Yearly Archives: 2015

Princess of the Pops

Plot

Princess Helen of Lichenberg loves pop music. But her father, King Gustave, does not, and has forbidden her to listen to it. Little does he know that Helen has now become a pop star herself, under the masked guise of M’Lady of Mystery, and she is even performing under his very nose in her pop star identity.

Notes

  • Reprinted and translated to Dutch as “Prinses in de Top 40” – Tina: #25/1976-#42/1976.

Appeared

  • Princess of the Pops –  Bunty: #926 (October 11 1975) – #939 (January 10 1976).

Destiny Calls Rosita

Plot

Rosita, a gypsy girl, is a pupil at Priory Ballet School. Signora Barelli hates Rosita for some reason and is trying to get rid of her. But Rosita’s grandmother is on hand when needed, and Rosita is also getting help from her grandmother’s special powder, which enables one to see visions in smoke when the powder is thrown into fire. One such vision gives a clue as to why Signora Barelli hates Rosita.

destiny calls rosita

Notes

  • Art: Candido Ruiz Pueyo
  • Episodes from #926 – 938, and #944-961, translated into Dutch (as “Mariska”) – Debbie super stripstory #1 (1976).

Appeared

  • Destiny Calls Rosita–  Bunty: # 926 (11 October 1975) – #961 (12 June 1976)

Ring for Rita

Plot

Rita Rawlings runs a one-girl Escort Agency and takes on any request, however unusual. And unusual is the word.

Notes

  • Episodic series, in issue #895 it indicated another story would be in the following week’s issue, but it did not appear, the series did return later around issue #922.

Appeared

  • Ring for Rita –  Bunty: #892 (15 February 1975) – #895 (8 March 1975)
  • Ring for Rita –  Bunty: circa #922 (13 September 1975) -(?)

Last Girl in Hamelin

Plot

In the wake of the Pied Piper, Carla is the last girl left in Hamelin because she had been in jail on a false charge when the Pied Piper took the children away in revenge for the mayor refusing to pay him for eradicating the rats. The parents get jealous at Carla being spared while they lost their own children and Carla finds herself persecuted.

Notes

  • Artist: Andy Tew

Appeared

  • Last Girl in Hamelin–  Bunty: #892 (15 February 1975) – #901 (19 April 1975)

“It’s A Dogs Life” Says Inky/ Inky at St Ives

Plot

Inky is a pup with the gift of the gab, so he tells his own stories of his life as a watchdog at St Ives Boarding School.

inky

Notes

  • Art: Jose Casanovas (1971 series)
  • Art: Carlos Laffond (1975 series)

Appeared

  • “It’s A Dogs Life” Says Inky – Bunty: #717 (9 October 1971) – #741 (25 March 1972)
  • “It’s A Dogs Life” Says Inky – Bunty #789 (24 February 1973) – (?)
  • Inky at St Ives  – Bunty:  #889 (25 January 1975) – #897 (22 March 1975)
    • Reprinted – Bunty: #1408 (5 January 1985)  – #1416 (2 March 1985)

Other Appearances

Annual Appearances

  • “It’s A Dogs Life” Says Inky – Bunty Annual 1973

The Two Lives of Cathy O’Connor

Plot:

Cathy O’Connor’s lives with her Uncle Tom and Aunt Bridie working hard for them. When they see a picture of a rich girl that looks like her and read that her sister, Barbara, was killed in plane crash years ago, her cruel uncle forces her to impersonate the girl in order to get money from the rich family.

Notes:

Appeared:

  • The Two Lives of Cathy O’Connor – Bunty: #893 (22 February 1975) – #906 (24 May 1975)

Run, Rana, Run!

Plot

Rana Mogambu is a brilliant athlete from Bokana. She is sent to be educated at Lingon Girls’ School. Shari, an elder from Rana’s village, accompanies her to monitor her athletics training. He also has strange powers, which he uses to help Rana win races.

Notes

Appeared

  • Run, Rana, Run! – Bunty: circa #877 (2 November 1974) – #891 (8 February 1975)

Sister Sal What a Gal

Plot

Millicent Wingrove attends an exclusive school, St Anne’s. Her father remarries and her new stepsister Sally joins her at the school. Unfortunately Sally has not been taught manners, especially table manners, and at an exclusive school this makes for problems.

Notes

  • Artist: Tony Higham

Appeared

  • Sister Sal What a Gal–  Bunty: circa  #877 (2 November 1974) – #891 (8 February 1975)