Category Archives: Bunty

No-One Cares for Cara

Bunty,

Plot:

During the eighteenth century, times were hard for Cora Thatcher’s parents and they were forced to sell their fine horse, Starlight.  Charles Beaufort, a wealthy landowner, bought the horse for his spoilt daughter, Clarissa. Because no-one else could handle the horse, except Cora, she was “bought” too.  Although the valuable horse was well fed and tended, life was grim for Cora.

no-one cares for cora

Notes:

Appeared:

  • No-One Cares for Cara – Bunty #801 (19 May 1973) –  #809 (14 July 1973)
  • Reprinted – Bunty: #1372 (28 April 1984) – #1380 (23 June 1984)

 

Simple Simone

Bunty, , ,

Plot:

During the Second World War, Simone, an orphan, arrived in a French village. Because of her innocent, trusting nature, Simone soon became accepted in the village, although many resented her friendliness with the invading Germans.  But Simone was not as simple as she appeared to be and was secretly working with the Resistance.

simple simone

Notes:

  • Artist: Hugh Thornton-Jones

Appeared:

  • Simple Simone –  Bunty: #1370 (14 April 1984) – #1381 (30 June 1984)

 

 

The Night Owls

Bunty, ,

Plot:

Sophie Gray and her brother, Jack,  are able to leave the orphanage they stay in when they inherit a cottage when their Great-Uncle Lional had left them. They  find a secret passageway in the cottage that leads to Black Scar mine. There they help the poor boys who slave in the mine for the sinister Silas Morgan.

night owls

Notes:

  • Translated into Dutch: Debbie Parade Album #34

Appeared:

  • The Night Owls –  Bunty: #1292 (16 October 1982) – #1309 (12 February 1983)

 

Sarah and Jane Little Ladies at War

Bunty, , ,

Plot:

Sarah Lane and Jane Wood had been given the parts of sisters in a weekly TV period drama, as grandchildren of the Earl of Dunlea. Unfortunately  while they played loving sisters in front of the camera, in real life the girls had taken a bitter dislike to each other.

sarah and jane

Notes:

  • Art:  Andy Tew
  • Translated into Dutch: Debbie Parade Album #26

Appeared:

  • Sarah and Jane Little Ladies at War–  Bunty: #1292 (16 October 1982) – #1310 (19 February 1983)
  • Sarah and Jane Little Ladies at War – Bunty: #1377 (2 June 1984) – #1396 (13 October 1984)

Other Appearances:

  • Sarah and Jane Little Ladies at War  – Bunty Annual 1985 [Artist: Andy Tew]

 

Duel of the Dolls

Bunty, ,

Plot:

Wendy Taylor and her parents return to Britain after two years in South America. But her father had made an enemy who put an evil spell on Bobby, one of Wendy’s dolls. In attempt to counteract the spell, a friend of the family used ‘good’ magic to enable the other doll, Betty, to protect Wendy from harm.

duel of the dolls

Notes:

  • Art: Manuel Cuyàs

Appeared:

  • Duel of the Dolls –  Bunty: #1292 (16 October 1982) – #1301 (18 December 1982)

 

The Flights of Flopear

Bunty, , ,

Plot:

Tessa Worth had found a time-travel machine in the shape of a giant rabbit, named Flopear.  When she pressed a button she didn’t realise  that she would be taken to the Planet Xargo, where Flopear was originally built as a birthday present for the mean tempered Princess Meana. Eventually she is able to get back to Earth, Even after she returns home, she continues to spend time travelling the universe with Flopear, as part of her job as Deputy  to a Universal Dictator.

flights of flopearflights_of_flopear

Notes:

  • Art: Robert MacGillivray
  • A Milky Way Dog makes an appearance in the story. Mojo the Milky Way Dog was a story also drawn by MacGillivray for Bunty in 1979.

Appeared:

  • The Flights of Flopear–  Bunty: #1292 (16 October 1982) – #1314 (19 March 1983)
  • The Flights of Flopear–  Bunty: #1359 (28 January 1984) – #1384 (21 July  1984)

 

 Other Appearances:

Annual Appearances

  • The Flights of Flopear – Bunty Annual 1983 [Artist: Robert MacGillivray]
  • The Flights of Flopear – Bunty Annual 1984 [Artist: Robert MacGillivray]
  • The Flights of Flopear – Bunty Annual 1986 [Artist: Robert MacGillivray]
  • The Flights of Flopear – Bunty Annual 1987 [Artist: Robert MacGillivray]

Summer Specials

  • The Flights of Flopear – Bunty Summer Special 1983 [Art: Robert MacGillivray]
  • The Flights of Flopear – Bunty Summer Special 1984 [Art: Robert MacGillivray]

The Fate of the Fairleys

Bunty, , ,

Plot:

In the early 1900s,  after their mother dies Angie and her younger siblings May and Jimmy, runaway from an orphanage so they won’t be separated. Angie had found a picture of a house with an address on the back in her mother’s possessions and they set off to find it. They are surprised when the old woman takes them to stay in an old playhouse rather than the main house.

fate of the fairleys

Notes:

  • Art: Douglas Perry

Appeared:

  • The Fate of the Fairleys–  Bunty: #1293 (23 October 1982) – #1319 (23 April 1983)

 

Susan of Sunnysides / Sue of Starholme

Bunty, Mandy, , ,

Plot

Susan “Sue” Anderson was an Assistant Housemother at Sunnyside’s Children’s home. It was a job she thoroughly enjoyed, though it could be tiring. Sue returned as matron at her own children’s home Starholme.

susan at sunnysides
Susan of Sunnysides (Bunty)

sue sunnysides
Sue of Sunnysides (Mandy)

Notes

  • First appeared as a text story, it had a sequel with a different title.
  • It was later updated into picture story format with the original title
  • Unusually as well as being in Bunty, it appeared as text story in Mandy (possibly a reprint) under the slightly revised title “Sue of Sunnysides”
  • Art: Hugh Thornton-Jones (Bunty 1982 series)

Appeared:

  • Susan of Sunnysides (text story) –  Bunty:  #90 (3 October 1959)  – #108 (6 February 1960)
  • Sue of Starholme (text story) – Bunty #138  (3 September 1960)- #156 (7 January 1961)
  • Sue of Starholme (text story) – Bunty #177 (3 June 1961) – (?)
  • Sue of Sunnysides (text story) – Mandy:  (?) – #42 (4 November 1967)(reprint?)
  • Susan of Sunnysides –  Bunty:  #1288 (18 September 1982)  – #1291 (09 October 1982)
  • Susan of Sunnysides –  Bunty:  #1304 (8 January 1983)

Other Appearances:

Annual Appearances

  • Susan of Sunnysides (text story) – Bunty Annual 1961
  • Sue of Starholme (text story) – Bunty Annual 1962
  • Susan of Sunnysides – Bunty Annual 1980 [Artist: Peter Kay]
  • Susan of Sunnysides – Bunty Annual 1984 [Artist: Hugh Thornton-Jones]

Summer Specials

  • Susan of Sunnysides – Bunty Summer Special 1984 [Art: Hugh Thornton-Jones]