Short Stories from Misty. Part One (#01- #10) 1978 - Compiled by A. Wallace

Shot Stories from Misty. Part One (#01- #10)  1978 

#01 Moodstone   Artist Ken Houghton - Writer  ¿¿   3 p.

#02 Terror Wore Blue!   Artist Ken Houghton -  Writer ¿¿ 3p   

#03 Green Grow The Riches - O!   Artist John Richardson-Writer ¿¿  3 p

#04 Sure-Footed... To Eternity    Artist Carlos Guirado - Writer ¿¿  4 p

#05 Heaven Is A Hummingbird    Artist Isidre Monés Writer ¿¿   3 p

#06 The Monkey's Claw   Artist José Juan Ariza - Writer ¿¿

#07 House Of Faith   Artist Martin Puigagut -  Writer ¿¿  4 p.

#08 Mrs. Rossiter's Cats    Artist Carlos Guirado  - Writer ¿¿  4 p.  

#09 Room For Dreams    Artist Ken Houghton -  Writer ¿¿    4 p.

#10 The Love And The Laughter     María Barrera  - Writer ¿¿     6 p. 

Two short stories by María Barrera from Misty : Two Left Feet (1979) / The Monster Of Lavender Lagoon (1978) - Compiled by A. Wallace

 Two Left Feet  

 Written by ?? , Drawn by María Barrera

Misty  No. 59 (March 24th, 1979)

Episodes: 1  (5 pages)

Anna puts a gypsy curse on her sister Jeanette as she is jealous 

of her dancing but the ribbon she uses is hers and she becomes 

clumsy instead,  falls down stairs...

The Monster Of Lavender Lagoon 

 Written by ?? , Drawn by María Barrera

Misty  No. 77 (July 28th, 1979)

Episodes: 1  (6 pages)

Chrissie and family stop in caravan near Lavender Lagoon ‘once a 

much-loved beauty spot, now it is forgotten, deserted. 

A new factory has pumped its waste into the once-scented waters…’ 

EC-style heavy narration ‘It is your pollution, Jameson, 

that poisoned Lavender Lagoon. 

Pollution that begins to bubble and heave at midnight’ owner refuses

 to help look for her, monster arises from water at midnight, attacks 

him with own pollution and his secretary finds him (unseen, scream!) 

and Chrissie is returned to normal and lagoon is clean once more.

https://comics.bournemouth.ac.uk/pulication.php?publication=Misty

 Material from Misty  1979

Compiled by A. Wallace 

Three short stories by María Barrera from Misty : The Love And The Laughter (1978) / Roots (Nightmare) (1978) / Danse Macabre (1979) - Compiled by A. Wallace

   

The Love And The Laughter 

 Written by ?? , Drawn by María Barrera

Misty  No. 10 (April 8th , 1978)

Episodes: 1  (6 pages)

Translations/Reprints: Best Of Misty #04  (May 1st, 1986) 

Molly makes a pact with Devil for her soul to help her Uncle’s ailing circus

 (despite his claims she helps him just by being around), it works and t

hey make lots of money in just one day, then conjurer returns and Uncle 

figures out pact, they burn the book and spell is broken.

Roots (Nightmare )

 Written by Pat Mills , Drawn by María Barrera

Misty  No. 1 (February 4th, 1978)

Episodes: 1  (5 pages)

Translations/Reprints: Best Of Misty #08  (September 1st, 1986) 

Jill goes to stay in Evergreen with her granddad for the summer, uncanny realisation townspeople standing out in rain at night and nobody has died for years, discovers they have roots. Final reassuring panel added where she decides to stay..

Danse Macabre 

 Written by ?? , Drawn by María Barrera

Misty  No. 52 (February 3rd, 1979)

Episodes: 1  (6 pages)

Translations/Reprints: Best Of Misty #06  (July 1st, 1986) 

Nadia cheats to get starring ballet role (de luca effect 11), steals mistress's 

ballet shoes for luck... Skeletal orchestra etc red shoes adaptation, 

forced to dance until she collapses, Lois gets role and Nadia 

has ‘damaged her feet’ and shoes ‘danced to pieces’.

https://comics.bournemouth.ac.uk/publication.php?publication=Misty

 Material from Misty 1978-1979

Compiled by A. Wallace 

Two short stories by María Barrera from Misty : Cry Baby! (1979) / At The End Of The Rainbow (1979) - Compiled by A. Wallace

  Cry Baby! 

 Written by ?? , Drawn by María Barrera

Misty  No. 68 (September 1st, 1986)

Episodes: 1  (4 pages)

Translations/Reprints: Best Of Misty #08  (September 1st, 1986) 

Catherine is adopted and constantly teased by her older sister Sarah which makes her cry, her tears drop in a wishing well and she gets one wish, next day she says ‘I wish you knew’ [what it was like to be cry baby] and Sarah is transformed into a crying baby.

  At The End Of The Rainbow 

 Written by ?? , Drawn by María Barrera

Misty  No. 64 (April 28th, 1979)

Episodes: 1  (4 pages)

Sisters Karen and Lisa always fighting then find themselves at end of rainbow 
and able to see beauty and rainbows in everything and forgive each other; fairy?
 character thus proves self worthy of painting a rainbow

https://comics.bournemouth.ac.uk/publication.php?publication=Misty

 Material from Misty 1979

Misty #64

Misty #68

Compiled by A. Wallace 

The Body Snatchers from Misty (1979-1980) Jay Over & María Barrera - Compiled by A. Wallace

 The Body Snatchers  

 Written by Jay Over, Drawn by María Barrera

Misty  No. 92 (1979-11-10)  /  Misty  No. 101 (1980-01-12) 

Episodes: 10

Translations/Reprints: The Best of Misty Monthly #4

Nancy Perkins is making a belated return to boarding school after an illness and immediately notices strange things happening. Her taxi is crossed by a teacher, 

who looks scared out of his wits and in a dreadful state before he disappears into a storm. Yet Nancy later sees him at school, looking perfectly normal and doesn’t know what she is talking about. Certain pupils and teachers act out of character – as if they were imposters. A pupil disappears without explanation. Nancy sees a procession of pupils and teachers heading off to Broughty Manor in the dead of night, although the headmistress has just put that place strictly out of bounds and has reminded the pupils about it twelve dozen times already. We soon learn that these people are the henchmen of “the master”, there is something non-human about their eyes, and they have some sort of affinity with plants. Realising Nancy is noticing too much, “the master” orders them to kidnap her and bring her to his lair at Broughty Manor... 

The text continues in https://jintycomic.wordpress.com/2018/09/20/the-body-snatchers-1979-1980/

40 pages & 2 covers 

 Material from Misty 1979-11-10 / 1980-01-12

Compiled by A. Wallace 

Lonely Ballerina from Tammy (1983) Jay Over & María Barrera - Compiled by A. Wallace

 

Lonely Ballerina from Tammy 

 Written by Jay Over, Drawn by María Barrera (Barrera Gesali)

Tammy 1983-09-03  /  Tammy 1983-10-29 

[1983-10-15 issue is missing  ]

Lonely Ballerina has discovered that the woman running the shambolic ballet school 
is not the ballet teacher but her sister. 
The teacher has been missing for months and the layabout pupils don’t care; 
they just take advantage to enjoy themselves. 
The lonely ballerina is the first to ask serious questions about what’s going on.

21 pages, 2 covers & 1 publicity announcement

 Material from Tammy 1983-09-03 / 1983-10-29

Tammy 1983-08-27 (Pub)

https://jintycomic.wordpress.com/2016/02/01/maria-barrera-barrera-gesali/

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Compiled by A. Wallace