Category Archives: Mandy

Here Come the Mini-Mounties!

Plot

Joyce Ingram and Rona Parnell are two young policewomen, that join the Mounted Section of the Police Force.

mini mounties

Notes

Appeared

  • Here Come the Mini-Mounties! – Mandy: #344 (18 August 1973) – #346 (1 September 1973)
  • Here Come the Mini-Mounties! – Mandy: #354 (27 October 1973) – #355 (3 November 1973)
  • Here Come the Mini-Mounties! – Mandy: #362 (22 December 1973) -#363 (29 December 1973)
  • Here Come the Mini-Mounties! – Mandy: #392 (20 July 1974)

 

Ellen of Elmwood Farm

Plot:

Ellen Shaw had lived all her life in an orphanage until 1870 when she is sent to work on Elmwood Farm for Jonah Fleming and his sister Martha. When she arrives it seems the Flemings are surprised as they had requested a boy. Ellen hoped to prove she could work as hard as a boy so she could stay on the farm.

ellen of elmwood farm

Notes:

Appeared:

  • Ellen of Elmwood Farm –  Mandy:   #341 (28 July 1973) –  #346 (01 September 1973)

 

Other Appearances:

  • Ellen of Elmwood Farm  – Mandy Annual 1977

 

 

Hockey Hannah

Plot

The adventures of a schoolgirl , Hannah and her hockey stick.  Sometimes her stick caused troubles other times it was very useful.

hockey hannah

Notes

  • Art: Andy Tew
  • First appeared in another DC Thomson comic Sparky
  • Sparky eventually merged with The Topper in 1977, although Hockey Hannah started appearing in Mandy before that. (Not confirmed if they were reprints or new stories)

Appeared:

  • Hockey Hannah –  Sparky:   #01 (23 January 1965) – #76 (02 July 1966)
  • Hockey Hannah –  Mandy:   circa  #215 (27 February 1971) – (?)

 

No Friends for Freda

Plot

Freda Wilson accidentally fell foul of an old gipsy woman, who told her from than on she would bring only harm to her friends. The curse seemed to be working and Freda feels she has to avoid her friends, for their own sake.

no friends for freda

Notes

  • Artist: Claude Berridge

Appeared

  • No Friends for Freda –  Mandy:   #340 (21 July 1973) – #346 (01 September 1973)

 

Aunt Kate’s Household Companion

Plot

Prudence and Becky Land, are two English orphans, working their passage as cooks on a wagon train to San Francisco. Their most treasured possession is a book containing helpful hints which had been left to them by their Aunt Kate.

aunt kates household

Notes

  • Artist: Hugh Thornton-Jones

Appeared

  • Aunt Kate’s Household Companion –  Mandy:  #333 (02 June 1973) – #343 (11 August 1973)

Other Appearances:

  • Aunt Kate’s Household Companion – Mandy Annual 1974

 

Lucknow Lucy

Plot:

In 1857  in India,  the British governor’s residency at Lucknow, is besieged by native soldiers. Among the people trapped in the grounds are the girls of Miss Phillimore’s  school for soldier’s daughters.

lucknow lucy

Notes:

Appeared:

  • Lucknow Lucy –  Mandy:  #330 (12 May 1973) – #339 (14 July 1973)

Queen of the Caves

Plot

While on a trip to some caves, Miss Todd, a teacher and Molly a pupil discover a world of Stone Age people. They also find Professor Cronk an old teacher of Miss Todds’ that disappeared 15 years ago.  Molly Jackson  is hailed as their Queen because her hockey stick resemble the crooked club a symbol of tribal leadership.

queen of caves

Notes

Appeared

  • Queen of the Caves –  Mandy:  #338 (07 July 1973) – #346 (01 September 1973)

 

The Sad Spells of Fay Martin

Plot

On her twelfth birthday Fay Martin is told by Aggie an old witch, that Fay is a changeling brought up to as a mortal.  Fay could make spells – but each one she uses means she is a day closer to be taken back to the Underworld.

sad spells of fay

Notes

  • Writer: Maureen Hartley

Appeared

  • The Sad Spells of Fay Martin –  Mandy:   #329 (5 May 1973) – #346 (1 September 1973)
  • Reprinted – Mandy #647 (9 June 1979) – #665 (13  October 1979) [no episode #663]

 

Lanky Liz

Plot:

Liz Dixon is always in trouble because of her clumsiness. She works for her mean Uncle Josh, owner of a travelling fair. Harry Brent, the coach of a local sports club, had seen Liz jump and suggests that she has the making of a champion. But her Uncle Josh refuses to let her join the club.

lanky liz

Notes:

Appeared:

  • Lanky Liz –  Mandy:   #337 (30 June 1973) – #343 (11 August 1973)