Billy Bunter has two siblings: a younger sister, Elizabeth Gertrude (Bessie), who attends the nearby Cliff House School, and a younger brother, Samuel Tuckless (Sammy), who is in the Second Form at Greyfriars School. Bessie first appears in "The Magnet" No. 582 "The Artful Dodger" (1919), before appearing as a regular character in "The School Friend" later that year. Bessie appears in a total of 116 "Magnet" stories. Sammy Bunter first appears in Magnet #144 "Billy Bunter's Minor" (1910) and appears in a further 291 " Magnet" stories.