Tag Archives: Period story

Hard-Hearted Harriet

2nd October 2014M&J, TracyDudley Wynne, Emotional story, Period storymistyfan

Plot

In Victorian times, Harriet Bond discovers she is living on borrowed time with an incurable illness. She devotes her remaining time to finding good homes for her brothers and sisters. To make them want to leave her, she pretends to turn hard hearted and unloving.

Notes

Artist: Dudley Wynne
The reprint in M&J wrongly claimed the story first appeared in Mandy in 1979 when in fact it appeared in Tracy. Although Mandy did have a very similar story “The Girl Who Gave Babies Away”

Appeared

Hard-Hearted Harriet – Tracy: #01 (06 Oct. 1979) – #13 (29 Dec. 1979)
Reprinted – Tracy: #213 (29 October 1983) – #225 (21 January 1984)
Reprinted (as Mandy classic) – M&J: #74 (10 October 1992) – #87 (9 January 1993)

The Legend of Lucille

27th September 2014BuntyFrench Resistance, French Revolution, Ghosts, Period story, Supernatural, World War IImistyfan

Plot:

During the French Revolution, Lucille Lamont became a legend for guiding people to safety. In World War II, Lucy Vincent pretends to be the ghost of Lucille to aid the French Resistance movement. But then the real ghost appears!

Notes:

Appeared:

The Legend of Lucille – Bunty: 1501 (18 October 1986) – (?)

Meg and the Magic Robot

19th September 2014TracyBlackmail, Cinderella story, Deception, Fraud, Period story, Robot, Rodney Sutton, science fiction, Slave storymistyfan

Plot

In 1925, Syd and Maud Weston force their niece Meg to fake being a Magic Robot. Meg goes along with the fraud because she thinks her uncle is sending money to pay for her brother Tommy’s treatment at a clinic in Switzerland. But the truth is that Uncle Syd is pocketing the money and Tommy is in the care of an old woman in the vicinity.

Notes

Artist: Rodney Sutton

Appeared

Meg and the Magic Robot – Tracy: #142 (19 June 1982) – #151 (21 August 1982)

Detestable Dinah

19th September 2014Tracyhistorical story, Period story, Russ Nicholson, Slave story, Victorian Timesmistyfan

Plot

In Victorian Times, rich girl Dinah Warren is thrown into the workhouse when she is suddenly orphaned and her heartless guardians refuse to look after her. Then Dinah is put to work in a coal mine. Things keep going wrong for Dinah, which make her unpopular with the other children and earn her the nickname “Detestable Dinah”.

Notes

Artist: Russ Nicholson

Appeared

Detestable Dinah – Tracy: #117 (26 December 1981) – #127 (6 March 1982)

Goldilocks and the Two Barrs

18th September 2014TracyAdventure, Fugitive story, Period story, Slave storymistyfan

Plot

Louisa “Goldilocks” Marshfield, the daughter of wealthy parents, is carried off with pauper children by mistake to slave in a cotton mill. She escapes with Tim and Annie Barr, but the road back to her home in London is a hard and dangerous one.

Notes

Writer: Marion Turner (under pen-name: Fiona Turner)
Script submitted had the title Goldilocks and the Golden Guineas but was changed to Goldilocks and the Two Barrs for publication.

Appeared

Goldilocks and the Two Barrs – Tracy: #44 (2 August 1980) – #54 (11 October 1980)

Bessie and Her Barrow

17th September 2014TracyPeriod story, Russ Nicholson, Victorian Timesmistyfan

Plot

In Victorian times, Bessie Taylor’s grandfather dies of an illness. He bequeaths Bessie his Barrow, saying “take good care of the Barrow, and the Barrow will always take care of YOU.” And the Barrow always seems to come to the rescue of the Taylor children whenever they are in trouble.

Notes

Artist: Russ Nicholson
Reprinted and translated to Dutch as “Bessie en haar handkar” – Debbie #34 (1983).

Appeared

Bessie and Her Barrow – Tracy: #69 (24 January 1981) – #79 (4 April 1981)

Haven of Hope

13th April 2014Buntychampion of poor, Douglas Perry, Period storylorrsadmin

Plot:

In the year 1880, the Honourable Hilary Lacey lost both her parents. Hilary decided to use her wealth by providing a home for waifs and strays from the workhouse. But the Beadle, Mr. Higgins was plotting against Hilary with a young accomplice a boy named Jack.

Notes:

Art: Douglas Perry

Appeared:

Haven of Hope – Bunty: #1131 (15 September 1979) – #1163 (26 April 1980)

The Daughter of Buffalo Bill

2nd March 2014BuntyAmerica, Period story, Wagon traillorrsadmin

Plot:

Mary Cody and her closest friend, Benny Wood, joined a wagon train heading West. Mary was a great help to Mrs Gall, an invalid widow with five children, but the rest of the settlers distrusted Mary and Benny, because of their friendliness with the Apache Indians.

Notes:

Appeared:

The Daughter of Buffalo Bill – Bunty: #81 (1 August 1959) – #97 (21 November 1959)

Dark Days for Dolly

24th February 2014Buntyinheritance, orphan, Period story, scheming relativeslorrsadmin

Plot:

Orphan Dolly Leonard was happy to be taken in by the wealthy Mrs. Carstairs to live in Taltree Manor, but then Mrs. Carstairs had a stroke leaving her paralysed. When her relatives arrived, they discovered their aunt was leaving her estate to Dolly , on the condition that Dolly was still living there at the time of Mrs. Carstair’s death. They were determined to get rid of Dolly before this happened.

Notes:

Appeared:

Dark Days for Dolly – Bunty: #1480 (24 May 1986) – #1492 (16 August 1986)

Cotton Jenny

23rd February 2014BuntyAmerican Civil War, Manuel Cuyàs, Period story, slaverylorrsadmin

Plot:

Belle Merrimac and her slave girl Jenny were travelling North during the American Civil War to find Belle’s father and Jenny’s brother, who were prisoners.

Notes:

Art: Manuel Cuyàs

Appeared:

Cotton Jenny – Bunty: #1455 (30 November 1985) – #1468 (01 March 1986)