Category Archives: Bunty

Willa the Wisp

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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

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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

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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

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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]

Treetop Tania

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Plot:

Tania, daughter of Lord and Lady Branksome, was washed ashore on a deserted Pacific island, after yacht sinks. The only other survivor was the captain’s daughter, Iris, a Cockney. Eventually, years later, Tania is rescued, but she remembers very little of civilisation.

treetop tania

Notes:

Appeared:

  • Treetop Tania –  Bunty:  #1425 (4 May 1985) – #1449 (19 October 1985)

 

Lady in the Looking-Glass

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Plot:

Pam Fenton had been  plump and very plain until she found a pair of ballet shoes that had belonged to a  ballerina who had died. Pam believed the shoes had a magic power and when she wore them she felt light and graceful and saw the reflection of a beautiful dancer in the mirror.

lady in the looking glass

Notes:

  • Art:  Manuel Cuyàs

Appeared:

  • Lady in the Looking-Glass –  Bunty:  #1416 (02 March 1985) – #1432 (22 June 1985)
  • Reprinted in Dutch as De Dame in de spiegel – Debbie Parade Album #42 (1986)

 

Petra’s Protectors

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Plot:

Early in the Second World War, Petra, a gipsy girl, was doing a circus act in France with her performing dogs, Leo, Pip and Tiki.  When the Germans overran France the circus was destroyed, and Petra and her dogs became refugees. Helping a wounded British pilot, she makes contact with the French Resistance.

Petra’s Protectors

Notes:

  • Art: Matias Alonso

Appeared:

  • Petra’s Protectors–  Bunty: #902 (26 April 1975) – #913 (12 July 1975)
  •  Reprinted – Bunty: #1417 (9 March 1985) – #1428 (25 May 1985)

 

Ernie’s Girl

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Plot:

The Police Chief’s computer, Electronic Random Name Indicator Extraordinary (Ernie) , had selected dizzy W.P.C.  Dora Wiggins as the person most likely to succeed. Dora didn’t agree with this – but the chief delared his computer couldn’t be wrong, and to her dismay he promoted her anyway.

Ernie's girl

Notes:

  • Writer: Anthea Skiffington
  • Art: Russ Nicholson

Appeared:

  • Ernie’s Girl –  Bunty:  (?)  – #1428 (25 May 1985)
  • Ernie’s Girl –  Bunty:  #1646 (29 July 1989) – #1647 (05 August 1989)

Other Appearances

Annual Appearances

  • Ernie’s Girl –  Bunty Annual 1986 [Artist: Russ Nicholson]
  • Ernie’s Girl –  Bunty Annual 1988 [Artist: Russ Nicholson]

Summer Specials

  • Ernie’s Girl – Bunty Summer Special 1986 [Art: Russ Nicholson]