Line #15 ComicBook/Misty


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2	''Misty'' was a British comic for girls published by Fleetway in London from 4th Feb 1978 until 1984, after merging with ''Tammy'' on 19 January 1980. While there were similarities with its Fleetway stablemates ''ComicBook/{{Tammy}}'' and ''ComicBook/{{Jinty}}'', each comic had its own focus, with Misty concentrating on supernatural and horror stories. The title was created mainly by Pat Mills, on a hot streak following ''Comicbook/{{Battle}}'', ''Comicbook/{{Action}}'' and ''Comicbook/TwoThousandAD'' and continued the ethos of those titles, with a focus on [[DarkerAndEdgier modern, creepier, gorier horror]] than earlier horror comics.
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4	The title was reused by Rebellion for the 2017 HalloweenSpecial comic ''Scream! & Misty'' (''Scream!'' having been Fleetway's horror comic for boys). Not to be confused with the 1985 Creator/StarComics miniseries about Comicbook/MillieTheModel's neice, Misty Collins.
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7	!!This comic (and its strips) provide examples of:
8	* TheAlcoholic: Sandy's father in "Winner Takes All", which forces her to make a DealWithTheDevil.
9	* AlternateHistoryNaziVictory: In "The Sentinels", the heroine enters a version of the world where 'Britain had been successfully invaded by Germany in 1940 and was now a German colony'.
10	* AssholeVictim: Several of the 'heroines' were delinquents or bullies, fully deserving of whatever horrible fate befell them.
11	* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Even the most innocent wishes would usually lead to a bad ending.
12	* ClearMyName: In "Hangman’s Alley", Jacey has to do this for the ghost of Melinda Walpole.
13	* ComicsMerger: With ''Tammy''.
14	* {{Cult}}: The heroine of "The Cult of the Cat" learns that she is destined to become a member of a cult who worship the Egyptian cat goddess Bast.
15	* DealWithTheDevil: Several stories revolved around someone making a deal with Satan Himself.
16	* DisproportionateRetribution: Even innocent acts like petting a stray cat, taking a short-cut home, or finding a lost penny could get the heroine into VERY big trouble.
17	* DownerEnding: There were very few genuinely happy endings in the stories. The exceptions were usually very much a case of EarnYourHappyEnding.
18	* EvilTwin: In "Stranger In My Mirror", Mary falls victim to an evil reflection which escapes from her mirror and does terrible things, leading everyone to believe Mary is responsible.
19	* ForScience: The motive of two surgeons who were CreatingLife from GraveRobbing in "The Four Faces of Eve".
20	* HeroicSacrifice: How "Winner Loses All" is resolved - Sandy's father finds out about her deal with Mr. Dayville and believes that she used it to cheat her way to victory, but when he finds himself unable to drink alcohol, he realizes what the deal ''really'' was, and makes a deal of his own - he takes Sandy's place in hell, and Satan becomes a real horse.
21	* InterspeciesRomance: The protagonists of "The Curse of Castle Krumlaut" are a married couple consisting of a werewolf and a vampire.
22	* MeaningfulName: Mr. Dayville ("devil") and Satan (later Phoenix) the horse of "Winner Loses All".
23	* NoNameGiven: The protagonist of "The Chase" is never referred to by name.
24	* PlayingWithFire: Salah from "The Salamander Girl".
25	* PonyTale: "Winner Loses All", with a spooky twist.
26	* PsychicPowers: The heroine of the annual story "Moonchild" possesses telekinesis, and like ''Literature/{{Carrie}}'' eventually uses it against the girls who bullied her.
27	** Sally of ''The Secret World of Sally Maxwell''.
28	* RaisedByWolves: The heroine of "Wolf-Girl".
29	* {{Reincarnation}}: "Hush, Hush, Sweet Rachel", "Day of the Dragon".
30	* ReincarnationRomance: Subverted in "Day of the Dragon", where a girl learns that in a previous life she committed suicide to escape a forced marriage; her husband-to-be, an evil sorcerer, has also reincarnated and is keen to pick up where they left off. The girl is considerably less excited at the prospect.
31	* ThreeWishes: The heroine of "The Evil Djinn" receives these after saving a JackassGenie from choking to death. The first two wishes (for legally gained wealth, and for the heroine's sister to be alive again) have negative consequences, so in an act of LaserGuidedKarma she uses the last wish to wish that she had never met the genie, and the genie dies.
32	* TimeTravel: The heroine of "A Leap Through Time" inadvertently time-travels to ancient Greece.
33	* TrappedInThePast: The concept of "End of the Line" - the heroine's father and the other engineers he works with enter a time slip and are being held underground as slaves by an evil Victorian, forcing the heroine to try and find a way to save him.
34	* TwistEnding: The ending of ''Mr. Walenski's Secret'' - there's nothing supernatural about Mr Walenski's behaviour; he's a concentration camp survivor, the box he always carries with him contains his memories of his family, and the man he's regularly seen in the company of is a private detective hired to trace Mr Walenski's only surviving child.
35	* WholePlotReference: "Moonchild" copies the plot of ''Film/{{Carrie\|1976}}'' - a bullied girl discovers that she possesses psychic powers and uses them to exact revenge on the school bullies.
36	* YourDaysAreNumbered: After making her DealWithTheDevil, Sandy has at least a year before her soul is claimed for Hell.

Context ComicBook / Misty