Tag Archives: Asia

The Bicycling Belles

Plot

Five British schoolgirls where cut off when the Japanese invaded Burma in 1942. They set out to make their way to India and were joined by Tuptim a Burmese girl whose secret mission was to take the sacred jewel, a symbol of her people to safety. She could not even tell her companions about it.

Notes

Appeared

  • The Bicycling Belles – Judy: #667 (21 October 1972) – #676 ( 23 December 1972)

The Girl They Left Behind

Plot

Joan Bryant, daughter of the Head of the British Consulate to Cambada in South East Asia, had been accidentally left behind when the consulate staff had evacuated. The Royal family were all thought to be killed but Joan had been asked by the Royal nursemaid to get young Prince Chula to safety.

girl they left behind

Notes

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Appeared

  • The Girl They Left Behind – Mandy:#43 (11 November 1967) – (?)