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The Unwilling Thieves

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Plot

In 1942, a bomb fell, making orphans of Jenny Owen, her young  brother Bobby and five other girls. Mrs Briggs took the children in, gave them every comfort and taught them party games. But Jenny knew that this was just a cunning way to make the girls skilful at stealing. Later, however, Jenny made a more startling discovery, about the Briggs household!

unwilling thieves

Notes:

  • Art Paddy Brennan

Appeared:

  • The Unwilling Thieves – Judy: #493 (21 June 1969) – #503 (30 August 1969)
  • Reprinted – Judy: #960 (3 June 1978) – #970 (12 August 1970)

A Secret Place

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Plot:

When Molly Manders’ parents drowned, shock made her young sister, Katie, lose all memory of the accident. A couple named Hobson wanted to adopt Katie only, but the sisters ran away to a secret cave behind a waterfall. They were befriended by a wild boy, Colin, and later by a reporter, Bill Owen, who went to London to enquire about a locket Katie wore, which the Hobsons wanted. When Katie fell into the river, her memory began to return.

secret place

Notes:

  • Art: Eduardo Feito
  • Reprinted and translated into Dutch as “Achter de waterval” (Behind the Waterfall) -Tina #40/1980-49/1980.
  • Also reprinted and translated into Dutch as “De geheime plek” – Debbie #21 (1980).

Appeared:

  • A Secret Place – Judy:  #905 (14 May 1977) –  #914 (16 July 1977)

Ellie Mae

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Plot:

Ellie Mae and her sister Sally Jane are bringing two buckets of Yellermelon spring water to their Granny Tickle, who is dying to drink it. But Ellie’s cousins, the McNaughtys, are trying to stop them because they want Granny to leave her fortune to them.

Ellie

Notes:

  • Reprinted and translated into Dutch – Groot Tina Winterboek 4/1980 (1980).

Appeared:

  • Ellie Mae–  Debbie: #324 (28 April 1979) –  #335 (14 July 1979)

Ruthless Ruth

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Plot:

Show-jumper Ruth Collins is nicknamed “Ruthless Ruth” because she goes out to wins as much as possible. But the money is meant to pay off her father’s debts to Jardine Holdings. She does not realise that Holdings deliberately set the interest rates too high so he could buy out her father.  Things get worse when Ruth takes a job with the unscrupulous Vallones, and there are soon very nasty plots against Ruth once Holdings realises she is paying off the debts better than he expected.

Ruth

Notes:

  • Art: Carlos Laffond
  • Reprinted and translated into Dutch as “Meedogenloze Maaike” – Debbie #5 (1978).

Appeared:

  • Ruthless Ruth –  Debbie: #211 (26 February 1977) – #224 (28 May 1977)

Patsy Pincher

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Plot

Orphan Patsy Pincher, adopted by Colonel Travers,  had been treated like a skivvy after the colonel was killed. The colonel’s will left everything to Patsy, provided that she stayed at the Manor. Mrs Bartlett, the colonel’s niece, together with her daughter, Lila, and the sinister butler, Sleeg, wanted to make Patsy run away. Patsy found out that a medallion she owned had once been in the colonel’s family, and had been given to a mysterious Jessica. Then she was told by a stranger that Jessica’s daughter was drowned as a baby.

patsy pincher

Notes

Appeared

  • Patsy Pincher – Judy:  #893 (19 February 1977) –  #902 (23 April 1977)

Linda of Silver Lake

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Plot

Silver Lake wildlife sanctuary is threatened by a wealthy businessman called Hinkson, who wants to convert the sanctuary into a water-skiing playground for his daughter Bonnie.

Linda

Notes

  • Artist: Trini Tinturé
  • Translated into Dutch – Tina # 8/1977-17/1977 and reprinted Tina Dubbeldik Superalbum #2 (1981).

Appeared

  • Linda of Silver Lake –  Debbie: #148 (13 December 1976) – #157 (14 February 1976)

My Old Man’s a Duke

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Plot:

Liz Jones becomes Lady Liz when her father becomes a duke. But they still can’t afford much because the maintenance of their stately home, Brookford House, is proving costly. And Amelia Brace-Trent is causing trouble to get them out of Brookford House.

Duke

Notes:

Appeared:

  • My Old Man’s a Duke –  Debbie: #109 (15 March 1975) – #120 (31 May 1975)

Karin for Queen

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Plot

Queen Helena of Ravia rarely appears in public because of her shyness. So the nobles, led by Baron de Guise, want to put Helena’s cousin Prince Hugo on the throne, deeming him a better ruler.  Bess, the Queen’s old nurse, tries to outwit the Baron by training a wandering player, Karin, to take the Queen’s place. Prince Hugo agrees to this, but the Baron  is determined to stop the Queen from being crowned, and it may only be a matter of time before he discovers Karin.

Karin

Notes

Appeared

  • Karin for Queen –  Debbie:  #71 (22 June 1974) – #84 (21 September 1974)

The Unwanted One

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Plot

Molly Harkiss, a village girl, has claimed the right to free education at exclusive Didbourne Manor School, a right that is one of the conditions of the grant of land to the school. But the snobby girls at Didbourne do not make Molly welcome and plot to get her expelled.

Unwanted

Notes

  • Artist: Mario Capaldi

Appeared

  • The Unwanted One – Judy: #526 (7 February 1970) – #541 (23 May 1970)
  • Reprinted – Judy: #980 (21 October 1978) – #995 (03 February 1979)