Category Archives: Mandy

My Bionic Budgie

Mandy, , ,

Plot

After being mauled by a cat, Kim Norton’s  pet budgie, Beakie, was treated by an American scientist friend of her father’s. Her pet was now bionic, and Kim’s father made her promise to keep this fact secret—even from Mum!

Notes

  • Artist: Robert MacGillivray

Appeared

  • My Bionic Budgie – Mandy: #576 (28 January 1978) – #583 (18 March 1978) [no episode in issue #581]
    • Reprinted – Mandy: #1102 (27 February 1988) – #1108 (9 April 1988)
  • My Bionic Budgie – Mandy: #692 (19 April 1980)
  • My Bionic Budgie – Mandy: #700 (14 june 1980)

Yum-Yum in Search of her Sister

Diana, Mandy,

Plot

Yum-Yum Tang, a little Japanese girl, came to  England to meet her sister, Kimi, star of an Ice Show run by Mr Tenjo. Mr Tenjo told Yum-Yum that Kimi had died in a fire, but Yum-Yum knew this was not true as she found two messages from Kimi, one of which warned her that Mr Tenjo was dangerous. In an effort to find her sister, Yum-Yum followed the skating company to Tidesea.

Notes

Appeared

  • Yum-Yum in Search of her Sister – Diana: #26 (17 August 1963) – #36 (26 October 1963)
  • Reprinted – Mandy: #694 (3 May 1980) – #704 (12 July 1980)

Other Appearances:

  • A Skating Adventure with Yum-Yum – Diana Annual 1965
  • Yum-Yum in Switzerland – Diana Annual 1967

Two-Faced Tania

Mandy,

Plot

Tania Rowe, a nineteen-year-old actress, was posing as a  fourteen-year-old member of Millfield Youth Club. She wanted to ruin the club, so that the surrounding ground could be bought for development, by her brother, Brett. Jill Stanton, another club member, had become suspicious, and thought the club had a secret enemy.

Notes

  • Translated into Dutch: Debbie Parade Album #9

Appeared

  • Two-Faced Tania – Mandy: #590 (6 May 1978) – #600 (15 July 1978)

Queen of the Five Valleys

Mandy

Plot

Gwyneth Williams,  who lived alone with her blind father, was competing for the title of Queen of the Five Valleys. The queen was chosen once every 25 years in the Welsh district where Gwyneth lived, and because Gwyneth’s dead mother had been the last queen, her blind father dreamt of Gwyneth winning the title, too. Gwyneth did not think she possessed her mother’s charm and beauty, but after many setbacks she reached the quarter-finals of the competition.

Notes

Appeared

  • Queen of the Five Valleys –Mandy: #5 (18 February 1967) – #12 (8 April 1967)
  • Reprinted – Mandy: #328 (28 April 1973).- #335 (16 June 1973)

Wendy’s Water-Baby

Mandy,

Plot

When orphaned Wendy O’Brien went to live with her grandmother on the island of Inishkee, off the coast of Ireland, she found it hard to make friends. The islanders hated her, and their dislike grew when Wendy adopted Sheena, a baby seal. When her grandmother was taken to hospital on the mainland, Wendy decided to go to a deserted island near Inishkee, where Sheena would be safe.

Notes

  • Reprinted and translated to Dutch – Debbie #19 (1980)
  • Abridged version reprinted and translated to Dutch – Debbie #49 (1985)
    • Issues reprinted – #569, #571, #575 to #581 and #583 to #585

Appeared

  • Wendy’s Water-Baby – Mandy: #209 (16 January 1971) – #225 (8 May 1971)
  • Reprinted – Mandy: #569 (10 December 1977) – #585 (1 April 1977)

In-the-Way-Wendy

Mandy

Plot

‘Wendy Wyatt’s mother died a few years ago and she knows her dad is lonely, so she really wants him to marry again, but she seems to get in the way of his potential girlfriends.

Notes

Appeared

  • In-the-Way-Wendy – Mandy: #694 (3 May 1980) – #706 (26 July 1980)

Virginia Creeper – the Sneak of St Kate’s

Mandy, ,

Plot

The Honourable Virginia Creeper had recently  become a pupil at St Katherine’s, an expensive boarding school for girls, to the great delight of the snobbish headmistress, Miss Agatha Nobb. Pippa Storm and her friends had tried to be nice to Virginia, but she was determined to cause trouble

Notes

Appeared

  • Virginia Creeper – the Sneak of St Kate’s – Mandy: #112 (8 March 1969) – #118 (19 April 1969)

Beth of Battle Harbour

Mandy,

Plot

Beth Poole was born in a small fishing village, in the year 1892, when Beth was 13 her family died of influenza. At the suggestion of the Dr. Wilfred Grenfell, she went with him to his Medical Mission at Battle Harbour to train as a nurse.

Notes

Appeared

  • Beth of Battle Harbour – Mandy: #580 (28 February 1978) – #589 (29 April 1978)

Other Appearances:

  • Beth of Battle Harbour (text story) – Mandy Annual 1971

Kate the Creep

Mandy,

Plot

Orphan Kate Nixon was well cared for by her kind Aunt Rose, but when the wealthy Waltons moved to the district, selfish Kate befriended Julie Walton with the idea of getting herself adopted by them and sharing their luxurious life-style.

Notes

Appeared

  • Kate the Creep – Mandy: circa #818 (18 September 1982) – (?)