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Mighty Mouser! / Marvel Mouser!

Mandy

Plot

Dinah Whittington is trying to find a Saturday job and befriends a cat. At first the cat seems lazy, but when he shows an incredible talent for catching mice, Fiddlem’s Department store hires Diane and her cat – now named Mouser – as a pest control service.

Mouser

Notes

  • The story first appeared as Mighty Mouser and was later reprinted with new art as Marvel Mouser!

Appeared

  • Mighty Mouser! – circa #178 (13 June 1970) – (?)
  • Reprinted with new art as Marvel Mouser! – #657 (18 August 1979)  – #667 (27 October 1979)
  • Reprinted –  Mandy: #1125 (06 August 1988) – #1135 (15 October 1988)

 

Perri

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Plot

Rosanna Lee’s life has been the gypsy caravan and travelling from farm to farm with her parents who do seasonal work. Then Mrs Lee dies and Mr Lee reacts badly, becoming harsh, bitter and – to Rosanna’s dismay – giving up the gypsy way of life. He is now settling down and taking a job in a district where people look down on them because they are gypsies, and their employers, the Bullards, are just as hard. Rosanna finds solace in an orphaned fawn she names Perri but must keep her secret.

Perri

Notes

  • Artist: Hugh Thornton-Jones

Appeared

  • Perri –  Mandy:  #971 (24 August 1985) – #988 (21 December 1985)
  • Translated into Dutch as “Perri het hertejong” (Perri the fawn) and published in Peggy Album (Holco, 1986 series) #1 (1986).

 

Caesar and Cleo

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Plot:

Before Mrs Amelia Weston dies, she asks her maid Cleo Payne to look after her dog Caesar. Mr Crumleigh the solicitor thinks there is another will, but the only one available divides everything among Mrs Weston’s greedy nieces, Beryl and Dora Weston and Lydia Crool. But to get the money they must live together in Mrs Weston’s house for six months and give Cleo and Caesar a home. If Cleo leaves before that time they inherit immediately, so they are trying to drive her out by making her life miserable.

Caesar 1

Notes:

Appeared:

  • Caesar and Cleo – Mandy: #231 (19 June 1971) –  #242 (4 September 1971)
  • Reprinted – Mandy – #546 (02 July 1977) – #555 (03 September 1977)
  • Reprinted – Mandy:  #945 (23 February 1985) – #954?

 

Eyes for Mary

Mandy, ,

Plot:

In Victorian times, Mary Tremayne is going blind and starts training her dog, Shep, as a guide dog. But guide dogs are ahead of her time, and she is meeting strong opposition.

Eyes

Notes:

  • Reprinted and translated into Dutch (as “Ogen voor Olga” – Eyes for Olga) – monthly Debbie Stripstory #9/1980.

 

Appeared:

  • Eyes for Mary – Mandy: #139 (13 September 1969) – #155 (3 January 1970)
  • Reprinted –  Mandy: #702 (28 June 1980) – #718 (18 October 1980)

 

The Cat with 7 Toes

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Plot

Orphan Jenny Potter takes Twinkle, a stray kitten, into her uncle’s home at Lynhoe. Unfortunately Twinkle has seven toes on each paw (a polydactyl cat), so the superstitious villagers think he is descended from the legendary seven-toed cats of the witches of Lynhoe. They start persecuting Twinkle and blame any bad luck on him. Their hostility drives  Jenny to run away with Twinkle.

Twinkle

Notes

Appeared

  • The Cat with 7 Toes –  Mandy: #688 (22 March 1980) – #699 (7 June 1980) [no episode in issue #693] 

Judy’s Joker

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Plot

Judy Foster, an English orphan, goes to live with her relatives in the American state of Wyoming. The local people scoff at Judy because of her English ways, and even more so when she buys an odd-looking horse called Joker. Judy is sure that she and Joker can make her uncle’s farm prosperous. Judy and Joker make a great team in turning the tables on Jackson, who is giving trouble because he wants no competition.Joker

Notes

  • Writer: Maureen Hartley

Appeared

  • Judy’s Joker –  Mandy: #636 (24 March 1979) – #646 (02 June 1979)

 

Lucky

M&J, Mandy, , ,

Plot:

Adventures of Lucky the cat, as told by Lucky himself.

Lucky
Lucky  (Art: Wilf Street)

luckyLucky:  #703  – #712 (Art: José Casanovas)

Notes

  • Artist: Wilf Street
  • Artist: José Casanovas [Lucky  – Mandy: #703 (05 Jul. 1980) – #712 (06 Sep. 1980)]
  • Lucky (#898 -#900), reprinted and translated to Dutch – Conny: #3/1985

Appeared:

  • Lucky –  Mandy: #624 (30 December 1978) – #632 (24 February 1979)
  • Lucky  – Mandy: #703 (05 July 1980) – #712 (06 September 1980)
  • Lucky – Mandy: #898 (31 March 1984) – #900 (14 April 1984)
  • Lucky – Mandy #905 (19 May 1984)  – #906 (26 May 1984)
  • Lucky (reprint) – M&J: #13 (10 August 1991) – #20 (28 September 1991)
  • Lucky (reprint) – M&J: #66 (15 August 1992) -#73 (03 October 1992)

Other Appearances

  • Lucky – Mandy Annual 2002

 

A Ticket for Timmy

Mandy, ,

Plot

Carol Burns and her family are going to emigrate to Canada in a few months. Carol is trying to raise the £100 to pay the fare for Timmy, her beloved sheepdog.

Timmy

Notes

  • Writer: Maureen Hartley
  • Artist: Len Potts
  • The first reprint run was reprinted and translated into Dutch as “Kazan” –  Debbie #13 (1979).

Appeared

  • A Ticket for Timmy  – Mandy: #114 (22  March 1969) – #128 (28  June 1969)
  • Reprinted – Mandy: #520 (01 January 1977) – #533 (2 April 1977)
  • Reprinted – Mandy: #1026 (2 October 1986) –  #1040 (20 December 1986)