Category Archives: Bunty

Time after Time (1997)

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Plot

Lucy Barlow picks up a wind-up watch at a car boot sale. When she winds the watch up she finds it is a time-travel device and can send her back through time and she can change things. Then she begins to find it’s not such a good idea. Eventually she goes back in time to the car boot sale to leave the timepiece where it was.

Notes

  • Artist: Maria Dembilio
  • Not to be confused with the 1999 Bunty serial with the same title

Appeared

  • Time after Time –  Bunty: #2082 (6 December 1997) – #2087 (10 January 1998)

Debbie’s Diary

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Plot

When Debbie King’s family move house, she forgets to take her diary. Debbie is anxious to get her diary back as it contains some compromising entries about pretend dates. Debbie makes friends with Melanie Ward, who has moved into her house, hoping Melanie will help her get her diary back. But when Melanie finds out what Debbie wants, she starts blackmailing her.

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Notes

  • Photo story

Appeared

  • Debbie’s Diary –  Bunty: – #2079 (15 November 1997) – #2087 (10 January 1998)

Mystery at Mirov

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Plot

Nadia Fabrie is the daughter of world-famous ballerina Anna Rulinska, who had abandoned her as a baby and then died in a crash. After the death of Nadia’s father, a mysterious benefactor gives Nadia the money to buy Mirov Ballet School. But the school is rundown and needs repairs, and Nadia is trying to come up with a way to save it.

Notes

  • Artist: Eduardo Feito

Appeared

  • Mystery at Mirov –  Bunty: #2073 (4 October 1997) – #2085 (27 December 1997)

Robyn’s Return

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Plot

Robyn Turner had been a popular and successful girl at Woodcraft School until she moves away and then back again when her father’s transfer does not work out. However, Robyn finds that during her absence there have been too many changes at her old school. She now feels left out of things and becomes unpopular as the girls accuse her of trying to take over and keep making unfair assumptions about her. It reaches the point where she becomes a total outcast and wants to leave the school. Fortunately, at this point her father receives another transfer, which enables Robyn to change schools.

Notes

Appeared

  • Robyn’s Return –  Bunty: #2073 (4 October 1997) – #2080  (22 November 1997)

True Love

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Plot

Polly True has always been a model schoolgirl, but things get awkward when her mother starts a teaching job at her school. It gets even more awkward when romance begins to bloom between Mum and the principal, Mr Love. Polly’s classmates start teasing her over it and accuse her of getting preferential treatment because of it. Polly starts deliberately misbehaving in the hope it will stop the romance and the teasing. But of course it backfires; Polly gets suspended and causes her mother a lot of heartbreak. Polly now realises her mistake, but can she put it right?

Notes

  • Photo story

Appeared

  • True Love –  Bunty: #2068 (30 August 1997) – #2078 (8 November 1997)

Lucy’s Legacy

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Plot

Lucy Dewhurst has been living in a children’s home since her parents’ deaths. She has been left with a huge legacy, but wants to be fostered for herself, not her money. However, each prospective foster family fails because of her legacy.

Notes

Appeared

  • Lucy’s Legacy –  Bunty: #2064 (02 August 1997) – #2072 (27 September 1997)

Wendy’s Web (1997)

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Plot:

A race of spider-like aliens select seven girls for study. To capture them, they have one of their race adopt human form and start at the girls’ school as Wendy Forbes. But one of the girls, Hannah Matthews, gets suspicious of Wendy.

Notes

  • Artist: Carlos Freixas
  • Not to be confused with the 1996 M&J serial with the same title

Appeared

  • Wendy’s Web –  Bunty: #2052 (10 May 1997) – #2063 (26 July 1997)

Paula’s Pen Pal

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Plot

Paula Shelton sends her German pen pal Joachim photographs of herself and her best friend Sara. But when Joachim replies, Paula realises he thinks Sara is her. She decides not to tell him the truth in case he does not write again. But then Joachim says he is coming to meet Paula in person on a school trip. When Sara hears about the problem, she agrees to swap identities with Paula while Joachim visits.

Notes

  • Photo story

Appeared

  • Paula’s Pen Pal –  Bunty: #2058 (21 June 1997) – #2061 (12 July 1997)