Category Archives: M&J

Lonely Lucy [1994]

M&J

Plot:

Lucy Richards loses her best friend Jane Fielder when she moves away. She sets out to find a new best friend who is as much like Jane as possible. But her attempts to finding a new friend are not working out.

Lucy

Notes:

Appeared:

  • Lonely Lucy – M&J:  #174 (10 September 1994)  –  #181(29 October 1994)

 

Rebel at Crane House

Judy, M&J, , , ,

Plot

Jenny Blake is a rebel and the terror of Heathfield Childrens’ Home. She wins a scholarship to Crane House, but hates it so much she tries to get herself expelled. Claire Dobson takes her in hand.

Crane 2

Notes

  • Artist: Oliver Passingham

Appeared

  • Rebel at Crane House – Judy: #1234 (03 September 1983) – #1243 (05 November 1983)
  • Reprinted (as Judy classic)- M&J:  #155 (30 April 1994) – #164 (2 July 1994)

 

The Nobody of the School / The Veiled Lady

Judy, M&J, , , ,

Plot:

Victorian girl Dorothy Lambert has been taken in by her Uncle Ezra, who treats her like a poor relation. Now Dorothy is considered old enough to earn her own living, so Uncle Ezra packs her off to a boarding school where she is to earn her keep as a pupil-governess (earn her board and tuition by teaching and domestic duties, and get no wages). She is considered low by school staff and treated as such. But Uncle Ezra has told Dorothy that if she does not profit from her position, she will receive no more of his (cold) charity. On a stranger note, the school is said to be haunted by a ghost known as The Veiled Lady.

Nobody 1

Notes:

  • Writer: Marion Turner (under pen name Fiona Turner)
  • Artist: Don Walker

Appeared:

  • The Nobody of the School – Judy: #1167 (22 May 1982) – #1177 (31 July 1982)
  • Reprinted as The Veiled Lady – Judy: #1468 (February 27 1988) – #1478 (May 7 1988)
  • Reprinted as  The Nobody of the School as Judy classic: M&J: #165 (9 July 1994) – #175 (17 September 1994)

 

Penny’s Place

Bunty, M&J, , ,

Plot:

Regular feature which centres on “Penny’s Place”, a cafe run by Penny Jordan and her family in Chesterford.  Stories revolved around the cafe, Penny’s school, and her schoolfriends (Gemma, Arlene, Donna, Sita and others). The villains of the piece were the school bullies, Fran Jacklin and Maxine Abbott.

Pennys Place

Notes:

  • Writer: Anthea Skiffington
  • Artist: Guy Peeters
  • Continued in Bunty after M&J was merged with it.

Appeared:

  • Penny’s Place – M&J: #93 (20 February 1993) – #315(24 May 1997)
  • Penny’s Place – Bunty: #2055 (31 May 19) – #2249(17 February 2001)

Other Appearances:

Annual Appeaances

  • Penny’s Place – Mandy Annual 1995
  • Penny’s Place – Mandy Annual 1996
  • Penny’s Place – Mandy Annual 1997
  • Penny’s Place – Mandy Annual 1998
  • Penny’s Place – Mandy Annual 1999
  • Penny’s Place – Mandy Annual 2000
  • Penny’s Place – Mandy Annual 2001
  • Penny’s Place – Mandy Annual 2002
  • Penny’s Place – Mandy Annual 2003
  • Penny’s Place – Mandy Annual 2004
  • Penny’s Place – Mandy Annual 2005
  • Penny’s Place – Mandy Annual 2006
  • Penny’s Place – Bunty Annual 1999
  • Penny’s Place – Bunty Annual 2000
  • Penny’s Place – Bunty Annual 2001
  • Penny’s Place – Bunty Annual 2002

Summer Specials

  • Penny’s Place – Bunty Holiday Special 1998
  • Penny’s Place – Bunty Holiday Special 1999
  • Penny’s Place – Bunty Holiday Special 2000

Picture Story Library

  • Penny’s Place – Mandy Picture Story Library: #189
  • Penny’s Place – Mandy Picture Story Library: #216

Soap Suds

M&J, ,

Plot

Sally Gibson is staying with her relatives, the Brents. The Brents are so hooked on a TV soap, “The Avenue”, that they copy everything they see on it – even to the extent of using the characters’ names and calling Sally Miranda, the new character on the soap. Sally finds this fanaticism annoying.

Soap suds

Notes

  • Artist: Ron Lumsden

Appeared

  • Soap Suds – M&J: #297 (18 January 1997) – #306 (22 March 1997)