Category Archives: M&J

Ma’s Kids

Judy, M&J, , ,

Plot

In 1840, Daisy and Katie Brown are looking for the Swans, friends of their recently deceased mother. They are taken in by Ma Harris who had trained a band of thieves and expected the girls to earn their keep the same way. Daisy managed to earn money by singing but Katie, to young to understand, was becoming an accomplished thief.

Notes

  • Art: “B. Jackson”

Appeared

  • Ma’s Kids – Judy: #1197 (18 December 1982) – #1206 (19 February 1983)
  • Reprinted – Judy: #1480 (21 May 1988) – #1489 (23 July 1988)
  • Reprinted (as Judy Classic) – M&J: #264 (1 June 1996) – #273 (3 August 1996)

Choices

M&J

Plot

Diane Robinson was worried that her single parent Mum could be hurt if she became involved with new boyfriend Mike, so she had decided to split them up before they became too serious. Things get even more complicated when she discovers Mike is actually her father!

Notes

Appeared

  • Choices – M&J:  #259 (27 April 1996) – #263 (25 May 1996)

Two Plus One [1996]

M&J,

Plot

When Sarah Brookes and her family moved to Stoke Haven, Sarah became best friends with Lorna. Then Sonia Dawson, Sarah’s best friend from her old home, moved to the town, too. Sarah wanted the three girls to go around her, but Lorna and Sonia weren’t keen.

twoplusone

Notes

  • Artist: Edmond Ripoll

Appeared

  • Two Plus One – M&J: #287 (9 November 1996) – #294 (28 December 1996)

Shelley’s Secret

M&J,

Plot

GIna Waters and her adopted sister, Shelley, were relatively new girls at Birchfield Comp. No one knew that Shelley was really a mermaid trying to complete a year and a day on land so that her mermaid tail would turn into human legs!

shelleys-secret

Notes

  • Artist: Wilf Street

Appeared

  • Shelley’s Secret – M&J: #199 (4 March 1995) – #207(29 April 1995)

Cold War

M&J

Plot

Keen skater Helen Newton’s partner in an ice-dance competition was an unpleasant, nasty boy, called Ryan Forbes, who Helen disliked intensely. Helen had only agreed to enter the competition with him to please her mother, a former ice-skating champion.

cold-war

Notes

  • Artist: Maria Dembilio

Appeared

  • Cold War – M&J: #198 (4 March 1995) – #207(29 April 1995)

Hands Off!

M&J, ,

Plot

Sisters, Rosie and Lee Irons and their mates had been trying to stop the council  selling the old building in which their youth club met. Thomasina Battle, the GHOST of one of the family who, years ago had owned the house, was helping the gang.

hands-off

Notes

Appeared

  • Hands Off! – M&J: #189 (24 December 1994) – #197 (18 February 1995)

The Kittens

M&J, ,

Plot

Katie Briggs and Catriona Challoner lived very different lives — Katie in a poor part of town with her large, crowded family, and Catriona, an only child, with her parents in their luxurious detached house. Then the girls found a family of young kittens whose mother had been killed. Catriona’s mother disliked animals, and Katie’s small brother was allergic to them, so the kittens had to stay in the shed where they were born, and the girls secretly looked after them, although they didn’t always get along.

kittens

Notes

  • Artist: Guy Peeters

Appeared

  • The Kittens – M&J: #69 (5 September 1992) – #77 (31 October 1992)

Sarah Below Stairs

Judy, M&J, , ,

Plot

While Daisy the kitchen skivvy from the Moncrief household, in Victorian London, secretly went home to nurse her sick mother, Miss Sarah Moncrief had offered to take her place.

Notes

  • Artist: Paddy Brennan

Appeared

  • Sarah Below Stairs – Judy: #1547 (2 September 1989) – #1558 (18 November 1989)
  • Reprinted (as Judy Classic) – M&J: #273  (3 August 1996) – #287 (9 November 1996)

Too Much Mum

M&J,

Plot

Kate Croft’s mum had worked hard since Kate’s dad died. Now she had inherited some money and had given up work to spend more time with Kate. But Kate was becoming more and more irritated with her mum, who was taking over every part of her life.

Notes

  • Artist: Maria Dembilio

Appeared

  • Too Much Mum – M&J: #272 (27 July 1996) – #277 (31 August 1996)