Plot:
Tina Baxter is hopeless at English. Then she acquires a typewriter that can type stories by itself.
Notes:
- Artist: Maria Dembilio
Appeared:
- Ghostwriter – M&J: #75(17 October 1992) – #85 (26 Decmber 1992)
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Hard-Hearted Harriet
Plot
In Victorian times, Harriet Bond discovers she is living on borrowed time with an incurable illness. She devotes her remaining time to finding good homes for her brothers and sisters. To make them want to leave her, she pretends to turn hard hearted and unloving.
Notes
- Artist: Dudley Wynne
- The reprint in M&J wrongly claimed the story first appeared in Mandy in 1979 when in fact it appeared in Tracy. Although Mandy did have a very similar story “The Girl Who Gave Babies Away”
Appeared
- Hard-Hearted Harriet – Tracy: #01 (06 Oct. 1979) – #13 (29 Dec. 1979)
- Reprinted – Tracy: #213 (29 October 1983) – #225 (21 January 1984)
- Reprinted (as Mandy classic) – M&J: #74 (10 October 1992) – #87 (9 January 1993)
Door To Yesterday
Plot:
Susie Watson discovers that her new home comes with an unexpected feature – a door that can send her time travelling to the year 1967. There Susie makes friends with a girl called Allison.
Notes:
- Artist: Edmond Ripoll
Appeared:
- Door to Yesterday – M&J: # 78 (7 Novemer 1992) – #89 (23 January1993).
Hannah and Herbie
Plot:
Hannah wakes up in a caravan with her dog Herbie and no memory at all. Her parents Rita and Jack Peacock say they are travelling traders, but then Hannah uncovers a clue to a different story about her past and sets out to unravel it.
Notes:
- Artist: Tom Hurst
Appeared:
- Hannah and Herbie – M&J: #72 (26 September 1992) – #82 (5 December 1992)
Kids Galore
Plot:
Jenny Harbin lives with her Aunt Perry, whose job does not allow her much time for Jenny. Feeling lonely, Jenny allows some children to play in the garden, but she has to keep it secret from her aunt.
Notes:
- Artist: Ron Lumsden
Appeared:
- Kids Galore – M&J: #81 (28 November 1992) – #91 (6 February 1993)
Lady Lucy
Plot
Lucy Lamford’s father inherits a stately home and vast fortune. He wants to turn Lucy into a lady, but Lucy resists in the form of a double life: one where she plays the lady as Lucy and the other where she plays herself as a typical scruffy teenager called Lee.
Notes
- Artist: Norman Lee
Appeared
- Lady Lucy – M&J: #78 (7 November 1992) – #91 (06 February 1993)
Summer of Fear
Plot:
Terri Gregson and other pupils have to stay on at Treetops Boarding School over the summer holidays. But the school is said to be haunted and then strange things start happening.
Notes:
- Artist: Paddy Brennan
Appeared:
- Summer of Fear – M&J: #65 (8 August 1992) – #71 (19 September 1992)
Lonely
Plot:
After her parents’ deaths, Anna Jackson goes to live with her half-brother and his wife. But Anna soon finds they don’t care about her and she gets even more lonely because she does not know anyone in her new town. Then Anna comes across a sett of orphaned badgers and finds friendship in caring for them.
Notes:
- Artist: Bert Hill
Appeared:
- Lonely – M&J: #66 (15 August 1992) – #76 (24 October 1992)
Fran’s Four Friends
Plot:
The stables where Fran Carson works close down. Fran is worried what will happen to her four favourite horses, Wilton, Trigger, Sparkle and Ben.
Notes:
- Artist: Veronica Weir
Appeared:
- Fran’s Four Friends – M&J: #64 (1 August 1992) – #73 (3 October 1992)
Jonnie Who?
Plot:
A strange girl, Jonnie, moves in with Claire McDonnell’s family. She is in fact Princess Jonquil, the Sleeping Beauty. Jonnie likes her new life and does not want to go back to being a princess.
Notes:
- Artist: Norman Lee
Appeared:
- Jonnie Who? – M&J: #61 (11 July 1992) – #69 (05 September 1992)