Category Archives: Bunty

Sail on Sal!

Plot:

Sal was born on a tiny island off the coast of Cornwall, she owns the only ferry that keeps the island connected to the mainland. If the ferry stops running the island becomes the property of rich Silas Martin. Sal is determined not to let this happen.

sail on sal

Notes:

Appeared:

  • Sail On Sal!–  Bunty: circa #1064 (03 June 1978) – ?

 

Detestable Della

Plot:

During World War II the Japanese invade Malaya and children of the poor mission school are captured. Della Mornay pretends to work for the Japanese while secretly helping the prisoners, who think she is a traitor. When the war ends Della is thrown into a pen with  the Japanese guards. With the help of one girl Sylvia and Lim a British agent they manage to get message to British soldiers. Colonel Mornay, Della’s father arrives and tells the girls that Della had been working for the British all along.

detestable della

Notes:

Appeared:

  • Detestable Della–  Bunty: #458 (22 October 1966) – #472 (28 January 1967)
  • Reprinted: Bunty: #1056 (8 April 1978) – #1070 (15  July 1978)

 

The Guilt of Glendora

Plot:

Glendora Gale was a rich, selfish and an unkind girl but when she accidentally kills a girl during a quarrel she is sent away to a secluded boarding school. Miss Aiken the  harsh headmistress sends the girls out to work at drudges. Glendora  now going be the name Dora Dale, is moved to a kindly family the Maxtons. On a trip to the theatre she is shocked to learn Sara, the girl she thought she killed, is actually an actress. The actress, whose real name is Ethel, was paid by Glendora’s cousin to pretend to be dead so they could get her money. With the help of the Maxtons and Ethel, Glendora confronts her cousins. She lets them go unpunished and knows that before she was a selfish person who had made her cousins lives miserable. After her experiences she is more caring and sets about helping the children of Aiken Academy and improving conditions inside Brigley Prison.

guilt of glendora

Notes:

  • Art: John Woods
  • Translated into Dutch: Debbie Parade Album #22

Appeared:

  • The Guilt of Glendora–  Bunty: #1053 (18  March 1978) – #1067 (24 June 1978)

 

Plain Jane

Plot:

Jane Grant has always known her mother favoured her younger sister Elizabeth, but when her father dies she discovers that she is adopted and her mother no longer feels she has a responsibility for her. The sisters are sent to school, Elizabeth is to be educated but Jane is to be a servant.

plain jane

Notes:

  • Art: Candido Ruiz Pueyo

Appeared:

  • Plain Jane–  Bunty: #1054 (24 March 24 1978) – #1066 (17 June 1978)

 

Tillie The Trier

Plot:

Tillie is a young girl who is always willing to try something new, but things never go right for her.

tillie the trier

Notes:

Appeared:

  • Tillie The Trier–  Bunty: circa #943 (07 February 1976 ) – (?)

Other Appearances:

Annual Appearances

  • Tillie the Trier – Bunty Annual 1977
  • Tillie the Trier – Bunty Annual 1978
  • Tillie the Trier – Bunty Annual 1979
  • Tillie the Trier – Bunty Annual 1980
  • Tillie the Trier (x2) – Bunty Annual 1981
  • Tillie the Trier – Bunty Annual 1982

Summer Specials

  • Tillie the Trier – Bunty-Judy Summer Special 1977
  • Tillie the Trier – Bunty-Judy Summer Special 1978
  • Tillie the Trier – Bunty-Judy Summer Special 1979
  • Tillie the Trier – Bunty-Judy Summer Special 1980