Category Archives: Bunty

Don’t Cry For Me!

Bunty,

Plot:

In Britain, in the year 1940, after her father was lost a sea Nancy Nelson, went to live at Morvel Mansion, along with several evacuees. The manor house was really an old people’s home and there was  often trouble between the young and the old. Later Nancy becomes convinced her father is actually alive. She is proven right but it appears her father is working for the Germans. Despite the evidence Nancy refuses to believe her father is a traitor.

Don’t Cry For Me!

Notes:

  • Art: Andy Tew

Appeared:

  • Don’t Cry For Me!  –  Bunty: #1131 (15 September 1979) –  #1183 (13 September 1980)

 

No Music for Mandy

Bunty, , ,

Plot:

Mandy Rogers had won a place at the famous Lambert School of Ballet. But when she arrives at the school, she discovers that she is going deaf. She decides to keep this secret as she is afraid that she will have to leave to school if anyone found out.

no music for mandy

 

Notes:

  • Art: Colin Merrett
  • Reprinted and translated into Dutch as “Geen muziek voor Manda” – Debbie Parade Album #6 (1980).

Appeared:

  • No Music for Mandy –  Bunty: #1116 (02 June 1979) – #1131 (15 September 1979)

 

Ragamuffin Queen

Bunty, ,

Plot:

Nina a twelve year old urchin who spent her time poaching in the royal forest of Marvonia, was now the most important person in the kingdom. The young child-queen, Marion, who was the image of Nina, had been abducted and in order to prevent a revolution, the Prime Minister had asked Nina to take the queen’s place  and undergo a thorough grooming.  Though reluctant, Nina agreed to help her country.

Ragamuffin Queen

Notes:

Appeared:

  • Ragamuffin Queen  –  Bunty: #458 (22 October 1966) – #471 (21 January 1967)
  • Reprinted – Bunty: #1104 (10 March 1979) – #1117 (09 June 1979)

 

The Sorrows of Sorrel

Bunty, ,

Plot:

When Sorrel Sandley’s father was presumed dead, her grandfather sold their home to Mrs De Vincey to pay their debts. Mrs De Vincey allowed them to stay on condition that Sorrel worked as a governess.

sorrows of sorrel

Notes:

  • Art: John Woods
  • Translated into Dutch as “Susan zoekt haar vader” (Susan Seeks Her Father) and published in Mariska Starstrip #4 (1980s).

Appeared:

  • The Sorrows Of Sorrel–  Bunty:  #1109 (14 April 1979) – #1121 (7 July  1979)

 

Pam’s Army

Bunty,

Plot:

Pam Taylor had given up her career in the Army, to try  to put St Georgina’s School back on it’s feet. Evicted from its premises, the school was now being run in a disused Army Camp.

Pam’s Army

Notes:

Appeared:

  • Pam’s Army –  Bunty: #1104 (10 March 1979) – #1117 (09 June 1979)

 

Ten Against The Tryptons

Bunty, ,

Plot:

Long Barrow School had been invaded by girls from the planet Trypton, and placed under a “Dome of Blackness” cutting it off from the outside world. Trypton would soon no longer support life, and the girls had been sent to test the intelligence on Earth. If the ten chosen Long Barrow pupils proved to be inferior to their Trypton counterparts, then the invaders from space would come to Earth as rulers.

Ten Against The Tryptons

Notes:

  • Artist: Tony Thewenetti

Appeared:

  • Ten Against The Tryptons–  Bunty:  #1110 (21 April 1979) –  #1121 (7 July 1979)

 

Ballerina on a String

Bunty, , , , ,

Plot:

When Jenny Lane realised she was not wanted by her aunt and uncle, she ran away and got a job in a marionette theatre as Sugar Plum, the ballerina puppet.  Someone else at the circus had guessed Jenny’s secret and wanted to help her continue her ballet training, but she could only guess at her mystery friend’s identity.

Ballerina On A String

Notes:

  • Artist: A.E. Allen

Appeared:

  • Ballerina On A String –  Bunty:  #1105 (17 March 1979) – #1119 (23 June 1979)

 

Bringing Up the Barkers!

Bunty, , , , ,

Plot:

When the rough and ready Barker family inherited Janner Hall, Walter the Dalmatian, who was part of the inheritance was appalled. Then Aunt Flo Pooter arrived and began smoothing off their rough edges and Walter was better pleased. He considered her to be one of his “own sort”.

Bringing Up the Barkers!

Notes:

  • Art: Andy Tew

Appeared:

  • Bringing Up the Barkers!  –  Bunty: # 1604 (8 October 1988) – #1618 (14 Jan. 1989)
  • The Barkers–  Bunty: #1758 (21 September 1991) – #1770 (14 December 1991)

Other Appearances:

Annual Appearances

  • Bringing Up the Barkers!  – Bunty Annual 1990 [Artist: Andy Tew]

Summer Specials

  • Bringing Up the Barkers!  – Bunty Summer Special 1989

 

Life in Bunty

Bunty,

Plot:

A diary of the week events in the fictional Bunty Office, narrated by one worker,  Kirstie.

Life in Bunty

Notes:

  • Text Story

Appeared:

  • Life in Bunty  –  Bunty:   #1577 (2 April 1988) – (?)

 

Other Appearances:

  • Life in Bunty (as picture story) – Bunty Annual 1990

 

No Time for Terri!

Bunty,

Plot

Terri Dempster thought her dreams had come true when her parents returned from working abroad, and looked forward to leaving boarding school and spending as much  time as possible with them. So it came as a shock to find her parents had taken on Heartvale House and turned it into a Children’s home, Terri began to wish things had stayed as they were!

No Time for Terri!

Notes

  • Art: Douglas Perry

Appeared

  • No Time for Terri! –  Bunty:  #1604 (08 October 1988) – #1614 (17 December 1988)

Other Appearances:

  • No Time for Terri!–  Bunty Annual 1990 [Art: Douglas Perry]