Tag Archives: Tom Hurst

Atlanta (1986); Atlanta’s Tale (1988)

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Plot

Atlanta is a mermaid from the sea whose secret comes under threat from fortune hunters, and there are hijinks as she struggles with the ways of humans. In a sequel, Atlanta’s Tale, her secret is again under threat when photographers catch a glimpse of her tail in the water and become determined to capture a photograph of it and make themselves rich.

Atlanta

Notes

  • Artist: Tom Hurst
  • The first Atlanta story was translated into Dutch as “Het meisje uit de zee” (“The Girl from the Sea”) and published in Tina #29/1993 into 1994.
  • The second story Atlanta’s Tale is reprinted translated into Dutch and published in Tina #49/1993-6/1994.

Appeared

  • Atlanta – Mandy: #1015 (28 June 1986) – #1027 (20 September 1986)
  • Atlanta’s Tale –  Mandy: #1125 (6 August 1988) – (?)

 

A Horse for Holly

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Plot

Holly Reed works at Harding’s Riding Stables. The Hardings are hard employers, but Holly takes solace in Golden Harvest, her favourite horse. When Golden Harvest is injured in an accident, Holly offers to buy her to save her from being destroyed and then starts training her for a championship.

Holly

Notes:

  • Artist: Tom Hurst

Appeared

  • A Horse for Holly –  Mandy: #933 (1 December 1984) – #944 (16 February 1985)

 

Shadow of the Ice-Palace

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Plot

Susan Taylor wins the leading part in a new ice-ballet. But strange, frightening incidents begin to happen and they are accompanied by the appearances a cloaked, masked figure who can also hypnotise Susan.

Shadow

Notes

  • Artist: Tom Hurst
  • Translated into Dutch as “De schim van het ijspaleis” and published in Groot Tina Winterboek #4/1982 (1982).

Appeared

  • Shadow of the Ice-Palace –  Mandy:  #731 (17 January 1981) –  #738 (7 March 1981)

 

Guinea-Pig Girl

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Plot:

Terry Lacey’s father draws a comic strip about the adventures of a girl who is also called Terry. Terry helps Dad with his ideas, but doing so gets her into all sorts of scrapes.

Guinea

Notes:

Artist: Tom Hurst

Appeared:

  • Guinea-Pig Girl –  Mandy: #713 (13 September 1980) – #723 (22 November 1980)

 

Seal Girl

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Plot:

Jake and Ruby Walters run a successful show with performing seals. When they visit a remote island in Scotland they find a girl who has been raised by seals. They call her Shona, pass her off as their niece and incorporate her into their show, planning to make a fortune. But Shona begins to learn human ways too fast, which threatens their plans, and Cherry, the other girl in the show, is jealous of Shona.

Seal Girl

Notes:

  • Artist: Tom Hurst

Appeared:

  • Seal Girl  –  Mandy:  #630 (10 February 1979) – #638 (07 April 1979)

 

Sally Says…

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Plot:

Sally and Sue Orchard were twins (in the reprint they are named Sally and Jenny Buchan).  Following an accident, which Sue believed was her fault, Sally had lost her power of speech and become very nasty. Sue used a telepathic link that existed between the girls to speak for her. But now, Sally could force Sue to behave badly, too, and Sue had become very unpopular at their boarding school.


(Art: Don Walker, 1983)

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(Art: Tom Hurst, 1991)

Notes:

  • Art: Don Walker (1983 story)
  • Art: Tom Hurst (1991 story)

Appeared:

  • “Sally Says…” – Judy: #1199 (1 January 1983) – #1206 (19 February 1983)

  • Reprinted as Sally Says… with new art –  Judy: #1626 (9 March 1991)- #1635 (11 May 1991)

Picture-Story Polly (1989)

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Plot

Polly Jones is an avid reader of the girls’ comic “Candy”. To improve herself she copies the characters in the strips (chef, humane worker, actress, athlete, etc), but she blunders each time and gets herself into scrapes.

Notes

  • Artist: Tom Hurst

Appeared

  • Picture-Story Polly – Mandy: #1187 (14 October 1989) –  #1197 (23 December 1989)

Other Appearances

  • Picture-Story Polly – Mandy Annual 1992