Category Archives: Mandy

I Should Have Stayed in Bed!

Mandy,

Plot

Humour story that follow a different person every week and always ends with the person wishing they had stayed in bed after what happens in the day.

Bed

Notes

  • In some episodes the title changed to He Should Have Stayed in Bed! or She Should Have Stayed in Bed!
  • Art: Wilf Street
  • Episode from Mandy #730 reprinted and translated into Dutch – Debbie #26 (1981).

Appeared

  • I Should Have Stayed in Bed!–  Mandy:  #717 (11 October 1980) – #722 (15 November 1980)
  • I Should Have Stayed in Bed!–  Mandy:  #730 (10 January 1981)
  • I Should Have Stayed in Bed!–  Mandy: #737 (28 February 1981)
  • I Should Have Stayed in Bed!–  Mandy: #739 (14 March 1981)
  • I Should Have Stayed in Bed!–  Mandy: #741 (28 March 1981)
  • I Should Have Stayed in Bed!–  Mandy: #745 (25 April 1981)  – #746 (2 May 1981)
  • He Should Have Stayed in Bed!–  Mandy: #763 (29 August 1981)
  • She Should Have Stayed in Bed!–  Mandy: #766 (19 September 1981)
  • He Should Have Stayed in Bed!–  Mandy: #770 (17 October 1981)
  • She Should Have Stayed in Bed!–  Mandy: #775 (21 November 1981)
  • She Should Have Stayed in Bed!–  Mandy: #777 (5 December 1981)
  • I Should Have Stayed in Bed!–  Mandy: #780 (26 December 1981)

 

Little Phantom of the Opera

Mandy, , , ,

Plot

In Victorian times, Evie lives secretly in the old Opera House and keeps herself well hidden because she fears the workhouse if discovered. She discreetly helps out at the theatre and comes to the aid of performers with problems. This starts rumours of a friendly ghost in the Opera House.

Phantom

Notes

  • Art: Len Potts

Appeared

  • Little Phantom of the Opera–  #272 (1 April 1972) – #288 (22 July 1972) [no episode in 283]
  • Reprinted – Mandy:  #715 (27 September 1980) – #730 (10 January 1981)
  • Reprinted – Mandy: #1199 (6 January 1990) – #1212 (7 April 1990)

 

Linda All-Alone

Mandy

Plot:

While on holiday in Littlehaven, Linda Thornley discovers a cave that belonged to a hermit called Old Tabitha. There is a verse on the wall beside a skeleton that warns that anyone who disturbs the peace of Old Tabitha will receive her curse of loneliness. Linda cannot get the rhyme out of her head, and then wonders if it is coming true when things begin to go wrong for her and she becomes increasingly unpopular and friendless.

Linda

Notes:

Appeared:

  • Linda All-Alone –  Mandy: #714 (20 Sep. 1980) – #727 (20 Dec. 1980)

 

Mum and Mr Harding

Mandy,

Plot

Lucy Pearson is trying to find a way to get her mother to marry Mr Harding, her new headmaster and next door neighbour – despite the fact that Mr Harding is an over-strict headmaster whose conduct and rules antagonise teachers and pupils alike, and Mrs Pearson as well.

Harding

Notes

  • Writer: Marion Turner (under pen-name: Fiona Turner)
  • Script submitted had the title Patti and the PTA but was changed to Mum and Mr Harding for publication. The protagonist’s name also changed from Patti to Lucy.

Appeared

  • Mum and Mr Harding –  Mandy:  #715 (27 September 1980) – #729 (3 January 1981) [no episode #721]

 

Guinea-Pig Girl

Mandy, ,

Plot:

Terry Lacey’s father draws a comic strip about the adventures of a girl who is also called Terry. Terry helps Dad with his ideas, but doing so gets her into all sorts of scrapes.

Guinea

Notes:

Artist: Tom Hurst

Appeared:

  • Guinea-Pig Girl –  Mandy: #713 (13 September 1980) – #723 (22 November 1980)

 

Patti Must Paint

Mandy, , , ,

Plot

Patti Charlton is a talented artist and wants to go to art school. But when her unscrupulous Uncle Sid adopts her to look after his motherless twins, he forbids her to paint, so she has to find ways of getting to art school in secret. She also has to contend with bullying at school, especially with spiteful Alice.

Patti

Notes

  • Artist: Tony Higham

Appeared

  • Patti Must Paint –  Mandy: #713 (13 September 1980) – #727 (20 December 1980)

 

Her Name in Lights

Mandy, , , ,

Plot:

Stella Martin is living with her Aunt Cynthia, an unscrupulous theatre agent, while her mother is ill and her father works away from home. Stella is a talented actress and wants to go into the theatre. But Aunt Cynthia forces her into starring in TV commercials as a child actress. To this end Aunt Cynthia forces Stella into a childish appearance, deliberately underfeeds her to stunt her growth, keeps her away from school, and Stella has to do housework as well.

Lights

Notes:

  • Artist: Kim Raymond
  • Reprinted and translated to Dutch as “Haar naam in neon” (“Her Name in Neon”) – Mariska Starstrip #1 (circa 1983)

Appeared:

  • Her Name in Lights –  Mandy: #712 (06 September 1980) – #721 (08 November 1980)

 

Slaves of the Mill

Mandy, , ,

Plot:

Jane March works in a Victorian cotton mill. The children who work there are cruelly treated by Ebenezer the overseer, his wife Martha and the nephew of the mill owner, Francis Birkenshaw. Jane tries to make the children’s lives easier, such as making warm undergarments to supplement their thin clothes. The cruel overseers start to see Jane as a threat. Then Ebenezer realises there is more to Jane when he sees a gold ring that belonged to her mother on her finger and she calls out a name while she is ill. There is a mystery here that he knows something about, and it hardens his resolve to get rid of Jane.

Mill

Notes:

  • Art: Len Potts
  • Translated into Dutch (as “Jane en haar wezen” – Jane and Her Orphans) – monthly Debbie Stripstory #8/1980.

Appeared:

  • Slaves of the Mill –  Mandy: #139 (13 September 1969) – #150 (29 November 1969)
  • Reprinted – Mandy: #700 (14 June 1980) – #711 (30 August 1980)

 

Space Dog U2

Mandy, , ,

Plot:

U2, a robot space dog, escapes from a spaceship during an exploratory visit to Earth. He takes an immediate liking to Jackie Harris and decides to stay. In so doing he is ignoring all starship orders to return, but still transmits information to the starship when he wants to.

Space Dog 1

Notes:

Appeared:

  • Space Dog U2 –  Mandy: #702 (28 June 1980) – #712(06 September 1980)