Category Archives: Nikki

The Puppet Show

Plot

When Fiona Kirby and Katy Manners bought some old string puppets from a junk shop, strange things began to happen. Whenever the girls put on a puppet show for young children, the puppets were damaged! Unknown to the puzzled girls, the mysterious puppets themselves, were the culprits.

puppet-show

Notes

  • Artist: David Matysiak
  • A 2-part Short Story

Appeared

  • The Puppet Show – Nikki: #170 (21 May 1988) &  #173 (11 June 1988)

Fay’s False Friend / False Friend

Plot

Fay Smith was a scholarship pupil at St. Georgia’s, a new school for gymnasts. Fay had no gymnastics experience, but had won a place because of her potential. The other girls resented her, especially Laura Taylor, who pretended to be friendly while trying to get her into trouble.

false-friend

Notes

  • Artist: Norman Lee

Appeared

  • Fay’s False Friend – Debbie: #463 (26 December 1981) – #476 (27 March 1982)
  • Reprinted as False Friend – Nikki: #169 (14 May 1988) – #182 (13 August 1988)

Double Danger

Plot

Thirteen-year-old, Gillian Marshall went to stay with her Aunt Mary while her mum visited her sick dad, abroad. On the way there Gillian’s train crashed, but she was unharmed. Two girls, Alex and Sandy, had befriended Gillian and then suddenly ignored her— then other weird things had begun to happen to Gillian.

doubledanger

Notes

Appeared

  • Double Danger – Nikki: #163 (2 April 1988) – #168 (7 May 1988)

Midnight Mystery

Plot

Complete stories each with their own title,  most of the stories were reprinted Damian Darke stories (from Spellbound). The stories were edited so the storyteller was taken out. Some other changes were made such as in “A Spoonful of Evil” the deadly spoon is the fourth in the set, but in the Nikki reprint it was the last deadly spoon and the story was renamed “The Twelfth Spoon”. For more details look at the Damian Darke entry. There was one longer Midnight Mystery (lasting 12 issues) about an evil ventriloquist’s dummy, who had children under his control so they could bring chaos to the town.

midnight-mystery

Notes

  • Complete Stories – Mostly reprints of Damian Darke stories, with the storyteller edited out.
  • The longer Midnight Mystery story “Let Me Tell You a Story…” each episode had it’s own title.

Appeared

  • Midnight Mystery – Nikki: #165 (16 April 1988) – #220  (6 May 1989) [not consecutive issues]
  • “Let Me Tell You a Story…” – Nikki: #222 (20 May 1989) – #233 (5 August 1989)

Story List:

  • Shelter For The Night – Nikki #165
    • Reprint from Spellbound:  #31
  • Spooks – Nikki #166
    • Reprint of The Trendy Ghost of Garston  from Spellbound: #16
  • The Rocking Chair – Nikki  #167
    • Reprint from Spellbound:  #22
  • Biddy Breen – Nikki # 181
    • Reprint of Another Pair of Hands… from Spellbound: #54
  • Swamp Of Evil  – Nikki #194
    • Reprint from Spellbound:  #7
  • Who Wears The Black Cloak? – Nikki #195
    • Reprint of Sinister Shadows from Spellbound: #38
  • The Twelfth Spoon – Nikki #196
    • Reprint of A Spoonful of Evil… from Spellbound: #43
  • The Warning – Nikki #197
  • The Necklace – Nikki #205
    • Reprint of The Legend of Lady Anne’s Necklace from Spellbound:  #12
  • Anna Finds A Friend – Nikki #220
  • “Let Me Tell You a Story…” – Nikki #222- #233

“Why Did They Lie to Me?”

Plot

WHen Anna Craven accidentally discovered that she was adopted, she was upset to think that her parents had lied to her, and grew increasingly jealous of her sister, Jane. Anna decided that in order to make her parents favour her, she would do everything possible to discredit Jane.

why-did-they-lie

Notes

  • Artist: Tom Hurst

Appeared

  • “Why Did They Lie to Me?” – Nikki: #20 (6 July 1985) – #28 (31 August 1985)