Misty #16th June 1979 [71]
(16th June 1979)

IPC, 1978 Series
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Price
0.09 GBP
Pages
32
Indicia Frequency
every Monday
On-sale Date
1979-06-11
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
IPC Magazines Ltd.
Editing
?

Issue Notes

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Romero ?
Inks
Romero ?
Colors
?

Genre
adventure; horror-suspense
Characters
Laura Rogers

Indexer Notes

The cover art is taken from one of the panels of the interior story "The Long Ride of Laura Rogers".

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

Nightmare Academy / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Wh...where am i? ... And what - who are in those coffins?
Genre
adventure; horror-suspense
Characters
Sharon Watts; Miss Nocturne
Synopsis
Sharon was sent to boarding school when her dad got a job. Worried about the strange behavior of the headmistress, Sharon writes a letter home that is confiscated. Having drunk a strange liquid that causes her to fall into a strange nightmare world, Sharon awakes thinking that the headmistress may be a vampire. Imprisoned in a tower, Sharon gets a message to a little girl below and hopes for rescue before nightfall. Then there is a knocking at the door and the door opens to reveal the headmistress.

Indexer Notes

Blurb at the end of the sequence: "Sent For".

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

The Loving Cup / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Well, Lucy, now you know all about your English relations, how do you like us?
Genre
drama; horror-suspense
Characters
Lucy Bayley; Trisha
Synopsis
After Lucy's mother died she'd been given a home by her English relatives. Her mother had given her an antique loving cup and her cousin had fallen ill after drinking from it. She recovers but Sharon's uncle wants the loving cup locked away in his safe. That night Sharon has a dream that a woman appears and tells her loving cup can make her rich and powerful if it is not locked away. When she wakes, she knocks her dress off its hanger and they discover cash falling from the dress pocket.

Indexer Notes

Blurb at the end of the sequence: "Next week: The Vision Again!"

The Long Ride of Laura Rogers... (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Romero ?
Inks
Romero ?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
They look so beautiful...
Genre
drama; horror-suspense
Characters
Laura Rogers; Mr. Rogers; Angus
Synopsis
Laura's father was the manager of a famous racing stables, but she was unable to ride because of her twisted leg that had been injured when her mount fell on her when she was younger. When a foal is born with deformities behind the shoulders, the men are about to kill it when Laura steps in and says she will take care of it and they will never have to see it. When rumours of a secret horse reach shady characters, Laura mounts the horse, which now has wings, and flies it to a remote location where she sets it free.

Indexer Notes

Artist's credits are based on information provided by David Roach at http://deskartesmil.blogspot.com/2010/05/enric-badia-romero-en-u-k.html.

Fancy Another Jelly Baby? (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Gillian, you must eat your breakfast - you can't go out with nothing in your stomach, dear!
Genre
drama; horror-suspense
Characters
Gillian; Mr. Black
Synopsis
Gillian is virtually addicted to the jelly bellies sold in Mr. Black's shop. Then one day at school, her friends notice an uncanny resemblance between her jelly bellies and a couple of girls who has disappeared without the police ever finding them.

Mummy (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Fulgenci Cabrerizo (signed) ([as Cabreizo])
Inks
Fulgenci Cabrerizo (signed) ([as Cabreizo])
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
This is the most important day of my life.. I
Genre
drama; horror-suspense
Characters
Doctor Jean Milnes; Hilary Stacey

Indexer Notes

Artist's credits are based on information at http://traduccionesdecomics.blogspot.com/2016/10/momia-misty-n-71-fulgenci….

E-e-e-e-e-especially for you! (Table of Contents: 6)

Miss 'T' / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hmm. It would be nice to have a French pen pal.
Genre
humour

Wolf Girl (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I'm too slow to catch my prey. Mother Wolf would be displeased, to see me hunting like a weak and untrained cub.
Genre
drama; horror-suspense
Characters
Lona Williams; Mrs. Crabb; Jinny; Mr. Bailey
Synopsis
Lona had been reared by a wolf when her parents were killed in an accident. Although happily adopted, she finds lessons taught to her by the wolf were coming back to her. When she is observed chasing chickens, she panics and tries to escape people. She eventually finds a closet with fur coats that remind her of Mother Wolf and is discovered sleeping among them.

Indexer Notes

Only the last page of the story (the back cover) is in color.

Blurb at the end of the sequence: "Next week: Into the wilderness"

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
  2. 1. ["Wh...where am i? ... And what - who are in those coffins?"]
    Nightmare Academy
  3. 2. ["Well, Lucy, now you know all about your English relations, how do you like us?"]
    The Loving Cup
  4. 3. The Long Ride of Laura Rogers...
  5. 4. Fancy Another Jelly Baby?
  6. 5. Mummy
  7. 6. E-e-e-e-e-especially for you!
    Miss 'T'
  8. 7. Wolf Girl
This issue was modified by
  • Steve Belknap
  • Doug Brain
  • Peter Croome
  • Ramon Schenk