Astute readers perusing this reprinted Calculator Kid
episode in Whizzer and Chips dated 26 July 1986 may have suspected
that it was to be the final appearance of Charlie Counter and his
calculating companion...
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| Whizzer and Chips 26 July 1986 Calculator Kid Art: Terry Bave |
...due to this announcement in the same
edition...
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| Whizzer and Chips 26 July 1986 The comic had for a few issues been conducting a teaser count down to this announcement |
Those readers who correctly assumed that Calculator Kid would be among the features to be jettisoned to make room for the imminent new arrivals may have been unaware that their final helping of CK told only half the story...
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| Cheeky Weekly 05 May 1979 |
On its reprint appearance at the top of this post, the strip had a couple of alterations in addition to being halved - the first panel on row 2 had a 'so' text box added to it, and the final panel on row 2 had Calc's oft-used concluding catchphrase 'as calculated' pasted in.
That 26 July 1986 edition of Whizzer and Chips had no Cheeky-related raids, and we have to skip ahead to the issue dated 16 August 1986 for the next raid within the scope of this series of posts.
Since by this stage Mustapha Million was the sole surviving character from Cheeky Weekly (enjoying brand new adventures), the only uncertainty is whether he was raider or raidee...
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| Whizzer and Chips 16 August 1986 Art: Sid Burgon |
Mustapha had previously raided Joker in the 07 June 1986 comic, in retaliation for a raid carried out on him by Joker in the 27 July 1985 edition. This raid brings the total times our ex-Cheeky Weekly chums had raided Whizzer to 11, while they had suffered 20 raids by those wily Whizz-kids.
More 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 | ||||||
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| 05 October 1985 | Mustapha Million | Animalad | ||||||
| 19 October 1985 | Odd-Ball | Mustapha Million | ||||||
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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 |
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