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Bunty/ Life with Bunty/Bunty – A Girl Like You

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  • Bunty –  Bunty: #01 (18 January 1958) – #1550 (26 September 1987)
  • Life With Bunty –  Bunty:  #1551 (03 Oct 1987) – #1657 (14 Oct 1989)
  • Bunty – A Girl Like You–  Bunty:  #1658 (21 Oct  1989) – ?
  • Art: Doris Kinnear (1958-1987), Andy Tew (1988-2000)

Plot/Thoughts

While a few girl comics had general names like School Friend or Spellbound, the most common thing for the titles was  to be named after girls, i.e. Bunty, Judy, Tracy, Emma, Tammy, Sally  etc. Bunty isn’t the most common girls name, particularly these days,  so I think the name is more likely to bring up memories of the comic than a person. Bunty was represented  by a girl of the same name in the comic. For the majority of the Bunty publication she was the first thing you saw on the covers, but even after revamps, she still  survived  by moving inside the issues and having a comic strip.

The first issue of Bunty had two girls featured on the cover a blonde and a curly black haired girl (the cover art for issue 1 by Doris Kinnear who continued to draw the covers for many years). The emphasis was more on the fact that this was a brand new comic with free gift rather than any cover character. The second issue again emphasized the free gift more than the Bunty character but it was now clear that the blonde girl was the comic’s namesake.

By Issue 3 the cover was dedicated to a Bunty comic strip. It was usually laid out with three small panels and one big panel for the pay off. There was no word balloons instead the story was told in short rhymes.  Sometimes competitions or advertised free gifts would take over the front cover but otherwise this format stayed for over 1500 issues, after which the cover had pictures depicting stories inside the comic instead.

Bunty started off as young girl with long blonde hair in plaits, later her image was updated, with a new shorter haircut. The other regular characters were her two parents, who would often be exasperated with her, in the early covers, she also had an older dark haired sister. She disappeared later, perhaps old enough to move away or just simply forgotten about! Sometimes friends would pop up but mostly just as when it was convenient to the plot.

When the covers started to portray stories from inside the book. Bunty was moved to the back cover, so usually a full colour strip. Although sometimes if an advertisement or Design a Fashion was on the back cover the strip was inside and in black and white, The strip was named Life with Bunty. Her hair was short and curly and now it was a longer strip more of a story and more dialogue with word balloons, no more rhyming captions. It was still wrote as a humour strip.

This only lasted a 100 or so issues, then Bunty got revamped again. With issue 1658, the comic was now being printed  on glossy paper and inside a lot more fully coloured strips appeared. The Bunty strip was renamed again; as Bunty-A Girl Like You. I believe a regular artist for this was Andy Tew. Again Bunty got a new hairstyle to depict the change, this is even commented on on the first strip.

Her parents were still there and still recognizable as their earlier counterparts. Two more regulars were added; friends Lisa and Jo and they became a permanent trio. Jo was a black curly haired girl (I wonder if she was a nod to that black curly haired girl that appeared on the first issue!) and Lisa a red head. Often these strips concentrated on Bunty’s crush of the week, or fashion, so it was a lot more teen aimed than earlier strips. Bunty as a humour strip of a teenage girl also seemed to replace the younger Toots model. Later the srips were re-printed under Girl Zone banner.

Its good to see the comics namesake survived throughout the years and the character of Bunty was a memorable one.

Other Appearances

Annual Appearances

  • A Bite for Bunty – Bunty Annual 1969 [Artist: Doris Kinnear]
  • Life with Bunty – Bunty Annual 1989 [Artist: Doris Kinnear]
  • Life with Bunty – Bunty Annual 1990 [Artist: Doris Kinnear]
  • Bunty- A Girl Like You (x2) – Bunty Annual 1990 [Artist: Andy Tew]
  • Bunty- A Girl Like You (x2) – Bunty Annual 1991 [Artist: Andy Tew]
  • Bunty- A Girl Like You (x2) – Bunty Annual 1992 [Artist: Andy Tew]
  • Bunty- A Girl Like You (x2) – Bunty Annual 1993 [Artist: Andy Tew]
  • Bunty- A Girl Like You (x2) – Bunty Annual 1994 [Artist: Andy Tew]
  • Bunty- A Girl Like You – Bunty Annual 1995 [Artist: Andy Tew]
  • Bunty- A Girl Like You (x2) – Bunty Annual 1996 [Artist: Andy Tew]
  • Bunty- A Girl Like You (x2) – Bunty Annual 1997 [Artist: Andy Tew]
  • Bunty- A Girl Like You (x2) – Bunty Annual 1998 [Artist: Andy Tew]
  • Bunty- A Girl Like You (x2) – Bunty Annual 1999 [Artist: Andy Tew]

Summer Specials

  • Life with Bunty – Bunty Summer Special 1988 [Art: Doris Kinnear]
  • Life with Bunty – Bunty Summer Special 1989 [Art: Doris Kinnear]
  • Bunty – a Girl Like You – Bunty Summer Special 1988 [Art: Andy Tew]
  • Bunty – a Girl Like You – Bunty Summer Special 1991 [Art: Andy Tew]
  • Bunty – a Girl Like You – Bunty Summer Special 1992 [Art: Andy Tew]
  • Bunty – a Girl Like You – Bunty Summer Special 1993 [Art: Andy Tew]
    • Reprinted as Girl Zone – Bunty Holiday Special 2003
  • Bunty – a Girl Like You – Bunty Summer Special 1994 [Art: Andy Tew]
  • Bunty – a Girl Like You – Bunty Summer Special 1995 [Art: Andy Tew]
    • Reprinted as Girl Zone – Bunty Holiday Special 2001
  • Bunty – a Girl Like You – Bunty Summer Special 1996 [Art: Andy Tew]
    • Reprinted as Girl Zone – Bunty Holiday Special 2004
  • Bunty – a Girl Like You – Bunty Summer Special 1997 [Art: Andy Tew]
  • Bunty – a Girl Like You – Bunty Holiday Special 1998 [Art: Andy Tew]
  • Girl Zone – Bunty Holiday Special 2002 [Art: Andy Tew]

Wish Upon a Star

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  • Wish Upon a Star  –  Bunty:  #1770 (14 December 1991)  – #1777 (01 February 1992)
  • Reprinted – Bunty: #2177 (2 October 1999) – #2184 (20 November 1999)
  • Artist: Andy Tew

Plot/Thoughts

So what do you do if your best friend is potentially an alien? This is the problem Dawn faces when she becomes friends with her new neighbour, Stella Starr. Previous to becoming friends with Stella, Dawn is the only girl in her class that doesn’t have a best friend. She is friends with the other girls in the class but when it comes to partnering up for assignments she is left out on her own.  So she is feeling quite lonely and at night she sees a shooting star and she wishes she had a best friend. Conveniently the next day a family move in with a girl Dawn’s age.  Dawn is pleased to make friends at first though she notices  Stella has a weird sense of humour and things don’t seem to add up right with her family.

Stella doesn’t know about pop groups or soaps, when she says things that make Dawn suspicious, Stella pretends she is joking.  Mrs. Starr plants some flowers that grow overnight and are like nothing Dawn has been before. When Dawn and Stella are babysitting and the baby is sick, Dawn’s mother appears after “sensing” something was wrong. In class Stella makes up chemistry solutions that have never been heard of.

So Dawn keeps noticing these strange things about Stella and her family.  When she finds a piece of paper with Junsta written on it and Stella says that is where they lived before, she decides to research it. She discovers Junsta is the name of a planet so the Starrs must be aliens. Why would aliens need to keep a scrap of paper with their home planet name written on it, were thay afraid they’d forget?

So Dawn doesn’t freak out at this revelation, like its scary that alien exists they could be invading, or wow this is interesting aliens exist and cool I have super powered best friend. Instead her biggest worry seems to be she doesn’t want to be friends with an alien because she’s weird.

Seems ungrateful to me. She was upset about not having a best friend, then she gets one and just because she’s  possibly an alien she is going to drop her. Stella has been really nice to her and Dawn doesn’t seem to be afraid of Stella’s alien powers, more worried that other people will think she’s weird too. So she begins to avoid Stella. Stella finally confronts Dawn she explains all the strange instances and tells her Junsta was the name of their old house not town so Dawn is relieved to hear this.

So yes the big reveal Dawn was right all along! So the story is pretty lighthearted.  The art is simple, a bit cartoony at times and matches the tone of the story well. There isn’t any fear or tension that there might be aliens and they have hidden agendas to take over the world by blending in first. Instead its more of a girl suspecting her friend is an alien because she’s odd. I think it would have been more of a twist if it turned out she was just an odd girl. It’s not the most adventurous storyline, and it doesn’t live up to older more bizzare alien stories. I wouldn’t consider it to  be a top classic strip or very memorable,  but  it is still nice to see that aliens still pop up in issues from the 90s.

I also wonder if the alien, Stella Starr,  is a variation on the older Mandy character of the same name. It may be just a nod of recognition or maybe its the common name for aliens, the Starr being obvious reference to being from the stars.

Mandy 1981

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In this annual there are 12 picture stories, 5 text stories and 6 features.

A common feature for Mandy annuals is to have a long picture story split throughout the book. In this annual there is one story that totals 36 pages and is split into 4 parts. The rest of the comic strips have a range of 3 to 11 pages.

There doesn’t seem to be as much variety as other annuals. The majority of stories are based on regular characters from the weekly comic such as “Stella Starr” and “Hilary of the Happy Bus”.  The features are all quiz based features, each quiz has a theme. For more details read on… (For just a list of contents click here)

Picture Stories

A Wedding for Wilma   (Pages: 4-9)

Fran is looking for a husband for her elder sister. For what purpose… to quote Fran “If only I could find her a husband to take her away from housework sometimes” Yep not so the husband can help her out but so he can take her away from it sometimes. Really, if that is her worry why doesn’t Fran help her out some time?

Considering this is 1981 annual, Fran’s character seems to be oblivious to any feminist movement.  While I don’t think its necessarily a bad thing to have a variety of  characters, and not everyone has to be the sensible strong feminist but I think this seems to be a common theme in this annual.  There seems to be a lack of  characters to contrast the less feminist  Fran.

Fran tries to set Wilma up with her gymnastics instructor Tim because he has the great husband qualities of being “ strong and handsome”. She tries to start their “courtship” off by giving them opportunities to spend time together. I question if  a 13ish old girl  be using the word “courtship” in the 80s.  Meanwhile  Wilma seems quite capable of making a play for Tim without help from Fran (Go Wilma!).

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Unfortunately Tim is fitness freak and his idea of dates is getting her to watch him play football and as she’s so supportive he brings her the teams strips to wash. He also decides to get the girls training for football and a romantic trip on the river turns into skull training for Wilma until she tells him where  to shove it.  Wilma is actually a good role model in a lot of way. She doesn’t hesitate in considering Tim as a potential boyfriend, but at the same time isn’t dependent on him for happiness and knows when to get out the relationship.

 

“That’s Not My Gran”   (Pages: 11-16/33-44/81-90/120-126)

  • Artist: Claude Berridge
  • Reprinted and translated into Dutch (as “Dat is mijn oma niet!”) – Debbie #26 (1981)

This is the 4 part complete new story. Jenny goes to visit her gran’s grave. While she’s there a storm blows up and she is knocked out by a branch and doesn’t see a ball of lightning in the sky. She wakes up and goes home and discovers her gran is alive. Which is kind of a creepy premise. Suddenly Gran is back from the dead, not as some zombie but as a mean lady who likes to kick fluffy cute lambs or poor cats.

   

So this makes Jenny suspicious.  Well that and the fact she is the only one that remembers her gran dying in the first place. Gran’s strange behaviour extends to cheating at a cake competition, deciding she wants a driving licence and nearly runs over a guide dog (she really has it in for animals!) and slamming her other granddaughter’s hand in the car boot.

But nobody else seems to notice Grans obvious evilness. Throughout the four parts the big mystery builds up, not only her strange behaviour but gran seems to be able to make people forget things when she looks in their eyes and she doesn’t show up in photographs. Jenny being suspicious of all this strangeness discovers that her “Gran” is  actually an alien.

She overhears Gran talking over radio about wheter earth is suitable. It is never actually states what they want Earth to be suitable for but presumably it’s the traditional Alien takeover scheme.  As a powerful alien though I don’t know where the thought process was that the best human form to take  was  that of a previously deceased gran! Luckily the alien accidentally disintegrates itself when it is attacked by a blind man. The aliens not getting their final data about earth presume it’s not suitable for a takeover and everyone forgets about fake gran again (except for Jenny). Alien plots like this are quite common, but what is less common is using an elderly person as often children or teens were used in some manner.

 

The Living Lie of Linda   (Pages: 22-32)

  • Reprinted and translated into Dutch as “Linda’s grote leugen” (Linda’s Big Lie) – Groot Tina Zomerboek #2/1981 (1981).

Linda is in a wheelchair after an accident. She is making progress learning to walk again when she overhears her father talking to a woman on the phone saying he can’t leave until Linda’s better. Linda jumps to the conclusion he is having an affair and decides the healthiest way to deal with this is to pretend that she still can’t walk so the father will have to stay with the family against his will.

When she’s out swimming another girl gets into trouble and Linda goes to rescue her so the family discover she can use her legs. It turns out the father was talking to his new boss’s wife about a job offer he wasn’t going to take until Linda was recovered.

While the story is fairly average, I do really like the different angles the artist used in this story its nice to see some experimentation.

 

Lucy’s Locket   (Pages: 45-48)

Art: George Martin

Lucy has a magical locket that brings bad luck to whoever’s photo is in the locket. So you’d think a magical object like that should be kept safe.  Lucy thinks its fine to let her little sister play around with the locket and wear it around. When her sister, Ruth, is conned by some market sellers into exchanging the locket for two cheap lockets, Lucy has to figure a way of getting it back.

Luckily for her she doesn’t have to do much because the con woman puts a photo of herself and her husband in the locket. So after a string of bad luck Lucy is able to get the locket back.

Stars in her Eyes   (Pages: 52-55)

Art: Richard Neillands

Karen is a girl who thinks horoscopes are a guide for life. When her horoscope for the week says she should take a chance on going someplace different but over-tiredness may ruin the day, she decides she can’t turn down any opportunity. So she agrees to go on a school trip, a youth club trip, help at a jumble sale and go to a disco all on the one day. At each trip she also has a different boy that she agrees to dance with at the disco. She tries not to tire herself out at any of the events, such as skipping the tidy up at the jumble sale, so she will have enough energy at the disco. Of course the three boys have been picking up her slack all day so they end up falling asleep at the disco, so Karen has no-one to dance with anyway!

 

Blind Ben’s White Christmas   (Pages: 57-64)

  • Reprinted and translated into Dutch (as “Blinde Ben’s kerstfeest”) – Debbie #26 (1981).

I am an animal lover so I did feel for the dog in this story. Ben is the family dog on a farm and he is losing his sight. The family of course just let him retire inside the house. Jill’s aunt comes to stay with the family and disrupts everything. She moves furniture around so Ben gets confused and then when Ben is just lying down asleep she blames him when she trips over him. She also insists that he should be put down.  I definitely would have told that aunt where to go!

Ben ends up being moved back outside in the snow. Then the aunt goes wandering off in the snow and slips hurting her leg. She would have probably froze to death only for Ben sniffing her out. The aunt apologises to Ben and the family, so everyone has a happy Christmas. I know the drama and conflict has to come from some place, but I really don’t see why the family would even consider putting Ben down because of the aunt’s suggestion. It’s already established other than not being able to see, Ben isn’t in pain and nobody is happy about aunt coming to stay in the first place so why would they be taking her advice!

 

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Short Story

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Plot

A series of of complete stories, there wasn’t one theme. Stories Include:

One Little Lie… [#200] –  When Lisa Simpson transfers to a new school, she invents a boyfriend so as not to feel left out with her new friends, who all have them. But when she finds a real boyfriend, the deception backfires.

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(Artist: Carlos Freixas)

Footsteps [#201] – It is Christmas Eve in the Hanson household. But it takes a creepy turn when the family start telling ghost stories and spook the daughters, Katy and Moira. Afterwards the girls get scared when they hear footsteps in the night.

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(Artist: Andy Tew)

New Year Party [#202] – It is a New Year party for ’89. But which ’89?

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(Artist: David Matysiak)

The Key to Happiness [#203] – In the year 1900, orphans Susan and Mary Turner are in the employ of the cruel Mrs Grim who makes them sell violets while going hungry and pockets all the takings. Then they find a mysterious key, which an illusionist promises is the key to happiness.

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(Artist: Juan Solé)

Football Crazy? [#204]- Fiona Carlton falls for Steve. Her friends warn that Steve keeps putting football first and has been dumped by other girlfriends because of it. But Fiona finds her own solution.
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Dolly Daydream [Bunty: #1656]- Dolores “Dolly” Grey tends to daydream. She falls for Tom and tries out car maintenance, Chinese cooking and judo evening classes to impress him. None of them work out because Dolly does not concentrate because of her daydreaming. She bumps into Tom, who is looking for an evening class. When she tells him the ones she tried he is interested and asks for more information. From there they hit it off.

Notes

  • Writers: Various, including: Alison Christie
  • Artists: Various, including: Carlos Freixas, David Matysiak, Guy Peeters, Juan Solé, Andy Tew, John Armstrong, Peter Wilkes, Tom Hurst, Edmond Ripoll

Appeared

  • Short Story – Nikki: #1 (23 February 1985) – #237 (2 September 1989)
    • No episodes  in issues; #32, #33, #38, #84, #90, #137, #140, #194, #216
  • Short Story –  Bunty: #1652 (9 September 1989) – #1657 (14 October 1989),
    •  Bunty: #1662 (18 November 1989), #1720 (29 December 1990)

List of Stories

  • For the Love of Dave -Nikki: #1
  • No Time for School! -Nikki: #2 [Artist: Peter Wilkes]
  • “My Treat!” -Nikki: #3
  • Dawn Loves Paul: Pt 1 -Nikki: #4 [Artist: Tom Hurst]
  • Dawn Loves Paul: Pt 2 -Nikki: #5
  • The Know-All from Planet Pluto -Nikki: #6
  • Roll of Honour -Nikki: #7
  • “I Want That Part!” -Nikki: #8
  • Best of Enemies! – Nikki #9
  • Mean Jeannie -Nikki: #10
  • Top Mark -Nikki: #11
  • The Drip -Nikki: #12 [Artist: Dudley Wynne]
  • Scaredy Cath -Nikki: #13 [Artist: David Matysiak]
  • Sammy Superstar -Nikki: #14 [Artist:  Robert MacGillivray]
  • Thinking of You… -Nikki: #15
  • *  -Nikki: #16 [Artist: Tom Hurst]
  • Little Sister -Nikki: #17
  • Vicky Gets the Boot -Nikki: #18
  • “I’ll Make a Fool of Her!” -Nikki: #19
  • The Winner -Nikki: #20
  • Sammy Superstar (2) -Nikki: #21 [Artist:  Robert MacGillivray]
  • Looking for Trouble -Nikki: #22 [Artist: Andrew Wilson]
  • Nick’ll Fix It! -Nikki: #23
  • Blind Date  -Nikki: #24
  • The Price of Fame – Nikki #25
  • Think Thin -Nikki: #26 [Artist: Tom Hurst]
  • Do Me a Favour -Nikki: #27
  • Four’s Company -Nikki: #28
  • Poison Ivy – Nikki #29
  • Love on the Run -Nikki: #30
  • “I’m Bored.” -Nikki: #31
  • The Most Hated Girl in School -Nikki: #34
  • Paula’s Plan -Nikki: #35 [Artist: Norman Lee]
  • The Face at the Window -Nikki: #36
  • Tabitha Spells Trouble -Nikki: #37 [Artist: David Matysiak]
  • Among My Souvenirs…  -Nikki: #39 [Artist: Peter Wilkes]
  • The Paper Chase -Nikki: #40
  • Sally -Nikki: #41 [Artist: Dudley Wynne]
  • Second Best -Nikki: #42
  • “You’ll Never Believe This But…” -Nikki: #43 [Artist: Peter Wilkes]
  • The Doll’s House – Nikki #44 [Artist: David Matysiak]
  • Christmas Special -Nikki: #45 [Artist: Norman Lee]
  • “No More Boys!” – Nikki: #46
  • Pam’s Party – Nikki: #47
  • Gran’s Old School – Nikki: #48
  • Sammy Superstar (3) – Nikki: #49 [Artist:  Robert MacGillivray]
  • “It’s a Secret!” – Nikki: #50 [Artist: Tom Hurst]
  • It’s Safer in Sydney! -Nikki: #51 [Artist: David Matysiak]
  • Big Bully -Nikki: #52 [Artist: Peter Wilkes]
  • Three Card Trick -Nikki: #53 [Artist: Peter Wilkes]
  • A Birthday for Gilda -Nikki: #54
  • Sammy Superstar (4) -Nikki: #55 [Artist:  Robert MacGillivray]
  • Bossy Bet -Nikki: #56
  • You Know Who Your Friends Are -Nikki: #57
  • Steve Makes a Splash! -Nikki: #58
  • April Fool! -Nikki: #59 [Artist: Norman Lee]
  • Beth’s Brother -Nikki: #60 [Artist: Andrew Wilson]
  • A Real Friend – Nikki: #61 [Artist: David Matysiak]
  • Something Precious – Nikki: #62
  • My Famous Friend – Nikki: #63 [Artist: David Matysiak]
  • Goodbye Anna! – Nikki: #64
  • Mum Mustn’t Know! – Nikki: #65
  • Beth’s Ballet Shoes – Nikki: #66
  • Copycath! – Nikki: #67
  • Game, Set and a Perfect Match! – Nikki: #68
  • Lady’s Lucky Shoe – Nikki: #69 [Artist: Dudley Wynne]
  • Midnight Dancer -Nikki: #70  [Artist: David Matysiak]
  • Lucky Silver -Nikki: #71 [Artist: Norman Lee]
  • Helen’s Holiday – Nikki: #72 [Artist: Guy Peeters]
  • The Merton Maze – Nikki: #73
  • The Fan – Nikki: #74
  • Say it With Flowers – Nikki: #75 [Artist: Peter Wilkes]
  • All for Alan – Nikki: #76
  • Two-Timer! – Nikki: #77
  • Happy Birthday, Hazel? – Nikki: #78
  • Poor Little Rich Pearl – Nikki: #79
  • A Pony for Penny – Nikki: #80 [Artist: Peter Wilkes]
  • Be Fair to Frank! – Nikki: #81
  • Five Past Five – Nikki: #82 [Artist: Norman Lee]
  • No Boys Allowed! – Nikki: #83
  • Pandora’s Rock – Nikki: #85
  • Norma’s New Neighbours -Nikki: #86
  • Blackmail! -Nikki: #87 [Artist: Peter Wilkes]
  • Ruth Sees Red! – Nikki: #88
  • Haunted House – Nikki: #89 [Artist: Norman Lee]
  • Telephone Friend – Nikki: #91
  • The Girl Who Knew Too Much -Nikki: #92
  • Witch Hunt! -Nikki: #93 [Artist: David Matysiak]
  • Glimpse of the Future – Nikki: 94 [Artist: Guy Peeters]
  • Best Friend’s Boy  -Nikki: #95 [Artist: Peter Wilkes]
  • Leaving Lucky – Nikki: #96 [Artist: David Matysiak]
  • Ticket to Romance -Nikki: #97 [Artist: Norman Lee]
  • Star of the Show – Nikki: #98 [Artist: Peter Wilkes]
  • Boy Stealer! – Nikki: #99 [Writer: Alison Christie, Artist: Norman Lee]
  • One of the Girls -Nikki: #100 [Artist: Peter Wilkes]
  • The Boy on the Bus -Nikki: #101 [Artist: Andy Tew]
  • Little Nuisance -Nikki: #102
  • Come Back Calypso – Nikki: #103 [Artist: Carlos Freixas]
  • Be My Valentine – Nikki: #104 [Artist: Norman Lee]
  • For Every Occasion – Nikki: #105 [Artist: Peter Wilkes]
  • A Doll for Laura -Nikki: #106 [Artist: Carlos Freixas]
  • Fay’s Forgotten Friend – Nikki: #107 [Artist: Peter Wilkes]
  • One Lie Too Many – Nikki: #108 [Artist: David Matysiak]
  • Hidden Star – Nikki: #109 [Artist: Norman Lee]
  • Simon Says -Nikki: #110 [Artist: Andy Tew]
  • The Doll – Nikki: #111 [Artist: David Matysiak]
  • Wanted – One Partner -Nikki: #112 [Artist: Carlos Freixas]
  • Debbie’s Dream -Nikki: #113 [Artist: Peter Wilkes]
  • Just Like Mum! -Nikki: #114
  • Just Good Friends – Nikki: #115 [Artist: Norman Lee]
  • Its in the Stars! – Nikki: #116 [Artist: Peter Wilkes]
  • Nothing Out of Three – Nikki: #117,
    • Reprinted in M&J
  • The Rose’s Revenge – Nikki: #118 [Artist: David Matysiak]
  • “Lisa of Langham Priory” – Nikki: #119 [Artist: Norman Lee]
  • Boys! Who Needs Them? -Nikki: #120
  • Looking After Larry -Nikki: #121
  • Gemma’s Ghost -Nikki: #122  [Artist: Norman Lee]
  • Wendy Must Win! -Nikki: #123  [Artist: Norman Lee]
  • Secret Friends – Nikki: #124
  • The Boy On The Beach -Nikki: #125 [Artist: David Matysiak]
  • No Fun for Frances -Nikki: #126 [Artist: Guy Peeters]
  • Holiday of a Lifetime -Nikki: #127 [Artist: Guy Peeters]
  • Rachel’s Romance -Nikki: #127 [Artist: Norman Lee]
  • Debbie Can’t Decide -Nikki: #128
  • It Must be Love -Nikki: #129
    • Reprinted in M&J
  • The Outsider -Nikki: #130  [Artist: Peter Wilkes]
  • Sally’s So Shy -Nikki: #131 [Artist: Douglas Perry]
  • Double Booked -Nikki: #132 [Artist: Douglas Perry]
  • Opportunity Knocks -Nikki: #133 [Artist: Peter Wilkes]
  • Just One Rosette… -Nikki: #134
  • Oops -Nikki: #134 [Artist: Norman Lee]
  • Dancing Girl – Nikki: #135
  • No Fun at the Fair – Nikki: #136 [Artist: Andy Tew]
  • Mystery at St. Mary’s -Nikki: #138 [Artist: Norman Lee]
  • The Rivals -Nikki: #139
  • Missing -Nikki: #141 [Artist: David Matysiak]
  • Mary Luvs? -Nikki: #142
  • Music in her Ears -Nikki: #143 [Writer: Alison Christie, Artist: Carlos Freixas]
  • Holiday Boyfriend -Nikki: #144
  • I Wish…I Had a Boyfriend -Nikki: #145 [Artist: Andy Tew]
  • Suspicion! -Nikki: #146
  • Babysitting Blues – Nikki: #147 [Artist: Guy Peeters]
  • Something Borrowed  -Nikki: #148 [Artist: Sean Phillips]
  • Lonely This Christmas? -Nikki: #149 [Artist: Andy Tew]
  • Before The Year Ends.. -Nikki: #150
  • Double Trouble -Nikki: #151  [Artist: David Matysiak]
  • From Out Of The Mist… -Nikki: #152  [Artist: David Matysiak]
  • The Lonely Pony -Nikki: #153 [Artist: Carlos Freixas]
  • Belinda’s Boyfriend  -Nikki: #154 [Artist: Sean Phillips]
  • It’s Over! -Nikki: #155 [Artist: Guy Peeters]
  • Carla In Charge  -Nikki: #156 [Artist: Sean Phillips]
  • A Valentine For Val -Nikki: #157 [Artist: Andy Tew]
  • Snap Encounter -Nikki: #158 [Artist: David Matysiak]
  • Cathy In Love -Nikki: #159  [Artist: Guy Peeters]
  • A Date – or Else! -Nikki: #160  [Artist: Andy Tew]
  • Lucky Stars -Nikki: #161 [Artist: Julio Bosch]
  • The Right Boy for Rona -Nikki: #162 [Artist: Guy Peeters]
  • April Fool! -Nikki: #163 [Artist: Julio Bosch]
  • Easter Teaser -Nikki: #164
  • All For Love -Nikki: #165 [Artist: Andy Tew]
  • Puppy Love -Nikki: #166
    • Reprint from Spellbound #4
  • Carolyn’s Career -Nikki: #167
  • One Day In May -Nikki: #168 [Artist: Tom Hurst]
  • Friday 13th  – Nikki: #169 [Artist: Sean Phillips]
  • Copycat -Nikki: #171
  • U.F.O. – Nikki: #174
  • Wrong Gear – Nikki: #175
  • Love at First Sneeze! – Nikki: #176
  • Seaside Romeo -Nikki: #177
  • Tracey Tennis Ace -Nikki: #178
  • Oh, Brother -Nikki: #179 [Artist: Tom Hurst]
  • Last Summer… -Nikki: #180
  • Gossip -Nikki: #181 [Artist: Tom Hurst]
  • Karen’s Big Chance -Nikki: #182
  • Jumping Joan -Nikki: #183 [Artist: Andy Tew]
  • Sue In Spain -Nikki: #184
  • The Donkey Ride -Nikki: #185  [Writer: Alison Christie]
  • For The Love of Lorrie -Nikki: #186
  • Cradle Snatcher -Nikki: #187 [Artist: Tom Hurst]
  • Sarah Slips Up! -Nikki: #188
  • Debbie’s Dream -Nikki: #189 [Artist: David Matysiak]
  • Bob’s Bark! -Nikki: #190
  • The Perfect Boyfriend? -Nikki: #191 [Artist: Tom Hurst]
  • The Cat Came Back -Nikki: #192
  • Stargazer -Nikki: #193
  • No Time For Wispy -Nikki: #195
  • Skip -Nikki: #196 [Artist: Andy Tew]
  • No Thanks! -Nikki: #197 [Artist: Tom Hurst]
  • Jealous! -Nikki: #198 [Artist: John Armstrong]
  • Pen-Pals -Nikki: #199
  • One Little Lie… -Nikki: #200 [Artist: Carlos Freixas]
  • Footsteps -Nikki: #201 [Artist: Andy Tew]
  • New Year Party -Nikki: #202 [Artist: David Matysiak]
  • The Key To Happiness  -Nikki: #203 [Artist: Juan Solé]
  • Football Crazy? -Nikki: #204 [Artist: Tom Hurst]
  • Lucky 13 -Nikki: #205
  • The Magic Stones -Nikki: #206 [Artist: Guy Peeters]
  • It’s A Dog’s Life -Nikki: #207 [Artist: Dudley Wynne]
  • Baby Love -Nikki: #208
  • A Tale Of Two Valentines -Nikki: #209 [Artist: Guy Peeters]
  • Mystery at Morlock -Nikki: #210 [Artist: Dudley Wynne]
  • Two Nice By Half… -Nikki: #211 [Artist: Sean Phillips]
  • Two Young? -Nikki: #212
  • Just Purr-fect! -Nikki: #214
  • Time For Action! -Nikki: #215 [Artist: Tom Hurst]
  • Anything Dave Can Do.. -Nikki: #217  [Artist: Carlos Freixas]
  • Fay’s Fortune -Nikki: #218 [Artist: Andy Tew]
  • Don’t Bet On It! -Nikki: #219 [Artist: Tom Hurst]
  • Brother Trouble! – Nikki: #220
  • How Does Your Garden Grow – Nikki: #221 [Artist: John Armstrong]
  • Too Shy – Nikki: #222 [Artist: Sean Phillips]
  • A Rhyme for Rob – Nikki: #223
  • Just Kidding Around – Nikki: #224
  • Paula’s Problem – Nikki: #225
  • Trusting Each Other – Nikki: #226
  • Blind Date  – Nikki: #227 [Artist: Guy Peeters]
  • Lisa’s Locks  – Nikki: #228
  • Do This, Do That!  – Nikki: #229
  • A Happy Holiday – Nikki: #230 [Artist: Carlos Freixas]
  • Runaway! – Nikki: #231 [Artist: Andy Tew]
  • Sally in the Saddle – Nikki: #232 [Artist: Tom Hurst]
  • Pretending – Nikki: #233 [Artist: Carlos Freixas]
  • Don’t Date Dave? – Nikki: #234
  • Debbie Decides – Nikki: #235
  • Best Friends – Nikki: #236
  • The Haunted Road – Nikki: #237 [Artist: David Matysiak]
  • Holiday Romance – Bunty: #1652
  • Tara’s Tale – Bunty: #1653 [Artist: David Matysiak]
  • Looking After Lester! – Bunty: #1654 [Artist: Carlos Freixas]
  • It’s a Date! – Bunty: #1655 [Artist: Edmond Ripoll]
  • Dolly Daydream – Bunty: #1656 [Artist: Guy Peeters]
  • One Jump Ahead – Bunty: #1657 [Artist: Guy Peeters]
  • The Miracle Maker – Bunty: #1657
  • Forget Me Not! – Bunty: #1662
  • What the Future Holds – Bunty: #1720