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Pg. 1 - Sid's Snake - Mike Lacey, Full Page, Full Colour
Sid gets a new snake charmers pipe, but as usual slippy tries to run away! He hides in the wardrobe, but Sid finds him - and when he comes out he is wearing Sid's footy boots! Slippy starts dancing, which annoys dad downstairs, so he comes running up and takes away Sid's pipe!
Number of Panels: 8
Pg. 3 - Me and My Shadow -, Terry Bave, Full Page, Black and White
THE SHADOW'S CRAFTY ANTICS DON'T EXACTLY BEAR FRUIT!
Smudger buys an apple from a stand, but shadow reckons it's much better to pinch one! So he climbs over a wall and takes a bunch - but the farmer spots him and chases after him! The farmer then sees Smudger eating one of the apples, and, thinking he's shadow, gives him six of the best with his cane! But when Smudger finds Shadow, he finds him with a great stomach ache - they're cooking apples!
Number of Panels: 12
Pg. 4 - Odd Ball - Mike Lacey, Full Page, Black, White and Red
ODD-BALL KEEPS THE LAUGHS ROLLING ALONG ON A BOWLING GREEN!
Nobby and Odd Ball are walking past a bowling green when an old man grabs him to use him for his game! Odd ball crashes into a hard bowls ball and isnt happy, so crabs the balls and throws them at the man! Then he grabs his beard and starts eat they see the grass wrecked and him running around with his beard over his face, so they ban him forever!
Number of Panels: 12
Pg. 5 - Little Saver - Terry Bave, Full Page, Black, White and Red
LITTLE SUSIE TIDIES UP...AND SO DAD IS SWEPT OFF HIS FEET!
After Dad slips over on Susie's marble collection, she has to tidy everything up, and not leave it lying all over the place! And, when dad finishes fixing the door, he is going to put his stuff in the cupboard under the stairs, but all Suzie's stuff falls out!
Number of Panels: 12
Pg. 6 - Kings of the Castle - Mike Western, Full Page, Black and White
Number of Panels: 12
Pg. 6 - Kings of the Castle - Mike Western, Full Page, Black and White
Pg. 7 - Kings of the Castle (cont.) - Mike Western, Full Page, Black and White
JOURNEY'S END FOR THE KINGS... THE HIGHLANDS OF SCOTLAND!
The Kings set off to their castle, and when they arrive at the castle they inherited, they all set off to explore! Whilst Pa is finding somewhere for the horse to sleep, he claims he sees a monster! Turns out it is just a highland cow, and with that they all go to sleep. But, in the middle of the night Scrapper spots the door open all by itself! He creeps outside and spots a shadow, when suddenly a hand reaches out and grabs him!
Number of Panels: 16
Pg. 8 - Give A Dog A Bone - Graham Allen, Full Page, Black, White and Red
HERE'S A POOCH WHO EVEN HAS A BONE TO PICK WITH A POLICE DOG!
As always, Pooch is looking for somewhere safe to hide his bone - so he chucks it into the bank's safe at closing time! But, that night theres an explosion, and some crooks are robbing the bank! Thinking they've got his bone, Pooch attacks and scares them up a lampost and searches their bag, without any luck! When the police come, they check the building to make sure theres nobody else inside, but when th epolice dog comes out he's got Pooch's bone! Pooch eventually gets it back, when he's in prison!
Number of Panels: 13
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| Shiner's first appearence. |
Shiner steps on a garden rake left in the garden, so disguises it with some pink paint. But then two pranksters give him a telescope with soot around the lens, and he thinks the paint has come off! He runs back to the painter, but the pink paint is gone and he's using black! He has to face Mum and Dad, but when he gets home they both have shiners too - Mum got hers from the rake so she gave Dad one for leaving it lying around!
Number of Panels: 10
Pg. 10 - Space School - Mike Higgs, Full Page, Black and White
MR McWHACK'S PET SUBJECT WILL NEVER BE ANIMALS AFTER THIS!
Mr McWhack announces that the class will be learning about animals, and that they must all bring in their pets to school.They all bring in wacky pets - a bird with sich a high pitched voice it can shatter winows, a tadpole (kept in the space helmet he was wearing (he breaths water), and a giant termite! In the entire school was eaten!
Number of Panels: 11
Pg. 11 - Batty Bat - Reg Parlett, 1/3 Page (vertically), Black and White
TWO RIB TICKLING COMIC SETS ... FOR YOUR ENJOYMENT!
Batty Bat is trying to sleep, but caterpillars are walking over his feet! When he falls off, he decides he's had enough - and hangs a coat hanger to the branch and hangs off that!
Number of Panels: 4
Pg. 11 - Angel Face and Dare Devil, Mike Lacey, 2/3 Page (vertically), Black and White
TWO RIB TICKLING COMIC SETS ... FOR YOUR ENJOYMENT!
Our unnamed chum spots a shiny silver coin on the ground, and so the Angel-face and Dare Devil instantly pop up! Dare Devil says "Finders keepers!", whereas Angel-Face says "No! Be good and hand it in to the park keeper!" Dare Devil says he can buy loads of sweets with it but Angel Face says that'll resuly in lots of trips to the dentist! Dare Devil tells him to go to the finfair, but Angel Face says all those rides will make him sick! But then we see his mum, and it turns out it was his haircut money - and he just had a hole in his pocket!
Number of Panels: 8
Pg. 12 - Puddin' Tops - Terry Bave, 1/2 page (horizontally), Black, White and Red
OUR TERRIBLE TWINS ONLY GET THE BRUSH-OFF FROM A SWEEP!
the Puddin' Tops are watching the chimney been sweeped, but when they run outside to see the brush the chimney pot at the top lands on Sis! She then walks into the sweep carrying a large bag of soot with he drops right onto brother!
Number of Panels: 7
Pg. 12 - Karate Kid - Terry Bave, 1/2 page (horizontally), Black, White and Red
KARATE KID LENDS A HAND TO RAID A PIGGY BANK!
Karate Kid pays a visit to his friend, but the door is stiff, and with one chop of his hand he slices it in half! Inside, his friend is trying to get into the piggy bank, and so Karate Kid chops that in half as well! They think they have lots of money to spend, but his friends Dad takes it all to pay for a new door!
Number of Panels: 7
Pg. 13 - Ginger's Tum - Terry bave, Full Page, Black and White
A CASE OF WHO'S WHO AT THE ZOO...WITH GINGER THE ODD ONE OUT!
Ginger is, as always, starving, so heads to the zoo at feeding time. First of all he hides in the penguin pond, but the keeper spots him and boots him out. Then he hides with the seals, but the seals aren't idiots and kick him out too! He then sits down on a bench, but doesn't notice the wet paint sign! When he stands up he has strips all over his back, and everyone mistakes him for an escaped tiger! He then steals the lion's dinner which was been delivered, and when he finishes everybody notices it's just a cat! He is then too fat to fit through the rails - and all the keepers give him six of the best!
Number of Panels: 12
Pg. 14 - Parker the Parky - Terry Bave, Full Page, Black and White
THE PARKY HAS HIS UPS-AND-DOWNS... THANKS TO THE KIDS!
The kids are trying to collect conkers, but Parker just won't let them! When one of them tries to lassoo the conkers, he deliberatly misses and ties up Parker, then ties him to a roundabout! he then is released and wobbles onto the see saw. The kids then jump onto the other end and he flies into the conker tree! They then shake the tree to get him down - and all the conkers come down with him!
Number of Panels: 12
Pg. 15 - Harry's Haunted House - Reg Parlett, Full Page, Black and White
DYNAMITE IS NO USE AGAINST HARRY...HE EXPLODES INTO ACTION!
The council have decided to destroy harry's house, and first they begin to smash it down, but Harry scares him off! Then the boss attempts to blow it up with dynamite, but Harry, thinking it is a parcel, throws it back and the council van is destroyed! The Mayor then decides the house doesn't need demolishing, instead the council van needs repairing!
Number of Panels: 13
Pg. 16 - The Space Accident - Ron Tyrner, Full Page, Black, White and Red
Pg. 17 - The Space Accident (cont.) - Ron Tyrner, Full Page, Black, White and Red
DAVID AND JOHN RAN HARD...BUT THERE SEEMED NO ESCAPE!
David and John are being chased by the giant ducks, so hide in the spaceship when they notice some yellow powder on their hands - and it wont come off. About an hour later they leave the spaceship and make a run for it, but are trapped in an alleyway. Then, their outstreched fingers meet, and the ducks return to their normal size - but they have no idea what happened! They go the police station and the police follow them - and when the spaceship isn't there they're not happy!
Number of Panels: 14
IF SHE'S NOT CAREFUL, HETTY WILL GET SORTED OUT IN THE POST OFFICE!
Hetty's horoscope tells her a letter will come her way, but when the postman passes her house without delivering anything, she assumes a mistake has been made! So she empties out his bag, and the letters fly everywhere! She then runs to the post office, to see if it is there, but when it isn't she is accidentally pushed down a chute and into a delivery sack! She then bounces outside, and knocks over a man putting up a new post office sign, He is angry, and throws the letter 'P' at her!
Number of Panels: 14
Pg. 19 - Wear 'Em Out Wilf - Mike Lacey, Full Page, Black and White
WILF HAS TROUBLE WITH HIS SHOES TODAY, BUT HE ENDS UP ON THE RIGHT FOOT!
Wilf wears out his shoes playing football on the street, and so his mum gets him a pair that'll never wear out! but they're far too heavy, and are cracking the pavement as he walked! Wilf's Mum went into the bank to withdraw some money, but theres a robber inside! Wilf soon follows after her, and the floorboard springs up under his weight, slamming the robber into the roof and knocking him unconscious. There is, of course, a big reward at the end!
Number of Panels: 12
Pg. 20 - The Spectacular Adventures of Willie Bunk - Frank McDiarmid, Full Page, Black and White
Pg. 21 - The Spectacular Adventures of Willie Bunk (cont.) - Frank McDiarmid, Full Page, Black, White and Red
THE BULLIES KEPT AFTER WILLIE...SO HE WAS FORCED TO DESPERATE MEASURES!
Willie goes to the lake to sail his model yacht, but the bullies want his boat! Outrunning them, Willie jumps into a hire boat and rows to the middle of the lake where there is an island, and jumps on shore! But the bullies spotted him, and quickly follow. So he grabs his glasses, and now sees a native Indian land! He then makes a bow and arrow (actually an old umbrella) and rifes at them, taking them by suprise and knockong them into the water! The boat renter isn't happy, and punishes the bullies for stealing and sinking his boat!
Number of Panels: 21
Pg. 22 - Aqua Lad - Terry Bave, Full Page, Black and White
AQUA LAD GETS ROPED IN AS AN UNWILLING WATER-SKIER!
Aqua Lad is annoyint the fish, but when a water-skier falls in the gets his head trapped in the handel, and pulled along after the boat! He then zips up a ramp and lands on a kids castle!
Number of Panels: 13
Pg. 23 - Steadfast McStaunch - Denis Gifford, Full Page, Black and White
PUZZLE THINGS OUT FOR THIS COMICAL CHARACTER AS HE JOURNEYS ON!
Steadfast McStaunch, the world's worst jester, meets the wicked witch, but before he can do anything she flies away to her castle, and it's up to Jester to get there, and he needs the readers help to get through the puzzles that block his way!
Number of Panels: 12
Pg. 24 - Hot Rod - Alf Saparito, Full Page, Full Colour
A FROZEN FRIAR DOESN'T GIVE OUT DRAGON A WARM WELCOME!
It's a cold day, and Hot Rod spots the friar fishing by a pond. He dives down to warm him up, and fry's the friar, who jumps into the pond to cool off! When he climbs out Hot Rod is still after him, so he runs into the bell tower! Hot Rod can't fit in, but he sticks his head through the door! The friar cuts the bell down and with a DOING it lands right on Hot Rod's head!
Number of Panels: 13
Pg. 25 - The Mummy's Curse - Reg Parlett, Full Page, Black, White and Red
FOLLOW THE FUN IN THIS RIB-TICKLING RACE ACROSS THE DESERT!
Professor Effend had opened a tomb, and now had a mummy chasing them across the desert! They swim into the river, thinking the mummy can't swim, but head straight into alligators, who quickly get the back to shore. Then they have a brillaint idea, and they leave a few of their clothes on the shore, so the mummy will think they've been eaten! But when the crocodile hears that he'll be haunted forever, he chops down the tree to reveal where the two are, and so the chase continues!
Number of Panels: 12
Pg. 26 - The Stealer - Tom Kerr, Full Page, Black and White
Pg. 27 - The Stealer (cont.) - Tom Kerr, Full Page, Black and White
THE WONDER MACHINE WORKED...ALL WHEELS DISAPPEARED!
Arty fired the professsors machine, and it took away the wheels of the police car! He made his getaway through a field, but the police boarded a tractor and chased after him! Arty fired his machine one more, and the wheels vanished! Back at the house, the professor was about to take off, but his machine didn't work, and it simply fell over instead of blasting up!
Number of Panels: 13
Pg. 28 - Fred's Family Tree - Artist Unknown, Full Page, Black and White
ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO BRING DOWN THE TREE IS CUT SHORT, PALS!
The council are desperate to get rid of Fred's Family tree, and this time they're going to poull it down! When Fred see's the tractor coming, he zips up the tree to warn his ancestors! So the Vikings throw down a rope down to the tractor and make an ariel attack - chopping the tractor into tiny pieces!
Number of Panels: 12
Pg. 29 - Slowcoach - Mike Lacey, Full Page, Black, White and Red
SLOWCOACH TOURS A TOY FACTORY...AND HIS TROUBLES ARE MORE THAN DOUBLED!
On the way to school, Slowcoach notices that the toy factory is having an open day for visitors, and so he pays a visit! Inside he is given a tour of how the toys are tested and made, and a little later he walks into the mechanical toys section, where he walks into the machine that makes dolls! Suddenly, thousands of walking, talking mechanical Slowcoach toys are made!
Number of Panels: 12
Pg. 30 - Champ - Leo Baxendale, Full Page, Black and White
CHAMP'S AS GOOD AS HAD HIS CHIPS BEFORE HE STARTS!
Champ kicks his ball into Mangler Moggs' chips, and he certainly isn't happy! Champ kicks the ball at him a second time (deliberatly this time though), knocking all his chips into his mouth! Fortunatly, he is a champion runner, and escapers Mogg's! But, his dog Fangs is faster, and he is forced to jump up into an apple tree! However, the owner of the tree thinks he is stealing apples, so cuts the branch he is hanging o, and Champ lands on Moggs and Fangs heads, knocking them out cold!
Number of Panels: 12
Pg. 31 - KooKoo Klub - Denis Gifford, Full Page, Black and White
JOIN IN THE FUN...AND TRY AND WIN A POCKET-MONEY PRIZE!
Jokes illustrated by Denis Gifford.
Number of Panels: 9
Pg. 32 - Minnie's Mixer - Angel Nadel Quirch, Full Page, Full Colour
NO-ONE MIXES IT WITH LITTLE MINNIE AND COMES OFF BEST!
Minnie is awlking down the street, when she see's Mr. Floggit laying his new path, but needs to mix the cement. Minnie is only to happy to help, and mixes the stuff together with her mixer! But when she passes the Crabbes house, Henry snaps his hedge clippers at her and tells her to shoo! Minnie isn't happy, and mixes them Mr and Mrs Crabbes with the hedge and clippers, and they look hilarious! They have a bit of a fight, and when Minnie unmixes them theit hair and suits are ruined!
Number of Panels: 12
Issue two is also the first issue with a character to "raid" the other comic! In this issue, Shadow from 'Me and My Shadow' raids the third panel in 'Ginger's' Tum! Above is the message from Sid on page 2, telling readers about the raid!
In issue one, the professor who discovered the tomb in 'The Mummy's Curse' by Reg Parlett was called Professor Effend, but in issue two his name had changed to the much more comical name of Professor Potts!
Thank you so much for the summaries of these old issues - I only started reading Whizzer & Chips in about 1975ish so these issues, with the early evolution of the strips, are fascinating to me.
ReplyDeleteProf Potts didn't have a name in the first strip - it's a Turkish term meaning "Lord", "Master" or "Sir" according to Wikipedia.
ReplyDeleteThanks for that Andy - a very intresting fact! Anf I hope to be covering issue three in the not too distant future!
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