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Sue at the Wheel

Plot:

Sue Horner worked at her aunt’s café, delivering home-made cakes to customers living in the country. Sue loved driving much more than cooking, although her aunt didn’t understand her attachment to her car “Jemima”.

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Notes:

  • Text Story

Appeared:

  • Sue at the Wheel –  Bunty:  #73 (6 June 1959) – #81 (1 August 1959)

Other Appearances:

  • Sue at the Wheel – Bunty Annual 1960

 

Molly the Matron

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

Susan of Sunnysides / Sue of Starholme

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.

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Susan of Sunnysides (Bunty)

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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 Sunnyside–  Bunty:  #1288 (18 September 1982)  – #1291 (09 October 1982)
  • Susan of Sunnyside–  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]

 

The Emma Report

Plot

Emma is a TV reporter and gets into many adventures while doing her reports.

emma report

Notes

  • Emma is the comics namesake, she also introduces features in the comic such as interviewing famous people.
  • Writer: Marion Turner (episode #11, may have written other episodes but that is the only confirmed issue)
  • Jose Ariza (?)

Appeared

  • The Emma Report –  Emma: #01 (26 February 1978) – #29 (09 September 1978)
  • The Emma Report –  Emma: #45 (30 December 1978)
  • The Emma Report  – Emma: #80 (01 September 1979)

 Other Appearances:

  • Abandoned! – Judy Annual 1982

Leave It to Lindy!

Plot:

Linda Brown gets a job at her father’s hotel involving sorting out problem guests and guests with problems.

leave it to lindy

Notes:

  • Art: Jose Casanovas

Appeared:

  • Leave It to Lindy! –  Bunty:  #681 (30 Jan 1971) – (?)

Other Appearances

Annual Appearances

  • Leave it to Lindy! – Bunty Annual 1972 [Artist: Jose Casanovas]

Summer Specials

  • Leave It to Lindy! – Bunty Summer Special 1971 [Art: Jose Casanovas]

The Good Fairy [1965]

Plot

Grace James was the “Good Fairy”  of an advertising  project and had to decide whether or not to grant the wishes of children who wrote to her.

good fairy

Notes

  • A story with the same name and a similar plot,  appeared in Bunty in 1990:  The Good Fairy

Appeared

  • The Good Fairy –  Bunty: #393 (24 July 1965) – (?)

Other Appearances:

Annual Appearances:

  • The Good Fairy –  Bunty Annual 1965

Summer Specials:

  • The Good Fairy –  Bunty Summer Special 1965

 

Miss Fix-It of TV

Plot:

Meg Newton is a trainee assistant with the Central Services Television Company. She earns the nickname “Miss Fix-It”  through her ability  of overcoming tricky production problems.

Miss Fix-It Of TV

Notes:

  • Appeared as standalone text story intially before being made into an ongoing picture serial.

Appeared:

  • Miss Fix-It of TV (text) –  Bunty: #137 (27 August 1960)
  • Miss Fix-It of TV (text) –  Bunty: #163 (25 February 1961)
  • Miss Fix-It of TV –  Bunty: #272 (30 March 1963) – #280 (25 May 1963)

Other Appearances:

  • Miss Fix-It of TV (text story)–  Bunty Annual 1961
  • Miss Fix-It of TV (text story)–  Bunty Annual 1962
  • Miss Fix-It of TV (picture story)–  Bunty Annual 1964