Tag Archives: family

I Must Find Little Ben

Mandy, ,

Plot

Two orphan siblings, Ben and Penny, escape from the orphanage, only for Ben to be abducted by a Fagan-like criminal, the Director. Eventually Penny, with the help of shoeshines, street peddlers and others, manages to find Ben and the Director drowns in the canal. They all retire to the country and life happily ever after.

Notes

  • Art: Len Potts? (not confirmed)
  • Reprinted and translated to Dutch as “Kleine Ben” (Little Ben) – Debbie #11 (1979)

Appeared

  • I Must Find Little Ben – Mandy: #409 (16 November 1974)- #414 (21 December 1974)

In Pippa’s Place

Bunty, , ,

Plot

Penny Ward and Pippa Benson were cousins and both girls were adopted. Penny discovered that on the day of their adoption either parents could have taken either baby. Pippa had very wealthy parents and Penny resented Pippa’s good life. She began causing trouble for Pippa

 

Notes

  • Art: Jim Eldridge?

Appeared

  • In Pippa’s Place  – Bunty: #1862 (18 September 1993) –  #1873 (4 December 1993)

Cathy – Queen of Cooks

Mandy, , ,

Plot

Cathy Cooke was a girl with never a spare moment. Since her mother died, three years before, she had looked after the home, doing all the cleaning herself and taking care of her disabled father and her younger brothers and sisters. To help out the family’s meagre income, she /delivered papers and had to get up early every morning. To add to her busy schedule she had now entered a cooking contest Queen of Cooks. She was talented cook but one of the contest judges Miss Barker, was Cathy’s school cookery teacher, who hated her.

Notes

Appeared

  • Cathy – Queen of Cooks – Mandy: #49 (23 December 1967) – (?)

School of Secrets

Judy, ,

Plot

Orphan Mary Chalmers was to have sailed to Ireland to become a servant girl, while her brother, Eric, attended Ruborn Nautical School. Hearing sinister tales about the school, Mary got a job there instead under a false name, so she could investigate and look out for her brother.

Notes

Appeared

  • School of Secrets – Judy: #1538 (1 July 1989) – #1547 (2 September 1989)

Sisters of Sadness

Judy, , , ,

Plot

When Eleanor and Victoria Brook-Thomson’s parents were killed in a car accident, the girl’s discovered they were penniless as the family home had to be sold to pay off debts. The girls were sent to live with Mrs Johnson, the family dressmaker. Victoria was very grateful but, Eleanor, her snobbish sister thought that living in such a  place was beneath her. Unknown to Eleanor her biological mother was actually Mrs Johnson who had given her up to the Brook-Thomsons for a better life.

Notes

  • Art:  Andy Tew

Appeared

  • Sisters of Sadness – Judy: #1496 (10 September 1988) – #1507 (26 November 1988)

Her Sister’s Keeper

Judy, , ,

Plot

Madcap Fiona Bailey, who is under contract to an advertising company to play the part of Polly Pender in a series of commercials for Pender’s  Pure Products, could lose the job immediately if she attracted in bad publicity. Penny, Fiona’s sister had the thankless job of trying to keep Fiona under control. 

Notes

  • Art: Bert Hill

Appeared

  • Her Sister’s Keeper – Judy: #1207 (26 February 1983) – #1215 (23 April 1983)

Tin Lizzie

Judy, ,

Plot

Widowed Mrs Harmon had a hard time running a holiday hotel with no help from her spoilt children. Tessa, Mike and Maisie. Then Mrs Harmon left saying she was going to look after a friend that was ill. Leaving the hotel to children to run. Unable to cope the children eagerly awaited the help that their uncle an electronics expert said he would send. When Lizzie arrived she turned out to be a robot who was programmed to do any household task.

Notes

  • Art: Don Walker

Appeared

  • Tin Lizzie – Judy: #751 (1 June 1974) – #765 (7 September 1974)

Pam the Peacemaker

Judy, ,

Plot

Pam was the daughter of George and Mary Holmes the TV husband and wife team known to millions as the “’Happy Holmes’ As they always argued Pam had the keep the peace between them so cameras didn’t see. She as her work cut out for her when the Teletopper TV company decided to do a travel holiday series featuring the Happy Holmes.

Notes

  • Art: Giorgio Letteri

Appeared

  • Pam the Peacemaker – Judy: #749 (18 May 1974) – #766 (14 September 1974)

A Father for Frances

Judy,

Plot

Frances Duke lived with her widowed mother who suffered with arthritis. While doing her paper round Frances met Bain a visitor from the planet Um Rika, who offered to marry Mrs Duke and become father to Frances. After several misunderstanding Mrs Duke was coming around to the idea.

Notes

  • Art: Rodney Sutton

Appeared

  • A Father for Frances – Judy: #667 (21 October 1972) – #673 ( 2 December 1972)