As IPC's Star Guest run
for 1979 entered its third week, the alternating nature of the
placement of strips meant it was the turn of Whizzer and Chips to
host a feature from Cheeky Weekly. On this occasion it was the
dauntless Skateboard Squad who were chosen to represent the toothy
funster's comic. The story (not a reprint from Cheeky Weekly) in
which our heroes deputised for an out-of-commission stunt biker gave
an opportunity for the Squad to demonstrate their prowess on
skateboards to those Whizzer and Chips readers unfamiliar with the
feature.
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| Whizzer and Chips 14 April 1979 Drawn by the strip's regular artist, Jimmy Hansen |
This was the only Skateboard Squad episode in which our pooch pal Wipe-Out was seen to converse with his companions (although he appeared to speak in the 18 November 1978 issue of Cheeky Weekly).
In the same week that the above page appeared in Whizzer and Chips, The Skateboard Squad were absent from Cheeky Weekly which, in its own run of Star Guests, was hosting Whoopee's Sweeny Toddler.
In the same week that the above page appeared in Whizzer and Chips, The Skateboard Squad were absent from Cheeky Weekly which, in its own run of Star Guests, was hosting Whoopee's Sweeny Toddler.
Cheeky Weekly's final
Skateboard Squad episode would appear just 4 weeks after their
Whizzer and Chips Star Guest outing. However, the intrepid trio
returned to the pages of the toothy funster's comic after a 2 week
break, in their new guise as the Speed Squad.
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