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.
Whizzer and Chips dated 07 June 1986 - for the first time since the
29 March 1986 edition, a Whizz-kid was subject to a raid by one of our ex-Cheeky Weekly chums. Can you spot the intrepid interloper? Scroll down to see who it was...
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Whizzer and Chips 07 June 1986
Art: Sid Burgon |
I'm a bit puzzled as to what's happening on the roof of the school in the first panel of Joker's story above. At first I thought there was a large flower growing up there, but on looking closer there appear to be wisps of smoke above whatever it is. Is it supposed to be a lit fuse?
This is the fifth raid carried out by our moneyed mate, bringing to 10 the total incursions into Whizzer by ex-Cheeky Weekly characters. Our Cheeky pals had been the victims of 19 raids by this stage.
More raiding fun soon!
Its a fuse...a building bomb!
ReplyDeleteI wish they hid there raiders better make it more of a challenge..
I think in colour strips the raider is easier to spot than in black & white ones. I've sometimes had trouble locating the raider even after reading in the following issue who the culprit was!
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