The Whoopee and Wow! editor solicited another batch of readers votes with a coupon printed in the 19 May 1984 edition, just 7 weeks after the previous set of results had been published in the comic dated 31 March 1984. The next set of results appeared in the 21 July 1984 issue.
No features had ended between 31 March and 21 July, and the only features to begin during that time were the Creepy Comix booklet which ran for four weeks between 12 May and 02 June, and the Whoopee TV booklet which occupied the issues from 16 June to 07 July. In fact by 21 July 1984, the only strip to have been jettisoned since Wow! merged into Whoopee as of the 02 July 1983 edition was the citizens' band radio inspired KBR, which signed off after a 5-month Whoopee run in the 03 December 1983 issue. KBR was eventually replaced by the tedious transformations of the lacklustre Animalad whose strip began in the comic dated 14 January 1984. Aside from this adjustment, the editor seems to have decided to leave the lineup of strips unchanged from that which was initiated as of the Wow! merge, but to introduce some variety by means of an increased number of cut-out booklets, as documented by Irmantas in the links above.
The ongoing features contending for readers' votes were...
| START_DATE | END_DATE | CE_ELEMENT |
| 09-FEB-80 | 12-JAN-85 | Cover Feature |
| 09-FEB-80 | 30-MAR-85 | Bookworm |
| 09-FEB-80 | 30-MAR-85 | Bumpkin Billionaires |
| 09-FEB-80 | 30-MAR-85 | Calculator Kid |
| 09-FEB-80 | 30-MAR-85 | Frankie Stein |
| 09-FEB-80 | 30-MAR-85 | Lolly Pop |
| 09-FEB-80 | 30-MAR-85 | Mustapha Million |
| 09-FEB-80 | 30-MAR-85 | Paddywack |
| 09-FEB-80 | 30-MAR-85 | Stage School |
| 09-FEB-80 | 30-MAR-85 | Sweeny Toddler |
| 09-FEB-80 | 30-MAR-85 | Toy Boy |
| 16-FEB-80 | 30-MAR-85 | Chip |
| 01-MAR-80 | 19-JAN-85 | Top Ten voting coupon |
| 10-MAY-80 | 09-MAR-85 | Top Ten Results |
| 01-NOV-80 | 27-OCT-84 | Guy Fawkes Mask |
| 23-OCT-82 | 30-MAR-85 | Snack-Man |
| 27-NOV-82 | 23-MAR-85 | Calculator Corner |
| 12-FEB-83 | 26-JAN-85 | Freaky Frankie |
| 02-JUL-83 | 28-JUL-84 | Letterbox |
| 02-JUL-83 | 04-AUG-84 | Spare-Part Kit |
| 02-JUL-83 | 23-MAR-85 | Team Mates |
| 02-JUL-83 | 30-MAR-85 | Bleep |
| 02-JUL-83 | 30-MAR-85 | Boy Boss |
| 02-JUL-83 | 30-MAR-85 | Cheeky (Quick Strip) |
| 02-JUL-83 | 30-MAR-85 | Comic Turns |
| 02-JUL-83 | 30-MAR-85 | Creepy Comix |
| 02-JUL-83 | 30-MAR-85 | Family Trees |
| 02-JUL-83 | 30-MAR-85 | Gran's Gang |
| 02-JUL-83 | 30-MAR-85 | Here Is The News |
| 02-JUL-83 | 30-MAR-85 | Kid Comic |
| 02-JUL-83 | 30-MAR-85 | Ossie |
| 02-JUL-83 | 30-MAR-85 | Shipwreck School |
| 02-JUL-83 | 30-MAR-85 | TV Quiz Kids |
| 31-DEC-83 | 29-DEC-84 | We wish all of our readers a very merry Christmas |
| 14-JAN-84 | 30-MAR-85 | Animalad |
These were the poll results announced in Whoopee and Wow! dated 21 July 1984...
Stage School retains a creditable 4th position and is the only ex-Cheeky Weekly feature to have been placed in all 14 polls conducted since the toothy funster's former comic was absorbed into Whoopee in February 1982.
| Poll Date | Feature | Position |
| 10/05/80 | Stage School | 8 |
| 15/11/80 | Stage School | 6 |
| 20/06/81 | Stage School | 10 |
| 20/02/82 | Stage School | 7 |
| 07/08/82 | Stage School | 8 |
| 21/08/82 | Stage School | 10 |
| 02/10/82 | Stage School | 5 |
| 06/11/82 | Stage School | 3 |
| 04/12/82 | Stage School | 8 |
| 22/01/83 | Stage School | 4 |
| 02/04/83 | Stage School | 1 |
| 19/11/83 | Stage School | 5 |
| 31/03/84 | Stage School | 4 |
| 21/07/84 | Stage School | 4 |
Mustapha Million and Calculator Kid have clearly fallen out of favour since the adoption of the survivors of Wow!, both failing to secure a place in the 3 post-merge polls...
| Poll Date | Feature | Position |
| 10/05/80 | Mustapha Million | 1 |
| 15/11/80 | Mustapha Million | 1 |
| 20/06/81 | Mustapha Million | 1 |
| 20/02/82 | Mustapha Million | 3 |
| 07/08/82 | Mustapha Million | 4 |
| 21/08/82 | Mustapha Million | 4 |
| 02/10/82 | Mustapha Million | 4 |
| 06/11/82 | Mustapha Million | 7 |
| 04/12/82 | Mustapha Million | 4 |
| 22/01/83 | Mustapha Million | 7 |
| 02/04/83 | Mustapha Million | 9 |
| 19/11/83 | Mustapha Million | Not placed |
| 31/03/84 | Mustapha Million | Not placed |
| 21/07/84 | Mustapha Million | Not placed |
| Poll Date | Feature | Position |
| 10/05/80 | Calculator Kid | 4 |
| 15/11/80 | Calculator Kid | 2 |
| 20/06/81 | Calculator Kid | 5 |
| 20/02/82 | Calculator Kid | 4 |
| 07/08/82 | Calculator Kid | 6 |
| 21/08/82 | Calculator Kid | 5 |
| 02/10/82 | Calculator Kid | 6 |
| 06/11/82 | Calculator Kid | 8 |
| 04/12/82 | Calculator Kid | 6 |
| 22/01/83 | Calculator Kid | 3 |
| 02/04/83 | Calculator Kid | 5 |
| 19/11/83 | Calculator Kid | Not placed |
| 31/03/84 | Calculator Kid | Not placed |
| 21/07/84 | Calculator Kid | Not placed |
Gran is again absent from the top ten...
| Poll Date | Feature | Position |
| 10/05/80 | $6,000,000 Gran | 7 |
| 15/11/80 | $6,000,000 Gran | Not placed |
| 20/06/81 | Robot Granny | Not placed |
| 20/02/82 | Robot Granny | Not placed |
| 07/08/82 | Robot Granny | Not placed |
| 20/02/82 | Robot Granny | Not placed |
| 02/10/82 | Robot Granny | Not placed |
| 06/11/82 | Robot Granny | 10 |
| 04/12/82 | Robot Granny | Not placed |
| 22/01/83 | Robot Granny | Not placed |
| 02/04/83 | Robot Granny | Not placed |
| 19/11/83 | Gran’s Gang | 7 |
| 31/03/84 | Gran’s Gang | Not placed |
| 21/07/84 | Gran’s Gang | Not placed |
Cheeky and Paddywack are nowhere to be seen among the most popular strips, but that's no surprise as neither have ever appeared in any of the poll results.
What will be the fate of our ex-Cheeky Weekly chums be in the next vote? The answer can be found here.
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