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Ten Against The Tryptons

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Plot:

Long Barrow School had been invaded by girls from the planet Trypton, and placed under a “Dome of Blackness” cutting it off from the outside world. Trypton would soon no longer support life, and the girls had been sent to test the intelligence on Earth. If the ten chosen Long Barrow pupils proved to be inferior to their Trypton counterparts, then the invaders from space would come to Earth as rulers.

Ten Against The Tryptons

Notes:

  • Artist: Tony Thewenetti

Appeared:

  • Ten Against The Tryptons–  Bunty:  #1110 (21 April 1979) –  #1121 (7 July 1979)

 

Flight to Freedom

Bunty, ,

Plot:

Eileen Masters, one of a team of British gymnasts, was left behind in Lobovia to look after the team’s baggage. In one of the equipment baskets she found Valerie Dimitric the star gymnast of Lobovia. The authorities had refused Valerie permission to leave the country, so with Eileen’s help, Valerie tried to escape.

flight to freedom

Notes:

  • Artist Tony Thewenetti

Appeared:

  • Flight to Freedom–  Bunty:  #1268 (1 May 1982) – #1283 (14 August 1982)

 

Bunty Annual 1980

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Picture Stories

  • Marinda- Mystery Girl of the Sea (Pages:  6-11) [Artist: Robert MacGillivray]
  • Heartbreak House (Pages:  12-16) [Artist: Mike White]
  • Toots (Pages: 17) [Artist: Bill Ritchie]
  • Catch the Cat (Pages: 18-22) [Artist: Robert MacGillivray]
  • Tessa and Toni- Trouble Tacklers (Pages: 26-31) [Artist: Matias Alonso]
  • Tillie the Trier (Pages: 32)
  • Her Gran’s the Greatest (Pages: 33-37) [Artist: A E Allen]
  • Try it Out, Terry! (Pages: 38-41) [Artist: Robert MacGillivray]
  • Maid Marian (Pages: 44-48) [Artist: Selby Donnison]
  • The Four Marys (Pages: 50-64) [Artist: James Walker]
  • Belle of the Ball (Pages: 65-69) [Artist: Colin Merrett]
  • Girl Friday (Pages: 72-76) [Artist: Charles Paine]
  • Little Queen Bea (Pages: 77-80) [Artist: A E Allen]
    • Reprinted and translated into Dutch as “Koningin Bea van Barovia”- Groot Tina Zomerboek #2/1981 (1981).
  • Susan of Sunnysides (Pages: 86-90) [Artist: Peter Kay]
  • Clare’s Kiosk (Pages: 91-92)
  • Paula Painter (Pages: 94-96) [Artist: Peter Kay]
  • Square Peg (Pages: 97-101) [Artist: George Parlett]
  • Eyes of the Future (Pages: 104-109)
  • Dina Despatch Girl (Pages: 113-117) [Artist Peter Kay]
  • Nearly New from Netta (Pages: 121-125) [Artist Tony Thewenetti]

Text Stories

  • My Sister Misty (Pages: 23-25)
  • Free as the Wind (Pages: 83-85)
  • The O.K. Bouquet (Pages: 110-112)

Features

  • The Telephone (Pages: 42-43)
  • Bunty Cut Out Wardrobe (Pages: 49)
  • Cinderella Game (Pages: 70-71)
  • Shrinking Violet (Pages: 81-82)
  • Puzzle It Out! (Pages: 93)
  • Statues with a Story! (Pages: 102-103)
  • They’re the Tops! (Pages: 118-119)
  • Your Pets (Pages: 120)
  • Photos with rhyme (Pages: 126-127)

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Lorna Drake

Bunty,

Plot

Lorna Drake, is a promising ballet dancer at the Thelma Mayne Dancing School. She doesn’t  always have the easiest time, especially when another student Marilyn Molton, becomes jealous of her.

lorna drake

Notes

  • Art: Tony Thewenetti
  • Art: Lino Jeva (Bunty Annual 1964)
  • Appeared with the subtitle “on the lonely road of a ballerina”  for a long time before eventually dropping it and becoming the shorter “Lorna Drake”. That was followed by other stories with different titles.

Appeared

  • Lorna Drake on the lonely road of a ballerina -Bunty: #138 (3 September 1960) – (?)
    • Reprinted – Bunty: #615 (25 October 1969) – #651 (4 July 1970) and Bunty #656 (8 August 1970) – (?)
  • Lorna Drake – Bunty (?) – #243 (8 September 1962)
  • The Phantom Ballerina – Bunty: #244 (15 September 1962) – #255 (1 December 1962)
  • Lorna Drake Secret Dancer – Bunty: #256 (8 December 1962)- (?)

Other Appearances:

Annual Appearances:

  • Lorna Drake – Film Star  – Bunty Annual 1964 [Artist: Lino Jeva]
  • Lorna Drake and the Enchanted Flute – Bunty Annual 1965 [Artist: Tony Thewenetti]
  • Lorna Drake and the China Ballerina – Bunty Annual 1966 [Artist: Tony Thewenetti]
  • The Face That Did Not Fit- a Lorna Drake story – Bunty Annual 1976

 

Summer Specials:

  • Lorna Drake – Secret Dancer – Bunty Summer Special 1965 [Art: Tony Thewenetti]

 

Picture Story Library:

  • The Face in the Painting – Bunty Picture Story Library #03
  • Lorna Drake and the Stowaway’s Secret – Bunty Picture Story Library #09
  • Lorna Drake – Ballerina Behind Bars – Bunty Picture Story Library #12
  • The Secret of the Doll’s House –  Bunty Picture Story Library #40

 

The Courage of Pat Piper

Mandy, ,

Plot

When the German Army over ran Holland in 1940, the Germans began an intensive search for fourteen- year-old Pat Piper. Inside her belt, Pat was carrying a secret formula which the Germans desperately wanted. Pat’s mission was to take the formula to London, and on her travels she took some refugee children into her care. In Antwerp, the children were given a horse, Dapple, and a caravan with instructions to go to Paris where they would he helped on their journey to England. On the road to Paris, Pat overheard plans to capture and kill Dapple and she decided that they would have to leave him behind in the hope that he would find a good home.

Notes

  • Art: Tony Thewenetti.

Appeared

  • The Courage of Pat Piper – Mandy: #108 (8 February 1969) – (?)

“This is Your Home”

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Plot

Fourteen year old, Magdalen Dennion was convinced that her father, who had  lost his memory, was the rightful heir to Sedley Hall, the big house where she worked as a housemaid. Once, when looking at a painting or Sedley Hall, Mr Dennion had said, “This is your home …”—and so started Magdalen on the search for her father’s family. However, a man claiming to be the missing heir, Sir Richard Sedley, had appeared and was instantly accepted as genuine by old Lady Sedley, whose sight was bad. Discovering that the man calling himself Sir Richard was an impostor, Magdalen realised that he would go to any lengths to keep the fortune that was within his grasp. Magdalen suspected that the butler, Soames, was also in the plot.

Notes

  • Artist: Tony Thewenetti

Appeared

  • “This is Your Home” – Mandy: circa #114 (22 March 1969) – (?)

The Manbury Mermaid

Mandy,

Plot

Susan Prentice was a brilliant swimmer whose talent had been discovered by her teacher, Miss Glover.  Susan was being coached to develop her talent without the knowledge of her parents, who insisted that she worked all her spare time in their transport cafe.

Notes

  • Art: Tony Thewenetti
  • Reprinted and translated into Dutch (as “Mieke de meermin”) – Debbie Stripstory #3/1980.

Appeared

  • The Manbury Mermaid  – circa #89 (28 September 1968) – (?)
  • Reprinted – Mandy: #439 (14 June 1975) – #453 (20 September 1975)

Tomorrow’s Champion the story of a skater

Mandy,

Plot

When Susan Kemp, a sixteen-year-old orphan, went  to live with the unpleasant Fletcher family, all that kept her going was her love of skating and her dream of one day becoming British champion. The Fletchers daughter, Carol, also took part in the rink competitions and she was jealous of Susan. The only friend Susan had was a mysterious woman, who helped her when the was in trouble. Susan’s happiness at achieving Bronze Medal standard was clouded by the fact that she had strained her back in helping Carol when they were in a train crash.

Notes

  • Art: Tony Thewenetti
  • Reprinted and translated into Dutch (as “Susan wordt kampioen” – Susan Will Be Champion) – monthly Debbie Stripstory #12/1979.

Appeared

  • Tomorrow’s Champion the Story of a Skater –Mandy: #139 (13 September 1969) – (?)
  • Reprinted – Mandy: #512 (6 November 1976) – #523 (22 January 1977)