Tag Archives: science fiction

Green for Danger

Judy, , ,

Plot:

After an explosion at the Amberwell Research Station, Gilda Holmes, daughter of  one of the scientists, had acquired super-human powers at times, though afterwards she remembered nothing. Dr Sable, who was responsible for the explosion, used Gilda to obtain money for some secret experiments. Gilda’s powers suddenly deserted her as she was stealing a famous art-treasure and Sable, in telepathic contact, urged her furiously to fight to regain them.

green for danger

Notes:

  • Art: Eduardo Feito

Appeared:

  • Green for Danger – Judy:  #915 (23 July 1977) – #928 (22 October 1977)

Children from the Stars

Judy, ,

Plot:

When  a spaceship landed in the village where Beth Bantry lived, a force field was thrown round it cutting it off from the world. Strange children, with their teacher, Kong, appeared from the craft and took over the schoolhouse where Beth’s father was the schoolmaster. The villagers were growing tense and, due to the influence of Ogden Thorpe, an enemy of Beth’s father, one of the space-children was shot. The space-children used their amazing powers to save Clovis, the injured girl. Beth’s father hod gone missing, then he appeared, escorted by the space-children.

children from the stars

Notes:

  • Art: Ian Kennedy

Appeared:

  • Children from the Stars  –  Judy:  #1050 (23  Feb. 1980) – #1063 (24 May 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)

 

 

Slaves of the Sinister Eye

Judy, , ,

Plot:

Sports writer Pat Fraser had been mysteriously  transported to a strange palace where a woman known as the Princess ruled with the aid of a hypnotic eye, which hovered in the air, and a voice that came from nowhere. There, she watched a girl called Lora skate against world champions and beat them! For each victory, Lora was rewarded with the release of one of tie the prisoners from the dungeons beneath the ice rink. Ranulf, Lora’s cousin, tried to escape and, before he was recaptured, he managed to hide a bracelet that gave the wearer protection against the mysterious eye that spied on everything that happened in the palace. Later, Pat went into the grounds to look for the bracelet.

slaves of the sinister eye

Notes:

  • Art: Ian Kennedy

Appeared:

  • Slaves of the Sinister Eye – Judy:  #616 (30 Oct. 1971) – #630 (05 Feb. 1972)
  • Reprinted – Judy: #956 (06 May 1978) – #970 (12 August 1978)

The Secret Power of Suzy Smith

Debbie, , , , , ,

Plot

Something crashes beyond the town of Greenstead. When Joe Smith and Bill Bows investigate the site they find a baby with a strange star mark on her forehead. The baby is unclaimed, so the Smiths adopt her and name her Suzy. Twelve years later, Suzy investigates the site and finds a strange glowing ball that begins to have strange effects on her, including giving her powers but also controlling her mind.

Meanwhile, the planet Zair is receiving signals from their ship that crashed on Earth twelve years ago, and the Zairians realise there is a survivor. They soon track Suzy down and start using her for invasion plans of Earth because their sun is set to explode.

Suzy

Notes:

  • Artist: Ernesto Garcia Seijas
  • Translated into Dutch (as “Susie Brand”) – Debbie super stripstory #1 (1976).

Appeared

  • The Secret Power of Suzy Smith–  Debbie: #186 (4 September 1976) – #195 (6 November 1976)

Liz of Little Barton / Microgirl

Judy, Tracy, , ,

Plot

When people mysteriously left the village of Barton, Liz James discovered that they had actually been shrunk to a few inches high and kept prisoner in a model of Barton Village by the sinister Professor Raikes. Liz rescued her friend Ann Carter and they had to decided to keep the truth about Little Barton a secret until they found away to bring all the prisoners back to their proper size.

A sequel, Microgirl appeared in Judy & Tracy where Professor Raikes returns and shrinks Liz and her parents. Liz manages to escape the mobile laboratory where Raikes is keeping them prisoner.

Microgirl

Notes

  • Artist: Hugh Thornton-Jones

Appeared

  • Liz of Little Barton  – Tracy: #245 (9 June 1984) – #254 (11 August 1984)
  • Microgirl – Judy & Tracy:  #1306 (19 January 1985) – #1323 (18 May 1985)

Alone on Earth

Judy,

Plot:

When a spaceship from Planet 24 arrives on Earth, it gets destroyed and the only survivor is a girl named Barbara, who has strange powers. Rhoda Dickson takes advantage of Barbara’s powers to trick her into stealing.

Alone

Notes:

Appeared:

  • Alone on Earth – Judy: #464 (30 November 1968) – #472 (25 January 1969)
  • Reprinted – Judy:  #1064  (31 May 1980) – #1072 (26 July 1980)

 

The Girl Who Knew

Judy, , , ,

Plot:

Laurie Scott falls into the power of a scientist who is somehow taking control of her mind and turning her into a genius while destroying her personality. She cannot remember how it happened, but then she finds Alicia, a girl who experienced the same thing and is beginning to remember.

Girl

Notes:

Artist: Oliver Passingham

Appeared:

  • The Girl Who Knew – Judy:  #1082 (04 October 1980) – (?)

 

Superbabe

Judy, , ,

Plot

Masterbrain Laboratories develop Superbabe, a baby with super-strength. But they forget that when Superbabe’s strength is combined with his tantrums, this makes for trouble. Sue West, the laboratory assistant, is the only one who can keep Superbabe under control.

Superbabe

Notes

  • Artist: Giorgio Letteri

Appeared

  • Superbabe – Judy:  #1087 (8 November 1980) – #1101 (14 February 1981)

Other Appearances

  • Superbabe – Judy Annual 1983

Supercats

Debbie, Spellbound, , , , ,

Plot

Regular feature with Supercats, a team of super heroines and their outer space adventures. The members are:

Helen Miller – captain of the Supercats. The brains of the team and the only one with no superpowers.

Electra – generates electricity.

Hercula – super-strong.

Fauna – changes body colour.

Supercats

In The Planet of the Children – the Supercats investigate why the planet Zyros has ceased contact. They find  Zyros has been invaded by the Tarkus, who force the adults to work in Zyros’s gold mines while keeping the children brainwashed.

Notes:

  • Writer: Marion Turner (pen-name Fiona Turner)
  • Artist: Jorge B. Galvez/ Jordi Badía Romero (main artist)
  • Artist: Enrique Badía Romero (only for few stories)
  • First Appeared in Diana Annuals as “The Fabulous Four”
  • Each story had it’s own title
  • Marion Turner wrote a number of scripts but have not confirmed if it was all stories for the series. Some Scripts changed named at publishing. Scriptsl
    • The Fabulous Four:
      • The Walking Plants of Hudron
      • City In The Sea – published as Slaves of the Sea-World
      • The Mammoths of Marandra
    • The Supercats:
      • Company For Cybela
      • The Tower of Thalos – published as The God of the Sea in Spellbound 52 & 53
      • Wings of Fear – Spellbound 67

Appeared

  • Supercats – Spellbound: #01(25 September 1976) – #69 (14 January 1978)
    • [no episodes in #60 and #61]
  • Supercats – Debbie: #258 (22 January 1978) – #272 (29 April 1978)

Other Appearances

  • The Flight of the Fabulous Four – Diana Annual 1974
  • The Fabulous Four – Diana Annual 1975
  • The Manovitch Experiment – Diana Annual 1976
  • Vengeance – Diana Annual 1977