Category Archives: Diana

Sadie Macbeth

Plot:

Sadie Macbeth comes across three witches, one Halloween night. Now all she has to do is whistle and the witches, Vinny, Cassie and Prue, will come and do her bidding.

sadie_macbeth

Notes:

  • Obviously influenced by Shakespeare’s Macbeth (without the tragedy!).
  • A similar story showed up in Debbie in 1977, called Mary MacBeth

Appeared:

  • Sadie MacBeth –  Diana: circa #224 (03 Jun. 1967) – #239 (16 Sep. 1967)

Other Appearances:

  • Sadie MacBeth – Diana Annual 1969

 

The Girl from India

Plot:

Tracy Marsden a games captain at St. Catherine’s boarding school, is upset when her star tennis player breaks her arm.  When Rahnee Sikar, from India, joins the school Tracy is led to believe she is a great tennis player. But Rahnee gets upset at the mention of tennis saying she hates it, though a photo Tracy sees indicates otherwise.

girl from india

Notes:

  • Text story

Appeared:

  • The Girl from India–  Diana: 215 (01 April 1967) – ?

 

The Goal-Scorer

Plot:

Linda Marshall would like to play on the netball team but she has a weak leg. However her dog Chum has helped her practice with such things as passing balls and dodging. But Chum has upset the new Laird and Linda has to hide him so he won’t be put down.

goal_scorer

Notes:

Appeared:

  • The Goal-Scorer–  Diana: #212 (11 March 1967) – #219 (29 April 1967)

 

The Gipsy’s Challenge

Plot:

Meg Wells, father, Cardoc and his cousin Eli are rivals for kingship of the gipsy tribe. Whoever can produce the most silver be a certain date will be king and the loser and his family will be exiled. Meg with her horse Dido, enters a three day riding event in hopes to win the big silver cup and save her family.

gipsys_challenge

Notes:

Appeared:

  • The Gipsy’s Challenge–  Diana:  circa 212 (11 Mar 1967) – ?

 

Noona of the North

Plot:

Follows the adventures of Eskimo, Noona and her faithful husky,  White Fang.

noona_north

Notes:

  • Title (and story) appears to be influenced by  the 1922 documentary “Nanook of the North”

Appeared:

  • Noona of the North– Diana: #205 (21 January 1967) – #211 (4 March 1967)
  • Noona of the North (2) – Diana: #213 (18 March 1967) – #222 (30 May 1967)
  • Noona of the North (3) – Diana: #231 (22 July 1967) – #241 (30 September 1967)

 

The Seven Sisters

Plot:

In 1886 the seven Carton sisters, along with their stern grandmother set out with a wagon trail, across America to start a new life in California. They are followed by their father, who has escaped from jail after being falsely accused of robbery.

seven_sisters

Notes:

  • Artist: F. Belsia

Appeared:

  • The Seven Sisters–  Diana: circa 211 (04 Mar 1967) – 217?

 

Mary Brown’s Schooldays

Plot:

Mary Brown wins a scholarship to the exclusive St. Winifred’s School. At first she is given a hard time by Sarah Dobbs who resents her. She soon makes friends though and has many adventures.

mary_browns_schooldays        mary brown

Notes:

  • Although the Diana comic merged with Jackie (a more magazine based book), a few of Diana’s stories carried on in other comics.  Both Mary Brown’s Schooldays and Up to Date Kate ended up in Debbie.  The Fabulous Four went to Spellbound under the new name Supercats.
  • Art (in Diana): Don Walker
  • Art (in Debbie): Pamela Chapeau

Appeared:

  • Mary Brown’s Schooldays –  Diana:  #212 (18 Marc 1967) – #255 (6 January 1968)
  • Mary Brown’s Schooldays –  Diana:   circa #304 (18 Mar 1967) – (?)
  • Mary Brown’s Schooldays –  Diana:  #411 (14 December 1968) – (?)
  • Mary Brown’s Schooldays –  Debbie: #342 (1 September 1979) – #356 (8 December 1979)
  • Mary Brown’s Schooldays –  Debbie: #375 (19 April 1980) – #387 (12 July 1979)
  • Mary Brown’s Schooldays –  Debbie: #408 (6 December 1980) – #414 (17 January 1981)
  • Mary Brown’s Schooldays –  Debbie: #432 (23 May 1981) – #436 (20 June 1981)
  • Mary Brown’s Schooldays –  Debbie: #502 (25 September 1982) – #508 (6 November 1982)

Other Appearances:

  • Mary Brown’s Schooldays – Diana Annual 1969
  • Mary Brown’s Schooldays – Diana Annual 1970
  • Mary Brown’s Schooldays – Diana Annual 1971
  • Mary Brown’s Schooldays – Diana Annual 1972
  • Mary Brown’s Schooldays – Diana Annual 1973
  • Mary Brown’s Schooldays – Debbie Annual 1980
  • Mary Brown’s Schooldays – Debbie Annual 1981
  • Mary Brown’s Schooldays – Debbie Annual 1982
  • Mary Brown’s Schooldays – Debbie Annual 1983
  • Mary Brown’s Schooldays – Debbie Annual 1984

 

Diana Annual 1986

Diana_1986
Pages Content Notes
Cover Cover Girl
2-3 School for Magicians Picture
4-5 Diana for Girls A title page
6 Alvin Poster
7-14, 117-125 The Sad Romance of Jason and Mary
Mandy Jones finds a gravestone with the names Jason
and Mary and the crossed flags of the American civil war.
A man sees her looking and tells the story Jason and Mary
and their friend a slave boy named Toby. (Colour)
Picture story

Art-  Andy Tew

15 The Truth About Ruth
Article about Ruth Madoc Hi-Di-Hi actress (colour)
Feature
16-17 Diana’s Do-It-Yourself Christmas
How to make nativity scene, Christmas stockings etc (colour)
Feature
18-19 Wham: George/ Andrew Posters
20-29 Sam at Hungry Hall
Sam wants to lose weight, and goes to stay at a health farm.
She is constantly annoyed by another guest, Fred (colour)
Picture story

Art: Norman Lee

30-31 Smash Hit Musicals- Act 1
Photos of musicals; sound of music and godspell
Feature
32, 48, 62, 80, 116 The Enchanted Cottage
A story that spans years starting in 1790 and finishing
in 1985, about the families that live in a cottage.
Text story
33-43 Amber Goes to War
Jenny and Richard grow up together and fall in love. As children
they each got dogs Major and Amber. Then Richard has to go to war. 
When he goes missing Amber looks for him (black & white)
Picture story

Art: Pat Tourret

44-45 …And They Sing, Too!
article about actors who also had singing careers (b&w)
Feature
46-47 Dogs: Alsatian/ Golden Retriever
Sketches of dogs (b&w)
Posters
49-57 Lord of the Red Eyes- a man in black story
Sally and Carol witness The Lord of the Red eyes freed
from his prison of stone circle by bulldozers (colour)
Picture story

Art: David Matysiak

58-59 Models – in the Making
Article about young models (colour)
Feature
60-61 Making Up
Tips in how to use make up (colour)
Feature
63-66 Your Zodiac Guide to Holiday Fun
What holidays you should enjoy according to star sign (colour)
Feature
67-76 Eye of the Tiger
In 1922 lord and lady mount joy and their infant daughter
Pauline are in India. Lady mount joy is not happy with her
husband’s hunting especially when he shoots a tiger cub.
(colour)
Picture story

[Art: Rossend Franch?]

77 Kim Poster
78-79 Smash Hit Musicals- Act 2
Photos of musicals; Jesus Christ superstar, Pirates of Penzance,
Barnum, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Feature
81-91, 96 The Puddlethorpe Curse
Humour story. Arabella is always clumsy around boys she
fancies. Her gran gives her a book telling of a family curse (b&w) 
Picture story

[Art: Brian Delaney]

92-93 …And They Act Too!
article on singers that have acted too (b&w)
Feature
94-95 Raleigh Round!
Article on Fionnadh Young and how she joined
Operation Raleigh (b&w)
Feature
97-108 Jenny V the Master
Jenny gets transported inside her computer and
has to save the world from the master (colour)
Picture story

[Art: Luigi Stefou]

109 Simon Le Bon Poster
110-111 Diana the Fairytale Princess
Article about Princess Diana (colour)
Feature
112-113 Are You a Quiz Kid?
Quiz to see how successful you are at quizes (colour)
Quiz
114-115 Smash Hit Musicals- Finale
Photos of musicals; Singin’ in the rain, Cats,
Starlight Express, Song and Dance
Feature
126-127 School for Magicians Picture

Additional Notes:

  • Last Annual