Category Archives: Mandy

Diane in the Dark

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Plot

Diane Morgan and her horse, Flyover, were big show-jumping winners until Diane was almost blinded in a car crash. Determined not to give up riding, Diane decided to train Flyover as a show hack. Diane met Leon Franklyn, the young inventor of a blind-aid device which he called the Echo-eye. Diane found the Echo- eye a great help, and she and Leon hoped that by demonstrating it at horse shows, they would inspire some firm to manufacture it. So far they had only attracted the attention of a swindler who wanted to copy the invention.

Notes

  • Artist: Dudley Wynne
  • Reprinted and translated into Dutch as (as  “Diana”) – Debbie #50 (1985)

Appeared

  • Diane in the Dark – Mandy: #173 (9 May 1970) – #181 (4 July 1970)

“My Secret Mum and Dad”

Mandy

Plot

Carla Jones who was brought up as a gipsy, learned that she had been stolen as a baby. With  the help of photographs in a locket, she traced her parents—they were Mr and Mrs Matthews, who lived near the Children’s Home to which Carla had been sent. Carla was determined not to tell them who she was until she was sure they really liked her. Unfortunately, the more Carla tried to please them, the more she found herself in trouble.

Notes

Appeared

  • “My Secret Mum and Dad” – Mandy: #590 (6 May 1978) – #604 (12 September 1978)

A Pop Group Called Pippa

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Plot

Fourteen year old Pippa Hendrix was looking for her grandfather, an entertainer. He had vanished after a street accident and the Children’s Officer planned to put Pippa in a Home. Pippa was convinced her grandfather had lost his memory and that he was visiting seaside towns he played in long ago. So Pippa packed up her one-man band kit, and with the aid of Grandfather’s scrapbook she set off to find him.

Notes

Appeared

  • A Pop Group Called Pippa – Mandy: #507 (2 October 1976) – #518 (18 December 1976)

Partners Impossible

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Plot

Patsy and Paula Bell were cousins who  were always quarreling. When they were given a horse, Sunny, to share, they quarreled more than ever. The answer seemed to have been found when they acquired a trap and harness, which enabled them to enter for Ride and Drive Contests, because Paula liked driving and Patsy jumping.

Notes

Appeared

  • Partners Impossible – Mandy: #439 (14 June 1975) – #448 (16 August 1975)

The Search for the Singing Princess

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Plot

Young Linda Channon had a beautiful and unusual singing voice. She had runaway from her guardians, the Jacksons who were travelling entertainers. Seeing a picture of herself in a newspaper, she thought they were advertising for her return. In fact the picture was published by a famous film director Guy Darran, who was looking for Linda to star in his new film “The Singing Princess”.

Notes

Appeared

  • The Search for the Singing Princess – Mandy: #410 (23 November  1974) – #419 (25 January 1975)
  • Reprinted as Where is the Singing Princess?  –  Mandy: #788 (20 February 1982) – #797 (24 April 1982)

The Magnificent Seven

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Plot

Tansy and Vanessa Blythe, Gilly Martin, Caro Leroy, Shannon and Tony Hilliard—along with Tansy’s dog, Splodger—made up the Magnificent Seven. With their old van, this youthful drama group was on tour in Adelaide, putting on shows in villages and holiday camps so that they could earn enough money to convert an old warehouse into a theatre in their home town of Marwood

Notes

Appeared

  • The Magnificent Seven – Mandy: #374 (16 March 1974) – #383 (18 May 1974) [no episode #377]

The Manbury Mermaid

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Plot

Susan Prentice was a brilliant swimmer whose talent had been discovered by her teacher, Miss Glover.  Susan was being coached to develop her talent without the knowledge of her parents, who insisted that she worked all her spare time in their transport cafe.

Notes

  • Art: Tony Thewenetti
  • Reprinted and translated into Dutch (as “Mieke de meermin”) – Debbie Stripstory #3/1980.

Appeared

  • The Manbury Mermaid  – circa #89 (28 September 1968) – (?)
  • Reprinted – Mandy: #439 (14 June 1975) – #453 (20 September 1975)