New readers start here... After Cheeky Weekly folded and was
incorporated into Whoopee as of February 1980 six strips that had
originated in the toothy funster's title survived the merge and
continued to appear in the amalgamated comic. Whoopee itself foundered
in March 1985 and was merged into Whizzer and Chips. Three of the
surviving Cheeky Weekly strips successfully negotiated this second merge
and went on to appear in the newly combined publication, rather
inelegantly titled 'Whizzer and Chips now including Whoopee'. The
survivors were Mustapha Million, Calculator Kid and (appearing only
twice) Stage School. Cheeky continued to appear, but as a member of The
Krazy Gang, who had moved into W&C when Krazy, the comic in which
the Gang originated, expired in April 1978. However, the Krazy Gang's
Whizzer and Chips run ended in the issue dated 08 February 1986. Calculator Kid survived a little longer, his run of reprints coming to an end in the 26 July 1986 edition and leaving Mustapha Million as the sole Cheeky Weekly survivor.
Just 2 weeks after he was the victim of yet another raid by Joker, Mustapha was again unwitting host to an impertinent intruder. Can you locate the Whizz-kid who slipped into this story? Scroll down to learn the identity of the infuriating infiltrator.
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Whizzer and Chips 16 September 1989
Art: Frank McDiarmid |
Yes it's Whizz-kid supremo Sid's serpentine sidekick, Slippy, intruding upon our affluent chum for the second time.
This fame-craving version of Mustapha, who is willing to expend large sums of cash in pursuit of self-aggrandisement, is considerably different from the generous, kindly young lad readers got to know back in his Cheeky Weekly days. The repeated wheel clamping also portrays our middle eastern mate as an inconsiderate road user since presumably he instructs his chauffeur where to park. The 'royal persons' appearing in the strip are of course Prince Andrew and his wife of the time, Sarah Ferguson. Eddie the Eejit is a spoof of
Michael Edwards.
It's always good to see Mustapha's pet hippo, Frisky, who made occasional appearances over the years after being introduced in Cheeky Weekly dated 24 March 1979.
There'll be more raiding fun soon!
The days when crowds would turn out to cheer Prince Andrew...
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