Whizz-ites vs Chip-kids - Part 8

This is another post in the series that sees me ruthlessly unmasking the traitorous characters who posed as both Whizz-kids and Chip-ites during their appearances in Whizzer and Chips. My investigation covers Whizzer and Chips' weekly editions dated 06 April 1985 to 28 April 1990. For the reasons why, see the first post in this series.

The confectionary-obsessed Sweet-Tooth was a true stalwart of Whizzer and Chips. According to Wikipedia, the chocolate-chomping chap made his debut in that title in 1973. Focusing on the period covered by this series of posts, the sweet-scoffing scallywag was absent from just 9 issues between those dated 06 April 1985 and 28 April 1990's final 32-page edition. For the remainder of Whizzer and Chips' run, the comic was reduced to 24 pages and Sweet-Tooth's feature was dropped from the truncated issues (although following the cancellation of Whizzer and Chips he did return in the pages of Buster).

Of Sweet-Tooth's 256 blood-sugar-elevating adventures in Whizzer and Chips dated between 06 April 1985 and 28 April 1990, 254 were located within the Whizzer section. However, the glucose guzzler made 2 forays into Chips; 13 May 1989 (a 'colour' adventure on page 23) and 01 July 1989 (page 19). Sweet-Tooth's temporary defections were not acknowledged in the comic.

Whizzer and Chips 13 May 1989; Sweet-Tooth slips into Chips
Art: Trevor Metcalfe

Barry Glennard's final strip in his run of illustrating Sweet-Tooth appeared in the 08 April 1989 edition of Whizzer and Chips, so the subsequent episodes, including the one shown above, were no doubt reprints.

The Roll of Dishonour

Beaky

Beat Your Neighbour

Boy Boss

COCOA

Paws, and Claws v Caws

Lazy Bones

Fuss Pot

Sweet-Tooth

Whizz-ites vs Chip-kids - Part 7

This is another post in the series that sees me ruthlessly unmasking the traitorous characters who posed as both Whizz-kids and Chip-ites during their appearances in Whizzer and Chips. My investigation covers Whizzer and Chips' weekly editions dated 06 April 1985 to 28 April 1990. For the reasons why, see the first post in this series.

The uncompromisingly fastidious Fuss Pot evidently found favour with more than one generation of comic fans, since she enjoyed a career in weekly/fortnightly comics which spanned just over 28 years, commencing in the 12 June 1971 debut issue of IPC's Knockout, and concluding in Buster Fortnightly dated 29 September 1999.

Whizzer and Chips 25 January 1986
Art: Norman Mansbridge

Having arrived in Whizzer and Chips following Knockout's 1973 cancellation, Fuss Pot was dropped from the 'two comics in one' title at some point between 1973 and March 1985 (a period outside the scope of this series). The finicky female was reintroduced (for what may have been a trial outing, an emergency gap-filling exercise or an opportunity to plug the Best of Whizzer and Chips Monthly) in Whizzer and Chips dated 25 January 1986 (on page 23, within Chips), then returned in the edition dated 28 February 1987 (page 18, again in Chips territory). Our pointy-nosed pal thereafter featured in 108 of the 191 remaining Whizzer and Chips issues to be published, including an appearance in the comic's final edition dated 27 October 1990. However, for all her fussy fulminations, she wasn't too fussed about remaining true to the Chip-ite cause.

In the 13 August 1988 edition Fuss Pot was to be found on page 30, placing her inside Whizzer. This change of allegiance was not remarked on in the comic, and our choosy chum returned to the Chips fold the following week, remaining there until crossing over into Whizzer again in the 01 October 1988 issue. This was the beginning of what was to be a 3-week sojourn inside Whizzer. Again there was no acknowledgement of Fuss Pot's move across the border, and she returned to Chips as of the 22 October 1988 comic, remaining a Chip-ite until 28 April 1990, which was the final 32-page Whizzer and Chips and is the cut-off point for the investigations undertaken in this series of posts.

The picky subject of this post made a promotional visit to Cheeky Weekly dated 07 April 1979 as part of that year's Star Guest campaign. UPDATE 06 October 2024 - Fuss Pot also appeared in Cheeky Weekly dated 01 July 1978, where she was included in that issue's Whizzer and Chips Mini Comic.

Whizz-ites vs Chip-kids - Part 6

This is another post in the series that sees me ruthlessly unmasking the traitorous characters who posed as both Whizz-kids and Chip-ites during their appearances in Whizzer and Chips. My investigation covers Whizzer and Chips' weekly editions dated 06 April 1985 to 28 April 1990. For the reasons why, see the first post in this series.

When embarking on this task it had been my intention to document, in alphabetical order, the boundary-crossing features that whizzed over into Chips or else chipped into Whizzer. However, the traitorous nature of the subject of this particular exposé is relevant to the next post in my series examining Whizzer and Chips - The Cheeky Raids, so please forgive me for bypassing a few of the guilty (who will, you can be assured, not elude disclosure of their identities) to on this occasion reveal the traitorous tyke to be...

Lazy Bones

The somnolent schoolboy was of course present in Whizzer and Chips prior to the the first combined issue of Whizzer and Chips and Whoopee, dated 06 April 1985, but that pre-merge period is outwith the scope of this series of posts. Benny was located within Whizzer in that first merged edition, and although his location within the comic varied over the months (the closest he got to the front of the title was page 2 [28 December 1985], and he briefly visited the back cover [17 May 1986]), he remained within the confines of Whizzer until the issue dated 17 January 1987 when he was to be found on page 24, which is the 'back cover' of Chips. Benny returned to the same page a week later, after which the comatose character resumed his place within Whizzer. In the comic dated 31 January 1987, Benny taunted Shiner by appearing on the Chip-ites' letters page and claiming a 2-week raid. This brief relocation across the divide into Chips cannot therefore be considered a transfer of allegiance. That would come later.

Whizzer and Chips 31 January 1987

As mentioned above, Benny returned to the Whizzer fold, doubtless lauded by his Whizz-kid compatriots for the audacious and protracted nature of the incursion into enemy territory, as of the 31 January 1987 edition, and thereafter remained a Whizz-kid, turning up in various locations within the domain ruled over by the herpetologically-inclined Sid until the issue dated 06 May 1989, following which his strip was absent from the comic for some months. However, when Benny resumed occupancy in Whizzer and Chips dated 06 January 1990, the first issue of the year that would see Whizzer and Chips' final edition, he was allocated to page 19, placing him within Chips.

A week after returning as a Chip-ite, Benny appeared on the Sid's Whizz-kids page of the issue dated 13 January 1990, among the characters depicted by reader Robert Suddaby. The subjects of the young artist's drawing were, according to the accompanying caption, characters he would like to see make a return to the comic, so Robert must have been thrilled by the recent resumption of Benny's strip (assuming the Harpenden-based illustrator was not offended by Benny's relocation to the rival section). Robert's campaign was in fact doubly effective as the same 06 January 1990 comic which saw Benny's return also featured the commencement of a brief, 8-issue reprint run of Roy Mitchell's Freddy 3D, who was among the characters diligently rendered by our young artist chum. The Lambiek Comiclopedia entry for Roy tells us that Freddy and his extraordinary eyewear debuted during 1983, and I'm guessing the strip was fairly short-lived in its original run. At the time this letters page was printed Store Wars was enjoying a run that had begun in the 04 November 1989 edition following a 12-week absence so maybe Robert's submission was made during the period that the retail ructions were being rested.

Master Suddaby's plea for the return of Super Steve was unsuccessful, as the Super Steve v NME Nasties feature wasn't resurrected following its concluding episode (under a banner reading 'The final challenge - will Steve succeed?' - Spoiler Alert - he did, and the NME baddies, realising they could not triumph over the young adventurer formerly known as the 12½ p Buytonic Boy, ceased their long-running battle against the ESS) in Whizzer and Chips dated 08 February 1986.

Whizzer and Chips 13 January 1990

 

Sid, Shiner and indeed Benny himself remained silent regarding the weary youngster's January 1990 defection. However, on the Shiner's Chip-ites and Sid's Whizz-kids pages there were a number of tacit acknowledgements of our lethargic chum's transfer of allegiance...

• Freddy 3D and Lazy Bones appeared together on the Shiner's Chip-ites page in a joke submitted by reader Steven Peters of Rye in the comic dated 03 March 1990 - Freddy set up the gag and Benny delivered the punch line.
• Benny was back on Shiner's page a week later, warning Chip-ites to be vigilant for that week's raider.
• In the 24 March 1990 edition young master Bones was the butt of a gag on the Sid's Whizz-kids page.
• Marcus Massey of Liverpool was no doubt excited to see his drawing of a recumbent Benny on Shiner's page of the comic dated 31 March 1990.
• Our weary chum again warned of the Whizz-kid raider on Shiner's page in the 07 April 1990 edition.

It would seem, though, that not everyone in the editorial office had been briefed about Benny's defection...

• Benny's left, heavy-lidded eye and stubbly scalp continued to be seen through the left hand side of the window of Sid's club hut, which featured intermittently at the top of the Sid's Whizz-kids reader participation page until the club venue made its final appearance in the 14 April 1990 edition.
• A selection of Whizz-kids were seen throughout the Chip-ite Chumps booklet that occupied 8 pages of Whizzer and Chips dated 14 April 1990. These characters, drawn by Terry Bave and all depicted helpless with laughter at the Chip-ite-baiting witticisms which constituted the cut-out section, included Benny Bones.

 

 

Following his 06 January 1990 return, Benny remained a Chip-ite up to and including his final appearance, a two-page adventure in the issue dated 28 April 1990 (pages 20 and 21). Long-time reader Stuart Loughrill of Steeple Bumpstead had a letter published in the comic dated 14 July 1990, tackling Sid about the reason for Benny's disloyalty, but the Whizz-kid supremo evaded the question.

Whizzer and Chips 14 July 1990

Whizz-ites vs Chip-kids - Part 5

This is another post in the series that sees me ruthlessly unmasking the traitorous characters who posed as both Whizz-kids and Chip-ites during their appearances in Whizzer and Chips. My investigation covers Whizzer and Chips' weekly editions dated 06 April 1985 to 28 April 1990. For the reasons why, see the first post in this series.

In this instalment I will be exposing a traitorous trio...

Three animal characters with similarly 'aw'-some names were among the many funnies to spring from the prolific nib of the gag cartoon artist Leslie 'Styx' Harding. The first of the trio to appear was the canine Paws (the name referencing the aquatic antagonist from Steven Spielberg's 1975 fishy phenomenon) who made his debut in Krazy's first issue dated 16 October 1976. On Krazy's 1978 demise, Paws was among the survivors who decamped to Whizzer and Chips. Sadly, since I haven't yet indexed my Whizzer and Chips collection from that period, I can't tell you when the original run of our pooch pal came to an end.

Whizzer and Chips 12 November 1988 - a mendacious Paws introduces what was actually a series of reprints

Paws returned to the pages of Whizzer and Chips in the edition dated 12 November 1988, introducing his story saying, 'My new series starts today!', although it was in fact a reprint from Krazy dated 26 March 1977. Paws' return was allocated a slot on page 27, a location within Whizzer to which he would adhere on a further 10 occasions. This Whizzer series ended in the issue dated 04 February 1989, with Paws relocated to page 30. There then followed a brief period without the humorous hound, but the doggy drollery resumed in the issue dated 06 May 1989, with Paws turning up on page 18, making him now a Chip-ite. Although Paws shifted allegiance from Whizzer to Chips, he remained faithful to page 18 for the remainder of his time in the comic, with his final appearance being in the Chips section of the 05 August 1989 edition.

A strip starring Paws' feline equivalent, Claws, first appeared in Whoopee! (I don't have the issue in question but I believe Claws made his debut in either October or November 1977), and the two characters, on at least one occasion each, crossed over into the other's feature. 

Somebody eventually realised there was scope for yet another animal with a name that rhymes with Jaws, Paws and Claws, so a teaser appeared in Whoopee! dated 13 October 1979...

Caws, a cantankerous crow, joined Claws a week later in an episode entitled Claws meets Caws. The irascible avian became a permanent addition to the strip, and subsequent stories were titled Claws v. Caws.

Whoopee! 20 October 1979

 

Sadly, the opportunity to introduce the obvious next '...aws' character to the existing trio, a hamster named 'Gnaws', was never taken.

Following Whoopee's absorption of Cheeky Weekly in 1980, Claws v. Caws continued to appear, although no longer weekly, as the cat versus bird antics were among the selection of features rotated under the Merry-Go-Round banner.

Date	Title	Page	Feature
09-Feb-1980	Whoopee! and Cheeky	30	Supermum 'Merry-Go-Round' 1 of 17 - Art Dicky Howett
09-Feb-1980	Whoopee! and Cheeky	31	Supermum 'Merry-Go-Round' 1 of 17 - Art Dicky Howett
16-Feb-1980	Whoopee! and Cheeky	30	Blabbermouth 'Merry-Go-Round' 1 of 17 - Art Terry Bave
16-Feb-1980	Whoopee! and Cheeky	31	Ivor Swap 'Merry-Go-Round' 1 of 14 - Art John K. Geering
23-Feb-1980	Whoopee! and Cheeky	30	Sheerluck and Son 'Merry-Go-Round' 1 of 15 - Art Trevor Metcalfe
23-Feb-1980	Whoopee! and Cheeky	31	Sheerluck and Son 'Merry-Go-Round' 1 of 15 - Art Trevor Metcalfe
01-Mar-1980	Whoopee! and Cheeky	30	Dads As Lads 'Merry-Go-Round' 1 of 11 - Art Bill Titcombe
01-Mar-1980	Whoopee! and Cheeky	31	Claws V Caws 'Merry-Go-Round' 1 of 15 - Art Leslie Harding (Styx)
08-Mar-1980	Whoopee! and Cheeky	22	Ivor Swap 'Merry-Go-Round' 2 of 14 - Art John K. Geering
15-Mar-1980	Whoopee! and Cheeky	30	Blabbermouth 'Merry-Go-Round' 2 of 17 - Art Terry Bave
05-Apr-1980	Whoopee! and Cheeky	28	Supermum 'Merry-Go-Round' 2 of 17 - Art Dicky Howett
05-Apr-1980	Whoopee! and Cheeky	29	Supermum 'Merry-Go-Round' 2 of 17 - Art Dicky Howett
12-Apr-1980	Whoopee! and Cheeky	28	Dads As Lads 'Merry-Go-Round' 2 of 11 - Art Bill Titcombe
12-Apr-1980	Whoopee! and Cheeky	29	Claws V Caws 'Merry-Go-Round' 2 of 15 - Art Leslie Harding (Styx)
19-Apr-1980	Whoopee! and Cheeky	28	Sheerluck and Son 'Merry-Go-Round' 2 of 15 - Art Barry Glennard
19-Apr-1980	Whoopee! and Cheeky	29	Sheerluck and Son 'Merry-Go-Round' 2 of 15 - Art Barry Glennard
26-Apr-1980	Whoopee! and Cheeky	28	Ivor Swap 'Merry-Go-Round' 3 of 14 - Art John K. Geering
26-Apr-1980	Whoopee! and Cheeky	29	Blabbermouth 'Merry-Go-Round' 3 of 17 - Art Terry Bave
03-May-1980	Whoopee! and Cheeky	28	Supermum 'Merry-Go-Round' 3 of 17 - Art Dicky Howett
03-May-1980	Whoopee! and Cheeky	29	Supermum 'Merry-Go-Round' 3 of 17 - Art Dicky Howett
10-May-1980	Whoopee! and Cheeky	28	Dads As Lads 'Merry-Go-Round' 3 of 11 - Art Bill Titcombe
10-May-1980	Whoopee! and Cheeky	29	Claws V Caws 'Merry-Go-Round' 3 of 15 - Art Leslie Harding (Styx)
14-Jun-1980	Whoopee! and Cheeky	31	Ivor Swap 'Merry-Go-Round' 4 of 14 - Art John K. Geering
28-Jun-1980	Whoopee! and Cheeky	28	Sheerluck and Son 'Merry-Go-Round' 3 of 15 - Art Mike Lacey
28-Jun-1980	Whoopee! and Cheeky	29	Sheerluck and Son 'Merry-Go-Round' 3 of 15 - Art Mike Lacey
05-Jul-1980	Whoopee! and Cheeky	28	Blabbermouth 'Merry-Go-Round' 4 of 17 - Art Terry Bave
12-Jul-1980	Whoopee! and Cheeky	28	Supermum 'Merry-Go-Round' 4 of 17 - Art Dicky Howett
12-Jul-1980	Whoopee! and Cheeky	29	Supermum 'Merry-Go-Round' 4 of 17 - Art Dicky Howett
19-Jul-1980	Whoopee! and Cheeky	28	Dads As Lads 'Merry-Go-Round' 4 of 11 - Art Bill Titcombe
19-Jul-1980	Whoopee! and Cheeky	29	Claws V Caws 'Merry-Go-Round' 4 of 15 - Art Leslie Harding (Styx)
26-Jul-1980	Whoopee! and Cheeky	28	Sheerluck and Son 'Merry-Go-Round' 4 of 15 - Art Mike Lacey
26-Jul-1980	Whoopee! and Cheeky	29	Sheerluck and Son 'Merry-Go-Round' 4 of 15 - Art Mike Lacey
02-Aug-1980	Whoopee! and Cheeky	28	Blabbermouth 'Merry-Go-Round' 5 of 17 - Art Terry Bave
02-Aug-1980	Whoopee! and Cheeky	29	Ivor Swap 'Merry-Go-Round' 5 of 14 - Art John K. Geering
09-Aug-1980	Whoopee! and Cheeky	28	Supermum 'Merry-Go-Round' 5 of 17 - Art Dicky Howett
09-Aug-1980	Whoopee! and Cheeky	29	Supermum 'Merry-Go-Round' 5 of 17 - Art Dicky Howett
16-Aug-1980	Whoopee! and Cheeky	28	Dads As Lads 'Merry-Go-Round' 5 of 11 - Art Bill Titcombe
16-Aug-1980	Whoopee! and Cheeky	29	Claws V Caws 'Merry-Go-Round' 5 of 15 - Art Leslie Harding (Styx)
23-Aug-1980	Whoopee! and Cheeky	28	Blabbermouth 'Merry-Go-Round' 6 of 17 - Art Terry Bave
30-Aug-1980	Whoopee! and Cheeky	28	Sheerluck and Son 'Merry-Go-Round' 5 of 15 - Art Barry Glennard
30-Aug-1980	Whoopee! and Cheeky	29	Sheerluck and Son 'Merry-Go-Round' 5 of 15 - Art Barry Glennard
06-Sep-1980	Whoopee! and Cheeky	26	Ivor Swap 'Merry-Go-Round' 6 of 14 - Art John K. Geering
13-Sep-1980	Whoopee! and Cheeky	28	Supermum 'Merry-Go-Round' 6 of 17 - Art Dicky Howett
13-Sep-1980	Whoopee! and Cheeky	29	Supermum 'Merry-Go-Round' 6 of 17 - Art Dicky Howett
20-Sep-1980	Whoopee! and Cheeky	28	Sheerluck and Son 'Merry-Go-Round' 6 of 15 - Art Barry Glennard
20-Sep-1980	Whoopee! and Cheeky	29	Sheerluck and Son 'Merry-Go-Round' 6 of 15 - Art Barry Glennard
27-Sep-1980	Whoopee! and Cheeky	25	Dads As Lads 'Merry-Go-Round' 6 of 11 - Art Tom Williams
04-Oct-1980	Whoopee! and Cheeky	28	Supermum 'Merry-Go-Round' 7 of 17 - Art Dicky Howett
04-Oct-1980	Whoopee! and Cheeky	29	Supermum 'Merry-Go-Round' 7 of 17 - Art Dicky Howett
18-Oct-1980	Whoopee! and Cheeky	27	Blabbermouth 'Merry-Go-Round' 7 of 17 - Art Terry Bave
25-Oct-1980	Whoopee! and Cheeky	28	Claws V Caws 'Merry-Go-Round' 6 of 15 - Art Leslie Harding (Styx)
15-Nov-1980	Whoopee! and Cheeky	13	Claws V Caws 'Merry-Go-Round' 7 of 15 - Art Leslie Harding (Styx)
15-Nov-1980	Whoopee! and Cheeky	31	Ivor Swap 'Merry-Go-Round BONUS' - Art John K. Geering
22-Nov-1980	Whoopee! and Cheeky	26	Sheerluck and Son 'Merry-Go-Round' 7 of 15 - Art Barry Glennard
22-Nov-1980	Whoopee! and Cheeky	27	Sheerluck and Son 'Merry-Go-Round' 7 of 15 - Art Barry Glennard
29-Nov-1980	Whoopee! and Cheeky	26	Supermum 'Merry-Go-Round' 8 of 17 - Art Dicky Howett
29-Nov-1980	Whoopee! and Cheeky	27	Supermum 'Merry-Go-Round' 8 of 17 - Art Dicky Howett
06-Dec-1980	Whoopee! and Cheeky	26	Dads As Lads 'Merry-Go-Round' 7 of 11 - Art Bill Titcombe
06-Dec-1980	Whoopee! and Cheeky	27	Blabbermouth 'Merry-Go-Round' 8 of 17 - Art Terry Bave
13-Dec-1980	Whoopee! and Cheeky	26	Ivor Swap 'Merry-Go-Round' 7 of 14 - Art John K. Geering
13-Dec-1980	Whoopee! and Cheeky	27	Claws V Caws 'Merry-Go-Round' 8 of 15 - Art Leslie Harding (Styx)
20-Dec-1980	Whoopee! and Cheeky	26	Sheerluck and Son 'Merry-Go-Round' 8 of 15 - Art Barry Glennard
20-Dec-1980	Whoopee! and Cheeky	27	Sheerluck and Son 'Merry-Go-Round' 8 of 15 - Art Barry Glennard
03-Jan-1981	Whoopee! and Cheeky	28	Supermum 'Merry-Go-Round' 9 of 17 - Art Dicky Howett
03-Jan-1981	Whoopee! and Cheeky	29	Supermum 'Merry-Go-Round' 9 of 17 - Art Dicky Howett
10-Jan-1981	Whoopee! and Cheeky	25	Dads As Lads 'Merry-Go-Round' 8 of 11 - Art Bill Titcombe
17-Jan-1981	Whoopee! and Cheeky	25	Blabbermouth 'Merry-Go-Round' 9 of 17 - Art Terry Bave
24-Jan-1981	Whoopee! and Cheeky	28	Sheerluck and Son 'Merry-Go-Round' 9 of 15 - Art Tom Williams
24-Jan-1981	Whoopee! and Cheeky	29	Sheerluck and Son 'Merry-Go-Round' 9 of 15 - Art Tom Williams
31-Jan-1981	Whoopee! and Cheeky	13	Ivor Swap 'Merry-Go-Round' 8 of 14 - Art John K. Geering
07-Feb-1981	Whoopee! and Cheeky	13	Claws V Caws 'Merry-Go-Round' 9 of 15 - Art Leslie Harding (Styx)
21-Feb-1981	Whoopee! and Cheeky	28	Supermum 'Merry-Go-Round' 10 of 17 - Art Dicky Howett
21-Feb-1981	Whoopee! and Cheeky	29	Supermum 'Merry-Go-Round' 10 of 17 - Art Dicky Howett
14-Mar-1981	Whoopee! and Cheeky	19	Ivor Swap 'Merry-Go-Round' 9 of 14 - Art John K. Geering
21-Mar-1981	Whoopee! and Cheeky	30	Dads As Lads 'Merry-Go-Round' 9 of 11 - Art Bill Titcombe
04-Apr-1981	Whoopee! and Cheeky	13	Blabbermouth 'Merry-Go-Round' 10 of 17 - Art Terry Bave
04-Apr-1981	Whoopee! and Cheeky	29	Claws V Caws 'Merry-Go-Round' 10 of 15 - Art Leslie Harding (Styx)
11-Apr-1981	Whoopee! and Cheeky	28	Sheerluck and Son 'Merry-Go-Round' 10 of 15 - Art Barry Glennard
11-Apr-1981	Whoopee! and Cheeky	29	Sheerluck and Son 'Merry-Go-Round' 10 of 15 - Art Barry Glennard
18-Apr-1981	Whoopee! and Cheeky	28	Supermum 'Merry-Go-Round' 11 of 17 - Art Dicky Howett
18-Apr-1981	Whoopee! and Cheeky	29	Supermum 'Merry-Go-Round' 11 of 17 - Art Dicky Howett
02-May-1981	Whoopee! and Cheeky	31	Dads As Lads 'Merry-Go-Round' 10 of 11 - Art Bill Titcombe
16-May-1981	Whoopee! and Cheeky	22	Sheerluck and Son 'Merry-Go-Round' 11 of 15 - Art Barry Glennard
16-May-1981	Whoopee! and Cheeky	23	Sheerluck and Son 'Merry-Go-Round' 11 of 15 - Art Barry Glennard
23-May-1981	Whoopee! and Cheeky	29	Ivor Swap 'Merry-Go-Round' 10 of 14 - Art John K. Geering
30-May-1981	Whoopee! and Cheeky	14	Supermum 'Merry-Go-Round' 12 of 17 - Art Dicky Howett
30-May-1981	Whoopee! and Cheeky	15	Supermum 'Merry-Go-Round' 12 of 17 - Art Dicky Howett
06-Jun-1981	Whoopee! and Cheeky	24	Claws V Caws 'Merry-Go-Round' 11 of 15 - Art Leslie Harding (Styx)
13-Jun-1981	Whoopee! and Cheeky	28	Sheerluck and Son 'Merry-Go-Round' 12 of 15 - Art Barry Glennard
13-Jun-1981	Whoopee! and Cheeky	29	Sheerluck and Son 'Merry-Go-Round' 12 of 15 - Art Barry Glennard
20-Jun-1981	Whoopee! and Cheeky	29	Dads As Lads 'Merry-Go-Round' 11 of 11 - Art Bill Titcombe
27-Jun-1981	Whoopee! and Cheeky	28	Blabbermouth 'Merry-Go-Round' 11 of 17 - Art Terry Bave
04-Jul-1981	Whoopee! and Cheeky	25	Claws V Caws 'Merry-Go-Round' 12 of 15 - Art Leslie Harding (Styx)
11-Jul-1981	Whoopee! and Cheeky	25	Supermum 'Merry-Go-Round' 13 of 17 - Art Dicky Howett
18-Jul-1981	Whoopee! and Cheeky	28	Blabbermouth 'Merry-Go-Round' 12 of 17 - Art Terry Bave
25-Jul-1981	Whoopee! and Cheeky	28	Sheerluck and Son 'Merry-Go-Round' 13 of 15 - Art Barry Glennard
25-Jul-1981	Whoopee! and Cheeky	29	Sheerluck and Son 'Merry-Go-Round' 13 of 15 - Art Barry Glennard
01-Aug-1981	Whoopee!	28	Ivor Swap 'Merry-Go-Round' 11 of 14 - Art John K. Geering
01-Aug-1981	Whoopee!	29	Claws V Caws 'Merry-Go-Round' 13 of 15 - Art Leslie Harding (Styx)
08-Aug-1981	Whoopee!	28	Blabbermouth 'Merry-Go-Round' 13 of 17 - Art Terry Bave
15-Aug-1981	Whoopee!	28	Supermum 'Merry-Go-Round' 14 of 17 - Art Dicky Howett
29-Aug-1981	Whoopee!	28	Blabbermouth 'Merry-Go-Round' 14 of 17 - Art Terry Bave
05-Sep-1981	Whoopee!	28	Ivor Swap 'Merry-Go-Round' 12 of 14 - Art John K. Geering
05-Sep-1981	Whoopee!	29	Supermum 'Merry-Go-Round' 15 of 17 - Art Dicky Howett
12-Sep-1981	Whoopee!	30	Blabbermouth 'Merry-Go-Round' 15 of 17 - Art Terry Bave
26-Sep-1981	Whoopee!	18	Sheerluck and Son 'Merry-Go-Round' 14 of 15 - Art Barry Glennard
26-Sep-1981	Whoopee!	19	Sheerluck and Son 'Merry-Go-Round' 14 of 15 - Art Barry Glennard
24-Oct-1981	Whoopee!	15	Ivor Swap 'Merry-Go-Round' 13 of 14 - Art John K. Geering
31-Oct-1981	Whoopee!	24	Claws V Caws 'Merry-Go-Round' 14 of 15 - Art Leslie Harding (Styx)
31-Oct-1981	Whoopee!	25	Blabbermouth 'Merry-Go-Round' 16 of 17 - Art Terry Bave
14-Nov-1981	Whoopee!	30	Supermum 'Merry-Go-Round' 16 of 17 - Art Dicky Howett
28-Nov-1981	Whoopee!	18	Ivor Swap 'Merry-Go-Round' 14 of 14 - Art John K. Geering
05-Dec-1981	Whoopee!	30	Claws V Caws 'Merry-Go-Round' 15 of 15 - Art Leslie Harding (Styx)
12-Dec-1981	Whoopee!	14	Sheerluck and Son 'Merry-Go-Round' 15 of 15
12-Dec-1981	Whoopee!	15	Sheerluck and Son 'Merry-Go-Round' 15 of 15
19-Dec-1981	Whoopee!	30	Supermum 'Merry-Go-Round' 17 of 17 - Art Dicky Howett
16-Jan-1982	Whoopee!	30	Blabbermouth 'Merry-Go-Round' 17 of 17 - Art Terry Bave

The 15th and final Claws v. Caws episode in Whoopee! was presented, still as a Merry-Go-Round participant, in the 05 December 1981 edition. Merry-Go-Round appeared on a further 3 occasions, concluding with an episode of Terry Bave's stentorian Blabbermouth in Whoopee! dated 16 January 1982.

After a period languishing in the limbo to which retired features are banished, Claws, in a tale presumably reprinted from the time before the animal adversaries met (since it was titled Claws and his flying foe was absent), was selected to appear in Whizzer and Chips dated 22 October 1988, located on page 11, within Chips. Following this surprise outing for our whiskered pal, feline fun was absent until the 25 February 1989 edition of W&C, which saw an episode of Claws v Caws occupying page 22, again falling inside Chips. A few more months passed with no sign of either Claws or Caws, until the 02 September 1989 comic which contained a Claws v Caws escapade on page 30. Readers enjoyed Claws v Caws again in the editions dated 09, 16 and 30 September 1989, on pages 30, 30 and 31 respectively. Therefore the Claws v Caws episodes which appeared in September 1989, the final W&C run for the duo, were all placed within Whizzer (the strip was absent from the 23 September edition due to the presence of part 1 of the cut-out Whizzer and Chips Bumper Quiz Book).

To hopefully clarify the chronology of the Whizzer and Chips reprint runs of the comical critters, the table below shows the Claws, Paws and Claws v Caws episodes to feature in Whizzer and Chips from October 1988 onwards, and indicates in which section of the comic each was located. We can see that, after Claws' initial appearance, Paws enjoyed a run (or walkies) until the 04 February 1989 edition, after which a Claws v Caws episode turned up in the comic dated 25 February 1989. Following a period with no sign of Paws, Claws or Caws, the mirthful mutt returned in Whizzer and Chips dated 06 May 1989, and finally bowed out of the comic with an appearance dated 05 August 1989. Claws v Caws returned for 4 weeks in September 1989 which concluded their run of reprints. 

Date	Title	Page	Section	Feature
22-Oct-1988	Whizzer and Chips	11	Chips	Claws - Art Leslie Harding (Styx)
12-Nov-1988	Whizzer and Chips	27	Whizzer	Paws - Art Leslie Harding (Styx)
19-Nov-1988	Whizzer and Chips	27	Whizzer	Paws - Art Leslie Harding (Styx)
26-Nov-1988	Whizzer and Chips	27	Whizzer	Paws - Art Leslie Harding (Styx)
03-Dec-1988	Whizzer and Chips	27	Whizzer	Paws - Art Leslie Harding (Styx)
10-Dec-1988	Whizzer and Chips	27	Whizzer	Paws - Art Leslie Harding (Styx)
17-Dec-1988	Whizzer and Chips	27	Whizzer	Paws - Art Leslie Harding (Styx)
24-Dec-1988	Whizzer and Chips	27	Whizzer	Paws - Art Leslie Harding (Styx)
31-Dec-1988	Whizzer and Chips	27	Whizzer	Paws - Art Leslie Harding (Styx)
07-Jan-1989	Whizzer and Chips	27	Whizzer	Paws - Art Leslie Harding (Styx)
14-Jan-1989	Whizzer and Chips	27	Whizzer	Paws - Art Leslie Harding (Styx)
21-Jan-1989	Whizzer and Chips	27	Whizzer	Paws - Art Leslie Harding (Styx)
04-Feb-1989	Whizzer and Chips	30	Whizzer	Paws - Art Leslie Harding (Styx)
25-Feb-1989	Whizzer and Chips	22	Chips	Claws v Caws - Art Leslie Harding (Styx)
06-May-1989	Whizzer and Chips with Scouse Mouse	18	Chips	Paws - Art Leslie Harding (Styx)
13-May-1989	Whizzer and Chips	18	Chips	Paws - Art Leslie Harding (Styx)
20-May-1989	Whizzer and Chips	18	Chips	Paws - Art Leslie Harding (Styx)
27-May-1989	Whizzer and Chips	18	Chips	Paws - Art Leslie Harding (Styx)
03-Jun-1989	Whizzer and Chips	18	Chips	Paws - Art Leslie Harding (Styx)
10-Jun-1989	Whizzer and Chips	18	Chips	Paws - Art Leslie Harding (Styx)
24-Jun-1989	Whizzer and Chips	18	Chips	Paws - Art Leslie Harding (Styx)
01-Jul-1989	Whizzer and Chips	18	Chips	Paws - Art Leslie Harding (Styx)
08-Jul-1989	Whizzer and Chips	18	Chips	Paws - Art Leslie Harding (Styx)
15-Jul-1989	Whizzer and Chips	18	Chips	Paws - Art Leslie Harding (Styx)
22-Jul-1989	Whizzer and Chips	18	Chips	Paws - Art Leslie Harding (Styx)
29-Jul-1989	Whizzer and Chips	18	Chips	Paws - Art Leslie Harding (Styx)
05-Aug-1989	Whizzer and Chips	18	Chips	Paws - Art Leslie Harding (Styx)
02-Sep-1989	Whizzer and Chips	30	Whizzer	Claws v Caws - Art Leslie Harding (Styx)
09-Sep-1989	Whizzer and Chips	30	Whizzer	Claws v Caws - Art Leslie Harding (Styx)
16-Sep-1989	Whizzer and Chips	30	Whizzer	Claws v Caws - Art Leslie Harding (Styx)
30-Sep-1989	Whizzer and Chips	31	Whizzer	Claws v Caws - Art Leslie Harding (Styx)

Not relevant to Whizzer and Chips but of interest (hopefully) to students of Cheeky Weekly...

During IPC's 1978 Mini Comics promotion, Paws appeared in a Whizzer and Chips mini comic that was included in Cheeky Weekly dated 01 July 1978, and Claws featured in a Whoopee! Mini Comic that was presented in Cheeky Weekly dated 15 July. On both occasions Artie Jackson stood in for Styx. However, when Paws dropped in to Cheeky Weekly dated 23 June 1979 as a Star Guest, Leslie Harding did the artwork honours.