Plot

Jo-Ann Morton, a rising tennis star, earns the name “Visage Glacial” (Frozen Face)  in France after she wins the Europa Junior Tournament while her parents died in a crash and she quickly goes on to compete in another competition. Unknown to all the gossipers, Jo-Ann’s aunt had not told her the news during the match and afterwards told her that her father left  lot of debt and embezzled money from a children’s home, so she would need to compete to earn her keep and to make her her father’s good name wasn’t ruined.

Jo-Ann plays but she no longer has a love of the game, and never showing happiness on her face only builds her Frozen Face reputation. Her aunt continues to exploit and blackmail her. She makes a friend with Sir Sam Haigh, a millionaire mill owner, but due to his appearance her aunt Maud thinks he’s a commoner. Finally having a friend to confide in Sam helps clear her father’s name and expose the real culprit, her Aunt Maud. Free from her, Jo-Ann can finally begin to live her life again and play tennis for her own enjoyment.

Notes

• Story Art: Mario Capaldi.
• Art Lucky Charm Cover: Ian Kennedy

Appeared

• Little Miss Frozen Face – Bunty: #784 (20 January 1973) – #803 (2 June 1973)
• Reprinted – Lucky Charm: #17 (1982)