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A Racehorse of Her Own

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Plot

Shirley Wilson raises Hope, a young racehorse abandoned at birth by her wealthy father. She has to pay for all the expenses as her father believes in working hard for money, so she takes a job with a rag-and-bone man. When Dad demands Hope back later on, she refuses. He agrees to let her keep Hope on condition she still pay for expenses, which are even more costly now.

racehorse

Notes

  • Artist: Dudley Wynne
  • Issues: Bunty #876-#886, reprinted and translated into Dutch (as “Een renpaard voor Sonja” – A Racinghorse for Sonja”) – Debbie #51 (1985?)
  • Issues: Bunty #887-#888, reprinted and translated into Dutch as as a sequel called “Hope” – Debbie #51

Appeared

  • A Racehorse of Her Own – Bunty: #876 (26 October 1974) – #895 (8 March 1975)
  • Reprinted – Lucky Charm #11 (1981)

Stella at Stage School

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Plot

Stella May wins a scholarship to Madam Spencer’s Stage School. But her father does not approve or understand Stella’s acting and thinks it is detrimental to her education, which he drives her too hard at. He keeps threatening to withdraw Stella from the school if she fails her schoolwork.

Notes

  • Artist: Andy Tew
  • Unconfirmed, reprinted and translated to Dutch as “Stella op de toneelschool” – Peggy #2/1988

Appeared

  • Stella at Stage School–  Bunty: circa #877 (2 November 1974) – #898 (19 March 1975)

Princess of the Sun

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Plot

The perfectly preserved body of Nusta Calixapas, daughter of the last of the Inca kings, comes to life when it is discovered during an archaeological expedition. Nusta refuses to be separated from Melanie Mace, an archaeologist’s daughter, whom she makes her personal maid. So Nusta comes to England and Melanie’s boarding school, but her haughtiness as a royal is not making her popular. She also starts developing strange fainting fits, but recovers in the sunlight.

Notes:

Appeared:

  • Princess of the Sun–  Bunty: #876 (26 October 1974) – #888 (18 January 1975)

Katy the Cabby

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Plot

Katy Talbot’s father runs a taxi service, but then there is a mysterious fire in which his taxi is destroyed. The Talbots suspect Tim Blundstone, who runs a rival taxi service, but cannot prove it. Katy restarts the family taxi business with an old-fashioned horse and cab, but Blundstone is out to sabotage her.

Notes

  • Translated into Dutch as “Katsja de koetsier” – Tina #34/1975-51/1975.

Appeared

  • Katy the Cabby–  Bunty: #857 (15 June 1974) – #868 (31 August 1974)

Dorinda from the Deep

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Plot:

Kelly Mann, a sculpturer, takes on the job of sculpting a statue of a ballerina, Dorinda, for the new ballet theatre. She is unsure as to whether she is up to the job and is having trouble finding the purest white stone required. Then, after a strange storm, Kelly finds such a piece of stone on the beach. When she starts work, she is surprised to find the statue is beginning to shape all by itself.

Dorinda

Notes:

Appeared:

  • Dorinda from the Deep –  Bunty: #858, 22 June 1974 – (?)

Diana’s Dark Secret

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Plot

Diana Sefton is an excellent gymnast at Linwood School despite being completely blind. When she regains her sight after an accident, she keeps it a secret because she cannot bear to part with Goldie, her guide dog. But her conscience keeps niggling.

Notes

  • Writer: Marion Turner (under pen-name: Fiona Turner)
  • Artist: Keith Robson

Appeared

  • Diana’s Dark Secret – Mandy: #786 (6 February 1982) – #798 (1 May 1982)