Reprinted stories

A number of stories in Jinty were reprints from elsewhere:

• Reprinted in the weekly comic:
  • “Angela Angel-Face” ran in Jinty in 1980. It was originally printed in Sandie (date unknown) and subsequently printed in Tammy (1984).
  • “Barracuda Bay” ran in Jinty 1975. It originally appeared in June 23 May 1970 -19 September 1970.
  • Strange Story “The Face of Greed” was printed in Jinty on 8 November 1980 as a Gypsy Rose story; it was originally published in Tammy on 4 October 1975.
• Reprinted in Annuals and Specials:
  • “Shelagh’s Shadow”, printed in the 1978 Annual; originally published in June 1972.
  • “Herbs of Life”, printed in the 1977 Annual; originally published in June, 4 July 1970.
  • “Trudy on Trial!”, printed in the 1979 Annual; originally published in June and School Friend, from 24 June 1972 to 19 August 1972.
  • “Nina Nimble Fingers”, printed in the Jinty Holiday Special 1981; originally published in Lindy, 1975.
  • “She Couldn’t Remember!”, printed in the 1981 Annual; originally printed in June.
  • “Prince of the Wild”, printed in the 1982 Holiday Special; originally published in Tammy.
  • “Rona Rides Again”, printed in the 1982 Annual; originally published in Tammy.
  • Various other Strange Stories, original printing not established.
• more to come

A number of stories from Jinty were reprinted in other UK titles or publications over the years:

• “Stefa’s Heart of Stone” from 1976 was reprinted in Princess series 2
• “The Forbidden Garden” from 1979 was reprinted in Tammy in 1984 (not finished due to the cancellation of Tammy)
• “The Haunting of Form 2B” was reprinted in Misty annual 1980
• Shot-lived publication Katy reprinted a few stories from Jinty: “Creepy Crawley”, “Combing Her Golden Hair” (retitled “Comb of Mystery”), and “Dora Dogsbody”. See the separate post on this fortnightly title from 1986-87.
• “The Human Zoo” was reprinted in Tammy & Jinty 1982
• Girl Picture Story Library reprinted a number of Jinty stories under new titles, listed below:
• The Dolphin Mystery – The Disappearing Dolphin from Jinty
• Cathy’s Crusade – Part 1 of Cathy’s Casebook from Jinty
• Dr Cathy – Part 2 of Cathy’s Casebook from Jinty
• Circus Waif – Wild Rose from Jinty
• Moments of Terror – Waves of Fear from Jinty
• The Shadow – Mike and Terry from Jinty
• Princess Wanted! – The Perfect Princess from Jinty
• The Black Sheep – Black Sheep of the Bartons from Jinty
• I’ll Never Sing Again! – Nothing to Sing About from Jinty
• A Second Chance – My Heart Belongs to Buttons from Jinty
• Winner-Loser! – No Medals for Marie from Jinty
• Spellbound! – Part 1 of Sue’s Daily Dozen from Jinty, plus A Wee Sue story from Tammy reprinted as Tiny Tina
• Bewitched! – Part 2 of Sue’s Daily Dozen from Jinty, plus a Strange Story, “A Monumental Detective” reprinted as “The Crook Catchers”
• The Inheritance – Race for a Fortune from Jinty
• The Fortune-Teller – Cursed to be a Coward! Jinty
• The Witchfinder – Shadow on the Fen from Jinty

A number of stories were reprinted within the pages of Jinty, some time later

• “Angela’s Angels” from 1974 was reprinted in 1981
• “The Mystery of Martine” from 1976-77 was reprinted in the 1983 Annual
• Gypsy Rose story “The Strawberry Handkerchief” from 4 June 1977 was reprinted in the 1983 Annual
• Gypsy Rose story “The Thirteenth Hour” from 5 November 1977 was reprinted in the 1983 Annual
• Gypsy Rose story “Carnival of Flowers” from 12 November 1977 was reprinted in the 1983 Annual
• Gypsy Rose story “A Picture of the Past” from 3 December 1977 was reprinted in the 1983 Annual
• “Land of No Tears” from 1977-78 was reprinted in 1981

Jinty Volumes

• “The Human Zoo” and “Land of No Tears” reprinted in Jinty Volume 1, 2018
• “Fran of the Floods” reprinted as a complete volume in 2019
• “Creepy Crawley” and “A Spell of Trouble” reprinted as a complete volume in 2022
• more to come

Various other UK girls comics titles included a “Best Of” reprint series (specifically, “Best of Misty Monthly” for 8 issues, “Best of Girl” second series, “Best of Bunty”, and the DC Thomson title “Lucky Charm”). Jinty and Tammy did not have such a reprint series. However, the series “Girl Picture Library” reprinted stories from both these titles and others, for instance Patty’s World stories from the pages of Girl itself. A list has been created by Mistyfan; see the post on Girl Picture Library for details.