Category Archives: Bunty

Run, Mum – Run!

Plot:

Joy Brownlee was worried about her parents. Her mum was an overweight, stay-at home mother, while her father was a sports fanatic who joked about his “middle-aged” wife. When Joy’s friend’s parents split when her father fell for a younger woman, Joy decided to get her mother interested in sport.

Run, Mum – Run!

Notes:

  • Art: Colin Merrett

Appeared:

  • Run, Mum – Run! –  Bunty:    #1461 (11 January 1986) – #1478 (10 May 1986)

 

Bunty Annual 1987

PAGES CONTENT NOTES
Cover /
2-3 Picture
4-5 Bunty for Girls Title Page
Robina Hood Picture story
At Christmas Time… Feature
Top Pets Feature
Molly the Matron Picture story
Toots Picture story
Willa the Wisp Picture story
It’s Paula! Feature
Safari Game Feature
Carolyn of the Circus Feature
Be a ‘Bunty’ Supergirl Feature
Dolls Through the Ages Feature
Margie’s Magic Aunt Picture story
The Four Marys Picture story
Animal Crackers Feature
Nonie’s Knight Picture story
64 Bunty’s Cut-Out and Colour Wardrobe Feature
The Teddy Bears’ Picnic Feature
The Lost World Feature
Poster: Dog Feature
Haggis Picture story
The Rockhaven Rescuers Picture story
The Queen of Hears Feature
Superlamb Picture story
The House of No Dolls Feature
The Flights of Flopear Picture story
Cobber the Koala Feature
Bunty Calendar 1987 Calendar
Snow in Summer Feature

Willa the Wisp

Plot:

In first story Willa Browne,  tries to get a job at a department store selling perfume. She gets locked in at closing and to pass the time she tries on different dresses. The store’s managers see her on the security camera and think she would make a great model. The story follows her modeling career and becoming a successful model.

In the follow up now a fashion model, Willa  had converted an old London bus into a boutique and with her friends, Ruth and Jane, had set off on a tour of France to give fashion shows in various towns.

Willa the Wisp

Notes:

  • Art: Douglas Perry

Appeared:

  • Willa the Wisp –  Bunty: #561 (12 October 1968) –  #580 (22 February 1969)
  • Willa the Wisp –  Bunty: #1431 (15 June 1985) – #1448 (12 October 1985)

Other Appearances:

Annual Appearances:

  • Willa the Wisp –  Bunty Annual 1970 [Artist: Douglas Perry]
  • Willa the Wisp –  Bunty Annual 1987 [Artist: Douglas Perry]

Summer Specials:

  • Willa the Wisp – Bunty Summer Special 1969 [Art: Douglas Perry]

Molly the Matron

Plot:

Molly Mason had just left school but she soon found herself a very responsible job as “mother” to fifty unruly lads at Burleigh School for Boys.  Despite her slight build she managed the boys better than any of the teachers.

molly the matron

Notes:

  • Art: Andy Tew

Appeared:

  • Molly the Matron –  Bunty:  #1431 (15 June 1985) – (?)
  • Molly the Matron–  Bunty:  (?) – #1536  (20 June 1987)
  • Molly the Matron–  Bunty:  #1582  (7 May 1988) – (?)

 

Other Appearances:

Annual Appearances

  • Molly the Matron –  Bunty Annual 1987 [Art: Andy Tew]
  • Molly the Matron –  Bunty Annual 1988 [Art: Andy Tew]

Summer Specials

  • Molly the Matron – Bunty Summer Special 1986 [Art: Andy Tew]

Picture Story Library

  • Molly the Matron –  Bunty Picture Story Library: #337

The School for Unwanted Ones

Plot:

In 1900, Val Matthews was sent to Dr Croome’s Academy, after her father, Brigadier Matthews had been killed and her mother went to South Africa to settle his affairs. The school was run by the nasty Dr. Croome and three other teachers. Val found herself without friends in the Upper School.

The School for Unwanted Ones

Notes:

  • Art: John Woods

Appeared:

  • The School for Unwanted Ones–  Bunty: #926 (11 October 1975) – #943 (7 February 1976)
  • Reprinted – Bunty: #1429 (01 June 1985) – #1446 (28 September 1985)

 

Bike Rider

Plot:

Sandy Clark’s uncle, an inventor, had built her an unusual bike – a computerised super bike that could talk and even fly. But only Sandy and her uncle knew about its unusual powers, everyone else wonders who the mysterious rider was.

bike rider

Notes:

  • Art: Robert MacGillivray

Appeared:

  • Bike Rider –  Bunty:    #1429 (01 June 1985) – ?

 

Other Appearances:

Annual Appearances

  • Bike Rider –  Bunty Annual 1988 [Art: Robert MacGillivray]
  • Bike Rider –  Bunty Annual 1990 [Art: Andy Tew]

Summer Specials

  • Bike Rider –  Bunty Summer Special 1985 [Art: Robert MacGillivray]