*Girls’ Comics: Launched in 1958, Bunty wasn’t the first weekly comic for girls, but it was the longest-running, not hanging up its ballet shoes until 2001, and is the best-remembered, not only for itself but for spawning a litter of popular siblings – Judy, Diana, Mandy, Debbie and more – from the Dundee offices of publisher D.C. Thomson. Home to ‘The Four Marys’ and ‘The Dancing Life of Moira Kent’, it entertained generations of girls, and perked up its sales figures periodically by Free Gifts of some decorative trinket, three of which have found their way to us this week. Issue #349, from 1964, offers the ‘Ladybird Ring’ – still in its original envelope, though the ring is partly poking through the front. The comic is VG – slight yellowing, a bit of paper ‘bumpiness’ from interior storage of the gift for decades – but the gift is VF. 1965’s issue #403 is GD – slight ink marking on the front cover, where copies have been stacked before properly dried – and the gift of an Autograph Book has rusty staples, so is also GD. Lastly, 1966’s #458 is FN, bright and clean, with the ‘Gay Bunty Bracelet’ VF in original envelope.
PICTURED: BUNTY
#349 VG GIFT VF £40 SOLD
#403 GD GIFT GD £20 SOLD
#458 FN GIFT VF £45 SOLD