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Mrs Nobody

Mandy

Plot

The four Carson sisters – Wendy, Joan, Lucy and Beth – have been in a Children’s Home for years because nobody would agree to take all four of them. Then Mrs Niberdy agrees to foster them all. But when the sisters arrive at their new home, a mystery begins because the house is creepy and neglected-looking. The mystery deepens even more when the girls find Mrs Niberdy is nowhere in sight – just a note saying she has gone away – and nobody but themselves seems to be there. So they dub Mrs Niberdy “Mrs Nobody”. They stay on in the house anyway because they do not want to go back to the Home, and pretend Mrs Nobody is there. But strange things start happening which suggest Mrs Nobody may not be as absent as she seems.

Nobody

Notes

Appeared

  • Mrs Nobody – Mandy: #260 8 January 1978) – #268 (4 March 1972)
  • Reprinted – Mandy:  #616 (4 November 1978) – #624 (30 December 1978)

House of Fear

Emma, ,

Plot

Rich young heiress Diane Revell,  is terrified by the strange things which happen in her home, Dagwick House, at nights. Her guardians, Aunt Grace and Uncle Ramon, believe she is only having nightmares and the local doctor is treating her for that. Then Diane befriends runaway orphan Janice Maltby, who promises to help Diane uncover the truth. Jan hides in a secret room behind Diane’s bedroom wall.

house of fear

Notes

  • Art: Don Walker

Appeared

  • House of Fear – #45 (30 December 1978)  -#55 (10 March 1979)

Cloak of Darkness

Judy,

Plot

Joanna Peel, on holiday at Blane Castle, tried on a highwayman’s cloak once worn by the notorious Lady Jessica Blane. That very night, she had found herself wearing the cloak, riding a great, black horse to the gates of a strange house.

cloak of darkness

Notes

  • Art: Paddy Brennan

Appeared

  • Cloak of Darkness –  Judy:  #946 (25 February 1978) – #955 (29 April 1978)

Sally of Super School

Judy, ,

Plot:

Sally Turner had won a scholarship to the Clegg Academy for girls, nicknamed Super School because of its brilliant academic and athletic record. Sally had grown suspicious of brother and sister Lyle and Beatrice Clegg, who ran the school. She attempted to contact Gayle Winters, a local reporter who was writing an article on the school, but failed. As a result, she had caused the school to lose an important cross-country race.

sally of super school

Notes:

  • Art: Ron Tiner
  • Translated and reprinted in the Netherlands as ‘Raadsels rond een internaat’ (Mysteries at a boarding school) – Tina Sterstrip 2 (1983)

Appeared:

  • Sally of Super School –  Judy:  #1112 (02  May 1981) – #1121 (4 July 1981)

Danger Doll!

Judy, ,

Plot

Since Tina Lee had joined the Bus Stop Players, a touring concert party, she had felt tormented by Don, the ventriloquist’s doll belonging to young Stephen Steed. Tina suspected that sometimes a little person dressed up in the dummy’s clothing to frighten her. One day, she managed to corner what she thought was the little person. Terrified, she called for Charlie Cheers, the Players’ leader.

danger doll

Notes

  • Art: Jordi Badia Romero
  • Not to be confused with the 1981 Bunty story Danger Doll
  • Translated into Dutch as “Poppenspel” (Dolls’ Play) and published in Mariska Starstrip #5 (1980s).

Appeared

  • Danger Doll! –  Judy:  #1050 (23  February 1980) – #1059 (26 April 1980)

The Seeing Eye

Judy,

Plot

Pat Somerville, junior reporter, was able to see the hidden truth about people with the help of a Seeing Eye stone. The stone made her successful but she became hard and cynical. Pat found out that a fellow reporter, while working as a stage-hand years before, had killed a leading actress. Ethel Grayling, the retired stage star who had given Pat the Seeing Eye, knew the whole story. It was a tragic accident but Pat still wants to run the story.

seeing eye

Notes

  • Artist: Oliver Passingham
  • Reprinted and translated to Dutch as “Het alziend oog” (” The All-Seeing Eye”) – Debbie #38 (1983).

Appeared

  • The Seeing Eye –  Judy and Emma:  #1039 (08  December 1979) – #1049 (16 February 1980)

 

 

Cybela

Judy, , , ,

Plot:

Mysteriously transported  back to the present day from the overcrowded world of the year 2079, Cybela and her dog, Dee, were given a home by Gill and Paul Benson. At the house Paul had inherited from his uncle, Sir William Benson, Cybela learned that Sir William had made a breakthrough in time travel that could solve the population problems of her own time. Searching for the secret, Cybela found a hidden room, but was interrupted by Mrs Markham, the – mysterious housekeeper.

cybela

Notes:

  • Writer: Marion Turner (under pen-name: Fiona Turner)
  • Artist: Don Walker
  • Editorial suggested that Cybela should be dark-skinned.

Appeared:

  • Cybela –  Judy and Emma:  #1038 (01  December 1979) – #1049 (16 Feb. 1980)

 

 

Cat’s Eye Cottage

Debbie, , ,

Plot:

Listed as a Spellbound story. There is something strange about Mill Cottage, or “Cat’s Eye Cottage” as the locals call it. Nobody ever rents it for long. The Bailey family rent it for a short holiday. Strange things begin to happen, which are connected with Dad’s paintings, and a mysterious cat shows up.

Cat

Notes:

  • Artist: Badia

Appeared:

  • Cat’s Eye Cottage –  Debbie:  #326(12 May 1979) – #336 (21 July 1979)

Other Appearances:

  • The House That Cared – Debbie Annual 1980
  • Cat’s Eye Cottage – Debbie Annual 1981

The Forbidden Beach

Debbie, , ,

Plot

Alison Cooper is staying with a distant relative, “Aunt” Moira Hewitt. Alison finds the house  creepy and Aunt Moira is behaving strangely, in that she has banned Alison from the beach in front of the house and won’t say why. Alison disobeys orders to rescue a baby seal, which she has kept hidden and named Flippers. But a well-meaning photographer takes a photograph of Alison and Flippers on the beach, and Alison’s secret is in danger when he pushes the best shot through the mail slot.

Beach

Notes

  • Artist: Cándido Ruiz Pueyo  (also used the pseudonym Emilia Prieto)

Appeared

  • The Forbidden Beach –  Debbie: #252  (10 December 1977) – #262 (18 February 1978)