Tag Archives: Mystery girl

Stella Who? [1965]

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Plot

Stella is a mystery girl, with even her last name a mystery. She lives alone with her cat Minty at a disused mill. Stella is a brilliant swimmer and her talent is spotted for the British team at the Empire Games. Welfare put Stella in Fairbridge Park, a school for crippled and backward children, and separate her from Minty. Stella runs away to find Minty and has an accident. She gets reunited with Minty, but is sent back to Fairbridge. Mrs Thorne, who is on the Welfare Board, takes Stella in, but this is to stop her being a swimming rival to her daughter Marion. However, Stella’s selector, Jean Roxham, knows about Marion’s hatred of Stella and suspects what is going on.

Notes 

  • Artist: Peter Kay

Appeared

  • Stella Who? – Bunty: circa #375 (20 March 1965) – (?)

The Silver Blades [1978]

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Plot

Nancy Nixon saves her skating rival, Rona Ashton, from drowning. However, when Nancy loses her memory of the rescue, Rona takes advantage by claiming she had rescued Nancy, and gets her banned from the local ice rink. At the frozen pond at Manor House, a girl named Marion promises to coach Nancy for the upcoming Silver Blades championship, but Nancy soon finds there is a real mystery about Marion. Sabotage strikes as well, and Nancy suspects Rona.

Notes

  • Artist: George Martin
  • Reprinted and translated to Dutch as “Zilveren schaatsen” – Debbie Sportstripboek #33 (1983).

Appeared

  • The Silver Blades – Debbie:  #262 (18 February 1978) – #271 (22 April 1978)

Bird Girl

Bunty, ,

Plot:

Lynn Fairfax and her artist father move to the Italian village of Torricelli. Lynn encounters a mysterious girl who has a strange way with birds. She soon finds the mysterious girl is trying to save the birds from trappers and decides to lend a hand. But Lynn has to win the girl’s confidence as the girl seems to be afraid of her.

Notes:

  • Artist: John Woods
  • Reprinted and translated to Dutch as “Vogelmeisje” – Debbie #24 (1981).

Appeared:

  • Bird Girl –  Bunty:  #943 (7 February 1976) – #955 (1 May  1976)

Who is Sad Sally?

Mandy, , ,

Plot:

In Victorian times, Sally is an orphan with no memory of her past and unable to speak. She is taken in by Mrs Crabstick, a beggar woman. But Mrs Crabstick runs a den of thieves and exploits Sally’s inability to speak for begging purposes.

Sally

Notes:

Appeared:

  • Who is Sad Sally?  –  Mandy: #546 (02 July 1977) – #556 (10 September 1977)
  • Reprinted – Mandy: #1228 (28 July 1990) – #1239 (13 October 1990)

 

A Switch in Time [1984]

Mandy, , ,

Plot

A mysterious girl named Kyra, claiming to be a relative from Australia, arrives at Melanie Clark’s house. Kyra seems to know little about modern life and arrived in Victorian clothes, which convinces Melanie that Kyra is from the year 1884. Then Kyra reveals she is really from 2084 and was sent back in time to 1884 for a history project. But her timeship crashed, stranding her in 1984. Melanie agrees to help keep her secret.

Switch

Notes

  • Artist: Dudley Wynne

Appeared

  • A Switch in Time –  Mandy: #934 (8 December 1984) – #945 (February 23, 1985)

Slaves of the Mill

Mandy, , ,

Plot:

Jane March works in a Victorian cotton mill. The children who work there are cruelly treated by Ebenezer the overseer, his wife Martha and the nephew of the mill owner, Francis Birkenshaw. Jane tries to make the children’s lives easier, such as making warm undergarments to supplement their thin clothes. The cruel overseers start to see Jane as a threat. Then Ebenezer realises there is more to Jane when he sees a gold ring that belonged to her mother on her finger and she calls out a name while she is ill. There is a mystery here that he knows something about, and it hardens his resolve to get rid of Jane.

Mill

Notes:

  • Art: Len Potts

Appeared:

  • Slaves of the Mill –  Mandy: #139 (13 September 1969) – #150 (29 November 1969)
  • Reprinted – Mandy: #700 (14 June 1980) – #711 (30 August 1980)

 

Freda Who?

Mandy, ,

Plot:

Freda arrives at Karen Wilkinson’s house with a letter from her father saying she is a distant relative of the family and they are to take care of her until he returns. But Karen realises there is something strange about Freda; there are peculiar gaps in her knowledge, she says odd things, and she does not seem to understand everyday life.

Feda

Notes:

Appeared:

  • Freda Who? –  Mandy: #680 (26 January 1980) – #691 (12 April 1980)
  • Reprint – Mandy: #1263 (30 March 1991) – #1269 (11 May 1991)

 

The Quest of Anna Midnight

Mandy, ,

Plot

Anna Midnight, a talented artist, was left on the doorstep of a Children’s Home as a baby. Her surname is Midnight because that was when she was found, but her true identity is a mystery. She goes in search of a travelling artist in Cornwall because she is convinced he is her father.

Midnight

Notes

Appeared

  • The Quest of Anna Midnight– #253 (20 November 1971) – #266 (19 February 1972)
  • Reprinted – Mandy:  #623 (23 December 1978) – #636 (24 March 1979)

 

No Love for Linda

Mandy, ,

Plot

Linda King tours clubs and theatres with her parents, King and Queenie. They abuse her and do not allow her to express her talent for singing or mix with other people. Linda begins to suspect there is some mystery about her past when she recognises a house in Hanworth as her old home. The mystery deepens when Linda discovers her family records and finds that “Linda” is nearly eighteen, but she is only thirteen.

Linda 1

Notes

Appeared

  • No Love for Linda –  Mandy:  #519 (25 December 1976) – #530 (12 March 1977)