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Zodiac

Plot:

Complete stories, each representing a sign of the zodiac.

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22nd May – 21st June, Geminis are lively and intelligent, but sometimes inclined to be in two minds about things.

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Notes:

  • Art: Bert Hill

Appeared:

  • Zodiac –  Judy: #1268 (28 April 1984) – #1279 (14 July 1984)

The Luck of the Lumsdens

Plot:

Four girls, Jonquil, Rose, Primula and Marigold, have to survive when both their parents die. Jonquil is an actress and is away with her company so she doesn’t knowing about her mother’s death, as Rose cannot get in touch with her. Rose leaves school but finds it hard to get a job because of her age. She also has to impersonate Jonquil whenever Mrs Forsyth, the welfare lady, comes round, otherwise the two youngest will be taken into care.

Notes:

  • Art: Bert Hill

Appeared:

  • The Luck of the Lumsdens –  Judy:  #1194 (27 Nov. 1982) – #1206 (19 Feb. 1983)

Lonely Lotty

Plot:

Lotty Laing, a boarder at Abbeyfield School, was very shy, but, when she tried to make friends, she couldn’t help seeming snooty and conceited,so nobody liked her. Then she was falsely accused of stealing and ” put on trial ” for the rest of the term. Brenda Brown and her friend,Sharon O’Hara,were determined to make Lotty’s life miserable. Their latest plot had ruined Lotty’s midnight feast.

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Notes:

  • Art: Bert Hill
  • Translated into Dutch as “Eenzame Lotty” and published in Mariska Starstrip #5 (1980s).

Appeared:

  • Lonely Lotty –  Judy:  #1189 (23 October 1982) – #1197 (18 December 1982)

Search the World Over

Plot:

In 1800, Emma Jennings, unaware that she was the true heir to the rich Ferney estate in England, was searching for her foster brother, Tommy, who had been transported to Australia for stealing pheasants’ eggs. She had travelled through the wild bush country with Mrs Hillingdon, her daughter, Amanda, and their armed servants, acting as their maid and cook. The Hillingdons found Emma too useful and wouldn’t let her go, blackmailing her by saying that they would accuse her of stealing her own mule, Ebenezer, if she left in search of her brother.

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Notes:

  • Art: Bert Hill

Appeared:

  • Search the World Over –  Judy: #1131 (12 Sep.  1981) – #1142 (28 Nov. 1981)

The Lost Children

Plot:

Blind Dianne Hart was made a  servant when her cousin, Ralph Stone, inherited her late father’s coal-mine. She was horrified when Stone brought in orphans and made the youngest of them work a night-shift underground. She decided on a rescue attempt, hoping to get them to a secret hide-out where three others were already concealed.

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Notes:

  • Art: Bert Hill
  • Reprinted and translated into Dutch as “De kinderen in de mijn” (The Children in the Mine”) – Debbie #8 (1978).

Appeared:

  • The Lost Children –  Judy:   #932 (19 Nov. 1977) – #945 (18 Feb. 1978)

The Witch’s Brats

Plot:

At the outbreak of the Second World War, Jean Smith and Betty Clark were evacuated along with other children to Witchett End. Jean and Betty were billeted in a rambling old house, the home of a strange old widow, Mrs Meggs, whom the villagers held in awe. When a magpie, whom Mrs Meggs called ‘Jack’, stole Jean’s hair-clip, they, too, wondered if they were surrounded by magic and suspected Mrs Meggs was a witch.

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Notes:

  • Art: Bert Hill

Appeared:

  • The Witch’s Brats  – Judy:  #915 (23 July 1977) – #926 (08 October 1977)

The Truth about Tricia / Eye Spy Trouble

Plot:

Kim Cartwright realises that Tricia Hudson, who has been living with the family since her parents’ deaths, is faking blindness to get anything she wants. Tricia is also playing dirty tricks to push Kim out and take her place in the family. But Kim cannot prove it because Tricia is too clever to be caught out. The situation reaches the point where the parents decide to send Kim to boarding school.

Tricia

Notes:

  • Writer: Maureen Hartley
  • Artist: Bert Hill

Appeared:

  • The Truth about Tricia – Judy & Tracy: #1348 (9 November 1985) – #1361 (8 Feb ruary 1986)
  • Reprinted as Eye Spy Trouble – M&J: #302 (22 February 1997) – #310 (19 April 1997)

 

Rosie’s Revenge

Plot:

When maidservant Emily Carter is wrongly accused of theft, she runs away in a terrible state and drowns. Emily’s sister Rosie goes into service in the household to unmask the real thief and clear Emily’s name. But the thief rumbles Rosie and starts sending her death threats.

Rosie

Notes:

  • Artist: Bert Hill
  • Translated into Dutch as “Emma is geen dief!” (Emma is no thief!) and published in Tina #49/1989 – 2/1990.

Appeared:

  • Rosie’s Revenge Judy: #1486 (2 July 1988) – #1495 (3 September 1988)

 

Anita’s Butler

Plot

Anita Murray inherits a ghostly butler named Mareton. Only she can see or hear him, unless he wills it otherwise.

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Notes

  • Artist: Bert Hill
  • Translated into Dutch: Debbie Parade Album #7 as “Betty en haar butler” (cover title) and “Betty’s Butler” (story title).
  • One story reprinted and translated into Dutch as Anita’s Butler  (the butler Mareton is renamed Maurits) – Debbie #70 (mid-1980s).
  • Anita’s Butler (Judy Annual 1982) reprinted and translated into Dutch – Debbie #30 (1982)

Appeared

  • Anita’s Butler – Judy: #1006 (21 April 1979) – #1023 (18 August 1979)
  • Anita’s Butler – Judy: #1113 (09 May  1981) – #1130 (5 September 1981)

Other Appearances:

  • Anita’s Butler – Judy Annual 1982
  • Anita’s Butler – Judy Annual 1983