Category Archives: Diana

Runaways With The Secret Box

Plot:

In the year 1325, two girls Anne and Joan are kidnapped by pirates. They are intending to sell the girls as slaves, but then Captain Wulfson has a better idea. After a recent looting he puts away the best treasure for himself in a black box. He gives the box to the girls and tells them never to open it or show it to anyone and one day he’ll come back. He then sets them free, but  a villainous mate,  Hook sees them  rowing away.

runaways_secret_box

Notes:

Appeared:

  • Runaways With The Secret Box–  Diana: #187 (17 September 1966) – #198 (3 December 1966)

 

The Little Menace From Mars

Plot:

One night Abby Martin, comes across an alien from Mars.  Anything “the blob” touches something it turns into a replicate of it. This is a problem as to return to Mars it needs to regain it’s original shape, which it can only do by touching another “blob”.  Abby promises to help it.

little menace from mars

Notes:

Appeared:

  • The Little Menace From Mars – Diana: #187 (17 September 1966) – #196 (19 November 1966)

 

Julie Against the Dragon

Plot

Julie Harris helps her mother run a ballet class but then an influential woman, Mrs Verity, forbids Mrs Harris to run the class. Her son and his wife, a famous ballerina, were killed in a plane crash on the way to a performance, so she has hated ballet since. Julie not knowing about this reason,  has nicknamed Mrs Verity the dragon and aims to defeat her.

julie_against_the_dragon

Notes

Appeared

  • Julie Against the Dragon–  Diana: #185 (03 Sep 1966) – #194 (05 Nov 1966)

 

School With Super Ma’am

Plot

Jackie Brown has come to stay with her Aunt Sarah a headmistress in Marimba capital of Matagonia,  a South American republic. When there is a revolution, Sarah doesn’t let it upset her routine and is determined to continue to teach no matter what.

school_super_madam

Notes

  • Artist: Jesús Redondo Román

Appeared

  • School With Super Ma’am–  Diana: #187 (17 September 1966) – #200 (17 December 1966)

 

So You Want to be a Mermaid!

Plot:

Diane Lucas and Carolyn Fisher, see a synchronised swimming show while on a school trip and are interested in learning more about it.  A local councillor hires on  Dot Cameron as a second coach at the swimming pool. The team become the Mermaids.

mermaid

Notes:

Appeared:

  • So You Want To Be  a Mermaid!–  Diana: #187 (17 Sep. 1966) – #196 (19 Nov. 1966)

Other Appearances:

  • The Mermaids – Diana Annual 1969

 

The Girls from N.O.O.D.L.E.S

Plot:

Two young girls, Gale Price and Nicola Main work as secret agents for the National Organisation for Order, Discipline and Law Enforcement in Schools. They take their orders from Miss Z and their headquarters is beneath an old ruined abbey.

girls from noodles

Notes:

  • Art: Winslade,Geoffrey Whittam

Appeared:

  • The Girls from N.O.O.D.L.E.S –  Diana:  #176 (2 July 1966)- #261 (17 Feb 1968)?

Other Appearances:

  • The Girls from N.O.O.D.L.E.S  – Diana Annual 1968
  • The Girls from N.O.O.D.L.E.S  – Diana Annual 1969

 

The Golden Dolphin

Plot:

Professor Dale, a marine biologist, and his daughters Sue and Patsy have adopted a golden dolphin, named Smiler. Together they study underwater life in the Pacific.

golden_dolphin

Notes:

Appeared:

  • The Golden Dolphin –  Diana: #187 (17 September 1966) – #196 (19 November 1966)

 

It’s a Long Way for Pip and Mary

Plot:

Philippa “Pip” Stewart and her sister Mary set out to save a herd of wild ponies. The ponies will be poisoned by a nearby factory unless the girls move them. Their father will take the ponies in but he can’t afford transport costs, so the girls start a 300 mile trek with the ponies.

pip and mary

Notes:

Appeared:

  • It’s a Long Way for Pip and Mary–  Diana: 175 (25 June 1966) – ?

 

The Last Days of Solomon

Plot:

The Duncan’s own two dogs, an old lab Solomon and a younger dog Frisky. Mr. Duncan decides they don’t need two dogs and wants to sell Solomon. Jenny  doesn’t  post the ad to the newspaper, hoping she can change her father’s mind.

last days of solomon

Notes:

Appeared:

  • The Last Days of Solomon–  Diana:  #169 (14 May 1966) – #175 (25 May 1966)