This is not a complete list of Bunty serials and will be added to over time.
All stories are listed by starting issue number.
Using the arrows at the top of each column, you can also sort alphabetically by story name. The search box at the top also helps filter so you can enter just a particular year or story title.
Note: In some cases issue start and end, does not mean that the story appeared in every issue in between due to short breaks, these have been marked with an asterisk * Also where the start/end issues are not known approximate issues have been put in brackets. Where the issue date is unknown, the stories have been listed at the bottom.
THIS IS NOT A COMPLETE LIST (it is ongoing project that will be added to in time)
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Serials | Issue Start | Issue End | Year Start |
---|---|---|---|
Bimbo and her Baby | 1 | (2) | 1958 |
Kay of the 5 Horse-Shoes | 1 | (2) | 1958 |
Lyn Raymond – Air Stewardess | 1 | (2) | 1958 |
Molly in Lonely Wood | 1 | 20 | 1958 |
Orphan of the Circus | 1 | (2) | 1958 |
Parachute Nurse | 1 | (2) | 1958 |
Pocahontas – Red Indian Princess | 1 | 17 | 1958 |
The Dancing Life of Moira Kent | 1 | (118) | 1958 |
The Four Marys | 1 | 2249* | 1958 |
The Girl of the Islands | 1 | (2) | 1958 |
Uncle Tom’s Cabin | 1 | (2) | 1958 |
Bunty | 3 | 1550* | 1958 |
Maid Marian | 18 | (19) | 1958 |
Pat among the Ponies | 22 | 37 | 1958 |
Born to Skate | 52 | 67 | 1959 |
Peg of the Peaks | 59 | 71 | 1959 |
A Pony Called Punch | (65) | (69) | 1959 |
Cheerful Cherry Martin (text) | (65) | (69) | 1959 |
Circus Susie | (65) | 75 | 1959 |
Crest Leigh Camp | 65 | 65 | 1959 |
Handy Mandy | (65) | (69) | 1959 |
Little Miss Moffat | (65) | (166)* | 1959 |
Margie the Swimming Marvel | (65) | 78 | 1959 |
Penny Grant of the Pets Hotel (text) | (65) | (69) | 1959 |
Toots | (65) | (1536)* | 1959 |
Trixie | (65) | (65) | 1959 |
Queen For a Month | 67 | 94 | 1959 |
Waif Of The Wilds | 69 | (70) | 1959 |
Anne All-Alone | 73 | 89 | 1959 |
Bess and Her Pup | (78) | (79) | 1959 |
Katy’s School for Animals (text) | (78) | (79) | 1959 |
Sue at the Wheel (text) | (78) | (79) | 1959 |
The Girls of Sparrowgrass Creek | (78) | (79) | 1959 |
The Kids of Conway Street | 78 | (79) | 1959 |
Babs the Breadwinner | 79 | (80) | 1959 |
Sally and her Seal | 90 | 100 | 1959 |
Friendly Frances (text) | (94) | (95) | 1959 |
Katy O'Connor Student Nurse | (94) | 107 | 1959 |
Nobody’s Darling | (94) | (95) | 1959 |
Susan of Sunnysides (text) | 94 | 108 | 1959 |
The Daughter of Buffalo Bill | (94) | (95) | 1959 |
Tufty- The Tale Of A Pony | (94) | (95) | 1959 |
Wendy the Tennis Wonder | 95 | 118 | 1959 |
Queen of the Gypsies | 106 | 116 | 1960 |
Barbara’s Baby Elephant (text) | (107) | (114) | 1960 |
Heroines of History | (107) | (108) | 1960 |
Jeannie and Her Genie | 107 | (116) | 1960 |
The Story of the Silver Skates | (107) | 109 | 1960 |
The Trail Of The Laughing Dolls | (107) | 109 | 1960 |
Mary Had a Little Ram | 108 | 114 | 1960 |
Kitty of Copperdowne (text) | 109 | (114) | 1960 |
The Girl with the Dancing Skates | 110 | (118) | 1960 |
Millie Castle Nurse with Nightingale | 111 | (118) | 1960 |
Miss Russell Stories | 113 | (118) | 1960 |
Joy at Sunny Acres | 115 | (118) | 1960 |
The Story of Heidi | 116 | 121 | 1960 |
The Pink Piano | 117 | 128 | 1960 |
Bunty Complete Stories | 118 | 1936* | 1960 |
Sal the Swan Girl (text) | (118) | (119) | 1960 |
Vickie and Her Violin | 119 | (120) | 1960 |
Leap-Along Lesley | (139) | (140) | 1960 |
Cinderella of the Orphanage(text) | 157 | 173 | 1961 |
The Blue Tulip | 159 | 176 | 1961 |
Anne Proctor Animal Doctor(text) | 165 | 174 | 1961 |
Katy O’Connor Student Nurse | (166) | (174) | 1961 |
Lorna Drake on the Lonely Road of a Ballerina | (166) | (174) | 1961 |
The Hiking Hendersons | (166) | (174) | 1961 |
The Mysterious Miss “X” | (166) | (174) | 1961 |
Waltzing Matilda | (166) | (174) | 1961 |
Penny Brown Club Leader | 169 | (174) | 1961 |
Lisa the Lonely Princess | 170 | (174) | 1961 |
Little Lulu | (172) | (174) | 1961 |
Captain Shirley (text) | 174 | (175) | 1961 |
Alison of Appletree Farm | 176 | 189 | 1961 |
One Shall Be Queen | 181 | 189 | 1961 |
Cathy and Her Camera (text) | (187) | (188) | 1961 |
Daisy Bell | (187) | (188) | 1961 |
Janet’s Jungle School | (187) | (188) | 1961 |
Katy O'Connor Ship's Nurse | (187) | (188) | 1961 |
The City Under the Sea | (187) | (188) | 1961 |
The Sweet Voice of Candy Kydd | (190) | (191) | 1961 |
Freckles and her Frog | 244 | 263 | 1962 |
The Dancing Life of Moira Kent | (244) | (375) | 1965 |
Hetty of Harriman’s Hotel | 272 | 281 | 1963 |
Cobweb Castle | (274) | (275) | 1963 |
Miss Fix-It of TV | (274) | (275) | 1963 |
Sosana the Gipsy Show Jumper | 274 | (275) | 1963 |
Stories of the Saints | (274) | (275) | 1963 |
The Flying Fosters | (274) | (275) | 1963 |
The Story of Gloria Merrill | (274) | (275) | 1963 |
The Children’s Champion | 348 | 369 | 1964 |
Trudi of Tyrollia | 359 | 373 | 1964 |
Mona Maid of Magic | 365 | 375 | 1965 |
Gwyneth of Golden Valley | (374) | (375) | 1965 |
Little Mother | (374) | (375) | 1965 |
Rusty | (374) | (375) | 1965 |
Stella Who? | (374) | (375) | 1965 |
Susan of the Snow School | (374) | (375) | 1965 |
The Sign of the Blue Windmill | (374) | (375) | 1965 |
Toni at Toffman’s | (374) | (375) | 1965 |
The Casket of Nubis | 376 | (377) | 1965 |
Uncle William’s Will | 389 | 401 | 1965 |
A Pet for Peggy | 393 | (394) | 1965 |
Carol of the Cowslip Express | (393) | (394) | 1965 |
Frankie the Horse’s Friend | (393) | (394) | 1965 |
Jill and the Juke Box Gang | (393) | (394) | 1965 |
Maid of the Mountains | (393) | (394) | 1965 |
Me Your Slave | (393) | (394) | 1965 |
Sal and her Singing Schoolgirls | 393 | 394 | 1965 |
The Dancing Life of Moira Kent | (393) | (394) | 1965 |
The Good Fairy | (393) | (394) | 1965 |
Danger Girl | 402 | 414 | 1965 |
I’ll Make You Miss World | 402 | 420 | 1965 |
The Invisible Schoolgirl | 402 | 413 | 1965 |
Humpy Dumpy | 403 | 417 | 1965 |
The Blitz Kids | 403 | 411 | 1965 |
The School Beneath the Dome | 414 | 428 | 1965 |
Mona the Maharaja’s Magician | 429 | 438 | 1966 |
War Nurse Vicky | 429 | 436 | 1966 |
Penny’s Puppets | 435 | 440 | 1966 |
The City Beneath the Sea | (446) | (447) | 1966 |
Detestable Della | 458 | 472 | 1966 |
Jenny and the Robot Schoolgirl | 458 | (459) | 1966 |
Mark of the Witch | 458 | (459) | 1966 |
Mona in the Village of Fear | 458 | (459) | 1966 |
Myrtle the Mermaid | 458 | (459) | 1966 |
Our Artist's Version | 458 | (459) | 1966 |
Ragamuffin Queen | 458 | 471 | 1966 |
The Unwanted One | 458 | (459) | 1966 |
Pat among the Ponies | 469 | 484 | 1967 |
Born to Skate | 470 | 485 | 1967 |
Danger Girl and the Crabwomen | 480 | (485) | 1967 |
The Mysterious Medallion | 481 | 492 | 1967 |
Annie’s Orphans | (484) | (489) | 1967 |
Fiona’s Strange Inheritance | (484) | (485) | 1967 |
Flower Shop Flora | (484) | (489) | 1967 |
Milly Marbles | (484) | (489) | 1967 |
Servant of the Sacred Dogs | 484 | 495 | 1967 |
The Dancing Life of Moira Kent | 485 | (489) | 1967 |
Tommy Girl | 486 | 499 | 1967 |
Margie the Swimming Marvel | (488) | (489) | 1967 |
Visit to Venus [1967] | (488) | (489) | 1967 |
Nerissa the Sea Nymph | 509 | (519) | 1967 |
Sister of the Bride | 513 | 525 | 1967 |
Tina the Tester | 519 | 530 | 1967 |
Princess of Sorrow | 522 | 542 | 1968 |
Five Dads for Diana | (532) | 533 | 1968 |
Last of the Pekes | (532) | 533 | 1968 |
Her From Up There | (533) | (536) | 1968 |
Kids of the Big Top | (533) | (536) | 1968 |
Wildcat Kate | (533) | 534 | 1968 |
Mona And The Mini-Folk | 534 | (536) | 1968 |
Wait-For-Me Island | 534 | (536) | 1968 |
Moira Kent's Dancing Double | (535) | (536) | 1968 |
Secret of the Sick Bay | 535 | (536) | 1968 |
Vickie and Her Violin | (535) | (536) | 1968 |
Wendy the Tennis Wonder | (535) | (536) | 1968 |
Anne All-Alone | 547 | 561 | 1968 |
Backstreet Ballerina | 561 | 579 | 1969 |
Little Miss Mystery | (577) | 579 | 1969 |
Slave of the Trumpet | 577 | (583) | 1969 |
The Badge for Bessie | (577) | (583) | 1969 |
The Kidnapped School | (577) | (583) | 1969 |
The Pride of the Priestleys | (577) | 578 | 1969 |
Toni's Tubby Terrors | (577) | 577 | 1969 |
Willa the Wisp | (577) | (579) | 1969 |
Water Lily | 578 | (583) | 1969 |
The Taming of Teresa | 579 | 600 | 1969 |
Kathy and the Amazing Mr Whisper | 580 | (583) | 1969 |
Second-Hand Sue | 580 | (583) | 1969 |
Her Fabulous Father | (582) | (583) | 1969 |
Mirror, Mirror - | 586 | 601 | 1969 |
A Doll Called Dinkydou | 596 | 614 | 1969 |
Hai of Highwood | 600 | (608) | 1969 |
Javelin Jenny | (600) | (604) | 1969 |
Morag's Medals | (600) | 602 | 1969 |
The Lollipop Kid | (600) | (604) | 1969 |
The Oakfield Outcasts | (600) | (608) | 1969 |
Sally and her Seal | 601 | 611 | 1969 |
The Girl From Fifty Fathoms | 602 | (608) | 1969 |
Della the Dancing Slave | 603 | (608) | 1969 |
Friend of the Fugitive | 607 | (608) | 1969 |
April the Second | 608 | (609) | 1969 |
A Bed Called Fred | 615 | 640 | 1969 |
The Secret of the Red Balloons | 615 | 629 | 1969 |
Sally on the Spot | 624 | 635 | 1969 |
Dopey Dora – the Hope of the School | (632) | 633 | 1970 |
Trudy Ten-Legs | 632 | 651 | 1970 |
Broncho Buttercup | 661 | 671 | 1970 |
Lydia and the Little People | 661 | 667 | 1970 |
A Doll Called Dinkydou | 663 | 673 | 1970 |
Hateful Harriet | 668 | 677 | 1970 |
It’s All Go With Jo! | (674) | (675) | 1970 |
No Horse For Netta | (674) | (675) | 1970 |
Slaves of the Ballet | 674 | 689 | 1970 |
Sonia and the Sacred Cat | (674) | 681 | 1970 |
Taka- From the Back of Beyond | (674) | (675) | 1970 |
The Great Victoria | (674) | (675) | 1970 |
The Honourable Honoria | (674) | (675) | 1970 |
The Sweet Voice of Candy Kydd | (674) | (675) | 1970 |
Outcast of the Class | 678 | 687 | 1971 |
Leave It to Lindy! | 681 | (682) | 1971 |
Mona’s Moonstone | 681 | (682) | 1971 |
The Strange Quest of Candy Kydd | (681) | (682) | 1971 |
Clare- The Children’s Champion | 688 | 699 | 1971 |
A School of Her Own | 691 | 703 | 1971 |
Lee and her Shadow | (693) | 694 | 1971 |
A Cure For Scaredy-Cat Pat! | 694 | 703 | 1971 |
Dotty The Duchess | (694) | (695) | 1971 |
Maid of Snow | (694) | (695) | 1971 |
The School For Sleepyheads | (694) | (695) | 1971 |
Dina Must Dance! | 701 | 715 | 1971 |
The Little Shrimp | (706) | 707 | 1971 |
Cora the Cookery Kid | (707) | (708) | 1971 |
Gelda- The Girl From The Glacier | (707) | (708) | 1971 |
Hanna’s Hopeless- But She Keeps Trying! | (707) | (708) | 1971 |
Netta Know-All | (707) | (708) | 1971 |
Queenie of the Castle | 707 | (708) | 1971 |
The School of the Staring Eyes | (707) | (708) | 1971 |
“It’s A Dogs Life” Says Inky | 717 | 741 | 1971 |
Children of the Night | (717) | (734) | 1971 |
Mighty Mo | 717 | (922)* | 1975 |
The World of Grace | 717 | 750 | 1971 |
Danger Doll | 766 | 781 | 1972 |
Second Best Babs | 766 | 784 | 1972 |
Scatty Matty the School’s Last Hope | 775 | 784 | 1972 |
Ping Pong Patsy | (778) | (779) | 1972 |
Little Miss Frozen Face | 784 | 803 | 1973 |
“It’s A Dogs Life” Says Inky | 789 | (790) | 1973 |
Marsha the Perfect Schoolgirl | 795 | 807 | 1973 |
No-One Cares for Cara | 801 | 809 | 1973 |
Innocent Angela | 804 | 813 | 1973 |
Barbara’s Baby Elephant (text) | (805) | 806 | 1973 |
Base-Line Barbie | 808 | 822 | 1973 |
Children of Misery | 823 | 833 | 1973 |
I’ll Make You Miss World | 823 | 841 | 1973 |
Miss Merlin | 823 | (824) | 1973 |
My Brother’s a Pop Star | 823 | 864 | 1973 |
Powder Potts | 823 | 838 | 1973 |
The Bubble Ballerinas | 823 | 839 | 1973 |
The Farleys Must Be First | 823 | 841 | 1973 |
Wildcat of the Court | 823 | 842 | 1973 |
Outcast of the Pony School | 824 | 837 | 1973 |
Selma’s Sanctuary | 838 | 850 | 1974 |
Laurel and the Talking Doll | 839 | 848 | 1974 |
The Phantom Ballerina | 840 | 856 | 1974 |
An Athlete She Must Be! | 842 | 856 | 1974 |
The Children’s Champion | 842 | 863 | 1974 |
Trilby Will Be Tops! | 842 | (843) | 1974 |
Wendy’s Wishing Well | 843 | 853 | 1974 |
The Last of the Everitts | 849 | 859 | 1974 |
Anna, the Animals’ Friend | (855) | (856) | 1974 |
Bonny and Clydesdale | (855) | (856) | 1974 |
Josie the Gymnast | 857 | 867 | 1974 |
Katy the Cabby | 857 | 868 | 1974 |
Dorinda from the Deep | 858 | (859) | 1970 |
Belinda’s Bonnets | 868 | 875 | 1974 |
Friendly Frances | 869 | 875 | 1974 |
A Racehorse of Her Own | 876 | 895 | 1974 |
Princess of the Sun | 876 | 888 | 1974 |
The Dancing Donnellys | 876 | 889 | 1974 |
Boy Blue the Rockin’ Robot | (877) | 892 | 1974 |
Run, Rana, Run! | (877) | (878) | 1974 |
Sister Sal What a Gal | (877) | (878) | 1974 |
Stella at Stage School | (877) | (878) | 1974 |
Inky at St Ives | 889 | 897 | 1975 |
Click-Click Clara | 890 | 903 | 1975 |
Last Girl in Hamelin | 892 | (893) | 1975 |
Ring for Rita | 892 | (923) | 1975 |
The Two Lives of Cathy O’Connor | 893 | (894) | 1975 |
Quackers | 896 | 907 | 1975 |
Pavement Ballerina | 905 | 926 | 1975 |
The Voice in Her Tranny | 907 | (910) | 1975 |
Katy's Comic Horse | (909) | (910) | 1975 |
Little Nellie Nobody | (909) | (910) | 1975 |
Petra’s Protectors | (909) | (910) | 1975 |
The Dancing Life of Moira Kent | (909) | (922) | 1975 |
Granny's Girl | (922) | (923) | 1975 |
Pamela Pet-Finder | (922) | (923) | 1975 |
Quackers | 924 | 924 | 1975 |
Amazing Grace Gymnast of the Future | 926 | 942 | 1975 |
Catch the Cat! Catch The Cat! | 926 | 955 | 1975 |
Destiny Calls Rosita | 926 | 961 | 1975 |
Lona the Wonder Girl | 926 | 951 | 1975 |
Princess of the Pops | 926 | 939 | 1975 |
The Courage of Crippled Clara | 926 | 944 | 1975 |
The School for Unwanted Ones | 926 | 943 | 1975 |
The Whisperer (text) | (931) | (932) | 1975 |
Rusty | 942 | 958 | 1976 |
The Ghost of Starr Stables | (942) | 954 | 1976 |
Bird Girl | 943 | 955 | 1976 |
Tillie The Trier | (943) | (1112)* | 1978 |
The Redwell Ring | 944 | 954 | 1976 |
The Demon Doll | 945 | 956 | 1976 |
The Redwell Ring | 974 | 980 | 1976 |
Balloon of Doom | 981 | 1003 | 1976 |
Catch The Cat! | 981 | 991 | 1976 |
Gertie’s Ghost | 981 | (982) | 1976 |
It’s No Joke – the Queen’s Broke | 981 | (982) | 1976 |
Jan’s Gran | 981 | (982) | 1976 |
No Tears for Theresa | 981 | (982) | 1976 |
Phantom of the Ice Rink | 981 | (982) | 1976 |
Pony Girl | 981 | (982) | 1976 |
The Taming of the Tearaway | 981 | 1004 | 1976 |
Maid Marian | (1006) | (1007) | 1977 |
Supergirl | 1011 | 1028 | 1977 |
The Redwell Ring | 1025 | 1029 | 1977 |
Come Home, Kathleen | 1030 | 1052 | 1977 |
Down with St. Desmond’s | 1030 | 1051 | 1977 |
Georgie and Griff | 1030 | 1045 | 1977 |
Melody Lee- A Dancer She’ll Be | 1030 | 1067 | 1978 |
They’re No Match for Mo! | 1031 | 1050 | 1977 |
Tina’s Tin Twin | 1031 | 1045 | 1977 |
Supergirl | 1041 | 1053 | 1977 |
Marinda Mystery Girl of the Sea | 1051 | (1060) | 1978 |
Abracadabra Academy | 1052 | 1061 | 1978 |
The Guilt of Glendora | 1053 | 1067 | 1978 |
Plain Jane | 1054 | 1066 | 1978 |
Detestable Della | 1056 | 1070 | 1978 |
Princess Wildcat | 1061 | 1078 | 1978 |
The Voice From the Lake | 1062 | 1076 | 1978 |
Sail on Sal! | (1064) | (1065) | 1978 |
Sarah’s Sounds | (1064) | (1065) | 1978 |
Servant of the Sacred Dogs | 1071 | 1082 | 1978 |
Abracadabra Academy | 1078 | 1081 | 1978 |
Little Miss Dynamite | 1083 | 1111 | 1979 |
Maid to Be a Lady | 1083 | 1100 | 1979 |
Myra Gold Budding Ballerina | 1083 | 1103 | 1979 |
The Queen Who Wasn’t! | 1083 | 1103 | 1978 |
The Taming of Teresa | 1083 | 1104 | 1979 |
The Wandering Starrs | 1084 | 1098 | 1979 |
Katy of Coronation Flats | (1096) | (1098) | 1979 |
The Impossible Pair | (1096) | (1098) | 1979 |
The Dreams of Dolwyn | 1099 | 1108 | 1979 |
Lady Lizzie | 1101 | 1120 | 1979 |
Marinda Mystery Girl of the Sea | 1101 | 1109 | 1979 |
Mojo The Milky Way Dog | 1101 | 1115 | 1979 |
Pam’s Army | 1104 | 1117 | 1979 |
Ragamuffin Queen | 1104 | 1117 | 1979 |
Ballerina on a String | 1105 | 1119 | 1979 |
The Sorrows of Sorrel | 1109 | 1121 | 1979 |
Ten Against The Tryptons | 1110 | 1121 | 1979 |
A Doll Called Dinkydou | 1112 | 1130 | 1979 |
No Music for Mandy | 1116 | 1131 | 1979 |
Robot Girl | 1118 | (1119) | 1979 |
The One Called She | 1118 | (1119) | 1979 |
Dina - Dispatch Girl | 1121 | (1122) | 1979 |
Belle of the Ball | 1131 | 1142 | 1979 |
Don’t Cry For Me! | 1131 | 1183 | 1979 |
Haggis | 1131 | 1488* | 1979 |
Haven of Hope | 1131 | 1163 | 1979 |
Her Guardian Angel | 1131 | 1147 | 1979 |
No Collar For Scrap | 1131 | 1147 | 1979 |
Wendy And The Wee Ones | 1131 | 1146 | 1979 |
Sally and her Seal | 1132 | 1142 | 1979 |
Gold Medal Girl | (1135) | 1156 | 1979 |
The Laird of Hee-Haw | 1143 | 1156 | 1979 |
The Queen Who Wasn’t! (1979) | 1143 | 1156 | 1979 |
Wendy’s Wonder Horse | 1147 | (1175) | 1980 |
Catch the Cat! | 1148 | 1164 | 1980 |
Mirror, Mirror | 1148 | 1163 | 1980 |
Carla the King’s Protector | 1153 | 1171 | 1980 |
Electra of the Evil Eye | 1157 | 1169 | 1980 |
Runner Beane | 1157 | 1179 | 1980 |
Hateful Harriet | 1164 | 1173 | 1980 |
No Tennis for Tessa | 1164 | 1182 | 1980 |
Maid Marian | 1165 | (1175) | 1980 |
The Tears of Toto | 1170 | (1175) | 1980 |
Donna’s Donkeys | 1173 | (1175) | 1980 |
Captain Kate | 1174 | (1175) | 1980 |
Children of the Night | 1183 | 1200 | 1980 |
Gita Guitar | 1183 | 1209 | 1980 |
The Faith and Hope of Charity Brown | 1183 | 1215 | 1981 |
The Three Imps | 1183 | 1193 | 1980 |
The World of Grace | 1183 | 1216 | 1981 |
Who’s Her Ladyship? | 1183 | 1205 | 1980 |
Look After Lobelia | 1184 | 1214 | 1981 |
Princess Pain-In-The-Neck | 1184 | 1214 | 1980 |
The Three Imps | 1199 | 1222 | 1981 |
Danger Doll | 1201 | 1216 | 1981 |
Meggie’s Magic Book | (1202) | (1203) | 1981 |
Prisoners of the Rainbow | 1206 | 1216 | 1981 |
School for Scruffs | (1213) | (1214) | 1981 |
Parker Versus Parker | 1231 | 1250 | 1981 |
The Incredible Adventures of Mini-Mum | 1236 | 1251 | 1981 |
The Three Imps | 1236 | 1249 | 1981 |
Hannah in the House of Dolls | (1239) | (1243) | 1981 |
Kate Must Skate! | (1239) | (1243) | 1981 |
Noreen From Nowhere | (1239) | (1243) | 1981 |
Powerhouse Patsy | (1239) | (1243) | 1981 |
Rena’s Reign of Tears | (1239) | (1243) | 1981 |
Necklace of the Sun | 1250 | 1267 | 1982 |
The Girl With the Yellow Shoes | 1251 | 1274 | 1982 |
The Smile of Serena | 1252 | (1253) | 1982 |
Second Best Babs | 1255 | 1273 | 1982 |
The No-Good Gnome | 1255 | 1275 | 1982 |
Flight to Freedom | 1268 | 1283 | 1982 |
The Emperor’s Eagle | (1270) | 1279 | 1982 |
“I’ll Play for Pauline!” | (1271) | 1273 | 1982 |
Follow the Dragon | (1271) | (1279) | 1982 |
Wanderer the Story of a Foal | (1271) | (1279) | 1982 |
Beggars’ Academy | 1274 | 1286 | 1982 |
“I Want to Dance!” | 1275 | 1291 | 1982 |
Scatty Matty the School’s Last Hope | 1275 | 1284 | 1982 |
The Secret of Penny Farthing | 1276 | 1290 | 1982 |
Jackie Frost | 1280 | 1291 | 1982 |
The Kids of Grim Hall | 1281 | 1290 | 1982 |
“Don’t Speak to Me, Mum!” | (1287) | 1291 | 1982 |
Dolwyn’s Dolls | 1287 | 1291 | 1982 |
Susan of Sunnysides | 1288 | 1291 | 1982 |
Paula Painter | 1291 | 1291 | 1982 |
Carrie’s Quest | 1292 | (1300) | 1982 |
Duel of the Dolls | 1292 | 1301 | 1982 |
It Takes Two to Tango! | 1292 | 1306 | 1982 |
Sarah and Jane Little Ladies at War | 1292 | 1310 | 1982 |
The Flights of Flopear | 1292 | 1314 | 1982 |
The Night Owls | 1292 | 1309 | 1982 |
The Fate of the Fairleys | 1293 | 1319 | 1982 |
Water Lily | 1294 | (1300) | 1982 |
Dolwyn’s Dolls | 1304 | 1304 | 1983 |
Paula Painter | 1304 | 1304 | 1983 |
Susan of Sunnysides | 1304 | 1304 | 1983 |
Laurel and the Talking Doll | 1305 | 1314 | 1983 |
The Travelling Winstons | 1305 | (1314) | 1983 |
The Three Imps | 1306 | 1329 | 1983 |
"We're in the Army Now!" | 1307 | (1314) | 1983 |
Shivery Shirley | 1310 | 1318 | 1983 |
The Evil of Emily | (1313) | 1329 | 1983 |
Cindi's Search | 1315 | (1316) | 1983 |
Lessons with Lizzie Teacher in Space | 1315 | (1316) | 1983 |
The Wandering Starrs | 1331 | 1346 | 1983 |
Aunt Kate's Curiosity Shop | (1335) | 1342 | 1983 |
Balloon Girl | 1335 | 1343 | 1983 |
For Love of Larkspur | (1335) | 1338 | 1983 |
Mark of the Diamond | (1335) | 1343 | 1983 |
She's Got to Run! | (1335) | (1344) | 1983 |
The Girl With Many Faces | (1335) | 1338 | 1983 |
Wild Rose | (1335) | 1340 | 1983 |
The No-Good Gnome | 1339 | 1343 | 1983 |
Penny of the Pets' Hotel | 1341 | 1343 | 1983 |
Little Lady Lucy | 1344 | (1350) | 1983 |
She's Tuesday's Child | 1344 | (1350) | 1983 |
Teeny Tina | 1344 | 1352 | 1983 |
The Land of Nowhere | 1344 | 1358 | 1983 |
The Three Imps | 1344 | 1378 | 1983 |
"Bring Back My Brothers!" | (1349) | (1350) | 1983 |
Blind Faith | (1349) | (1350) | 1983 |
Jenny Proctor Doll Doctor | (1349) | (1350) | 1983 |
The No-Good Gnome | 1355 | 1358 | 1984 |
The Flights of Flopear | 1359 | 1384 | 1984 |
The Girl From Seal Island | 1359 | 1380 | 1984 |
Christie’s Children | 1365 | 1380 | 1984 |
Simple Simone | 1370 | 1381 | 1984 |
No-One Cares for Cara | 1372 | 1380 | 1984 |
Sandra’s Search | 1377 | 1389 | 1984 |
Sarah and Jane Little Ladies at War | 1377 | 1396 | 1984 |
No Place to Dance! | 1379 | (1385) | 1984 |
Margie’s Magic Aunt | 1381 | 1396 | 1984 |
Tanya From Tongo | 1381 | 1395 | 1984 |
Base-Line Barbie | 1382 | 1396 | 1984 |
Steamboat Jo | 1382 | 1396 | 1984 |
The Adventures of Ozz | 1385 | 1396 | 1984 |
A Twin for Toni | 1397 | 1415 | 1984 |
Josie the Gymnast | 1397 | 1407 | 1984 |
Rita’s Robots | 1397 | 1411 | 1984 |
Takeaway Terry | 1397 | 1411 | 1984 |
The Battling Ballerina! | 1397 | 1415 | 1984 |
Workhouse Wendy | 1397 | 1415 | 1984 |
The Two Faces of Fiona | (1399) | (1407) | 1984 |
“Please, Mum!” | 1401 | 1420 | 1984 |
Computakid | 1407 | (1407) | 1984 |
Inky at St Ives | 1408 | 1416 | 1985 |
Lady in the Looking-Glass | 1416 | 1432 | 1985 |
Petra’s Protectors | 1417 | 1428 | 1985 |
“Winners Don’t Quit!” | 1421 | 1442 | 1985 |
Treetop Tania | 1425 | 1449 | 1985 |
Ernie’s Girl | (1427) | 1428 | 1985 |
Her Hideaway Highness | (1427) | (1433) | 1985 |
Sally on Planet Serbos | (1427) | (1428) | 1985 |
Bike Rider | 1429 | (1433) | 1985 |
The School for Unwanted Ones | 1429 | 1446 | 1985 |
Molly the Matron | 1431 | (1433) | 1985 |
In Search of Sabre | 1433 | (1433) | 1985 |
Willa the Wisp | (1433) | (1433) | 1985 |
Margie’s Magic Aunt | 1433 | 1454 | 1985 |
The Courage of Crippled Clara | 1449 | 1467 | 1986 |
Maisie Mercury | 1451 | 1474 | 1986 |
Cotton Jenny | 1455 | 1468 | 1986 |
The Fortune Hunters | (1460) | 1461 | 1986 |
Happy Hannah | (1461) | 1467 | 1986 |
Robina Hood | 1461 | 1488 | 1986 |
Run, Mum – Run! | 1461 | 1478 | 1986 |
The Rockhaven Rescuers | (1461) | 1471 | 1986 |
The Waters of Wonderlea | 1462 | 1476 | 1986 |
Nonie’s Knight | (1467) | (1468) | 1986 |
Balloon of Doom | 1468 | 1489 | 1986 |
The Baby-Snatchers | 1468 | 1479 | 1986 |
Superlamb | 1469 | 1485 | 1986 |
The Best of Enemies | 1472 | 1480 | 1986 |
Carey’s Chickens | 1475 | 1488 | 1986 |
Trapped in Time! | 1477 | 1486 | 1986 |
Grow Up, Granny! | 1479 | 1488 | 1986 |
Dark Days for Dolly | 1480 | 1492 | 1986 |
The Secret Sister | 1481 | (1494) | 1986 |
Harriet’s Chariot | 1486 | (1494) | 1986 |
Billy Basset | 1489 | (1494) | 1986 |
Just Call Me Kate! | 1489 | 1501 | 1986 |
Raggy Hannah | 1489 | (1494) | 1986 |
Catch the Cat! | 1491 | 1501 | 1986 |
A Tale From the Toy Museum | 1493 | (1494) | 1986 |
Bonnie and Claude | 1501 | 1514 | 1987 |
The Legend of Lucille | 1501 | (1502) | 1986 |
An American at the Manor | 1521 | 1539 | 1987 |
The Taming of the Tearaway | 1521 | 1544 | 1987 |
Polly Pimpernel | 1531 | 1549 | 1987 |
Remember Rachel! | 1532 | 1551 | 1987 |
Broken Hearts | 1536 | 1542 | 1987 |
Carrie’s Cab | (1536) | (1538) | 1987 |
Molly the Matron | (1536) | 1536 | 1987 |
Suzy’s Scene | 1536 | (1538) | 1987 |
Hunted! | 1537 | 1553 | 1987 |
Little Miss Lonely | 1543 | (1544) | 1987 |
Stay Away From my Mum! | 1543 | (1544) | 1987 |
Life with Bunty | 1551 | 1657 | 1987 |
School’s Out! | 1553 | 1649 | 1987 |
At the Midnight Hour… | 1554 | (1557) | 1987 |
Botany Belle | 1554 | 1565 | 1987 |
The Foal Nobody Wanted | 1556 | (1567) | 1987 |
Oriel | 1558 | (1565) | 1987 |
No Tears for Theresa | 1560 | (1573) | 1987 |
Bird Girl | 1562 | (1563) | 1987 |
The Kids of Hunger House | (1563) | (1564) | 1987 |
Outcasts of the Prairies | (1567) | (1577) | 1988 |
Paper Ponies | 1570 | (1579) | 1988 |
Secret Angel | 1570 | (1571) | 1988 |
Florinda | 1572 | (1573) | 1988 |
Bonnie and Claude | 1575 | (1576) | 1988 |
Super Sue | 1576 | 1593 | 1988 |
Life in Bunty | 1577 | (1606) | 1988 |
Six Pups for Princess | 1578 | (1579) | 1988 |
Hands off Carrie! | 1580 | (1583) | 1988 |
Molly the Matron | 1582 | (1597) | 1988 |
I’ll Show Him! | (1583) | (1587) | 1988 |
The Swim Kids | 1585 | (1595) | 1988 |
The Seven Sisters | (1590) | (1601) | 1988 |
Little Dancing Dolly | 1591 | (1592) | 1988 |
He Won’t Jump! | 1592 | (1593) | 1988 |
Marinda Mystery Girl of the Sea | 1594 | 1603 | 1988 |
Polly Pimpernel | 1600 | (1601) | 1988 |
The Secrets of Charlie Chatterbox | 1603 | 1615 | 1988 |
Bringing Up the Barkers! | 1604 | 1618 | 1988 |
Cherry’s Challenge | 1604 | 1615 | 1988 |
Down with St. Desmond’s | 1604 | 1625 | 1988 |
No Time for Terri! | 1604 | 1614 | 1988 |
Yesterday’s Children | 1605 | 1614 | 1988 |
Maisie Mercury | 1615 | 1626 | 1988 |
Which Twin for Captain? | 1615 | 1622 | 1988 |
Miss Danby’s Dolls | 1616 | 1623 | 1988 |
The Westfield Wager | 1616 | 1627 | 1988 |
The Wilde Bunch | 1619 | 1630 | 1989 |
The Trouble with Boys… | 1623 | 1632 | 1989 |
And Granny Came Too… | 1624 | 1637 | 1989 |
Come Home, Kathleen | 1626 | 1648 | 1989 |
Broken Hearts | 1627 | 1633 | 1989 |
The Outcast (1989) | 1628 | 1637 | 1989 |
Rambling Rose | 1631 | 1644 | 1989 |
Model Princess | 1633 | 1642 | 1989 |
The Mini Morgans | 1634 | 1645 | 1989 |
Pat the Brat | 1638 | 1647 | 1989 |
Sister Suzie | 1638 | 1648 | 1989 |
Pinkie | 1643 | 1651 | 1989 |
The Curse of the Connors | 1645 | 1654 | 1989 |
Ernie’s Girl | 1646 | 1647 | 1989 |
Marinda Mystery Girl of the Sea | 1648 | 1656 | 1989 |
Misery Mansion | 1648 | 1657 | 1989 |
June the Second | 1649 | 1654 | 1989 |
One Girl And Her Dog | 1649 | 1651 | 1989 |
The Comp | 1650 | 2243 | 1989 |
“I’ll Never Forgive You!” | 1652 | 1661 | 1989 |
Short Story | 1652 | 1720* | 1989 |
Bonnie and Claude | 1655 | 1666 | 1989 |
Save Our Stables | 1655 | 1665 | 1989 |
A Brother for Barbara | 1658 | 1667 | 1989 |
Bunty – A Girl Like You | 1658 | (1700) | 1989 |
Luv, Lisa (photo) | 1659 | 1688 | 1989 |
The Painting | 1663 | 1672 | 1989 |
Jumping Jack | 1666 | 1677 | 1989 |
Brassribs | 1668 | 1677 | 1989 |
When Sam Came to Stay | 1669 | 1677 | 1990 |
A School for Sophie | 1673 | 1683 | 1990 |
Leave It to Lynne | 1678 | 1689 | 1990 |
Letters of Hate | 1678 | 1686 | 1990 |
Poor Penny | 1678 | 1686 | 1990 |
Backstreet Hospital | 1684 | 1697 | 1990 |
Doctor Fido | 1687 | 1697 | 1990 |
In Search of Susie | 1687 | 1693 | 1990 |
Sharing with Sharon (photo) | 1687 | 1688 | 1990 |
“I Want to Go Home!” | 1689 | 1696 | 1990 |
The Outcast (photo) | 1690 | 1693 | 1990 |
Jealous! | 1694 | 1704 | 1990 |
Luv, Lisa (photo) | 1694 | 1729 | 1990 |
The Change in Claire | 1697 | 1708 | 1990 |
Mandy Must Win! | 1698 | 1705 | 1990 |
Nellie Nightingale | 1698 | 1708 | 1990 |
Hannah of Horse Haven | 1705 | 1715 | 1990 |
The Good Fairy | 1706 | 1720 | 1990 |
Backstreet Hospital | 1709 | 1717 | 1990 |
Oh, Mr Blossom! | 1709 | 1719 | 1990 |
Once Upon a Time… | 1710 | 1721 | 1990 |
The Good Fairy | 1716 | 1720 | 1990 |
Living a Lie | 1718 | 1730 | 1990 |
No Place Like Home | 1721 | 1731 | 1991 |
The Truth About Troy | 1721 | 1734 | 1991 |
Chalk and Cheese | 1722 | 1728 | 1991 |
Out of Step! | 1729 | 1736 | 1991 |
Luv, Jeff | 1730 | 1734 | 1991 |
The Best of Friends (photo) | 1730 | 1732 | 1991 |
The Wrong Crowd | 1731 | 1738 | 1991 |
Aunt Hard Heart | 1733 | 1745 | 1991 |
A Date for Donna | 1735 | 1743 | 1991 |
Luv, Lisa (photo) | 1735 | 1755 | 1991 |
Maisie Mercury | 1735 | 1742 | 1991 |
Pop Starr | 1739 | 1750 | 1991 |
Katie’s Kittens | 1743 | 1753 | 1991 |
Witch! | 1744 | 1755 | 1991 |
Tennis Trouble | 1746 | (1758) | 1991 |
Star Pets | 1751 | 1762 | 1991 |
Three’s a Crowd! | 1754 | 1768 | 1991 |
Backstreet Hospital | 1756 | (1757) | 1991 |
Katy at St. K’s | 1756 | 1761 | 1991 |
The Barkers | 1758 | 1770 | 1991 |
Luv, Lisa (photo) | 1762 | 1788 | 1991 |
Sandie’s Secret | 1762 | 1771 | 1991 |
Abracadabra! | 1763 | 1772 | 1991 |
Wish Upon a Star | 1770 | 1777 | 1991 |
Backstreet Hospital | 1771 | 1776 | 1991 |
K.O.S. | 1773 | 1783 | 1992 |
Falling Star | 1777 | 1786 | 1992 |
Travellers in Time | 1777 | 1788 | 1992 |
Princess Penny | 1778 | 1785 | 1992 |
Invisible Isla | 1784 | 1795 | 1992 |
Sandra’s Sad Secret | 1786 | 1796 | 1992 |
Bonnie and Claude | 1787 | 1801 | 1992 |
Watcher in the Wings | 1789 | 1800 | 1992 |
Luv, Lisa (photo) | 1794 | 1817 | 1992 |
Sal in the Sun | 1796 | 1805 | 1992 |
Remember Me, Rosie | 1797 | 1808 | 1992 |
Tina’s Temper | 1801 | 1809 | 1992 |
Fran’s Foxes | 1803 | 1810 | 1992 |
Changing Places | 1806 | 1820 | 1992 |
Secret Boyfriend | 1810 | 1823 | 1992 |
The Perfect Friend? | 1810 | 1819 | 1992 |
Girls Talking | 1811 | 1814* | 1992 |
Invisible Isla | 1811 | 1821 | 1992 |
Sara at St. K’s | 1818 | 1823 | 1992 |
Haunted Hotel | 1821 | 1827 | 1992 |
In Paula’s Place | 1822 | 1829 | 1992 |
Phantom Friend | 1822 | (1828) | 1992 |
Luv, Lisa (photo) | 1824 | 1839 | 1992 |
Reluctant Rebel | 1825 | (1828) | 1993 |
The Lost Summer | 1832 | 1843 | 1993 |
The Newcomers | 1834 | 1848 | 1993 |
Haunted Hotel | 1842 | 1847 | 1993 |
In My Sister’s Shadow (photo) | (1843) | (1844) | 1993 |
Secret Star | (1843) | (1844) | 1993 |
Donna Must Dance | 1849 | (1850) | 1993 |
Luv, Lisa (photo) | 1851 | 1876 | 1993 |
Haunted Hotel | 1858 | 1861 | 1993 |
Miss Popularity | 1858 | 1871 | 1993 |
In Pippa's Place | (1872) | 1873 | 1993 |
Secret Gymnast | 1873 | 1884 | 1993 |
The Price of Success | (1873) | (1874) | 1993 |
Last Chance for Laura | 1875 | 1886 | 1993 |
Haunted Hotel | 1876 | 1883 | 1993 |
Good Move? (photo) | (1878) | 1879 | 1993 |
Rock School | (1878) | 1885 | 1993 |
Forever Friends? (photo) | 1880 | 1883 | 1994 |
Two Faced! (photo) | 1884 | 1887 | 1994 |
Wonderful Wanda! | 1884 | 1895 | 1994 |
In the Picture! | 1885 | 1894 | 1994 |
Starring…Sally! | 1886 | 1893 | 1994 |
Little Ghost Lost | 1887 | 1894 | 1994 |
Just Friends (photo) | 1888 | 1891 | 1994 |
Luv, Lisa (photo) | 1892 | 1916 | 1994 |
A New Life for Lily | 1895 | 1904 | 1994 |
False Friend | 1895 | (1903) | 1994 |
Forbidden Island | 1895 | 1902 | 1994 |
My School Chum Mum | 1897 | 1910 | 1994 |
Mum Knows Best! | (1906) | 1912 | 1994 |
Teen TV! | 1907 | 1914 | 1994 |
Lessons from Lindy | 1908 | 1920 | 1994 |
Heartbreak House | 1911 | 1918 | 1994 |
Lonely Lynn | 1915 | 1924 | 1994 |
Move Over, Maria | 1917 | 1928 | 1994 |
Dear Dave (photo) | 1918 | 1923 | 1994 |
Distant Cousin | 1919 | 1931 | 1994 |
Show Off! (photo) | 1924 | 1927 | 1994 |
Susie’s Secret | 1924 | 1935 | 1994 |
Flower Power! | 1926 | 1935 | 1994 |
Luv, Lisa (photo) | 1928 | 1945 | 1994 |
Secret School | 1930 | (1938) | 1995 |
Patsy’s Parents | 1932 | (1938) | 1995 |
Born to Dance! | 1936 | 1947 | 1995 |
Looking after Lara | 1936 | (1938) | 1995 |
Bighead! | (1946) | (1947) | 1995 |
The Hooded Angel | 1946 | 1949 | 1995 |
The Imposter! | 1946 | 1957 | 1995 |
Boyfriend from Blupo | 1948 | 1955 | 1995 |
When Harry Dumped Sally | 1950 | 1966 | 1995 |
Double Trouble! | 1956 | 1967 | 1995 |
Stop, Thief! | 1958 | 1965 | 1995 |
The Change in Cheryl | 1958 | 1972 | 1995 |
In Petra’s Place | (1975) | (1976) | 1995 |
It’s a Date! | (1975) | (1976) | 1995 |
Luv, Lisa (photo) | 1975 | 2031 | 1995 |
Sonia’s Secret | (1975) | (1976) | 1995 |
Donna’s Double Life | (1984) | (1985) | 1996 |
Merry at St Mead’s | (1984) | (1985) | 1996 |
Rivals for Robbie | (1984) | (1985) | 1996 |
The Secret Servant | 1984 | (1985) | 1996 |
Amber All-Alone | 1988 | 1999 | 1996 |
The Maze | 1989 | 2000 | 1996 |
The Boy Ban (photo) | 1992 | 1995 | 1996 |
Home Alone! | 2000 | 2011 | 1996 |
Mindreader Mina | 2001 | 2012 | 1996 |
Ghost Train | 2002 | 2012 | 1996 |
Debbie’s Debt | 2003 | 2008 | 1996 |
Petra’s Pen Pal (photo) | (2010) | (2011) | 1996 |
The Seeker | 2014 | 2051 | 1996 |
Life with Linzi! (photo) | (2016) | 2023 | 1996 |
Missing Melanie | (2016) | (2025) | 1996 |
One-Hit Wonders! | (2016) | 2023 | 1996 |
Tina at Tumble Towers | 2016 | 2029 | 1996 |
Carrie’s Choice | 2024 | 2033 | 1996 |
Goode Neighbours | 2030 | 2040 | 1996 |
Secret Love (photo) | 2032 | 2037 | 1996 |
Carly’s Crowd! | 2034 | 2040 | 1997 |
Holiday Romance! | 2034 | 2044 | 1997 |
“My Best Friend’s Ex” | 2038 | 2045 | 1997 |
Sharon’s Stone | 2041 | 2052 | 1997 |
Captain Carol | 2045 | 2054 | 1997 |
Sharing with Sonia (photo) | 2046 | 2057 | 1997 |
Wendy’s Web | 2052 | 2063 | 1997 |
Living in L.A. | 2053 | 2063 | 1997 |
Penny’s Place | 2055 | 2249 | 1997 |
Paula’s Pen Pal (photo) | 2058 | 2061 | 1997 |
Hot Gossip! (photo) | 2062 | 2067 | 1997 |
Lucy’s Legacy | 2064 | 2072 | 1997 |
Dream Boy (1997) | 2065 | 2072 | 1997 |
Carly’s Crowd! (text) | 2066 | (2075) | 1997 |
True Love (photo) | 2068 | 2078 | 1997 |
Mystery at Mirov | 2073 | 2085 | 1997 |
Robyn’s Return | 2073 | 2080 | 1997 |
Debbie’s Diary (photo) | 2079 | 2087 | 1997 |
Time after Time | 2082 | 2087 | 1997 |
Break-Up! (photo) | 2088 | 2091 | 1998 |
Switching Schools | (2088) | 2097 | 1998 |
The In-Crowd (photo) | 2088 | 2093 | 1998 |
Starla’s Spell | 2092 | 2103 | 1998 |
Don’t Date Damon! (photo) | 2094 | 2099 | 1998 |
Dancing for Joy | 2098 | (2099) | 1998 |
Danny Boy (photo) | 2101 | 2104 | 1998 |
Cousin Carrie (photo) | 2104 | (2105) | 1998 |
Ring of Truth | (2105) | 2114 | 1998 |
Looking for Lynn (photo) | (2109) | 2117 | 1998 |
Fairweather Friend | 2110 | 2118 | 1998 |
Meg in the Middle (photo) | (2115) | 2116 | 1998 |
Joking Apart | 2117 | 2126 | 1998 |
Too Many Cooks (photo) | 2117 | 2121 | 1998 |
Sarah’s Secret | 2118 | 2127 | 1998 |
The Loner (photo) | 2122 | 2127 | 1998 |
Darke Days | 2127 | (2128) | 1998 |
Lords of the Manor | 2127 | (2128) | 1998 |
No Place Like Home | 2127 | 2137 | 1998 |
For Sam’s Sake (photo) | 2128 | 2137 | 1998 |
Model Girl (photo) | 2128 | (2129) | 1998 |
Looking after Lois (photo) | 2144 | 2151 | 1999 |
All Change! | (2151) | (2152) | 1999 |
Chloe’s Choice | (2151) | (2152) | 1999 |
Sandie’s Sweets (photo) | 2152 | 2158 | 1999 |
Leave It to Lynne | 2153 | 2164 | 1999 |
Once Upon a Time… | 2156 | 2167 | 1999 |
Time after Time | 2159 | 2164 | 1999 |
Friend or Foe? (photo) | (2163) | 2164 | 1999 |
Betrayed! (photo) | 2165 | 2170 | 1999 |
K.O.S. | 2165 | 2175 | 1999 |
The Change in Claire | 2165 | 2176 | 1999 |
Donna’s Double | 2168 | 2175 | 1999 |
All About Anna (photo) | 2171 | 2176 | 1999 |
Carly’s Crowd! (text) | 2172 | 2172 | 1999 |
Invisible Isla | 2175 | 2186 | 1999 |
Phantom Friend | 2176 | (2177) | 1999 |
Cheat! | 2198 | 2208 | 2000 |
Secret Boyfriend | (2200) | (2201) | 2000 |
New Girl (photo) | (2201) | (2202) | 2000 |
Changes (photo) | (2203) | 2210 | 2000 |
Carly’s Crowd! (text) | 2209 | 2209 | 2000 |
Changing Places | 2210 | 2224 | 2000 |
Tennis Trouble | 2210 | (2211) | 2000 |
While Mum’s Away… (photo) | (2211) | 2223 | 2000 |
Scared! (photo) | 2219 | (2223) | 2000 |
The Truth About Troy | (2223) | (2224) | 2000 |
Baby, Baby! (photo) | 2224 | (2225) | 2000 |
Revenge! | 2225 | 2236 | 2000 |
The Wrong Crowd | 2227 | 2234 | 2000 |
Living A Lie! | 2234 | 2246 | 2000 |
Backstreet Hospital | 2244 | 2249 | 2001 |
Fame at her Fingertips | 1961 | ||
Sally at Sylvano’s | 1964 | ||
The Secret Life of Fenella Field | 1973 | ||
Tom Farmer Wants a Wife! | 1983 | ||
A New Nest for the Sparrows | Unknown | ||
Anne of Airflights | Unknown | ||
Bella the Bookworm | Unknown | ||
Carol and her Camera | Unknown | ||
Debbie Lane Student Nurse | Unknown | ||
Donna and the Diamonds | Unknown | ||
Elvirita | Unknown | ||
Fiona and the Future | Unknown | ||
Flipper Feet | Unknown | ||
Flora the Flower Girl | Unknown | ||
Forbidden to Dance | Unknown | ||
Hairdresser on Wheels | Unknown | ||
Head of the Clan | Unknown | ||
Hetty’s Happy Hippo | Unknown | ||
Hilary of the High-Board | Unknown | ||
Hill-Billy Harriet | Unknown | ||
Hope's Hotel | Unknown | ||
Karen and Kim | Unknown | ||
Lance-Corporal Sally | Unknown | ||
Limp Along Lindy | Unknown | ||
Linda and Lovely | Unknown | ||
Linda Martin the Animals’ Friend | Unknown | ||
Little Miss Feather-Fingers | Unknown | ||
Little Miss Sureshot | Unknown | ||
Little Mother Meg | Unknown | ||
Lonesome Lucy | Unknown | ||
Lucky | Unknown | ||
Medals for Magdalena | Unknown | ||
Miss Fortune | Unknown | ||
My Secret Sister | Unknown | ||
No Heart to Dance | Unknown | ||
No-one Wants Wendy | Unknown | ||
Paddy Long Legs | 1963 | ||
Patsy the Pet Sitter | Unknown | ||
Patti Mason- Fashion Model | Unknown | ||
Penny Ballerina | Unknown | ||
Penny’s Problem Patient | Unknown | ||
Phantom of the Fells | Unknown | ||
Pimpernel the Horse with a Future | Unknown | ||
Pip at Pony School | Unknown | ||
Pippa the Perfect Schoolgirl | Unknown | ||
Princess by Mistake | Unknown | ||
Princess Perhaps | Unknown | ||
Sadie’s Sewing Machine | Unknown | ||
Scapegoat of the School | Unknown | ||
School for Champions | Unknown | ||
Silva the Slave Girl | Unknown | ||
Snowball | Unknown | ||
Soldier Sally | Unknown | ||
Square Peg | Unknown | ||
Star of the Circus | Unknown | ||
Stella and the Swinging Five | Unknown | ||
Strange Shadows | Unknown | ||
Tess of the Travelling Theatre | Unknown | ||
The Bennets of Ballet | Unknown | ||
The Gibson Girl | Unknown | ||
The Girl from the Flying Saucer | Unknown | ||
The Girl with Second Sight | Unknown | ||
The Girl with the Golden Voice | Unknown | ||
The Go-Getters | Unknown | ||
The Guardian Angel | Unknown | ||
The House on the Moor | Unknown | ||
The Kids of Hunger House | Unknown | ||
The Lonely Life of Linda Brown | Unknown | ||
The Lost Concerto | Unknown | ||
The Pipes of Pam | Unknown | ||
The Royal Jester | Unknown | ||
The Search for Sister Stella | Unknown | ||
The Secret of Moorfield Manor | Unknown | ||
The Secret of the Dancing Dolls | Unknown | ||
The Silent One | Unknown | ||
The Silver Skis | Unknown | ||
The Sleepy Ballerinas | Unknown | ||
The Strange Journey of Jessica Jones | Unknown | ||
The Truth About Tanya | Unknown | ||
The Whispering Willows | Unknown | ||
The Wild One | Unknown | ||
The Winfield Winner | Unknown | ||
Tilly Take the Blame | Unknown | ||
Top of the Class | Unknown | ||
Trixie and the Mad Toymaker | Unknown | ||
Trudy the Reluctant Truant | Unknown | ||
True Friends | Unknown | ||
Tuesday’s Child | Unknown | ||
Uggy Muggy from Mars | Unknown | ||
Waif of the Fells (text) | Unknown |
I was born in 1955 and my sister 1956 from the mid sixties I use to purchase VICTOR and HOTSPUR and she use to get BUNTY and JUDY. Being an avid reader I read hers as well not the ballerina stories, or dancing, horse jumping …but the animal stories and there were also some cool science fiction stories and the occasional ghost one which I loved, the boys were good but concentrated on war, football, and sports. I see an early nineties story shown as FRANS FOX’S yet I remember this was done in the mid sixties not sure if BUNTY or JUDY and it was called FREDA’S FOX’s.? Can anyone remember a cool story called GENIUS ISLAND where very brainy girls were abducted to an island in Far East to work on science projects for Japanese? Or one which was a variation on the KING AND I about a young girl who had to look after the emperor’s spoilt royal Pekinese dogs? If anything happened to them she was in serious trouble and something did every week . There is one here listed I vividly remember what happened to Hannah, in the first episode you see her in a trance walk straight through a dormitory wall! I loved that sadly nothing like that happened in the Victor comic.
The one about the girl looking after the Emperor’s Pekinese dogs sounds like Maid of the Lion Dogs from Debbie. If you didn’t read Debbie, maybe it was reprinted in Bunty or something.
I agree with Mistyfan that Maid Of The Lion Dogs is probably the story you remember, John. It ran in Debbie 72 (Jun. 29 1974) – 85 (Sep. 28 1974). The key characters are Hsai, the keeper of the sacred dogs, and her young assistant, Linyi, who is well versed in potions, one or other of which seems to be required in most episodes, and not just for the dogs. There was no episode in issues 81 or 84. I can’t recall any repeat. It certainly didn’t deserve one in my opinion.
Thank you for your help I think it probably was the same story only done earlier. Remember I was born in 1955 and my sister a year later the time period we bought these comics was 1964 to probably 1967 so could I have read an earlier version? I often wondered who wrote these stories as the comics never told you? Where I feel the girls comics were superior to the boys is they covered a wider range of material.. The boys really did stick to war weather in europeor the Far East or football. What I liked about the girls stories is they had a lot of science fiction, mystery stories, and some maybe silly but aimed at the youngest readers that would be about a leprechaun or a magic flute or lamp. I was intrigued yesterday to read about a story someone was asking about called SCHOOL UNDER THE DOME which I gather was about a girls school trapped under a large dome with aliens! I would have loved that and almost half a century before the American TV series the DOME. In my loft I must have fifty or sixty maybe mid sixties comics from this period over Easter I intend getting them down they might refresh my memory.
The story that was the basis of/inspiration for School Under The Dome was the text serial Behind The Invisible Wall, which appeared in The Rover 1219 (Sep. 25 1948) – 1232 (Jan. 22 1949), probably before Stephen King was born. But, of course, there’s no copyright on ideas!
Do you remember a mid sixties story in the very first episode a very brainy girl is abducted in a car and bungled off into a helicopter and taken to an island. Somehow they knew she was very clever, top of the class, and she is trapped on some island with other young girls who are also very smart and they are forced to work on scientific projects. Half way through this stories run we stopped buying the comics so I never found out how it ended, I think it was called GENIUS ISLAND ? I know there is a list of stories for Mandy, Bunty, Judy etc on this site but bearing in mind how long these magazines ran no way can this list be anywhere near complete? I hope you can remember it too, just knowing I am not the only one on the planet who does is something! It must have been either Bunty or Judy possibly 1965 or 1966?
The School Beneath The Dome ran in Bunty 414 (Dec. 18 1965) – 428 (Mar. 26 1966).
If you and your sister had been born a decade earlier, John, you would inevitably have been reading text story papers like Adventure, The Rover, The Wizard and The Hotspur. In those you certainly had the wider range of settings and themes that you found lacking in The Victor and The Hornet, the two boys’ picture story papers of the sixties. Your sister would probably have been reading mainly School Friend, Girl, and possibly Girls’ Crystal, which were essentially picture story papers at that time, but they did not really provide that same breadth.
Just down from the loft and looking through the comics I have found GENIUS ISLAND from December 1966 Bunty, unfortunately I do not think I will ever know the ending of this one, also found from June 1967 Bunty issue number 493 the start of a new serial called SERVANT OF THE SACRED DOGS and this is exactly how Mr Derek Marsden described it with characters called Linyi and Hsai! Whether this was the first time this story was printed who knows? When you think of it girls probably read this comic over a five year period maximum, so they could repeat the stories to new readers many times!
Genius Island ends in 480 (Mar. 25 1967). I’ll write up the ending for you later today.
Shelley White has got a message through to the police telling them where the girls are hidden. Madame Duval has wired the whole island to explode as soon as the police get there. Undaunted, Shelley decides to put on a show of magic in a final attempt to outwit Madame Duval, assuming that the Commandant will allow it, which she does, secure in her belief that she is in total control. What happens next is an indication of what can happen when you take your eye off the ball.
When Madame Duval tells the girls that they are leaving the island the following day, and allows the girls to spend the remaining time as they wish as a reward for good behaviour, Shelley embarks on a daring escape plan. She has noticed that rats have been able to burrow through certain areas of the apparently solid rock of the floor of her cell, so she asks Duval for permission to go back into her cell to prove to herself that she has conquered her fear of the creatures. While there she captures a rat.
For some time she has been aware that there are certain areas of the stone floor that are more crumbly than the rest, and that the rats were using them as tunnels. When she comes out she puts the rat on the floor and the girls wait to see where it will go to burrow out its own escape route. It is by the stove. For the show the stove is moved and a cupboard placed over the deep escape hole that is created in the soft stone.
Shelley’s first magic trick is to show the audience just how many girls can be packed into a box no bigger than a phone booth, reminding the audience that there are no trap-doors in a stone floor. Madame Duval thinks that all the girls are hiding behind the curtain next to the box. As a piece de resistance Shelley then tells the audience that she is going to bring the girls back after first inspecting her magic box to make sure that everything is in order. She joins the other girls and, as a leaving gift, throws a smoke bomb up into the audience.
When the girls reach the end of the tunnel the police get them on board their submarine and, responding to Shelley’s urgent plea, dive quickly to avoid being swamped by the huge waves caused when Madame Duval finally blows the island up. She is not that lucky as the resultant waves swamp her own escape ship, and she and her crew beg to be taken on board the police submarine.
I’m sure that there will have been a whole host of readers who will have felt that there were rather too many aspects of this ending that beggared belief!
Sounds like the story was retitled and reprinted in Debbie. Retitling stories when reprinting them was very common in DCT girls titles.
Servant Of The Sacred Dogs ran in Bunty 484 (Apr. 22 1967) – 495 (Jul. 8 1967), and has therefore the same number of episodes as its repeat as Maid Of The Lion Dogs. You may like to check up on an interesting precursor, John. I’m referring to Keeper of The King’s Cats, which ran in Bunty 449 (Aug. 30 1966) – 457 (Oct. 15 1966). English girl, Katy Wiggins, is appointed Mistress of the Royal Cats at the King of Shanghoi’s Court. Her family are with her.
I can think of a worse one that got reprinted – twice. It was Angela Angel-Face from Sandie; reprinted in Jinty and then Tammy.
But thanks for the start and end dates to Maid of the Lion Dogs.
Angela Angel Face definately sounds like one of the worst title’s I have EVER heard, it also sounds amusing… Was it a story of a girl with some sort of Jekyll and Hyde personality?
Last of the Pekes from Bunty is another story where a girl is servant to the Emperor’s Royal dogs. She has to protect them when China goes to war with Britain. Doesn’t quite fit what you’re looking for, but it does have the Peke theme.
Freda’s Foxes ran in Bunty 437 (May 28 1966) – 448 (Aug. 13 1966). Please note that there were two issues numbered 437 (28 May and 4 June). The anomaly was corrected after 440 (25 June), with the following week’s issue (2 July) being numbered 442. The company will not have been able to make the correction any earlier as all issues prior to 442 will have been in various stages of readiness for the printer.
Thank you for all that information it is most helpful I will check to see if I have any of those comic numbers, all I can remember about Freda’s foxes was a young girl helping to bring up some abandoned Cubs, I think her biggest worry was that she would be detected, it is interesting to see a much later version with a slightly different name listed in the story index. I am surprised to learn how many stories were regurgitated sometimes with a different title in a sister comic however it only makes sense. I always thought the science fiction/ mystery were the best and looking at them almost 50 years later( I was looking at the whatever happened to Hannah story, about the girl who walked through a solid wall at the end of part one). It somehow takes you back, no doubt if you showed one to a today’s ten year old they would find it very corny. I hope I have not imagined it , and again it was probably formulae driven just like the Pekinese dog story do you remember a very similar one only this time it revolved around a girl looking after Siamese cats! Would not be surprised if it turned out to be the same author!
A propos of your query regarding the Siamese cats story, John, can I direct you to the post I made at 1.57 pm today.
What was the title of the ‘Hannah’ story please, John?
I gave you some incorrect information, sorry about that! this story was in Judy from the same period and it started in April 1966, the stories were so similar in these sister magazines that it was difficult from memory to remember which story was in which magazine! ( well that is my excuse and I am sticking to it). The actual title is What Happened to Hannah? And if you look it up on this excellent site you will find the story details even a couple of actual pictures from the story as well as exact dates it appeared! I have to say the site is impressive and must give a lot of pleasure to fellow comic enthusiasts! I just don’t understand why some are listed…..and some are not! For example Freda’s Foxes is not but Sail away Sindy ( which I thought quite average is. )I might still have the complete story of the Judy Hannah one, I loved it when she walked through the wall and could hardly wait for the next instalment this was right down my street!
Glad you enjoy the site. As for why some stories aren’t listed it’s simply due to gaps in my collection! I do try to add any additional or new information I get. Derek as you’ve probably noticed is full of information and has been helpful particularly for exact dates of serials also Mistyfan as contributor of site has added lots of short summaries.
I’m sure that your favourable comments on the quality of this site, John, will be pleasing to its organiser, Lorraine Nolan. Your puzzlement about why some serials are listed while others are not is easily explained. This is an enthusiasts’ site. Lorraine has had to pay a modest amount to set the site up and maintain it but everybody else can use it for free. As you have obviously found out recently, it is easy to access and straightforward to write for and to post to. Lorraine does have quite a lot of useful organisational help from Mistyfan but the quality and usefulness of the site depends heavily on contributions from other enthusiasts. The vast majority of contributors have decent collections but may not feel willing to do the hard yards like Lorraine and Mistyfan. This means that the information about individual stories, the relatively small number of which, when set against the huge total that could possibly be uploaded, is what I believe you are querying, is only likely to be done by Lorraine and Mistyfan. If you are minded to make contributions of your own please contact Lorraine first. She and Mistyfan started out as enthusiasts, and still are. I’m pretty sure that both also have jobs so they will have fewer hours when they are available for working on the site. It’s a slow task, John. Rome wasn’t built in a day so patience and shuffle the cards.
You are most likely right, I also got DANDY and BEANO my sister JUNE And SCzhOOL FRIEND (that had some great spooky stories in it), I don’t remember the title you mention and the comic Debbie she may have bought on occasions, she also got one called MANDY. Regarding the Pekinese stories what I do remember vaguely were the stories, one week the puppies being ill, next week naughty etc which all could enrage the emperor. I am not convinced it was Debbie as I am pretty sure if she got this comic it was rarely yet I remember this on a weekly basis. To be honest a lot of the stories were very similar so they could have both been done! One of the things that fascinated me was the titles of the stories and the fancy lettering the inkers used on the titles I loved their art work. Like the boys comics there were a few Tenko type tales of girls caught up in wars. They also loved the titles of the stories PENNY’S PUPPETS, SAIL AWAY CINDY always the alliteration. Looking back, maybe I am being nostalgic, were the stories not more innocent and charming then today! Not only were the stories black and white but the message was good is good, bad is bad, and good is triumphant! not a bad message or moral.
Debbie did merge with Mandy, as I recall. Maybe the story was repeated there. You can find the listing of Maid of the Lion Dogs here and see what you think. There is an entry on it.
That is really, really, strange if you read my last e mail you will see that in the last sentence I mention a very similar story line except it was concerning cats. And the title you mention I can remember it now vividly it certainly is a companion piece to the Pekinese dog story, was this one also repeated in other comics at a later date? Not so sure I agree with your last comments on GENIUS ISLAND. I do agree that the ending is far fetched and preposterous to an ADULT. I can assure you ( maybe I was in the minority here) that if I had read that ending as an eleven year old I would not have queried it, I would have thought WOW SUPERB. I do not think I would have thought it ridiculous or analysed in any manner at that age I was like a sponge. Yes, you are right, it is silly beyond words but is that not part of the magic of comics particularly to a young mind? Sorry if I sound churlish because I am actually very grateful to know how it ended, and dare I admit I still enjoyed it! Thank you very much it was kind of you particularly as I am not sure you enjoyed it. I have just been reading DETESTABLE DELLA dare I say I like this too! It is about a girl in a Japanese concentration camp, all the other camp prisoners hate her and think she is a snitch creeping to the Japanese but actually she is trying to help the prisoners undercover!
By the age of 10 I was seriously into fiction whether in book or text story paper form. I think I had outgrown comics like The Dandy and The Beano by that time. However, analysing the serials in the novels or the text story papers went hand in hand with reading them. On the one hand I enjoyed and immersed myself in the stories, while on the other hand I saw any flaws such as information that was different from some that had been given weeks earlier. I didn’t realise that the writers weren’t keeping accurate notes. It was the difference between reading a serial without any involvement, and living it by getting as close to the action being described as it is possible to be. I was to all intents and purposes in the cockpit with Braddock and Bourne, an onlooker in the dressing room when manager Baldy Hogan was giving his last minute instructions to his Burhill United team, and an extra pupil at Red Circle School. I am no different now. My reservations about the last instalment of Genius Island would have been the same when it was first published as they are now had I read it at the time.
The activities of Detestable Della are duplicated reasonably regularly in Thomsons’ serials for girls.
I wonder how Detestable Della ended? Maybe it climaxed with the Commandant finding her out (as happened in the similar Hateful Hattie from Mandy). In one episode he was starting to get suspicious or having second thoughts about her, or something.
I think we just look at them differently…….it does not mean one view is right and one is wrong. Last night I read the first instalment of GENIUS ISLAND as a sixty year old and whilst I enjoyed it I could see the silliness of the plot. The headmistress telling her that she was ear marked as the next victim as she was super intelligent etc and arranging a policeman escort is pretty daft and the two that kidnap her the next day with violence and a gun! The ending you kindly wrote up no doubt is very melodramatic and frankly unbelievable. But you have to remember this is a CHILDS comic, I never doubted it at the time I thought it was magical, wonderful and part of me still loves it! Incidentally I was bowled over that you traced KEEPER OF THE KINGS CATS I did remember it but also got it confused with the Pekinese dog one as they had several similarities. Dare I ask definately printed at the same time as FREDAS FOXES can you remember one running at the same time also in Bunty called PENNY’S POPPETS can you tell me ANYTHING about this one? Sorry for being a pain but I have a distant memory of it..
Penny’s Puppets ran in Bunty 435 (May 14 1966) – 440 (Jun. 25 1966). It consisted of seven instalments because two of the issues containing the serial were numbered 437. Ten-year-old Penny Fairchild is an orphan. She is brought up by Agnes Fairchild, her widowed grandmother, a stern, cold woman who lives in seclusion at Middleton Manor, the home of the Fairchilds for many generations. Penny has a governess, Miss Beale, who comes in each day, but soon Agnes tells Penny that as she can no longer afford Miss Beale’s wages Penny must go to school.
Penny is delighted but the clothes she is told to wear for school make her look like some kind of antique freak. She feels shy and different, and unwanted by the other boys and girls because of her manners, but her teacher, Miss Jackson, is very understanding, and Penny goes on to get all her sums right that first morning. Later that day Penny asks her grandmother if she can invite some of the children to tea on Saturday. Agnes thinks the girl has taken leave of her senses.
Penny decides to explore the attics even though she knows that is forbidden. She finds a number of beautiful marionettes, string puppets she calls them, and decides to bring them to life by giving them names and talking to them. Inevitably she is caught by Ellen, Agnes’s housekeeper, but not before getting the puppets back into the trunk. Ellen issues a stern warning and then locks the door to the attic.
Penny disobeys, and goes to the attic to fetch the puppets, which she hides in the potting shed. She is caught again so Agnes tells Ellen to burn them all. Ellen complies but the fire goes out. Penny takes them out, wraps them up and puts them up the chimney in her bedroom for safekeeping. She cannot resist taking them out though and creating impromptu plays with them in a wood near the Manor, where some handicapped girls from a nearby home are spellbound. The Matron asks Penny to come to the home the following day to perform at a birthday party for one of the girls. She agrees. When she gets back, late, she sees Miss Jackson knock on her door. When she sees how frightened Penny is about what she might say, Miss Jackson tells Ellen that she has called simply to let Agnes Fairchild know that Penny is doing well at school, and is sure to pass her 11+ rather than what she actually wanted to talk about, which was the clothing Penny is made to wear to school.
The story then develops into a detailed portrayal of the unresolved historical family feud that is making everybody so unhappy. The trigger for the final search for answers is Penny’s discovery of an old poster for the London Palace of Varieties that advertises Roland, the world’s greatest puppeteer and ventriloquist, and a singer called Rose Rossay.
When Miss Jackson takes Penny to London theatres to investigate they discover that Rose is eighty and in a rest home for retired show business people. She tells Penny and Miss Jackson that Roland was Agnes’s adored brother. The split came when Roland decided to make his living with the puppets. The resulting quarrel led Agnes to refuse ever to see him again. Roland died soon afterwards. As Penny and Miss Jackson are leaving they see a man arriving to visit Rose. Penny is sure he is Roland’s son, also called Roland. The whole family has been devastated ever since Roland senior’s quarrel with Agnes. When Penny persuades Roland junior, with some difficulty it has to be admitted, to visit his grandmother, the meeting is incredibly successful, especially as Agnes admits to Roland junior that she has never forgiven herself for what she did all those years ago.
Thank you Derek very much for your wonderfully detailed account of this particular story. Of course after almost fifty years….well it will be next month(and I only read the story once) I cannot in all honesty say I remembered the latter part of this story at all. I remembered the pathos of the story and in particular the old fashioned clothes she was forced to wear and how the puppets seemed her only friends. On reflection it is a sad story I remember, perhaps that is what resonated with me. Looking at it now I suppose you would describe it as a typical story and not very remarkable I remember finding it a bit creepy as well due to the locations the attic and the woods and I would have been hooked at the time wondering what the mystery was! Also thank you for explaining regarding the incomplete I do now understand. The site as never advertised it self as being complete I just assumed it was! However if you think 52 comics would be printed in one year each carrying maybe ten stories for eight weeks and the magazines ran for years well that is a lot, probably too much for one person even with help! And, of course their own limitations of their own collection. It just makes the ladies efforts more commendable I hope she is proud of her site she should be! And due to your research on this story I see it as now been added to the index! So well done to you as well. I am useless on computers retired December 2015 after 40 years working for a major insurance company and reaching sixty felt enough was enough! Sadly I am a pre computer generation and can just do enough to get by. However, as I am not a collector I do intend contacting the site creator and will post her my 50-60 comics at my expense to her address if she wishes them and perhaps they can help fill a tiny corner for her! One final request, a very general one you will be glad to know, reading about various comics on this excellent site I was most intrigued by a comic I know nothing about SPELLBOUND. Was this a comic aimed at mystery and intrigue stories? The few I have read up on like was it called shop on shudder corner? They seem really spooky and interesting was that its market?
Yes, John, Spellbound directed its mystery stories towards the occult and the unexplained. Its arrival was a real surprise. The experiment didn’t really work, so Thomsons pensioned it off after a mere sixty-nine issues. However, it did serve a purpose because the opposition, IPC/Fleetway, or whatever they were called at the time, brought out Misty, which was more groundbreaking and definitely more successful.
There was indeed a Spellbound serial called “The Shop at Shudder Corner”. There has recently been an entry posted on this site on the Picture Library that was based on the serial. It can be found at: http://girlscomicsofyesterday.com/2016/02/the-shop-at-shudder-corner-1983/
Someone asked what Angela Angel-Face was about. Here is a link to a discussion of it: https://jintycomic.wordpress.com/2014/06/21/angela-angel-face-1980/
So did MISTY also feature occult/supernatural stories and bring them to the fore? I only query as I always assumed this was another sister magazine to Bunty and Judy just came out a little later and that at that period in time there was an increased demand for this type of comic hence the new title? But are you saying its stories were slightly different?
Misty was produced by IPC and therefore was not a sister comic to Bunty or Judy, which were DCT. She did produce supernatural stories, including a lot of single stories about girls getting just desserts for bullying, stealing, delinquency, tyranny etc. They ended up dying, becoming trapped, being turned into something horrible, becoming deformed, that sort of thing.
She also produced a lot of memorable serials. These include “The Sentinels”, the only serial I know of that features an alternate reality where Hitler won WW2, “Winner Loses All!” (a Faustian tale), “The Four Faces of Eve” (a Frankenstein story) and “Moonchild” (a Carrie-inspired story). Misty came shortly after Spellbound folded. She lasted two years before merging with Tammy. Her flame still burns, and there have been attempts to revive her one way or other.
While I stick mostly to DC Thomson publications on this site I do have 2 posts on Misty, the first on “The Sentinels” story as mentioned by mistyfan and the other on some of the short stories that appeared in Misty: http://girlscomicsofyesterday.com/2015/05/misty-short-stories/
There are plans to reprint some of Misty’s story later this year, which is exciting. It was known for being more darker than other girls titles and has quite a cult status.
Misty sounds FANTASTIC I wish I had known of it when it was being published. Remember how I kept banging on about them being SISTER magazines and not quite getting it until you pointed out that there were done by different publishers, well, idiot that I am I was still confused, and then I remembered was there not also one called MANDY did that cone out a year or so after Judy and is that not the similar sister magazine I meant! The names are similar, and I vaguely remember seeing a Mandy comic and it looked the same size and shape as Bunty and Judy!
Just to clarify for you, John, there were ten titles for girls that DC Thomsons aimed at the 8 to 13 demographic. Here they are with their starting and ending issue numbers and dates.
BUNTY 1 (Jan. 18 1958) – 2249 (Feb. 17 2001). [Discontinued, although there were five 64pp issues of BUNTY MONTHLY that ran from March 2001 to July 2001].
JUDY 1 (Jan. 16 1960) – 1635 (May 11 1991). [Amalgamated with MANDY as MANDY & JUDY, M&J for short].
DIANA 1 (Feb. 23 1963) – 720 (Dec. 4 1976). [Amalgamated with JACKIE as JACKIE & DIANA].
MANDY 1 (Jan. 21 1967) – 1269 (May 11 1991). [Amalgamated with JUDY. See above].
DEBBIE 1 (Feb. 17 1973) – 518 (Jan. 15 1983). [Amalgamated with MANDY as MANDY & DEBBIE].
SPELLBOUND 1 (Sep. 25 1976) – 69 (Jan. 14 1978). Amalgamated with DEBBIE as DEBBIE & SPELLBOUND].
EMMA 1 (Feb. 25 1978) – 81 (Sep. 8 1979). Amalgamated with JUDY as JUDY & EMMA].
TRACY 1 (Oct. 6 1979) – 277 (Jan. 19 1985). Amalgamated with JUDY as JUDY & TRACY].
NIKKI 1 (Feb. 23 1985) – 237 (Sep. 2 1989). Amalgamated with BUNTY as BUNTY & NIKKI].
MANDY & JUDY {M&J} 1 (May 18 1991) – 315 (May 24 1997]. [Amalgamated with BUNTY as BUNTY WITH M&J]. This combined title only lasted for eight weeks.
Please note that the title that appears second in the amalgamations in the above list was usually dispensed with in next to no time, the exception, apart from M&J obviously, being JUDY &TRACY that was still going strong into their third year.
Some people feel that SUZY ought to be included in this list because more or less throughout its run it did have a similar type of content to the later issues of DIANA. Personally I am currently sitting on the fence. Here are her details anyway.
SUZY 1 (Sep. 11 1982) – 249 (Jun. 13 1987). [Amalgamated with BUNTY as BUNTY & SUZY].
Hi I would just like to congratulate on your site I think it is super! And what you have achieved is tremendous these comics ran for such a long time and carried so many different story lines it is incredible you have done so much, so, as a general comic fan who spent a lovely Easter perusing your site THANK YOU. Even for a almost computer illiterate like myself I can manage this one easily, I love the way it tells me you have already posted this is a duplication etc as I do make mistakes. I do have some Buntys and Judys from the sixties, not in great condition as both myself and my sister read them they have been well loved. But if they manage to be one piece on your ten thousand piece jig saw I would be more than happy to give you them, they are not in collector quality but well read. You could extract any useful info from them and then throw them away, I would be happy to pay the postage all I will need is an address to send them too, I also understand if you do not wish them. I was also looking on e bay and see (not sure if this is a copyright infringement) but they offer hundreds of girls comics on a DVD, again, they are ridiculously cheap £10 for a DVD set and they also might have some you do not have, I would be happy to buy these as a contribution to your work and send as well please advise if this is any help. I know I have some parts of GENIUS ISLAND and Derek as already done a full story write up so there is another small jigsaw piece. Whatever you decide you have my best wishes, I would not try to post updates myself on your site, I am not that good with computers sorry
Thanks for your kind words and I’m happy that the site has kept you entertained. As for the comics, if you are sure you want to part with them, I would be happy to take them. I am not bothered about the state of them as I collect for enjoyment, without monetary considerations. I will private message you with address.
Hello
I was just wondering if anyone could help with a story I remember? It was about a girl with her mum and dad who stop at a little guest house, the owners have children and so they play a game of monopoly. The girl questions whether or not since it’s such a long game but they say it’s ok. The family leaves, on the way back they check into a hotel but the girl goes to visit the guest house family. They welcome her and start up where they left off with the game. At the end it’s revealed it’s a ghost house and she can’t leave, her parents come looking for her and she can see them out the window but they can’t see the house anymore.
I’ve probably not remembered it exactly but if anyone knows the name or what year’s annual it was from I’d be really grateful!
Thank you
I remember that story, I think it may have been a Judy annual, I’ll check through my annuals later and try and find it.
UPDATE: Checked through my annuals but couldn’t find it, I have a feeling it was a text story, but may be mixing it up with a similar story I found where a girl joins a game but it’s an outside game with lots of kids. But still sounds really familiar so I’ll continue to look!
Thank you! It’s one of those stories that has just always really stuck with me and I’d love to be able to find it again!
Could CM give us some idea of the year she would have received the annual and, despite the fact that she has posted the enquiry under ‘Bunty Stories’, whether it is possible that it might have appeared in an annual not produced by Thomsons, such as School Friend or Tammy for instance.
It should have been the 90s that I received it, or possibly late 80s. I feel pretty confident that it was Bunty as it’s the only annual I can remember getting but my memory could be failing me
It wasn’t Tammy or Jinty annuals. I haven’t seen every School Friend or June annual.
Hi all,
I’m so thrilled to find this site. I’ve left some comments under some of the stories. My all-time favourite was ‘The Taming Of Teresa’ which was first out in 1969/70. I have only just learned that it was reprinted in 1979. But I loved it. I tried to recreate it in an old exercise book complete with childish drawings which I’ve still got! I think that must be because we had to throw out our old comics each week, I imagine (or after a few weeks). Anyway, in 1985, at the age of 26, I wanted to read it again so I wrote to Bunty and they sent me a copy as it was one of their Lucky Charm collection – and I still have it to this day! I must read it again sometime, although I had in fact committed large parts of it to memory, and decades later it was the inspiration for one of my novels which also mentions this story!
Another favourite was Princess Of Sorrow. My sister sent off for it for my 40th birthday and some kind soul photocopied it all for me! So I was able to read that in its entirety again too.
Another favourites were Ann All Alone. Plus Secondhand Sue (I don’t think that’s mentioned in the list) and Too Many Cookes (not the one mentioned in the list here) this was in the 1960s and featured a girl and her young siblings, one of them a baby in a pram, wandering around in poverty and their house had been condemned. It was probably quite radical for its time!
Anyway, I’ve just started a Bunty board on Pinterest and another for The Taming Of Teresa.
Happy memories, folks, and thanks for this site!
Glad you like the site! The Taming of Teresa is a great story, it was nice of DC Thomson to send you on the Lucky Charm reprint.
Indeed! I treasure my copy of The Taming Of Teresa. It’s very browned round the edges now…but until now I’ve never found others who shared my passion for it. The wonders of the internet, eh, and for people like yourself for enabling us to connect with others!
Oh I tell a lie…just seen Secondhand Sue is mentioned!
There was also a story called Kay For Courage that was ahead of its time about a girl in a wheelchair who was pulled along by her dogs.
I recently written a blog about The Taming Of Teresa the inspired one of my novels. I’ve also put a link to this site 🙂
http://bubbitybooks.blogspot.co.uk/2016/10/the-taming-of-teresa-how-bunty-story.html
The novel that Kate Rigby is referring to above is called Savage To Savvy. I have recently bought it in a chunky paperback version from Waterstones in Liverpool but I did have to order it first. I haven’t enough time to read it at the moment but it is tempting.
Does anyone remember a story where for some reason a girl has to get to a top of a mountain full of whispering stones. If she looks at the rocks she will turn in to one herself, as that is how all the other stones got there. Anyway, I remember she makes it to the top, but not much else. I just remember that story haunted me for ages!
It would be helpful initially, Michaela, given that Bunty ran for 2249 issues between 1958 and 2001, if you could give us a rough idea of the years during which you were reading Bunty in order to narrow our search area, and also any hints as to a title for the serial. Furthermore is it possible that the story was a complete in a Bunty annual rather than in the weekly story paper?
Hi. I wonder if anyone came help me. I am trying to track down an Annual for my partner. Only information I have is that it was “The Bunty” and featured amongst other things the story of the ballet “Coppelia”. Possibly in another annual was make-up tips from Lesley ashe. Any ideas? we are probably looking at mid-70`s. Tried researching on line but they tend to just talk about price and condition rather than content. Thanks and hope you can help!
I can answer the first query, John. The ballet Coppelia was featured as a double-page spread (pp 68 and 69)in the Bunty annual for 1973.
Where make-up is concerned there is a double-page spread (pp 58 and 59) in the 1975 Bunty annual covering skin, hair, eyes, lips, hands, nails, feet, and posture. However, there is no reference to Leslie Ash so this is probably not what you are looking for unfortunately.
Thanks for that The lesley Ash thing was actually in a 1977 copy of Jackie magazine! Thanks again!!
I really enjoyed a story about a town girl who went to stay with her Uncle in (I think) an old farmhouse in the country during the summer holidays. She was bored. So he set her some tasks. A sort of treasure hunt (i.e.) find the grinning face which turned out to be a door knocker after she cleaned it. Or he wanted a meal cooked and there was no food in the house or so she thought, she then found fresh food in the garden by digging up carrots etc… It sounds odd and boring writing it out. But it was sort of a lesson within the story. I am thinking it was a one off story in one of the Christmas annuals. Maybe Bunty. I really cannot remember. Does anyone know that I am talking about? Also what magazine was the Four Marys in?
It’s “Trudy on Trial!”, Jinty annual 1979. And The Four Marys always appeared in Bunty.
There is a bit of sample artwork from “Trudie on Trial” shown in the post on the Jinty Annual 1979, here.
Some time in the mid to late 1960s I got June and School Friend comic and a friend got Bunty. Every so often our mothers collected a pile of them and swapped them, and I hope Ann enjoyed J&SF as much as I enjoyed B.
One of the regular illustrated stories in the Bunty was called ‘The Days’ or maybe ‘The Happy Days’, or similar, about a family called (you’ve guessed it) Day. One of the stories concerned the father building a boat in his garage. When it was finished, in the penultimate episode, he went proudly to get it out of the garage. But he couldn’t, because the boat was far bigger than the garage doors. The episode ended there – but the next issue of Bunty was missing!!!
Honestly, I have had an interesting life and I do get out, but I’ve never forgotten this and so I thought I’d put it to the collective wisdom of GO: Does anyone else remember this story and WHAT HAPPENED NEXT?
It was in the regular comic, not in one of those little story booklets some comics issued.
You will find a discussion thread on the Days at http://comicsuk.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=140&t=3912&p=88173&hilit=happy+days+boat#p88173
It does mention the boat story and someone’s recollection of what happened next.
The Days were in Princess/Princess Tina by the way, not Bunty.
Can anyone remember a story from a Bunty Christmas annual about a gypsy girl who discovers she the twin sister of a young girl from a well to do family in Victorian times. What year annual was it?
I’ll double check annuals I have, though nothing springs to mind immediately. Most of my Bunty annuals are from the 90s though, any idea what decade the annual maybe from?
I too am trying to find this particular story! I can’t for the life of me remember what it was called and have spent the best part of an hour trying to find it. It was in one of my mums old books, which have had to be thrown away due to mice!! I really want to read this story to my children as I loved it and it’s the only one that seems to have stayed in my mind all these years!
So I’ve checked all the Bunty annuals I have, but I don’t have a lot of 1960s/70s books. Of course there’s always the chance it was in a different book, like Mandy. But if you could give any more details of what you remember about the story or around what year it would have been, I could ask on the comics forum and see if anyone can help.
So it was the text story “No Time to Dream” from the Mandy 1971 annual, thanks to Goof and all on Comicsuk forum for their efforts looking through their annuals.
So Elisabeth has said the story she remembered was from the Mandy 1971 annual. In case you were thinking of a different story, another suggestion from Comics uk forum is The Gypsy Princess from Girls World Annual 1969
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can anyone find any info on this issue? I had it as a child and would love to revisit the nostalgia.. bunty #182
Have you looked for it on eBay?
It’s not a book I have read myself. I do see 30th century comics have a copy listed for £2. They are based in London and do have a minimum spend (£10 I think) if you want to have it delivered.
BUNTY 182 (July 8 1961)
The serials
Lorna Drake – On the lonely road of a ballerina (Lorna’s portrait is finished – and then the excitement begins.)
One Shall Be Queen – (Podge and Janet arrive at their destination.)
The Four Marys – (A new store means trouble for the Simpsons.)
Sue Of Starholme – [text form] (A blind girl is able to “see” Sue with her fingers.)
Flora The Flower Girl (A runaway horse does a good turn to Flora.)
The Secret Of The Six Dolls (Betsy wins praise from a famous dress designer – and learns the secret of the mystery dolls.)
Katy O’Connor – Ship’s Nurse ( A storm at sea – and the Ventura receives a distress signal.)
Penny Brown – Club Leader (A photography lecture leads Penny to an exciting adventure.) [final instalment : replaced next week by The City Under The Sea.]
Lisa The Lonely Princess (Danger threatens the dancing princess.)
Alison Of Appletree Farm (A load of cheap hay lands Alison In Trouble.)
Captain Shirley [text form] (Shirley enters an art contest, but she’s not too happy with her effort!)
Please note ‘c’ that yesterday I posted below, on this thread, the details about the serials in BUNTY 182 that you requested our help with.
Please note, that the post that I have just mentioned as being below the list of the serials in BUNTY 182 now, for some reason, appears above it!! Perhaps that’s my fault.
I’m being driven slightly dotty by fragments of memory of stories from Bunty or Mandy, probably from issues in the early to mid ’80s….
The first story I remember is of a girl who was transported to a fantasy-land where she had to find her way home but most of the signposts said the wrong thing, the rocks and the animals all seemed to speak etc….
Second story, and perhaps this was even more of a cheese-dream, I just remember it was a futuristic world where ‘older people’ were sent off to die. Not much, but surely a strong enough hook for someone to recall it?
Anyone who can possibly put me out of my misery without spending weeks trying every link on here, please? 😀
The first story is it possibly Prisoners of the Rainbow from Bunty: http://girlscomicsofyesterday.com/2014/04/prisoners-of-the-rainbow/
EDIT another suggestion Land of Nowhere http://girlscomicsofyesterday.com/2014/12/the-land-of-nowhere/
The second one does sound familiar too, i’ve made an enquiry on the comicsuk forum to see if anyone can help.
The Frightening Fours doesn’t have adults sent away but has anyone over the age of 16 fall asleep. http://girlscomicsofyesterday.com/2016/06/the-frightening-fours-2/
Thank you very much.
Land of Nowhere looks very much like it and now I know which back-issues to try 🙂
Not sure about the second, I just have this hazy recollection that the older adults (grandparents, maybe) were sent away in that society, with the implication being they were to die. Sounds dark but it was definitely a comic strip and I mainly read Mandy and Bunty back then.
No luck so far on the second story, I had a thought about a story, Cybela (Judy) which had an overpopulated future but they decided to put down animals, so no old people sent away in that case! I will update if I do find something more matching.
The story that still sticks with me was about a girl who got kidnapped and forced into military training. They shaved her head and put her in uniform, and she had to do assault courses and combat training. Nobody would explain what was going on. I think she was a bit of a spoilt girl from a boarding school so all this upset her terribly, but then she decided to knuckle down and learn all the military stuff. Eventually she was able to use what she was being taught to her own advantage. Can’t remember how it all ended though! But I did admire her for turning the tables on her kidnappers. I think it was in Bunty, but could have been June and Schoolfriend as these were the two I read every week. Late 60s to early 70s. Any details much appreciated to put me out of my misery!
Sorry, doesn’t sound familiar to me. It sure sounds intriguing though! I would be interested to know what it is.
Someone else recalls the story and pinpoints it to Bunty in the mid-1960s, but couldn’t give a title.
After Derek kindly looking through his Bunty’s it now seems to have been ruled out as a Bunty story. There was a suggestion on the Comicsuk forum of the Legion of Super Slaves from Sally. Pictures can be seen here: http://comicsuk.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=140&t=7747
Sorry Cassie, we’ve reached a dead end on this one. Nothing has turned up in Bunty, June and School Friend or other titles that matches the description. Is there anything else you can remember about it that might help things along? And are you sure that what you do remember about the story is correct?
I received Bunty as my weekly Comic from 1964 to 1969 and really enjoyed it. The following 20 stories are not on your list:
The Oakfield Outcasts
Tilly Take the Blame
Trixie and the Mad Toy Maker
The Lollypop Kid
Stella Who
Hai of Highwood
Fiona and the Future
The Pride of the Priestleys
The Silver Skis
The Search for Sister Stella
The Badge for Bessie
Her Fabulous Father
Morag’s Medals
Slave to the Trumpet
Trudy the Reluctant Truant
No one Wants Wendy
Little Mother Meg
Hopes Hostel
Second Hand Sue
Karen and Kim
You might like to add them to your list.
My particular favourites were The Silver Skis, Little Mother Meg and Karen and Kim.
Do you have any details on The Silver Skis or Karen and Kim?
As I recall The Silver Skis involved a girl called Sonya Hestle whose parents run a hostel at the top of a ski slope in Switzerland. Sonya loves skiing and whilst out on the slopes meets up with a girl from the village down in the valley, called Margit Bruner. One day whilst out skiing the come to the aid of a lady called Mrs Frobisher who has twisted her ankle, also from the village. Somehow it turns out that Sonya and Margit are in fact sisters and Sonya’s parents are not hers. She eventually goes to live with her real parents and sister down in the village. Can you enlighten me further?
Karen’s father is a policeman and she is desperately keen to own a police Alsatian dog. He promises one for her 13th birthday. Shortly afterwards her father has a heart attack and dies. Karen’s step mother is against her having the dog who is called Kim and when he is accused of killing some sheep Karen runs away with him travelling in the back of a large van. That’s all I can remember so any help would be much appreciated?
More information on The Blitz Kids and the Girl with the Dancing Skates, The Search for Sister Stella, Stella Who, and Fiona and the Fortune please? .I think there was a story about a family that run a hot potato stall? Also one called Alona the Wild One?
Help please from you or anyone else who remembers any of these stories.
Many thanks, Arminel
Thank you for the information, Arminel. The additions have been made.
The name Sonya Hestle is clearly based on that of the great Norwegian figure skater Sonja Henie, who, if memory serves, won more than one Olympic gold medal in the 1920s/30s.
The only one of these I can help with is the last that you mention, Alona the Wild One. This was not a Bunty series, but was published in Princess and its successor Princess Tina. I don’t know exactly when it started (1965 or earlier), but it ran until March 1970.
It was a series of action adventure stories, usually set in exotic locations. Alona’s upbringing in the South Seas gave her an exceptional ability in swimming and diving which provided a touch of the superheroine, and her recklessly daring temperament brought an original twist to some of the stories, as it made her as good at getting into trouble as she was at getting out of it. This was less obvious in the later stories, and she became more like other action heroines of the period.
Quite a few of the stories were reprinted in Princess/Princess Tina Annuals, and there was also a series of reprints in Tina (as Princess Tina was then called) in 1973/74.
Does anybody know when the story “Georgie and Griff” ran in Bunty? I’ve never seen it referred to in discussion, and it’s not in the Bunty story list, but there were appearances in the 1979 and 1981 Annuals. It also appeared in the 1978 Summer Special, where it was referred to as “a Bunty Favourite”. This suggests a range of around 1976 to 1980 for the weekly series. Artist Matias Alonso.
Hi Goof,
‘Georgie And Griff’ ran in BUNTY 1030 (October 8 1977) – 1045 (January 21 1978).
Brilliant! Thanks very much, Derek.
My all time favourite Bunty stories were Beggars’ Academy, The Evil of Emily, Second Best Babs, Wild Rose, Tuesday’s Child and Winnie on Wheels. I have vivid memories of all of these. I could never get into the Four Marys and wasn’t a fan of the comedy stories like the Flights of Floppear.
That could be one of the great things about comics, such variety meant you were sure to like at least some of the stories! I was always drawn to Sci-Fi and Mystery stories first but also liked some drama!
Hello everyone,
Was hoping to pick the collective memory with a story. In Dutch, it was reprinted in 1979’s Tinas as “De avonturen van Prins Jasper”, meaning “The adventures of Prince Jasper”. It is about an old lady and her prizes winning white cat Prince Jasper the Third. The old lady passes suddenly and leaves all her earthly possessions to her cat, and the cat to the housekeeper’s teen daughter Tillie, because she was the only one kind to the old lady and her cat. The old lady’s nephew plans to kill the cat, as that will cause the inheritance to fall back on him. He tries to poison the cat, chases it onto a busy road, sends a nasty dog after it et cetera.
Anything ring a bell?
Regards,
Ramon
Although I can think of plenty of stories with devious nephews trying to get an inheritance, I can’t think of ones with cats. There was a Mandy picture story library Karen’s Cats with a similar plot, though in that case there was lots of cats and I think it was a niece trying to get inheritance, I just remember one of the cats having to be rescued from a washing machine at one point.
The premise sounds similar to “The Aristocats”. Perhaps it was inspired by that movie. I can imagine the story must have been pretty funny, the way the niece/ nephew’s attempts to kill the cat kept failing.
You may not see this since so much time has passed since you asked about this story. The story you are looking for is “King Cat”. It started in Bunty #1068 (July 1, 1978) and ended in Bunty #1078 (September 9, 1978).
I didn’t mention that the girls name in “King Cat” is Tracy instead of Tillie. The cat is a white Persian named Jasper.
Thanks, Ronnie!
In the #880s, Bunty had a one-pager that was translated into as “Stalen Stien”. It is about a young girl in a western setting that has Desperate Dan-like strength.
Does this ring a bell for anyone?
Regards,
Ramon
Oh, and the artwork is cartoony, the tone humorous.
Ramon
I checked “Mighty Mo” and it is a one page story of the strongest girl in Cactus Creek. It has a humorous tone and is in a western setting. It is in Bunty #834 (January 5, 1974) although this is not the beginning of it. It’s still in Bunty #897 (March 22, 1975). I don’t know how many more issues it appeared in.
I believe you are thinking about “Mighty Mo”. It was in Bunty about this time. I don’t know the starting or ending date of it.
That sounds right, thanks Ronnie!
I am hoping to find another Bunty story. In Dutch, it translates as “Who Is Tessa?” but I have not found a matching Bunty title similar.
Teenage orphan Tess had taken care of her grandfather until the day he died. She then inherits his house and fortune, bypassing Tess’ cousin Telma (Thelma?) who only receives a broche. Telma and her mother Helena then plot to replace Tess with Telma, as they look so alike.
Any takers?
Regards,
Ramon
Oh, the issues reprinted are from Bunty #996 (12 February 1977)-1010 (21 May 1977).
Regards,
Ramon
The title you are looking for is “The Truth About Tessa”. The cousin’s name is Tansy and her mother’s name is Helena.
I think Ramon already knows that, Ronnie. Given that he uses the word ‘reprinted’, it seems obvious to me that he is looking for is a prequel. I’m not sure there even is one, but if there is, it certainly doesn’t have that title.
I couldn’t understand why he would would need the title as he knew the issues, but as he wrote “I have not found a matching Bunty title similar”. I thought I would provide the title just in case.
Hi, i am looking for a story that I think was printed in Bunty around 1981-1983 – I don;t think it was later than this as I left for high school in 9184 and didn’t read the comics as much after that. The story was about a Princess (might have been Incan) and her name was Mora, she had long dark hair and a white dress that reminded me of Roman togas? I’ve checked the Princess of the Sun story that Bunty ran in the 70’s, it definately isn’t that. Unfortunately I can’t remember any more details and was hoping someone might remember it. Thanks in advance, Tracy
I looked at “Necklace of the Sun” some more today. It starts with Mora being chosen high priestess. The daughter of the last high priestess is jealous and summons OTYS, mistress of murder (who appears as a black cat) to kill her before she puts on the Necklace of the Sun. She escapes by being sent by the gods to 1982. Her dress does resemble a toga. The story is about Mora trying to find the necklace and escape from OTYS. In the end she puts the necklace on after it is found and returned. She then goes back in time to be high priestess while wearing this white dress. OTYS’s punishment is is to be meek and gentle.
Thanks for that, Ronnie. Do you have any idea who the artist is?
No I don’t. I looked but I did not recognize it. I don’t know that many artists.
Could the story you are looking for be “Necklace of the Sun”? It started in Bunty: #1250 (December 26, 1981) and ended in Bunty: #1267 (April 24, 1982). It’s about a young girl named Mora from Stonehenge in 2,000 BC who is transported to 1982.
Thank you for the info about “Necklace of the Sun”. I’ve added it in since there wasn’t an entry for it here.
Mora is clearly an extremely experienced time traveller. She was in Stonehenge in 2000 BC, she met Ronnie in 1982, and Tracy has just got back after spending some time with her in 9184. Personally speaking, I know that I would not enjoy being someone like Mora because sometimes my head can be spinning even after a short train journey from Penzance to Hayle (15 minutes). My remedy is to walk down from the station to the White Hart pub, put my bag on one of the tables, get my book out, go to the bar and order a nice cold pint of lager from Mary or Liz. This lunchtime I got there about 12.30pm, and by the time I got to the bar Karen was already pulling my pint. When I pointed out to her that I hadn’t actually placed an order, she said, ” Well, Derek, I simply assumed that you would find this pint of ‘Cornish’ very acceptable given that it’s the only beer we’ve got on at the moment. We ARE expecting a delivery by 3pm but you and your book will already be back by home by then. I was!!!
I need some details on “Miss Popularity” (Bunty) for an entry:
1: The name of the protagonist
2: The name of the antagonist (which I think was Anna Brown, but I want to confirm)
3: Publication dates
Any help appreciated, thanks!
I have found a story called “Miss Popularity” beginning in Bunty #1858 (August 21, 1993) and ending in Bunty #1871 (November 20, 1993). This may not be the one you are looking for though. In this story Fiona Taylor wins a Miss Popularity contest sponsored by a perfume company. She is to promote a new teen perfume named Popularity. A secret enemy spoils things for her at all the functions she attends and turns her friends against her. It turns out to be her boyfriend, Tom Brown. He was getting revenge for his sister, Amanda Brown who was upset because she didn’t win. Amanda didn’t know her brother was doing this, promised to keep her brother under control and got her classmates to be friends with Fiona again.
That’s it. Thank you so much for the information!
As a child I remember being given a second hand Bunty annual . Probably dated around 60s / 70s . The vague story I remember was about a young girl at ballet school who was either left out or bullied . The picture I recall was that she wore a purple / lilac tutu & was dipping the toe of her ballet shoe in a sort of sand box before ballet class.
The chances of anyone recognising this minute piece of info is of course ridiculous but worth a try as I often think of it
I know how one image can stick in your head. I don’t have a lot of early Bunty Annuals, I checked the ones I have 1962, 1977 & 78 annuals and couldn’t see anything like that. Maybe it’ll ring a bell with someone else?
I’ve checked all Bunty annuals up to 1985 without success. Can’t see it in the early Judy annuals either. Oddly enough, although bullied ballerinas are as regular as Nutcracker at Christmas, panels showing a shoe being dipped into a sandbox are quite rare. Also, most of the stories in the DCT annuals of this period were printed in only one colour, usually red or orange, so the scope for a purple or lilac tutu is limited.
The 1970 Bunty has a story in it where the girl (Anna) is wearing purple, but it is not a tutu. It starts with her on her toes, but the floor is wood, not sand. She gets a Saturday job to make extra money to help pay for her ballet lessons. A ballet school has an audition on a Saturday that her teacher wants her to try for, but she has to miss it because of her job. it ends with her dancing on an empty stage, but she is noticed by the prima ballerina if the Princess Ballet Company who is allowed one pupil of her own, so Anna gets to go to ballet school. It may not be the story you were thinking of but it is in color and the girl is dressed in purple.
The 1970 Bunty has a story in it where the girl (Anna) is wearing purple, but it is not a tutu. It starts with her on her toes, but the floor is wood, not sand. She gets a Saturday job to make extra money to help pay for her ballet lessons. A ballet school has an audition on a Saturday that her teacher wants her to try for, but she has to miss it because of her job. it ends with her dancing on an empty stage, but she is noticed by the prima ballerina if the Princess Ballet Company who is allowed one pupil of her own, so Anna gets to go to ballet school. It may not be the story you were thinking of but it is in color and the girl is dressed in purple. The title of the story is “She Couldn’t Stop Dancing”.