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My Pony Next Door

Plot

Jenny West is forced to sell her pony Jester to her new neighbour, Willa Trent, so her dad can pay off his debts. But then Jenny discovers Willa is an unfit owner for Jester.

Pony

Notes

  • Reprinted and translated into Dutch as “Pony bij de buren” – Debbie #16 (1979).

Appeared:

  • My Pony Next Door – Mandy:  #619 (25 November 1978) – #629 (3 February 1979)

Poor Little Rich Girl [1978]

Plot

Cherry Chipchase is daughter of millionaire Samuel Chipchase. Cherry is spoiled and selfish, so in an effort to reform her, Dad sends her to the roughest school in town where she is expected to do Saturday Duty, and stops her allowance.

Rich girl

Notes

Appeared

  • Poor Little Rich Girl – Mandy:  #617 (11 November 1978) – #624 (30 December 1978)

My Brother Rex / You Little Monkey!

Plot

While on holiday Jenny Harris  and her brother Rex enter a mysterious cave, when Jenny speaks out of turn, Rex turns into a dog! He continues to turning from boy to dog while they try to figure out how to cure him.

While Rex solves his dog problem in a sequel  You Little Monkey! , Rex tries on a circus witch-doctor’s monkey mask. From then on he keeps turning into a chimp – usually at the worst possible times!

Monkey

Notes

  • Art: Wilf Street
  • My Brother Rex from Mandy Annual 1979 reprinted and translated into Dutch as  “Rex”  – Debbie #13 (1979).

Appeared

  • My Brother Rex – Mandy :#506 (25 September 1976) – #517 (11 December 1976)
  • You Little Monkey! – Mandy:  #612 (07 October 1978) – #623 (23 December 1978)

Other Appearances:

The Riddle of the Lost Heiress

Plot

Joe and Bertha Castin, caretakers of Kenwood Hall, take Evvy Collins from a fairground and start training her up to impersonate Lady Evelyn, who mysteriously disappeared seven years ago at the age of five, so they can claim the Kenwood fortune. But the deception is not going well, and things get even more tangled when Evvy begins to find clues as to her real identity.

Evvy

Notes

  • Artist: Tony Thewenetti

Appeared

  • The Riddle of the Lost Heiress – Mandy: #39 (14 October 1967) – #49 (23 December 1967)
  • Reprinted – Mandy: #612 (7 October 1978) – #622 (16 December 1978)

The Ugly Duckling

Plot

A car accident kills Jane Carlton’s father and leaves her with a scarred face that she is very sensitive about, and she a long wait for the plastic surgery to fix the problem. Jane’s sensitivity about her face is causing problems at her new locality and school. More problems arise when Mum falls for Roger Kemp and Jane realises he is dodgy.

Duckling

Notes

  • Art Len Potts

Appeared

  • The Ugly Duckling – Mandy:  #610 (23 September 1978) – #624 (30 December 1978)
  • Reprinted – Mandy: #1174 (15 July 1989) – #1188 (21 October 1989)

Mrs Nobody

Plot

The four Carson sisters – Wendy, Joan, Lucy and Beth – have been in a Children’s Home for years because nobody would agree to take all four of them. Then Mrs Niberdy agrees to foster them all. But when the sisters arrive at their new home, a mystery begins because the house is creepy and neglected-looking. The mystery deepens even more when the girls find Mrs Niberdy is nowhere in sight – just a note saying she has gone away – and nobody but themselves seems to be there. So they dub Mrs Niberdy “Mrs Nobody”. They stay on in the house anyway because they do not want to go back to the Home, and pretend Mrs Nobody is there. But strange things start happening which suggest Mrs Nobody may not be as absent as she seems.

Nobody

Notes

Appeared

  • Mrs Nobody – Mandy: #260 8 January 1978) – #268 (4 March 1972)
  • Reprinted – Mandy:  #616 (4 November 1978) – #624 (30 December 1978)