Black Beauty Annuals

Jane Badger Books

Black Beauty Annuals 1974-1985 1981

Follyfoot, the comic strip, first saw the light of day in Look In magazine. It was written by Angus Allan and illustrated by Mike Noble, Stanley Houghton, and Martin Asbury, and ran from 1971-1974. There’s a picture of Mike Noble and some original artwork here.

Finding the Annuals: none of the annuals are particularly hard to find, but pricing is on the eccentric side, to say the least. Reasonably priced copies will generally turn up if you are prepared to wait.

Many thanks to Jane, who supplied nearly all the photographs and information for this section.

Links and sources:

Follyfoot in Look In, Follyfoot-tv.co.uk

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Black Beauty Annual 1974

World Distributors Ltd, Manchester, 1973

As well as features and puzzles, the following stories appeared:

Black Beauty Annual 1975

World Distributors Ltd, Manchester, 1974

This annual contained features on horses, puzzles, and stories. These included:

The Tinkers’ Curse

The Runaways

Stolen!

The Long Week

The Visitor

Smile, Please

Who’s in the Well?

Black Beauty Annual 1976

World Distributors Ltd, Manchester, 1975

The usual mixture: articles, puzzles and stories:

Five for Silver

Harvest Home
Into the Night

Excitement on Market Day

Beauty to the Rescue

Lost!

Snakes and Scarabs

Black Beauty Annual 1977

World Distributors Ltd, Manchester, 1976

This annual was larger in format than the preceding issues, and was longer, weighing in at 80 pages rather
than 60 odd. The contents remained the usual mixture: articles, puzzles and stories, with many more
factual articles added to the mix.

Stranger from the Past

Night Ride

The Amber Ring

Beauty in Training

The Hoard

Albert’s Disastrous Day

Out-Foxed!

The Story of Ruth

Black Beauty Annual 1978

World Distributors Ltd, Manchester, 1977