Bessie Bunter Joins The Circus

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Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: To the surprise of all, when the situation demands Lord Mauleverer can make winning plans, play a hard game of football, educate headmasters about property laws and take anyone in a fair fight. He prefers not to trifle his noble head with such matters, though. In addition to stories set at Greyfriars School, he featured in many travel series, with trips to China, India, Egypt, Brazil, Hollywood and the South Seas. Courtenay, Frank - schoolboy and Fourth form junior captain at Highcliffe School. Fourth form loyalties at the school are sharply divided between Courtenay's supporters and those still loyal to Ponsonby, the former captain. Appears in 179 stories; first appearance in Magnet No. 374 The Fall Of The Fifth! (April 10, 1915).

The Ditz: Alonzo Todd is an extraordinarily simple soul, with an endlessly trusting nature and absolutely zero common sense. For him, every day is April Fools Day. I Owe You My Life: Many, many quarrels, misunderstandings and feuds are resolved by one character saving another - usually from drowning. Banks, Mr Joe - local book-maker, regularly found in the Three Fishers inn. Frequently accepts illegal off-course bets. Appears in 98 stories and first introduced in Magnet No. 132 Alonzo's Plot (August 20, 1910). Prout, Paul Pontifex – Fifth form Master. Known as "Old Pompous." Portly, inclined to long-winded reminiscences, but essentially good-hearted. Appears in 626 stories; first appearance in Magnet No. 38 The Cheerful Chinee (October 31, 1908). He is in the Lower Fourth form of Greyfriars School, known as the Remove, whose members are 14–15 years of age. Time is frozen in the Greyfriars stories; although the reader sees the passing of the seasons, the characters' ages do not change and they remain in the same year groups. Originally a minor character, Bunter's role was expanded over the years with his antics being heavily used in the stories for comic relief and to advance the plots.Quelch, Henry Samuel – Lower Fourth (Remove) form Master. Firm but fair, and described as "a Beast, but a just Beast." He stands no nonsense and does not spare the rod. A classical scholar who has spent many years working on "History of Greyfriars." Appears in 1,383 stories; first appearance in Magnet No. 1 The Making Of Harry Wharton (February 15, 1908).

Ionides, Heracles – Sixth form senior. Son of a wealthy Greek merchant. A dandy and a bully who was appointed a prefect and then deposed by the Headmaster, all within a few days of his arrival. He later becomes close to Loder and his friends. Appears in 53 stories and first introduced in Magnet No. 49 The New Sixth Former (January 16, 1909). Later fades from the stories without explanation. Following the closure of The Magnet in 1940, Hamilton had little work; but he became known as the author of the Greyfriars stories following an interview in the London Evening Standard. Broken Record: fatfatfatfat. e.g.: "it might really have been supposed that the fat Owl had something on his fat mind which quite excluded our island story from his plump thoughts." Distaff Counterpart: A female version of Billy Bunter was created as a separate series: Bessie Bunter.David Hughes in But for Bunter creates the idea that the Greyfriars stories were based on real people, and set out to find them and hear their stories. This echoed the theme of a contemporary BBC radio documentary, Whatever Happened to... Henry Samuel Quelch.

Bunter boasts of living at Bunter Court, a stately home with liveried servants and a fleet of chauffeured Rolls-Royce cars. In fact, this turns out to be the modest Bunter Villa in Surrey, with a maid, a cook and a single Ford car. [29] Reprints [ edit ] Billy Billy Bunter - 1981-09-22 - Good Old Greyfriars [40th Anniversary][VBR-44-S] 43'13 Bunter - 1981-09-22 - Good Old Greyfriars [40th Anniversary][VBR-44-S] 43'13". MediaFire. Merry, Thomas (Tom) - schoolboy in the Upper Fourth (Shell) form at St. Jim's. The Junior Captain at St. Jim's and a good friend of the Greyfriars Famous Five. Appears in 100 stories and first introduced in Magnet No. 39 Greyfriars Versus St. Jim's (November 7, 1908)Merton, John Arthur - schoolboy in the Fourth Form at Highcliffe School. Appears in 53 stories; first appearance in Magnet No. 138 Harry Wharton's 'Pro' (October 1, 1910). Joyce, Mr - head keeper at Popper Court and brother of Joyce the woodcutter. Appears in 15 stories and first introduced in Magnet No. Magnet No. 402 The Midnight Marauders! (October 23, 1915). Spin-Off: Cliff House Girls' School, and its three most established pupils (Bessie Bunter, Marjorie Hazeldene and Clara Trevelyn), were established in the Greyfriars stories and subsequently spun off to their own series of girls' school stories, supposedly written by Frank Richards' sister, Hilda Richards. Oddly, after the first few issues (which were actually penned by Charles Hamilton himself) there is almost no overlap between Cliff House as it appears in The Magnet and how it appears in its own papers, The School Girl and The School Friend. Bessie, Marjorie and Clara appear concurrently in both series with no reference to the Beneath his bluster and buffoonery though, Coker is kind, honest and generous. Shares Study No. 4 with Potter and Greene, and is the self-appointed leader of the threesome. Appears in 882 stories and first introduced in Magnet No. 143 The Head of Study 14 (5 Nov, 1910).