Plot New girl Josie Goulden looks so sweet and angelic, but Maria Campbell soon finds out that Josie is a nasty schemer who is trying to push her out of her position as class captain with a series of tricks and frame-ups to discredit her. Josie’s tricks have all but Maria’s best friend Beth Parker … Continue reading Move Over, Maria (1994)
Published: Debbie PSL #70 Reprinted: Bunty PSL #420 as “She’s Guilty!” Artist: Cover Dudley Wynne?; story Juan Sarompas? Plot Sixth former Carole Trent is school captain at Redways Boarding School, and her younger sister Julie is third former there. Carole Trent has always been popular, and has won several trophies for the school. But Carole’s popularity takes … Continue reading Ashamed of Her Sister (1983) aka “She’s Guilty!”
Published: Commando #2472 (1991), reprinted Commando #4085 (2008) Artists: Janek Matysiak (story); Ron Brown (cover) Writer: Alan Hemus Many names of the artists in girls’ comics are now very familiar to us, such as John Armstrong, Mario Capaldi, Douglas Perry, Veronica Weir, Maria Dembilio and Norman Lee. But what about their offspring? How many of … Continue reading Traitor’s War (1991)
Beware of Beryl!– Emma: #32 (30 September 1978) – #43 (16 December 1978) Reprinted – Mandy: #933 (1 December 1984) – #944 (16 February 1985) Artist: Carlos Freixas Abridged version reprinted as ‘Mijn vriendin Agaath’ (My friend Agaath) – Tina (1983) Reprinted as ‘Bang voor Beryl!’ (Afraid of Beryl!) – Debbie Groot Mysterieboek 48 (1985) Plot … Continue reading Beware of Beryl! [1978]
Sisters in Secret– M&J: #01 (18 May 1991) – #10 (20 July 1991) Art: Maria Dembilio Reprinted and translated into Dutch as “Geheime zusjes” (“Secret Sisters”) – Tina #52/1992-8/1993 Plot Jackie Munroe and Alison Brown meet on the first day of school and immediately hit it off. They are shocked to discover at the end … Continue reading Sisters in Secret [1991]
I like to do a post about an annual around Christmas time, although with this book I originally wanted to do it for Halloween as it’s filled with so many spooky stories (and actually hardly a Christmas theme in sight!). But as I didn’t have the time to finish it for then, it will be … Continue reading Judy for Girls 1982
Picture Stories What a Day! (Pages: 6-9) [Art: Jose Maria Bellalta?] Second Thoughts (Pages: 14-16) Wee Slavey (Pages: 17-21) [Art: John Higson] Dottie’s Excuses, Excuses! (Pages: 22) Boyfriends (Pages: 28) Getting the Hump! (Pages: 29-32) [Art: Rodney Sutton] Trader Tess (Pages: 33-35) [Art: Jim Baikie] Jane to the Rescue (Pages: 38-41) [Art: Robert Hamilton] Meet … Continue reading Judy 1978
In our eighth volume on Misty short stories we turn to the subject of ghosts, which, predictably, is huge. Owing to the expanse of the subject, there will be no individual thoughts for each story. However, the stories will be grouped into subthemes in accordance with the role the ghost served in the story, and … Continue reading Misty Short Stories VIII: Ghosts
In this volume of Misty short stories we turn to the complete Misty stories that featured the Devil. The volume will focus on the roles the Devil played in the short stories, and how these compare to his role in Misty’s most famous Devil serial: “Winner Loses All!”. Welcome Home Misty: #68 Artist: Jorge Badia … Continue reading Misty Short Stories IV: The Devil
For the third volume of Misty Short stories I have selected Misty stories with a corresponding theme: witchcraft and how Misty portrayed witches in her complete stories. As many of the stories have a similar theme, they have been grouped together under subheadings, with “thoughts” attached. I have also included closing thoughts at the end … Continue reading Misty Short Stories III: Witches