Tag Archives: Bullying

Tale from Aunt Ruby

Debbie, , , , ,

Plot

Storyteller Aunt Ruby tells tales:

The Tree Sprite

Vicky Gibbs has a miserable job in service because the other servants bully her, but says nothing to her family because they depend on her job. She confides in an oak tree, which turns out to be inhabited by a tree sprite. The bullying gets worse when another servant Millie, starts blackmailing Vicky into doing all her chores, leaving Vicky with no time for her own. The tree sprite wreaks revenge on Millie, but the servants deem the tree dangerous. They are out to cut it down when Master Richard returns from his art studies. He stops them and gives Vicky a new job – the model for his new painting “Nymph in a Tree”. Master Richard makes his fortune with the painting and Vicky and her family never want again.

Tree sprite

Notes

List of Stories

  • The Tree Sprite –  Debbie: #220 (30 April 1977)

The Stiffies of St. Frys

Debbie, , ,

Plot

Miss Bell, the headmistress of St Frys, is determined to win sporting fame for the school, and appoints Anita Bassett sports captain. But Miss Bell goes overboard on her tactics to train her sports teams and even resorts to cheating, and this causes problems for Anita.

Stiffies

Notes

  • Artist: Andy Tew

Appeared

  • The Stiffies of St. Frys –  Debbie:  #34 (6 October 1973) – #45 (22 December 1973)

The Unwanted One

Judy, , , ,

Plot

Molly Harkiss, a village girl, has claimed the right to free education at exclusive Didbourne Manor School, a right that is one of the conditions of the grant of land to the school. But the snobby girls at Didbourne do not make Molly welcome and plot to get her expelled.

Unwanted

Notes

  • Artist: Mario Capaldi

Appeared

  • The Unwanted One – Judy: #526 (7 February 1970) – #541 (23 May 1970)
  • Reprinted – Judy: #980 (21 October 1978) – #995 (03 February 1979)

 

 

The Loneliest Girl in the School

Judy, , , , ,

Plot

In Victorian times, Isabel Long is sent to school by her guardians, as it was her father’s dying wish that she receive a good education. The school is a harsh one, run by the cruel Miss Dawkins. Isabel’s attempts to make friends always seem to end in doom, making her the loneliest and most miserable girl in the school. Then, when Isabel begins to make friends when some pupils take pity on her,  Miss Dawkins suddenly goes all out to make her  life extra miserable.

Loneliest

Notes

  • Artist: Dudley Wynne

Appeared

  • The Loneliest Girl in the School- Judy: #1560 (16 December 1989) – #1569 (3 February 1990)

 

 

The Power of Petra

Judy, , ,

Plot:

Shirley Smith, a new pupil at Redcliffe Towers Boarding School, discovers that Petra Barnes has a hold over everyone to get her own way at everything. Even the headmistress is in Petra’s grip, so Petra can arrange to have girls expelled for crossing her, and several pupils go this way. Shirley is determined to find out what gives Petra her power over Redcliffe Towers.

Petra

Notes:

  • Artist: Paddy Brennan

Appeared:

  • The Power of Petra Judy: #1486 (2 July 1988) – #1493 (20 August 1988)

 

The Odd Couple [1981]

Judy, , ,

Plot

Carole Bradshaw had been the most popular girl at Aylesbourne Academy until her father, a bank manager, is imprisoned for dishonesty. Now nobody speaks to Carole except Jackie Higgins, whose father is also in prison.

Odd

Notes

  • Artist: Richard Neillands
  • Not to be confused with the 1982 Tracy story of the same name, The Odd Couple [1982].

Appeared

  • The Odd Couple – Judy: #1124 (25 July 1981) –  #1134 (3 October 1981)

 

Poison Penny (1977)

Spellbound, , , ,

Plot

Harrow Hall Boarding School is a miserable place because every pupil is intimidated by Penny Benson, a girl who bullies and frightens them with claims of supernatural powers. Sandra Main is the only one who stands up to Penny and begins to suspect she is just a clever fraud.

Penny

Notes

  • Artist: Carlos Freixas
  • Not to be confused with the Nikki story of the same name Poison Penny [1987]

Appeared

  • Poison Penny – Spellbound: #16 (08 January 1977) – #26 (19 March 1977)

  • Reprint – Mandy: #900 (14 April 1984) – #910 (23 June 1984)

 

Wendy’s Web (1996)

M&J, ,

Plot

Carol discovers that her three new friends are in the power of a bully named Wendy Allen. Her hold on the girls is dubbed “Wendy’s web”. Determined to help her friends, Carol turns detective to find out just what kind of hold Wendy has over them.

Notes

  • Artist: Carlos Freixas
  • Not to be confused with the 1997 Bunty serial with the same title

Appeared

  • Wendy’s Web –  M&J:  #273 (3 August 1996) – #282 (5 October 1996)