A month after heroically raiding Memory Banks, our middle eastern mate was intruded upon by a weaselly Whizz-kid once again. The raider-infested Mustapha Million strip which appeared in Whizzer and Chips dated 25 July 1987 was originally presented in Cheeky Weekly's 15 July 1978 edition (minus interloper, of course), and had previously been reprinted in the 27 October 1984 issue of Whoopee. If you're feeling lazy you can scroll down to see the identity of the intruder.
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| Whizzer and Chips 25 July 1987 Art: Reg Parlett |
Whoever the raider is revealed to be, I just hope they don't say it....
I mean, they've used the same phrase over and over again...
Surely they'll come up with something different this time...
....AAAAAARRRRGH!
...to be fair, I suppose it's a little unrealistic of me to expect the indolent Benny 'Lazy' Bones to expend any energy on thinking up a new slogan.
The weary Whizz-kid had previously summoned enough stamina to raid Calculator Kid in the 15 February and 31 May 1986 issues of Whizzer and Chips.
More (hopefully mug-free) raiding fun soon!
| Whizzer and Chips Cover Date | Raider | Raided | ||||||
| 06 April 1985 | Mustapha Million | Super Steve | ||||||
| 04 May 1985 | Bloggs (Store Wars) | Mustapha Million | ||||||
| 11 May 1985 | Joker | The Krazy Gang (Cheeky) | ||||||
| 18 May 1985 | Calculator Kid & Calc | Odd-Ball | ||||||
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| 08 June 1985 | Odd-Ball | Calculator Kid | ||||||
| 06 July 1985 | Toy Boy | Calculator Kid | ||||||
| 13 July 1985 | Pa Bumpkin | The Krazy Gang (Cheeky) | ||||||
| 27 July 1985 | Joker | Mustapha Million | ||||||
| 24 August 1985 | Cheeky | Sid's Snake | ||||||
| 14 September 1985 |
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| 05 October 1985 | Mustapha Million | Animalad | ||||||
| 19 October 1985 | Odd-Ball | Mustapha Million | ||||||
| 23 November 1985 |
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| 18 January 1986 | Mustapha Million | Super Steve | ||||||
| 25 January 1986 |
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| 08 February 1986 The Krazy Gang ends this issue | Animalad | Mustapha Million | ||||||
| 15 February 1986 | Lazy Bones | Calculator Kid | ||||||
| 15 March 1986 | Odd-Ball | Calculator Kid | ||||||
| 29 March 1986 | Calculator Kid | Master P Brain | ||||||
| 05 April 1986 | Bumpkin Billionaires | Mustapha Million | ||||||
| 12 April 1986 | Animalad | Calculator Kid | ||||||
| 31 May 1986 | Lazy Bones | Calculator Kid | ||||||
| 07 June 1986 | Mustapha Million | Joker | ||||||
| 28 June 1986 | Sweet Tooth | Mustapha Million | ||||||
| 26 July 1986 Calculator Kid ends this issue | No Cheeky-related raid this issue | No Cheeky-related raid this issue | ||||||
| 16 August 1986 | Mustapha Million | Joker | ||||||
| 23 August 1986 | Sweet Tooth | Mustapha Million | ||||||
| 18 October 1986 | Winnie the Royal Nag | Mustapha Million | ||||||
| 06 December 1986 | Toy Boy | Mustapha Million | ||||||
| 13 December 1986 | Mustapha Million | Odd-Ball | ||||||
| 17 January 1987 | Sid | Mustapha Million | ||||||
| 14 February 1987 | Odd-Ball | Mustapha Million | ||||||
| 11 April 1987 | Pa Bumpkin | Mustapha Million | ||||||
| 25 April 1987 | Mustapha Million | Odd-Ball | ||||||
| 20 June 1987 | Toy Boy | Mustapha Million | ||||||
| 27 June 1987 | Mustapha Million | Memory Banks | ||||||
| 25 July 1987 | Lazy Bones | Mustapha Million |
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz! ;)
ReplyDeleteBenny could have had a laze in the maze, but he was too tired to get out of the helicopter.
DeleteNot quite sure what Benny did with the second bodyguard.
DeleteWe should be grateful Benny managed to stay awake long enough to say anything, however unoriginal. BTW thought about doing what Peter did, but couldn't be bothered to let my little finger stray to the left of the keyboard; this lethargy must be catching.;-)
ReplyDeleteI'm still wondering how Benny managed to dispose of bodyguard number 2!
DeleteHe sent him to sleep with his infectious yawning – how else? Of course, in that case I can’t tell you why all five helicopter occupants didn’t fall asleep, including the pilot, thus imperilling their lives – if it happened at all…
ReplyDeleteIndeed, that's the crux of the issue - DID it happen? I've been pondering this recently and have decided that the presence of a 'raider' in a reprint strip must indicate that the events depicted therein occurred in an alternate reality to that in which the original, non-infiltrated strip was set.
DeleteIt seems likely the second bodyguard was whited out to make room for Benny; can’t believe Reg Parlett would’ve made such a slip in the first place. In any case, what else would’ve been there, the sick bags? Think you'd better check.
ReplyDeleteIt WAS the second bodyguard there originally (15/7/78); he might’ve been sitting on the sick bags. Where the inflight movie was is anybody’s guess ;-)
ReplyDeleteAs you can see I was infected by Benny's laziness and didn't check back to the original strip. so thanks for doing so.
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