Hmm. One good story – small town, Annie being a catalyst (though less so than the last – she’s helping around the edges rather than being the main cause of events). Junior Commandos again, though much more hobbled. And newspaper work, and a big mystery/scandal - that gets Annie in a very dangerous position. Still, I think this is the first time she's run out before things were dealt with, of her own free will - she didn't know the problem was handled as she was leaving. An odd interlude, with the Duke - and more murder. And this time it's Punjab who shows up at the last minute and rescues her. Yet another report of "Daddy"s death - admittedly, a little more reliable than most, but still. And Annie gets into a very bad position. Mrs. B-H is way over the top - a lot worse than others with a similar surface, that Annie's encountered. And again Annie runs leaving the villain behind, though this time the threat is basically to her, not to others. ( )

In a new town, Annie again organizes her Junior Commandos to aid in the war effort. After running afoul of gangsters she is forced to flee town, runs into more trouble and is rescued from imminent death by Punjab, who brings her to her "Daddy" Warbucks, who is dying of an undisclosed illness. He is taken away and reported dead, but the reader knows better than Annie remembers how many times Warbucks has been thought dead, only to come back when least expected. Annie is taken to an orphanage, where she is taken home by Mrs. Bleating-Hart as an unpaid servant. Not the best collection of strips; Gray sometimes seems lazy and repetitive in his plots here. But I'm still a sucker for the strip. ( )