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Post by dem bones on Dec 13, 2022 18:40:13 GMT
Debbie For Girls 1984 (DC Thompson, 1983). Not quite Spellbound, but entertaining for all that. In Garden of Glass, sinister storyteller Damien Darke returns to gloat over what became of Sharon when she stole a pretty paperweight from old Mrs Brownlee's house during community week. Spring-heeled Jill, meek, bespectacled typist at Ravell Row police station by day, glamorous Victorian crime-buster by night, takes to the rooftops in pursuit of an evil organ-grinder. Sheila Hancock's magic torch transports she and school chum Jean Marsh back to THE PAST to foil a demon-raising alchemist in an excellent episode of The Shop at Shudder Corner. The Lady Maria's marriage is on hold now her face has been hideously disfigured. A talented young skater from the care home falls through the ice in a festive instalment of Mary Brown's Schooldays. Three text stories — one from the POV of the Christmas fairy atop a tree —though none really need detain us here.  David Matysiak David Matysiak David Matysiak Norman Lee David Hudson Train to Nowhere
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Post by cauldronbrewer on Dec 13, 2022 22:23:01 GMT
David Hudson I like the artwork--particularly the monochrome; I think it suits the style better than full color. Is it too much to ask for the type of horrific endings Misty sometimes included in its shorter entries? |
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Post by dem bones on Dec 13, 2022 22:49:45 GMT
I like the artwork--particularly the monochrome; I think it suits the style better than full color. Is it too much to ask for the type of horrific endings Misty sometimes included in its shorter entries? On the evidence of the '84 annual, it is in Spring-Hilled Jill's case, but Garden of Glass does not end well for light-fingered Sharon, and we'll not be seeing the tardy heroine of the photo story any time soon. According to Girls Comics of Yesteryear, The House on Shudder Corner — which I adore — was intended for Spellbound, which certainly makes sense. I'm guessing the target audience may have been younger than the Misty readership (who, if this forum is anything to go by, were all blokes anyway). |
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