy bombers. Mr Clarke, a top Civil Defence official, came from London to arrange a test of Annie’s powers. Annie forecast that three German bombers would arrive over Monstable one night, but the raid didn’t happen. At school next day, she sat puzzling over what had gone wrong with her forecast.

air raid annie

Notes:

Appeared:

  • Air-Raid Annie –  Judy: #307 (27 November 1965)  – #313 (08 January 1966)
  • Reprinted – Judy:  #934 (03 December 1977) – #940 (14 January 1978)

The Lost Children

Judy, ,

Plot:

Blind Dianne Hart was made a  servant when her cousin, Ralph Stone, inherited her late father’s coal-mine. She was horrified when Stone brought in orphans and made the youngest of them work a night-shift underground. She decided on a rescue attempt, hoping to get them to a secret hide-out where three others were already concealed.

lost children

Notes:

  • Art: Bert Hill
  • Reprinted and translated into Dutch as “De kinderen in de mijn” (The Children in the Mine”) – Debbie #8 (1978).

Appeared:

  • The Lost Children –  Judy:   #932 (19 Nov. 1977) – #945 (18 Feb. 1978)