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Sally’s Secret [1981]

Tracy, ,

Plot

Sally Hunt is taken into Elmbank Children’s Home after the death of the couple who adopted her as a baby and welfare removing her from an abusive stepmother. At the home she discovers that a helper named Bella Rees is her natural mother. Sally decides to keep this secret because she wants Bella to like her for herself first. But problems keep getting in the way.

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Notes

  • Art: “B. Jackson”
  • Reprinted and translated into Dutch (as “Linda’s geheim”)- Debbie #26 (1981).

Appeared

  • Sally’s Secret – Tracy:  #69 (24 January 1981) – #80 (11 April 1981)

 

Jumbo and Jet

Tracy, , ,

Plot

When Black’s Circus breaks up, the cruel Mr Haxby has his eye on buying Jumbo the elephant. Fortunately, he fails. The granddaughter, Jet Black, is now riding Jumbo all the way to a safari park in Cornwall. But Haxby is still determined to have Jumbo and is dogging them at every turn.

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Notes

  • Artist: Robert MacGillivray
  • Reprinted and translated to Dutch as “Jumbo en Jet” – Debbie #31 (1981)

Appeared

  • Jumbo and Jet – Tracy: #69 (24 January 1981) – #80 (11 April 1981)

It’s a Dog’s Life

M&J, , ,

Plot:

When Lisa Thornley’s family are forced to move into a flat, she cannot take her dog Sandy because of the rules. Lisa cannot find a home for Sandy except with Vera Gibson, a nasty unpopular girl at school. Vera then starts using Sandy to blackmail Lisa by threatening to put him in the dogs’ home.

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Notes:

  • Artist: J. Badesa  (Jordi Badesa)

Appeared:

  • It’s a Dog’s Life – M&J: #300 (8 February 1997) – #307 (29 March 1997)

 

Here to Stay [1996]

M&J, ,

Plot

The Walkers are lumbered with visitors who just won’t leave. They are very slick and manipulative at coming up with devious means to prolong their stay. They are also extremely clever at outwitting the Walkers’ attempts to get rid of them.

heretostay

Notes:

  • Artist: Carlos Freixas

Appeared

  • Here to Stay – M&J:  #288 (16 November 1996) – #299  (1 February 1997)

 

Just the Two of Us…

Nikki, , , ,

Plot

Lorna Young and Mike Osborne are dating and both have the same problem – parents who keep pushing them to do what they want (university for Mike and Dad’s shop for Lorna when she leaves school) and have no respect for what Mike and Lorna want. The situation reaches the point to where Mike runs away and Lorna goes in search of him.

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Notes:

  • Artist: Julio Bosch (Martin Puigagut?)
  • From notes received most likely writer is Marion Turner (under pen name Fiona Turner)

Appeared:

  • Just the Two of Us…  Nikki:  #192 (22 October 1988)  – #203 (7 January 1989)

 

 

Photo Finish

Nikki, ,

Plot

When Jenny Hamilton meets Alex Graham on holiday, he takes some compromising photographs of them together. Then, when Alex transfers to Jenny’s school, he uses the photographs to blackmail her – along with other acts of bullying at the school.

Photo Finish

Notes:

  • Artist: Carlos Freixas

Appeared:

  • Photo Finish – Nikki:  #200 (17 December 1988) – #204 (14 January 1989)