![]() ![]() ![]() It was only a minor set back to discover that the weekly comic had long gone – it only lasted for 101 issues between 1978 – 1980 so I was too late for that feast of the macabre. I think what I loved most was that the stories didn’t peddle the line that there was always a happy ending…things often ended badly for the heroines of Misty stories. Not only did the comics have weekly serials, one-off stories, but they also had short stories and factual articles about the supernatural and quirky historical facts – so the proto-history geek in me was also happy. I couldn’t believe that someone had thrown them out and they had ended up at school – I mean as soon as I saw them they were major ‘objects of desire’ to me – how they never found their way home with me I will never know! Leafing through those discarded comics I was immediately hooked – I mean these comics were just what I had been looking for as a proto-gothy 10 year old. ![]() ![]() It was a rainy day at school and play-time had been cancelled, everyone was left kicking their heels in the classroom. I first found Misty not so much in a Cavern of Dreams, but in a box of old Beano comics. As a child I was always fascinated by the more shadowy things of this world, the more mysterious and less fluffy and pink the better. Misty, a Fleetway Annual produced by IPC Magazines, was a very unusual thing – a supernatural horror comic aimed at young girls. ![]()
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