Profile - Mr Haddock

 A fishmonger called Mr Codface was introduced in Krazy dated 21 May 1977...

Krazy 21 May 1977
Art: Frank McDiarmid

Mr Codface never returned to the pages of Krazy, but a remarkably similar-looking purveyor of piscatorial provender made his (anonymous) debut in Cheeky Weekly's second issue dated 29 October 1977..

Mr Haddock's debut in Cheeky Weekly 29 October 1977
Frank McDiarmid again

 

There were no further fishmonger funnies in Cheeky Weekly until 39 weeks later in the 29 July 1978 edition, in which Cheeky addressed the seafood salesman as Mr Haddock.

Mr Haddock's first Cheeky Weekly namecheck - 29 July 1978
Frank McDiarmid

Haddock appeared twice in the 10 February 1979 comic; once on Tuesday, and again in The Burpo Special, which was that week devoted to Auntie Daisy.

Mr Haddock's single cover appearance occurred on the front of the 03 March 1979 edition.

There was another double helping of seafood silliness in the comic dated 11 August 1979, as on Sunday Cheeky encountered Gloomy Glad who was less than impressed with Mr Haddock's expanding business empire, while the shellfish shopkeeper was back on Friday for his usual finny fun.

Frank again

Haddock's final Cheeky Weekly appearance was in the comic dated 26 January 1980, bringing the total number of issues he appeared in to a fishtastic 43. Surprsingly, the character was most regularly seen on Tuesday, not Friday.

See also Fish-Face.

 

Character	Total Issues	First Appearance	Final Appearance
Mr Haddock	43	29-Oct-1977	26-Jan-1980

Mr Haddock - Number of appearances by Element

Element	Number of Appearances
Tuesday	10
Thursday	8
Wednesday	8
Saturday	6
Friday	4
Monday	4
Sunday	3
Cheeky's Week	1
The Burpo Special	1

Count of elements by artist

Character	Artist	Total Elements
Mr Haddock	Frank McDiarmid	27
Mr Haddock	Mike Lacey	8
Mr Haddock	Frank McDiarmid pencils	7
Mr Haddock	Dick Millington	2
Mr Haddock	Barrie Appleby	1