Category Archives: M&J

Best of Enemies [1983]

Plot

Jill Sands and Linda Kerr were both competing for the Soames Award at school. The prize included £1000 and both families needed the money. Jill and Linda had been best friends, but now they were both desperate to win the prize they no longer seemed to get on with each other.

Notes

  • Writer: Alison Christie (Fitt)

Appeared

  • Best of Enemies – Tracy: #186 (23 April 1983) – #199 (23 July 1983)
  • Reprinted as The Best of Enemies – Judy: #1538 (1 July 1989) – #1552 (7 October 1989)
  • Reprinted – M&J: #273  (3 August 1996) – #287 (9 November 1996)

Scruffy

Plot

Emma Lawrence had moved to the country with her widowed mother to live with her grandad. Emma adopted Scruffy, a stray dog and dog trainer, Janet Wells, had been helping Emma to train Scruffy. Emma had just entered Scruffy in his first agility competition.

scruffy

Notes

Appeared

  • Scruffy – M&J: #208 (6 May 1995) – #215 (24 June 1995)

Mum Can’t Cope!

Plot

When Gail Benson’s father left home, her mother went to pieces. Afraid the family might be split up, Gail had decided to take charge of things, while keeping up a pretence to the outside world that her mother was coping.

mum-cant-cope

Notes

  • Artist: J. Badesa

Appeared

  • Mum Can’t Cope! – M&J: #215 (24 June 1995) – #223 (19 August 1995)