Tammy

Tammy was a weekly girls' comic published by IPC Magazines that ran from 1971 to 1984. Its first editor was Gerry Finley-Day.

The comic was conceived to breathe new life into the genre of girls' comics; writer Pat Mills summed up the publication's ethos as "hard, gutsy stories that don't have to have a happy ending...combined with a strong camp quality, very clever plotting, ingenious ideas and totally over the top but still realistic concepts."

A number of comics merged into Tammy over theyears: Sally in 1971, Sandie the following year, June in 1974, Misty in 1980, Jinty in 1981 and Princess in 1984. Later that year Tammy itself merged into another comic, Girl.

Features
Amongst the strips that ran in Tammy were:
 * "Alison All Alone"
 * "Becky Never Saw the Ball", written by Pat Mills (first appeared 1974)
 * "Bella at the Bar", drawn by John Armstrong, written by Jenny McDade, Primrose Cumming
 * "The Camp on Candy Island", written by Gerry Finley-Day
 * "Cassie's Coach", written by Alison Christie
 * "Come Back, Bindi", written by Jenny McDade
 * "Cuckoo in the Nest", written by Ian Mennell
 * "Ella on Easy Street", written by Gerry Finley-Day
 * "E.T. Estate", written by Malcolm Shaw
 * "The Fairground of Fear"
 * "The Four Friends at Spartan School", written by Terence Magee
 * "The Girls of Liberty Lodge"
 * "Glen - Lonely Dog on a Quest", drawn by Jim Baikie
 * "Glenda's Glossy Pages", written by Pat Mills
 * "A Gran for the Gregorys", written by Alison Christie
 * "Katie on Thin Ice"
 * "Namby Pamby", written by Ian Mennell
 * "No Tears for Molly", written by Maureen Spurgeon
 * "Olympia Jones, written by Anne Digby
 * "Our Janie"
 * "Pam of Pond Hill", written by Jay Over
 * "Sarah in the Shadows"
 * "The Shadow in Shona's Life"
 * "Slave of the Clock", written by Jay Over
 * "Slaves of War Orphan Farm"
 * "Star Struck Sister", written by Jenny McDade
 * "The Strange Story"
 * "Thursday's Child", written by Pat Mills
 * "Tomorrow Town", written by Benita Brown