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Midnight Mystery

Plot

Complete stories each with their own title,  most of the stories were reprinted Damian Darke stories (from Spellbound). The stories were edited so the storyteller was taken out. Some other changes were made such as in “A Spoonful of Evil” the deadly spoon is the fourth in the set, but in the Nikki reprint it was the last deadly spoon and the story was renamed “The Twelfth Spoon”. For more details look at the Damian Darke entry. There was one longer Midnight Mystery (lasting 12 issues) about an evil ventriloquist’s dummy, who had children under his control so they could bring chaos to the town.

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Notes

  • Complete Stories – Mostly reprints of Damian Darke stories, with the storyteller edited out.
  • The longer Midnight Mystery story “Let Me Tell You a Story…” each episode had it’s own title.

Appeared

  • Midnight Mystery – Nikki: #165 (16 April 1988) – #220  (6 May 1989) [not consecutive issues]
  • “Let Me Tell You a Story…” – Nikki: #222 (20 May 1989) – #233 (5 August 1989)

Story List:

  • Shelter For The Night – Nikki #165
    • Reprint from Spellbound:  #31
  • Spooks – Nikki #166
    • Reprint of The Trendy Ghost of Garston  from Spellbound: #16
  • The Rocking Chair – Nikki  #167
    • Reprint from Spellbound:  #22
  • Biddy Breen – Nikki # 181
    • Reprint of Another Pair of Hands… from Spellbound: #54
  • Swamp Of Evil  – Nikki #194
    • Reprint from Spellbound:  #7
  • Who Wears The Black Cloak? – Nikki #195
    • Reprint of Sinister Shadows from Spellbound: #38
  • The Twelfth Spoon – Nikki #196
    • Reprint of A Spoonful of Evil… from Spellbound: #43
  • The Warning – Nikki #197
  • The Necklace – Nikki #205
    • Reprint of The Legend of Lady Anne’s Necklace from Spellbound:  #12
  • Anna Finds A Friend – Nikki #220
  • “Let Me Tell You a Story…” – Nikki #222- #233

Who Am I? [1987]

Plot

Hope had lost her memory and could remember nothing except her first name. She was being chased by a strange limping man who was being helped by the police, but she didn’t know why. All she knew was she had to run — and keep running. But then the limping man finally caught up with her.

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Notes

  • Artist: Guy Peeters

Appeared

  • Who Am I? – Nikki: #132 (29 August 1987) – #145 (28 November 1987)

Mystery at Darkmoor Manor

Plot

Meriel Finch had been living in a children’s home for six months when Darkmoor Manor was left to her by Agatha Lome, an old lady she had never met. Meriel visited the manor twice on her own, unable to wait for the matron to accompany her, but strange things happened — aided by Orville, the late Agatha’s great nephew..

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Notes

Appeared

  • Mystery at Darkmoor Manor – Suzy: #226 (3 January 1987) – #231 (7 February 1987)

Whodunnit?

Plot

Ruth James and Rona Smith had parts as detectives in the play their class entered for an inter-school drama competition. When the van containing their costumes and props was vandalised, the girls decided to be detectives in real life and find out who did it.

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Notes

  • Artist: Ron Lumsden

Appeared

  • Whodunnit? – M&J: #308 (05 April 1997) – #314 (17 May 1997)