Category Archives: Bunty

Child of the Storm

Bunty,

Plot

One stormy night a baby girl was left on the doorstep of a caravan in Colrain’s Circus. She was brought up by cruel Clem Sykes and his wife, under the name of Janet Sykes. Twelve years later, Janet made friends with Sonia Petrov, a trapeze artiste who had recently joined the circus. Janet didn’t know that Sonia was her real mother, who had come back to try to make amends for what she had done!

Notes

Appeared

  • Child of the Storm – Bunty: #140 (17 September 1960) – #146 (29 October 1960)

The Gibson Girl

Bunty

Plot

Val Gibson, a young orphan, was delighted when Mrs Laverne, head of the Laverne Dancing Troupe invited her to join the Troupe and become her foster mother. As she had not been a foster parent before, Mrs Laverne was to have Val for a probationary period first.

Notes

Appeared

  • The Gibson Girl – Bunty: #139 (10 September 1960) – #154 (25 December 1960)

Little Miss Sure-Shot

Bunty

Plot

Annie Oakley, the young sharpshooter and her friend, Tom Palmer, took the chance while working on a cotton farm to lead the children in a runaway escape from the cruel treatment they received at the County Home. The County Home officials set out on the trail were the runaways with tracker dogs and they were helped in their task when they heard Annie shooting game to feed the hungry children.

Notes

Appeared

  • Little Miss Sure-Shot – Bunty: #138 (3 September 1960) – #149 (19 November 1960)

Leap-Along Lesley

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Plot

Lesley Vashli, daughter of a top Polish scientist, was on the run from the Germans, who had conquered her country in 1939. The Germans were determined to capture young Lesley, for she had the secret plans of a new aero engine hidden in the stem of her pogo stick. The Germons managed to gain possession of the pogo stick, but helped by members of the Polish Underground Movement, Lesley rescued it from German Headquarters in the town of Estrowa and fled with it.

Notes

Appeared

  • Leap-Along Lesley – Bunty: #138 (3 September 1960) – #154 (25 December 1960)

Jill – Junior Reporter

Bunty

Plot

Jill Buchanan was a trainee reporter at the Winchlea Gazette. She found the job exciting, though also hard work at times.

Notes

Appeared

  • Jill  – Junior Reporter – Bunty: #138 (3 September 1960) – #154 (25 December 1960)

Other Appearances:

  • Jill – Junior Reporter (text) – Bunty Annual 1962
  • Jill – Junior Reporter (text) – Bunty Annual 1968

Fame at her Fingertips

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Plot

Disabled Joyce Landon’s one aim in life was to be a famous concert pianist – but her mother refused to give her any support or allow her to play the grand piano at home. Only Joyce’s grandmother helped her but then she became seriously ill. Though she had managed to get into the local School of Music and pay for her uniform herself, she was devastated when her gran died.

Notes

Appeared

  • Fame at her Fingertips – Bunty: #138 (3 September 1960) – (?) (1961)

Pam the Pearler

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Plot

Pam Quentin’s father was seriously injured by a shark when pearling and young Pam took over the running of his schooner “Black Pearl.” Unknown to the pearlers, someone else wanted sole possession of the rich oyster beds. By beating two stones underwater, this mysterious man could attract, sharks and, dressed in a sinister shark skin suit he could lead them wherever he wished.

Notes

Appeared

  • Pam the Pearler – Bunty: #131 (16 July 1960) – #137 (27 August 1960)

Pert Gert

Bunty

Plot

A humour strip, each story had it’s own title.

Notes

  • Appeared sporadically in the weekly issues.

Appeared

  • Pert Gert and the little puppy – Bunty: #102 (26 December 1959)
  • Pert Gert’s Present – Bunty: #130 (23 July 1960)
  • Pert Gert and the Beggar – Bunty: #132 (23 July 1960)
  • Pert Gert’s New Dress – Bunty: #134 (6 August 1960)

Other Appearances:

  • Pert Gert and her Neighbours – Bunty Annual 1960
  • Pert Gert – Bunty Annual 1961
  • Pert Gert in Dress Sense – Bunty Annual 1962

The Outcast of the Class

Bunty,

Plot

Due to her her father’s disappearance, Rhona Lamont and her mother were forced to move to a poor neighbourhood , while Rhona, an ex-public school girl, attended Hill Street Council School. The girls there were most unfriendly, and to make things worse, a man named Sam Runcorn arrived with an I.O.U. signed by Rhona’s father, and threatened to reveal Mr Lamont’s hiding place unless the debt was paid.

Notes

Appeared

  • The Outcast of the Class – Bunty: #129 (2 July 1960) – #137 (27 August 1960)