Lucky Charm was a D.C. Thomson comic that ran from 1979 to 1984, and reprinted stories had previously appeared in their girls comics publications. Sometimes these stories were edited to fit into the 64 pages. The series only lasted 30 issues.
| 1 | Valda: Champion Diver and Girl of Mystery |
| 2 | Sandra of the Castle Ballet |
| 3 | Balloon of Doom |
| 4 | Little Miss Feather Feet |
| 5 | Sally the Slave-Girl Star |
| 6 | Trudy Ten-Legs |
| 7 | Angel |
| 8 | Valda |
| 9 | Kathy Come Home! |
| 10 | Out to Ruin St Roslyn’s |
| 11 | A Race Horse of Her Own |
| 12 | Nellie Never-Give-In |
| 13 | Gipsy Jenna on the Run |
| 14 | Pavement Ballerina |
| 15 | Tug Of War for Flighty |
| 16 | The Children’s Champion |
| 17 | Little Miss Frozen Face |
| 18 | Wonder Girl |
| 19 | Sandra and the Sultan’s Ballet |
| 20 | The Taming of Teresa |
| 21 | Meg of the Moors |
| 22 | The Truth about Valda |
| 23 | The Dancing Life of Moira Kent |
| 24 | Sheena – Slave of the Tennis Racquet |
| 25 | Catch the Cat! |
| 26 | The Taming of the Tearaway |
| 27 | The Four Marys |
| 28 | Janet the Janitor |
| 29 | Climbing Rose |
| 30 | Sisters of the Secret Pool |
I can provide you with a cover scan of Climbing Rose if you have no other source.
That would be great thanks!
(as for the comment I deleted, I do have a spam filter set up, occasionally things slip through though, so I do delete when I see them)
Lovely covers!
Love the work you’re doing here!
If only there were a higher quality scan of the cover of The Truth About Valda, though. Valda’s always been my hero growing up. I need that masterpiece framed and hung on my wall! xx
I can provide a scan of it for you. I have all of them except number 10.
Give your address to lorrsadmin, Pai, which I will not ask her to pass on to me, but when she tells me she has it via a Private Message on the ComicsUK website, I will scan the cover of Lucky Charm 22 The Truth About Valda for you, and as I do have her address, I will send it to her. Then, acting as a kind of conduit, she will send it to you. How’s that for a plan?
Derek, you are amazing! Wonderful plan! Lorrsadmin has emailed me offering to be the go-between. Truth be told I didn’t expect to get a reply so soon! What a wonderful community this is! I can’t thank you all enough! Xx
Just off now, Pai, to my local Post Office to send the cover scan to lorrsadmin, suitably protected for its journey. In my opinion it will look great framed.
My goodness! Derek, I thought you’d send it to me via email! I didn’t expect you to send an actual hard copy of it! You’re a star! How can I ever repay you?
I loved these comics growing up! They didn’t sell them where I lived, but I was lucky to have an aunt who bought them from Australia. Does anyone know whereabouts to purchase the rest of the issues? Or are there are any available to read online? Thanks!
None on line to read as far as I’m aware, and as 30th Century Comics in Putney don’t currently have any of the issues, your best bet has to be eBay.
I read most of these growing up, over and over.
Does anyone know where we can buy them or view them?
I am particularly keen to get hold of issue 17
30th Century Comics doesn’t have any Lucky Charm issues at the moment, and I don’t think downloads are available. You could try eBay.
I think I’m posting in the wrong place howeverI have been lurking on this site for at least 2 years since I decided to start recollecting all my old annuals which I very foolishly parted with about 30 years ago.
My main interest is the artist Davis Matysiak, I’m slightly obsessed with his wonderful illustrations, particularly The Man in Black. I have spent a few weeks creating a collage of his artwork and I’m thrilled with the result!
I love this site and my questions are:
Can someone confirm that Diana 1970, “Night of the Witches” is the same story as the untitled Man in Black Story from 1975?
Is The House of no Dolls a Man in Black story? (Bunty 1987)
Is Mister Magic’s Last trick also a Man in Black Story? (Diana 1971)
I have a vague memory of (possibly Bunty) a story that was about a cursed historical girl who was destined to have many of her descendants again cursed to die horrible deaths….of course until the curse was somehow rescinded at the end. Apologies for the very vague description, I haven’t read it for 40 years, it was in colour.
The other story is a black and white photo story (maybe Judy) of a girl who was terminally ill, found a music box and then saw a vision of her future self and realised she would recover!
Any help would be so gratefully received.
Miranda Rowan Jones
The House of No Dolls is “A Tale from the Toy Museum ” story.
The untitled Man in Black story from 1975 is similar to but not the same as the 1970 story. A girl inherits a village cottage from her great-aunt. Her cottage is trashed by a black cat which is said to have belonged to the great-aunt. When she paints a picture of the village pond, an image of herself on a ducking stool is mysteriously added. The village women tell her that her great-aunt was a witch, but when she investigates a bonfire that night, she finds that the women are a coven of witches, who disposed of her great-aunt and are trying to chase her away.
The 1971 story is a Man in Black story.
We have a bit of a fan club of Matysiak on this website, and I can understand your interest in his work. You have probably seen the listings of his annuals work on that part of the website, but I don’t know whether you are aware that he also did a lot of work for the DC Thomson girls’ Picture Libraries. These are all in black and white of course, but they show him working in a different format, and also demonstrate his skill as an illustrator of comedies – the annuals tended to typecast him as a horror specialist. In case they are of interest, here’s a list of his Picture Libraries that I’ve seen. There are probably quite a few more.
Bunty Picture Story Library:
Zoo Girl Zoe #215
Eskimo Ella #226
Bush Girl Beth #274
Rosie and Thorndale Hall #400
Debbie Picture Story Library:
Milly’s Monster #65
The Search for Kitty’s Cat #71
Joker Wilde #109
Judy Picture Story Library:
Fear Behind the Footlights #228
The Secret World of Tracy Jones #249
Wilma’s Water Babies #258
Jungle Ballerina #269
Hazel Twigg – the Water Spotter #275
Mandy Picture Story Library:
Glenda Goes for Gold Mandy #101
If they are of interest, you can probably find a few of them on eBay.
And two more, both of which have entries on this site:
“Ma Budge’s Drudge!” (Judy PSL #286)
Jill’s Jumping Jack (Debbie PSL #85)
If you’re keen on David Matysiak, you may also be interested in his son Janek, who’s following in his father’s footsteps. Janek Matysiak specialises in war illustration, and his artwork has featured in many Commandos. A couple of them, Traitor’s War and The King’s Cossack, have entries on this site.