Tag Archives: Animals

Sally’s Secret Zoo

Judy,

Plot:

Young Sally Deacon, her friend, Joe Casey, and the other children in the flats, where they live, secretly keep their pets in the disused Harrington School, as animals are forbidden in the flats by Simon Oakes, the housing manager. Joe’s brother, Ken, is being forced by a man called Sam Rudd to help dig a tunnel beneath the school to rob the bank next door. Sally gets Ken safely out of the way by having her uncle take him on an expedition to search for her father, who is lost in a Brazilian jungle. However, Rudd then forces Joe to take Ken’s place.

Sally follows them to the school but is caught by Rudd, who sets a time bomb beneath the bank vaults. He leaves Sally in the cellar, intending to return after the explosion. The police warned by Ken before he left for Brazil, arrive in time to stop the explosion, but they realise that Rudd must have seen the police car at the school and has gone off, taking Joe with him.sally's secet zoo

Notes:

Appeared:

  • Sally’s Secret Zoo – Judy:  #275 (17 April 1965) – #286 (03 July 1965)

Cherry and her Chimps

Judy,

Plot

Cherry Brent is looking after her Uncle Fred’s two circus chimpanzees, Chico and Jacko. Her father keeps a riding school and a neighbour, Herbert Larter, has made himself very unpleasant, but now he is puzzling Cherry and her friend Sheila by being over friendly. While at Hexford visiting Uncle Fred in hospital, Cherry sees a friend of Larter’s, Mr Skinner, in the street and is surprised by his behaviour.

cherry and her chimps

Notes

Appeared

  • Cherry and her Chimps – Judy:   #219 (21 March 1964) –  #225 (02 May 1964)

 

Jumbo and Jet

Tracy, , ,

Plot

When Black’s Circus breaks up, the cruel Mr Haxby has his eye on buying Jumbo the elephant. Fortunately, he fails. The granddaughter, Jet Black, is now riding Jumbo all the way to a safari park in Cornwall. But Haxby is still determined to have Jumbo and is dogging them at every turn.

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Notes

  • Artist: Robert MacGillivray
  • Reprinted and translated to Dutch as “Jumbo en Jet” – Debbie #31 (1981)

Appeared

  • Jumbo and Jet – Tracy: #69 (24 January 1981) – #80 (11 April 1981)

Cindy of the Singing Forest

Judy,

Plot

Cindy Stanton’s father is the Warden of Wycherly Wild Life Sanctuary, known locally as the Singing Forest. While he is laid up with an injury, Cindy is looking after the forest, protecting it from poachers, egg thieves and other enemies of wild life. She is opposed by Jugger, a rascally woodman who tries to make money from the Forest.

cindy of singing forest

Notes

Appeared

  • Cindy of the Singing Forest – Judy:  #148 (10 November 1962) – #157?

Beaver Girl

Judy,

Plot

Cassie Adams has been brought up with the Beaver Indians on their reservation by Blue Water lake. She is sent to school on the other side of the lake, where she learns that her Indian friends have been turned off the reservation to make way for a tourist area. To help her friends win back their land, Cassie uses her uncanny power over  beavers to lure the animals away from the old reservation and establish a new colony on an island near the school. Without the beavers to build their dams,the tourist area will quickly return to swampland. Norah Johnson is a spiteful girl who dislikes Cassie. Her father is chairman of the Tourist Board and, when he visits the school on Sports Day, Cassie accidentally overhears him outlining his plan to work the Indians in the mines as cheap labour.

beaver girl

Notes

Appeared

  • Beaver Girl – Judy:  #93 (21 November 1961) – #104 (6 January 1962)

Katie and the Wicked Wilsons / Doctor Katie

Judy

Plot

Katie King is looking after a collection of animals,  some of which belonged to an eccentric old neighbour, Mrs Wilson. Following the death of the old lady, a family, also named Wilson, move into her  house, claiming to be her nearest relatives. Katie’s monkey, Coco, has hidden a will which Katie believes would prove that the Wilsons are not  really the old lady’s heirs.

Katie returns in “Doctor Katie”.  She is still an animal lover and is always ready to treat pets whose owners cannot afford the extravagant fees charged by Bernard Basket, the nasty vet.

doctor katie

Notes

Appeared

  • Katie and the Wicked Wilsons  – Judy:  #71 (20 May 1961) – #88 (16 September 1961)
  • Doctor Katie – Judy:  #108 (03 February 1962) – #131 (14 July 1962)

Other Appearances:

  • Katie and the Whale – Judy Annual 1963

Star Pets

Bunty, , ,

Plot

Animal lover Sally Kemp had started up her own agency – to supply animals for use in television and film work.

Notes

  • Art: John Armstrong

Appeared

  • Star Pets –  Bunty:  #1751 (3 August 1991)  –  #1762 (19 October 1991)

Other Appearances

  • Star Pets – Bunty Annual 1992 [Art: John Armstrong]
  • Star Pets – Bunty Annual 1993 [Art: John Armstrong]

Doctor Fido

Bunty, ,

Plot:

Thirteen year old Sally Downes lived at Bridge House Children’s Home where she liked helping out with the younger children. When an injured dog wandered into the grounds, Sally took care of him, and he bacame a firm favourite with the children, who named him Doctor Fido.

A different version turns up in a Bunty Picture Story Library book. Nurse Jill Elliot gets a job at Endervale Children’s Home and brings her dog Fido, who she’s owned since he was a pup. The Matron isn’t too happy but the children beg her to let the dog stay and they nickname him Doctor Fido.

Notes:

Appeared:

  • Doctor Fido –  Bunty:  #1687 (12 May 1990)  –  #1697 (21 July 1990)

Other Appearances:

  • Doctor Fido – Bunty Picture Story Library: #359

 

 

Animal Nurse

Debbie, Judy, ,

Plot

Jill Harris was training to qualify as a registered Animal Nursing Auxiliary at a Dispensary for Sick Animals. She solves a lot of different problems.

animal-nurse

(Animal Nurse – 1960s)

animal nurse

(Animal Nurse – 1980s)

Notes

  • First appeared as a text story in Judy comic later updated to a picture story and appeared in Debbie.
  • The first 2 series in Debbie each story had their own title.
  • Debbie Annual 1983, Art: Pamela Chapeau
  • Debbie Annual 1984, Art: Tony Hudson
  • The story “Swan Song” from Debbie Annual 1980 was reprinted translated into Dutch as “Zwanezang” –  Groot Tina Lenteboek #1/1981 (1981).

Appeared

  • Animal Nurse (text story) – Judy: circa #489 (24 May 1969) – (?)
  • Animal Nurse (text story) – Judy: circa #538 (2 May 1970) – (?)
  • Animal Nurse –  Debbie:  #336 (21 July 1979) – #345 (22 September 1979)
  • Animal Nurse –  Debbie:  #423 (21 March 1981) – #435 (13 June 1981) [no episode #434]
  • Animal Nurse –  Debbie: #485 (29 May 1982), #490 (3 Jul 1982), #497 (21 Aug 1982)
  • Animal Nurse –  Debbie:  #505 (06 October 1982) – #510 (20 November 1982)

Other Appearances:

  • Swan Song – Debbie Annual 1980
  • It Hurts to Say Goodbye – Debbie Annual 1981
  • All Because of Perky… – Debbie Annual 1982
  • Animal Nurse – Debbie Annual 1983
  • A Boy and His Dog! – Debbie Annual 1984

List of Stories

  • “Walk Before You Can Run…”  – Debbie #336
  • The Gentle Giant – Debbie #337
  • “Don’t Make Rash Promises…” – Debbie #338
  • Mary Had a Little Lamb… – Debbie #339
  • Rufus the Rascal – Debbie #340
  • Monkey Business – Debbie #341
  • A New Home for Belle – Debbie #342
  • Hello Dolly! – Debbie #343
  • Goodbye Sammy!– Debbie #344
  • “I Don’t Need Anyone!” – Debbie #345
  • A Friend in Need – Debbie: #423
  • Sam the Spitfire – Debbie: #424
  • A Job to Do – Debbie: #425
  • Comfort for Ricky  – Debbie: #426
  • Charlie the Chimp – Debbie: #427
  • Billy the Kid – Debbie: #428
  • A Guilty Conscience – Debbie: #429
  • A Fear of Dogs – Debbie: #430
  • The Gentle Giant – Debbie: #431
  • Penny the Pinning Pig – Debbie: #432
  • The Best of Friends – Debbie: #433
  • Never Give Up – Debbie: #435