Tag Archives: time travel

The Magic Mirror [1981]

Plot:

Something strange happens with the old mirror in Angie Durrant’s room. Angie finds herself in a different age, as a little slavey called Abigail. Another servant, Milton, cheats Lady Mirabel, the daughter of the house, and Angie gets blamed. Angie realises she is reliving the life of the real Abigail, who was blamed for Milton’s crime.

Mirror

Notes:

  • Photo story

Appeared:

  • The Magic Mirror–  Debbie: #432 (23 May 1981) – #435 (13 June 1981)

Marlina’s Magic

Plot

Some mixed-up magic causes Marlina, granddaughter of the ancient sorcerer Marlin, to come into the present day. Her magic is still a little mixed up as she falls in with Agatha Haggit, who is also a witch from the past. She then enrols in a school to protect it from Agatha, who believes the magic touchstone is hidden there.

Marlina

Notes

Appeared

  • Marlina’s Magic Judy: #1486 (2 July 1988) – #1498 (24 September 1988)

 

Polly’s Patches

Plot

Polly Peckham has a pair of trousers covered in patches. Each patch comes from a different time period, and whenever Polly rubs a patch, she time travels to that respective time period.

pollys-patches

Notes

  • Art: Tony Speer

Appeared

  • Polly’s Patches – Debbie: #322 (14 April 1979) – #329 (2 June 1979)

Other Appearances:

  • Polly’s Patches  Debbie Annual 1980
  • Polly’s Patches  Debbie Annual 1984

 

Slaves to the Moonstone

Plot

Schoolgirls Jill Dentry and Sandra  Grey had time-travelled back to Victorian times by means of a moonstone ring belonging to Merlin, magician at King Arthur’s court. Merlin needed them to bring back something called the ‘ Black Dolphin of the Sun’ to help break the spell which held him trapped in the 20th century. The girls ended up in a sinister school run by Mrs Hogg and a brutal-looking porter called Thresh.

slavesto the moonstone

Notes

Appeared

  • Slaves to the Moonstone – Judy:  #755 (29 June 1974) – #766 (14 September 1974)
  • Slaves to the Moonstone – Judy:  #814 (16 August 1975) – #818 (13 September 1975)

 

Velocity Val

Plot:

In the year AD 4069, Velocity Val and her  younger brother, Willie-Shazam, have tumbled through a rent in Time and fallen back two thousand one hundred years. Using the powers of Independent Motion, they get mixed up in an air show one day, and Val demonstrates her superiority over ordinary flying machines.

velocity val

Notes:

Appeared:

  • Velocity Val – Judy:  #480 (22 March 1969) – (?)

The Girl Who Came Back

Plot

Aurora, a girl living in the year 2100 A.D., takes part in a time travel experiment, but instead of travelling back 100 years in time , she arrives at Druidsmere, a girls’ boarding school, the year 1965, (present time for the story). She is mistaken for Dawn Ashley, a new girl who was expected at the school but who has had to go into hospital. Aurora, who can read minds and hypnotise people with a glance, takes Milly Malone and her friend Ann Simpson into her confidence and tells them she is lost in time. girl who came back

Notes

Appeared

  • The Girl Who Came Back – Judy:  #304 (6 November 1965) – #317 (5 February 1965)

The Flights of Flopear

Plot:

Tessa Worth had found a time-travel machine in the shape of a giant rabbit, named Flopear.  When she pressed a button she didn’t realise  that she would be taken to the Planet Xargo, where Flopear was originally built as a birthday present for the mean tempered Princess Meana. Eventually she is able to get back to Earth, Even after she returns home, she continues to spend time travelling the universe with Flopear, as part of her job as Deputy  to a Universal Dictator.

flights of flopearflights_of_flopear

Notes:

  • Art: Robert MacGillivray
  • A Milky Way Dog makes an appearance in the story. Mojo the Milky Way Dog was a story also drawn by MacGillivray for Bunty in 1979.

Appeared:

  • The Flights of Flopear–  Bunty: #1292 (16 October 1982) – #1314 (19 March 1983)
  • The Flights of Flopear–  Bunty: #1359 (28 January 1984) – #1384 (21 July  1984)

 

 Other Appearances:

Annual Appearances

  • The Flights of Flopear  Bunty Annual 1983 [Artist: Robert MacGillivray]
  • The Flights of Flopear  Bunty Annual 1984 [Artist: Robert MacGillivray]
  • The Flights of Flopear  Bunty Annual 1986 [Artist: Robert MacGillivray]
  • The Flights of Flopear – Bunty Annual 1987 [Artist: Robert MacGillivray]

Summer Specials

  • The Flights of Flopear – Bunty Summer Special 1983 [Art: Robert MacGillivray]
  • The Flights of Flopear – Bunty Summer Special 1984 [Art: Robert MacGillivray]

Lorna at Court

Plot

Lorna Butterwick is an imaginative schoolgirl who writes historical pieces for the school magazine. When she falls asleep she travels back in time (although there is ambiguity to whether it is all a dream or not), and is able to take notes about the particular period of time.

lorna at court

Notes

  • Artist:  Juan Gonzalez Alacreu (Diana: 303-308)
  • This serial was meant to be educational as well as entertaining. It had a tagline of “Getting to know history in a fascinating way”.

Appeared

  • Lorna at Court–  Diana: #250 (02 Dec. 1967) – #260 (10 Feb. 1968)
  • Lorna at Court–  Diana: #303 (07 Dec. 1968) – #308 (11 Jan. 1969)

Other Appearances:

  • Lorna at Court – Diana Annual 1969
  • Lorna on Stage – Diana Annual 1970