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The Trouble with Iris

Mandy, ,

Plot

After being injured in an accident, orphan Jo Ashton was given a new lease of life by Dr Mabe, who placed his invention, the ” Increased Reflex and Intelligence Stimulator “, in her brain. The stimulator. known as ” Iris ”  for short, gave Jo super-human strength and intelligence. When Dr Mabe decided to tell the world about his miracle patient. Jo realised that the Welfare Authorities would discover she was an orphan, and put her in a home—so she ran away.

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Appeared

  • The Trouble with Iris – Mandy: #565 (12 November 1977) – #575 (21 January 1978)

The Name Game

Mandy

Plot

Daisy March, a fourteen-year-old year-old orphan, who lived at Sunnyvale Children’s Home, had been abandoned as a baby, and she got her name because she was found in March with a daisy chain round her neck. It was discovered that Daisy’s name had never been registered, so she decided to choose her own. She had found, however, that living up to the meaning of the names she had chosen was not very easy.

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Appeared

  • The Name Game – Mandy: #396 (17 August 1974) – (?)

The Secret of the Crystal Ball

Mandy, , ,

Plot

Lisa Roberts had been brought up in an orphanage and knew nothing of her early childhood but, with the help of a gipsy crystal ball, she hoped to find out about her parents. Lisa joined a group of gipsies. two of them—Benito and Carla—had promised to help Lisa to find Old Bella, a gipsy woman who often appeared in the crystal’s strange pictures. Lisa was grateful for their help, and was completely unaware that they were tricking her—for they knew very well that Old Bella was dead!

Notes

  • Artist: Guy Peeters

Appeared

  • The Secret of the Crystal Ball – Mandy: #278 (13 May 1972) – #294 (2 September 1972)