Retro Classics: The Best of Bunty Annual

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As well as the weekly comic, summer and Christmas annuals were also produced, along with the collectible ‘Bunty Libraries’ – small books featuring one complete story. These always had great names: ‘The Strange Changes in Jenny Jones’; ‘Fearless Flo – Stunt Girl’; ‘Galloping Gran’ etc., which invited you to dive in and read more. Billy Basset – A story narrated by a pup named Billy. While his owner Sally prepares him for shows, her mother's dog Stan, an Afghan, is not happy to see Billy getting attention. Secret Love: Jenny Parker and Beth McPherson are best friends. Beth is always complaining about her brother Ben. So when Jenny falls for Ben, she keeps it a secret from Beth.

Her From Up There – Mirra is from the Planet Santos and comes to Earth to convince people to visit her planet on their summer holidays. Distant Cousin – Jenny Clayton goes to Larchwood Boarding School, where her cousin Claire is a pupil. But Jenny discovers that the girl claiming to be her cousin Claire is not. Carrie's Choice: Carrie's parents are always arguing over nothing. To solve the problem they divide the family home, with Dad and oldest daughter Sheila living downstairs and Mum and younger sister Sarah upstairs. Carrie refuses to take sides, so she moves to the landing room, which is halfway between the two floors. It's in the Book! – Sally Barton is a bookworm but her parents believe she should be out meeting new people and getting fresh air, so they sign her up for an adventure holiday on an American island. Unfortunately, Sally and the other girls are separated from their holiday leader, and land on an uninhabited island. Janice, a bossy girl, decides to take charge, but it is Sally with all her book knowledge that is the better equipped to handle the situation.Sandie's Secret – Cassandra Jones, known as Sandie, is going out with Michael Parker. Michael's sister, Helen, is at the same school as Sandie, but the two girls hate each other, so Sandie does not want her to know the identity of her boyfriend. Mojo The Milky Way Dog – Sally Jordan befriends a stray dog, Mojo, who turns out to be a talking dog from the Milky Way. Cora The Cookery Kid – Cora Rochester is very keen on cooking and wins a trip to Paris to study French cooking. Reluctant Rebel – Timid Beth Carson is confused for her rebellious cousin Beverly at her new school. Beth enjoys her new found notoriety but knows she knows she must tell the truth before things get out of hand.

Cousin Carrie: When Melanie's cousin Carrie comes to stay, she upsets Melanie's friends with her arrogance and rudeness. Bike Rider – Sandy Clark's uncle, an inventor, builds her an unusual bike – a computerised super bike that can talk and even fly. But only Sandy and her uncle know about its unusual powers, everyone else wonders who the mysterious rider is.A Bed Called Fred: A girl is pushing a four-poster bed named Fred all the way from John O'Groats to Land's End. Down with St Desmond's! – Carol-Anne Brabazon is out to ruin a school because she believes her mother was unjustly expelled. Mandy Must Win! – When Mandy Lawford joins the athletics club her mum belonged to in the '70s, Mrs Lawford comes out of retirement and starts racing again. Soon Mandy feels under pressure to do as well as her mum and win everything.

Princess Of Sorrow – After Suki's British mother dies her father, the Sultan of Salaka, turns into a tyrant. Table tennis being the country's major sport, the Sultan sends Suki on a course of ruthless training to make her a champion. Her Hideaway Highness – Pat Fraser is acting as groom for her sister, Brenda, an international show-jumper, while she is on tour in Tarlania. During the tour, the dethroned King asks Pat to smuggle his daughter out of the country. Although disguised as another groom called Sara, snooty Princess Saria does no work to help Pat. This story was written out as a diary, with pictures to accompany it. The pictures took the form of photographs, being the only regular comic to do so (although regularly "one-time" comics also took the form of being shown in photographs). Regularly her stories would consist of her writing about people, boyfriends, and situations she was in with her friends — although sometimes she would have a story set about her, with an adventure such as finding good Christmas cards. Her friends' names changed from issue to issue, the only regular characters being her brother and her mother.Phantom Friend – Jill Meadows has only made one friend at her new boarding school but she is a ghost named Amy. Pop Starr – a girl is leading a double life to keep her snobby classmates from finding out her father was a pop star. Lucy's Legacy: Lucy Dewhurst has been living in a children's home since her parents' deaths. She has been left with a huge legacy, but wants to be fostered for herself, not her money. However, each prospective foster family fails because of her legacy. Parker Versus Parker -Carol Parker's ambition is to be a gymnast, but her talent doesn't please her sister Elaine, who is also training to be a gymnast. Carol's mother, an ex-ballerina, is also upset as she wants Carol to follow in her footsteps. Alison Of Appletree Farm – Alison Jones is manager of Appletree farm until the young owner Jenny Carr is old enough to take over. Jenny's aunt Myra farms nearby and is determined to get control of Appletree Farm.

Happy Hannah – When Hannah Perkins and her siblings are orphaned, they are sent to live with their Uncle who runs an eating house. Uncle Ernest only agrees to keep the children out of the workhouse if Hannah sings to entertain his customers.

The Beano Annual 2015

Don't Speak to Me, Mum! – Shirley Weston lives at Bunbury Castle where her mother was cook to Sir Charles Merrywill. When Shirley wins a scholarship to Rossdene, a private boarding school, she finds most of the girls were from wealthy families. When Shirley's friends mistake her for Sir Charle's niece, she doesn't deny it, but problems arise when Shirley's mother takes a job as a cook at the school.