Plot:
Orphan Polly Marsh worked at forbidding Grimstone Grange, owned by Harriet and Nathan Gaunt. Polly discovered that they kept imprisoned, Louise Lumley, believed to have died along with her parents in a fire at Grimstone Grange. Risking her life, Polly climbed into a derelict mill to help Louise escape.
Plot:
Celia Winters, a pupil at St Ann’s school had an aunt who was a witch. Aunt Armida was determined that Celia should practise as a witch, since Celia had inherited special powers, but Celia resisted. At the school grotto, out of bounds to pupils, Celia was spotted by the school sneak Ruth Narkle, who reported her to the headmistress, Miss Redding. Miss Redding announced she was going to unlock the grotto, where Celia’s magical equipment was hidden .. .
“I Don’t Want to be a Witch”– Spellbound: #01 (25 Sep. 1976) – #15 (01 Jan. 1977)
Plot:
It happened when Laura Lee sat down for the first time to play the piano in the house that once belonged to the de Salis family. A ring appeared mysteriously on the keyboard, and when she put it on she found herself being forced to play with all the skill of Wanda de Salis, a bewitching’ concert pianist from the past
The Haunting of Laura Lee – Spellbound: #01 (25 Sep. 1976) – #10 (27 Nov. 1976)
When racehorse, Silver Star, was injured in an accident, owner Dick Thorpe reluctantly decided to have him shot. But Ginger, the stable boy, and young Debbie Thorpe, faked the horse’s death and took him to a secret hiding-place, to nurse him back to full fitness.
In 1920, Diane Foster was trying to prove that her friend, Lyn Dean, was being menaced by an uncanny, sinister double, who planned to destroy the real Lyn and take over her life.
Harrow Hall Boarding School is a miserable place because every pupil is intimidated by Penny Benson, a girl who bullies and frightens them with claims of supernatural powers. Sandra Main is the only one who stands up to Penny and begins to suspect she is just a clever fraud.
Poison Penny – Spellbound: #16 (08 January 1977) – #26 (19 March 1977)
Reprint – Mandy: #900 (14 April 1984) – #910 (23 June 1984)
Regular feature with Supercats, a team of super heroines and their outer space adventures. The members are:
Helen Miller – captain of the Supercats. The brains of the team and the only one with no superpowers.
Electra – generates electricity.
Hercula – super-strong.
Fauna – changes body colour.
In The Planet of the Children – the Supercats investigate why the planet Zyros has ceased contact. They find Zyros has been invaded by the Tarkus, who force the adults to work in Zyros’s gold mines while keeping the children brainwashed.
Other Appearances
Plot:
When Emma Barton and her mother start a clothes shop, business is poor because their designs do not appeal. Emma finds a student fashion designer, Diana, who offers stunning designs based on the Zodiac. But Diana and Emma have to work secretly because Diana’s disabled but forbidding Aunt Cassie wants Diana to look after her all the time.
Artist: Carlos Freixas
Zodiac Girl – Spellbound #22 (February 1977) – #35 (21 May 1977).
When Hetty Farlane and her mother arrive at Calder Towers for employment, she finds the house is haunted by an evil-looking woman and the children are behaving just as evilly towards her.
Marina is a gipsy girl with the gift of second sight, which saves a racing driver Tony from injury. Because of this she has been adopted as mascot of the Black Panthers racing team.
