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.

Whizzer and Chips - The Cheeky Raids part 59

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. Calculator Kid survived a little longer, his run of reprints coming to an end in the 26 July 1986 edition and leaving Mustapha Million as the sole Cheeky Weekly survivor.

The Christmas 1989 edition of Whizzer and Chips, dated 30 December, was the subject of the previous post in this series. I have been able to eliminate the following 3 editions as being relevant to the objective of the series, since Mustapha Million was neither raided nor raider in those issues.

So we arrive at the comic dated 27 January 1990 which I'm afraid is another edition that has beaten my powers of observation. I have been able to identify Sid's serpentine associate Slippy as the Whizz-kid raider into Chips, where the scaly scallywag can be seen in the foreground of the opening panel of Wonder Wimp's chip-shop based adventure...

Whizzer and Chips 27 January 1990. Art: Nigel Edwards

 

...but I have failed to expose any Chip-ite raider into Whizzer. JR and Shiner appear on the Sid's Whizz-kids page (Shiner as a silhouette), though they are objects of ridicule so can't be considered as raiders.

 

Art (other than that supplied
by Scott Dawber): Jack Oliver

 A hopefully less inconclusive examination of 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
01 June 1985	Animalad Mustapha Million	The Krazy Gang (Cheeky) Boy Boss
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
14 September 1985	Odd-Ball Calculator Kid	Calculator Kid Store Wars
05 October 1985	Mustapha Million	Animalad
19 October 1985	Odd-Ball	Mustapha Million
23 November 1985	Sweeny Toddler Sweeny Toddler Sweeny Toddler	Calculator Kid The Krazy Gang (Cheeky) Mustapha Million
18 January 1986	Mustapha Million	Super Steve
25 January 1986	Odd-Ball Cheeky	Mustapha Million Odd-Ball
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
23 August 1986	Sweet Tooth	Mustapha Million
18 October 1986	Winnie the Royal Nag	Mustapha Million
06 December 1986	Toy Boy	Mustapha Million
13 December 1986	Mustapha Million	Odd-Ball
17 January 1987	Sid	Mustapha Million
14 February 1987	Odd-Ball	Mustapha Million
11 April 1987	Pa Bumpkin	Mustapha Million
25 April 1987	Mustapha Million	Odd-Ball
20 June 1987	Toy Boy	Mustapha Million
27 June 1987	Mustapha Million	Memory Banks
25 July 1987	Lazy Bones	Mustapha Million
22 August 1987	Winnie the Royal Nag	Mustapha Million
12 September 1987	Mustapha Million	Sweet Tooth
19 September 1987	Odd-Ball	Mustapha Million
24 October 1987	Odd-Ball	Mustapha Million
12 December 1987	Joker	Mustapha Million
13 February 1988	Bloggs (Store Wars)	Mustapha Million
20 February 1988	Mustapha Million	Joker
12 March 1988	Odd-Ball	Mustapha Million
23 April 1988	Joker	Mustapha Million
28 May 1988 Readers asked not to let their Whizz-kid or Chip-ite sympathies colour their favourite strip votes	No Cheeky-related raid this issue	No Cheeky-related raid this issue
11 June 1988	Slippy	Mustapha Million
16 July 1988	Toy Boy	Mustapha Million
30 July 1988 New raids halted
05 August 1989 (raid reprinted from 25 Aug 1984)	Cheeky	Store Wars
12 August 1989 Resumption of new raids (one per week)	No Cheeky-related raid this issue	No Cheeky-related raid this issue
02 September 1989	Joker	Mustapha Million
16 September 1989	Slippy	Mustapha Million
23 September 1989 Weekly reciprocal raids resume	No Cheeky-related raid this issue	No Cheeky-related raid this issue
28 October 1989	Mustapha Million Sweeny Toddler	Bobby's Ghoul Mustapha Million
11 November 1989 - Tarman is the Chip-ite raider into Whizzer, but I have been unable to identify any raider into Chips
18 November 1989	Mustapha Million	Sid's Whizz-kids page
02 December 1989	Joker	Mustapha Million
23 December 1989 - Junior Rotter is the Chip-ite raider into Whizzer, but I have been unable to identify any raider into Chips
30 December 1989 - Slippy is the Whizz-kid raider into Chips, but I have been unable to identify any raider into Whizzer
27 January 1990 - Slippy is the Whizz-kid raider into Chips, but I have been unable to identify any raider into Whizzer

Whizz-ites vs Chip-kids - Part 4

Surely a leading contender for the title The Worst Feature Ever To Appear In Whizzer and Chips, COCOA (COmputer COmic Artist) was introduced to readers by means of a half-page 'trailer' in the issue dated 09 April 1988. COCOA was an early foray into comic creation using digital tools, and the advert described the upcoming feature as a 'rival' to all the artists contributing to that edition, none of whose published work of that era employed computer-assisted techniques. The primitive nature of the computers generally available at the time meant that Sid Burgon et al had little to fear from the electronic arriviste in the short term, although rapid increases in computing power and consequent software advances would soon lead to much more sophisticated digital creations.

Whizzer and Chips 09 April 1988

Below is a list of the artists contributing to that 09 April 1988 edition, as cited in the ad, and the features they provided...

Artist	Feature
Anthony Hutchings	Bobby's Ghoul
Barry Glennard	Sweet-Tooth
Colin Whittock	Lazy Bones
Frank McDiarmid	Mustapha Million
Jack Oliver	Shiner's Chip-ites
Jack Oliver	Sid's Whizz-kids
Jimmy Hansen	Bumpkin Billionaires
Jimmy Hansen	Shiner
Jimmy Hansen	Store Wars
Mark Bennington	Memory Banks
Mike Lacey	Phil Fitt
Mike Lacey	Sid's Snake
Nigel Edwards	Bottom
Reg Parlett	Creepy Comix
Roy Mitchell	Paper Boy
Sid Burgon	Joker
Terry Bave	Odd-Ball
Terry Bave	Sammy Shrink
Terry Bave	Toy Boy
Tom Paterson	Sweeny Toddler
Tom Paterson	Watford Gapp
Trevor Metcalfe	Junior Rotter
Trevor Metcalfe	Town Tarzan

The weekly COCOA feature was a continuation of the idea behind the punningly-titled Shiner's Micro Chip-ite Mini Mag, a cut-out series which ran for 4 weeks from the issue dated 19 March 1988, finishing a week before the first COCOA strip appeared.

Whizzer and Chips 19 March 1988

COCOA made its debut in the 16 April 1988 edition of Whizzer and Chips, placed on page 18, thus falling within Shiner's sphere of influence and thereby becoming a Chip-ite despite the previous week's announcement of the strip's imminent arrival having appeared in Whizzer on page 27.

Whizzer and Chips 16 April 1988
COCOA 'art': No idea
Down in the Jungle: Ed McHenry

However, in the 23 July 1988 comic, after 14 weeks within Chips, COCOA appeared on page 30, crossing the divide into Whizzer.

In the following issue dated 30 July 1988, the official raiders the previous week were revealed to be Slippy who intruded upon Phil Fitt, and JR who infiltrated Toy Boy, so despite crossing into enemy territory, COCOA's inclusion in Whizzer was not considered to be a raid.

As promised in the caption at the top of the page shown above, the following week the execrable digital concoction moved back into Chips where it remained until its final episode in the edition dated 03 September 1988. The Dr Do storyline which began above in Whizzer continued for 2 more tedious episodes in Chips but I won't inflict them on you. COCOA was replaced with a reprint run of Percy's Pets, the young animal enthusiast proving more loyal than his electronically-generated predecessor, as his recycled adventures remained confined to Chips.

Whizzer and Chips - The Cheeky Raids part 58

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. Calculator Kid survived a little longer, his run of reprints coming to an end in the 26 July 1986 edition and leaving Mustapha Million as the sole Cheeky Weekly survivor.

The previous instalment in this series had me grappling somewhat inconclusively with Whizzer and Chips dated 23 December 1989, one of the issues in which I have been unable to spot Whizz-kid and Chip-ite raiders. The following edition dated 30 December 1989 was that year's Christmas issue and once again I have been frustrated because although I can report that the festive edition saw Slippy (Whizz-kid, or more accurately Whizz-reptile) slither his way into the antipodean antics of Neighbours-inspired Chip-ite feature The Ossies (not to be confused with Ossie, on whose career in Whoopee I have briefly touched), I have been unable to locate a reciprocal Chip-ite raider into Whizzer.

 

The Ossies - Whizzer and Chips 30 December 1989. Art: Trevor Metcalfe

This is the third issue I have examined in this series in which I have been unable to identify both raiders.

Here is Mustapha's explosive Christmas 1989 adventure.

Art: Frank McDiarmid

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
01 June 1985	Animalad Mustapha Million	The Krazy Gang (Cheeky) Boy Boss
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
14 September 1985	Odd-Ball Calculator Kid	Calculator Kid Store Wars
05 October 1985	Mustapha Million	Animalad
19 October 1985	Odd-Ball	Mustapha Million
23 November 1985	Sweeny Toddler Sweeny Toddler Sweeny Toddler	Calculator Kid The Krazy Gang (Cheeky) Mustapha Million
18 January 1986	Mustapha Million	Super Steve
25 January 1986	Odd-Ball Cheeky	Mustapha Million Odd-Ball
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
23 August 1986	Sweet Tooth	Mustapha Million
18 October 1986	Winnie the Royal Nag	Mustapha Million
06 December 1986	Toy Boy	Mustapha Million
13 December 1986	Mustapha Million	Odd-Ball
17 January 1987	Sid	Mustapha Million
14 February 1987	Odd-Ball	Mustapha Million
11 April 1987	Pa Bumpkin	Mustapha Million
25 April 1987	Mustapha Million	Odd-Ball
20 June 1987	Toy Boy	Mustapha Million
27 June 1987	Mustapha Million	Memory Banks
25 July 1987	Lazy Bones	Mustapha Million
22 August 1987	Winnie the Royal Nag	Mustapha Million
12 September 1987	Mustapha Million	Sweet Tooth
19 September 1987	Odd-Ball	Mustapha Million
24 October 1987	Odd-Ball	Mustapha Million
12 December 1987	Joker	Mustapha Million
13 February 1988	Bloggs (Store Wars)	Mustapha Million
20 February 1988	Mustapha Million	Joker
12 March 1988	Odd-Ball	Mustapha Million
23 April 1988	Joker	Mustapha Million
28 May 1988 Readers asked not to let their Whizz-kid or Chip-ite sympathies colour their favourite strip votes	No Cheeky-related raid this issue	No Cheeky-related raid this issue
11 June 1988	Slippy	Mustapha Million
16 July 1988	Toy Boy	Mustapha Million
30 July 1988 New raids halted
05 August 1989 (raid reprinted from 25 Aug 1984)	Cheeky	Store Wars
12 August 1989 Resumption of new raids (one per week)	No Cheeky-related raid this issue	No Cheeky-related raid this issue
02 September 1989	Joker	Mustapha Million
16 September 1989	Slippy	Mustapha Million
23 September 1989 Weekly reciprocal raids resume	No Cheeky-related raid this issue	No Cheeky-related raid this issue
28 October 1989	Mustapha Million Sweeny Toddler	Bobby's Ghoul Mustapha Million
11 November 1989 - Tarman is the Chip-ite raider into Whizzer, but I have been unable to identify any raider into Chips
18 November 1989	Mustapha Million	Sid's Whizz-kids page
02 December 1989	Joker	Mustapha Million
23 December 1989 - Junior Rotter is the Chip-ite raider into Whizzer, but I have been unable to identify any raider into Chips
30 December 1989 - Slippy is the Whizz-kid raider into Chips, but I have been unable to identify any raider into Whizzer

Whizz-ites vs Chip-kids - Part 3

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.

Boy Boss meets Jasper Ferret - the first episode of Boy Boss, Wow! 07 August 1982. Art: Frank McDiarmid

The latest feature to come under the spotlight as I work alphabetically through the list of turncoats is one whose disloyal nature was exposed by AndyB in his comment here. Boy Boss, a feature relating the tribulations and triumphs experienced by a young lad while running a multinational conglomerate (rather unimaginatively named The Company) was clearly popular with comic audiences of the time, first appearing in Wow!, migrating to Whoopee, then making a further transition to Whizzer and Chips, where it was allocated a regular slot within the comic's Whizzer section as of the first 'Whizzer and Chips now including Whoopee' issue dated 06 April 1985. Following his 14th Whizzer appearance in the comic dated 13 July 1985 the curiously-coiffed tycoon, whose hairstyle had become more angular as time passed, no doubt a symptom of the stress of his executive position, seemingly took early retirement and was absent for a number of weeks.

However, it became clear in the 26 October 1985 edition, when BB returned within the Chips portion (sorry) of the comic, that the suspension of corporate capers had been due to high-level negotiations between chief Chip-ite Shiner and The Company's accountant (and Boy Boss' nemesis) Jasper Ferret regarding the youthful magnate's relocation from Whizzer to the rival title.

Whizzer and Chips 26 October 1985
Frank again

I'm guessing that the caption with which the above story commences (clearly designed for the benefit of readers unfamiliar with the strip's premise) was included because IPC management hoped that Whizzer and Chips would recruit new readers who were attracted to the comic by the 28 September 1985 issue's Zoom Balloon free gift, thus joining the ranks of Whizz-kids and Chip-ites after Boy Boss' summer '85 hiatus began. A jubilant Shiner and frustrated Sid appear in the final panel, but the strip is also intruded upon by a sneaky Whizz-kid raider.

In order to accommodate Boy Boss within the pages of Chips, another youngster in an adult role, Captain Kid ('The Pint-Sized Pirate'), was ousted when his seafaring shenanigans ended in a final timber-shivering appearance dated 21 September 1985. Boy Boss didn't immediately move into the junior mariner's former location in the comic due to the disruption caused over the following 4 issues by the presence of weekly Cut-Out Pocket Story Books featuring the antics of JR, The Bumpkin Billionaires, Lolly Pop and Joker respectively. In the same edition that contained  the final Pocket Story Book, dated 19 October 1985, readers were informed that Sweeny Toddler had infiltrated all of them, and that a 'surprise prize package' would be won by the first 50 respondents to correctly identify the number of times the teeny terror had been present. Sharing the same half-page panel in which the competition was announced was the news that a new character, Glow Boy, would be joining Whizzer (thus filling the gap resulting from Boy Boss' defection to Chips) the following week.

Having transferred his allegiance, Boy Boss remained a Chip-ite until his strip was retired after the 26 July 1986 edition. The story wasn't brought to any sort of conclusion and the young executive retained his position as head of The Company.

Unlike the two traitors exposed in the earlier instalments of this series of posts, whose betrayals went unremarked in the comic, Boy Boss' crossing of the ideological boundary was not only acknowledged but worked into the big-business ethos of the strip.

Whizzer and Chips - The Cheeky Raids part 57

 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. Calculator Kid survived a little longer, his run of reprints coming to an end in the 26 July 1986 edition and leaving Mustapha Million as the sole Cheeky Weekly survivor.

My previous post in this series identified Mustapha Million as the victim of a raid in Whizzer and Chips dated 02 December 1989. I have been able to pinpoint raiders/raided in the issues dated 09 and 16 December 1989, and Mustapha is not involved in either incursion.

However, the edition dated 23 December 1989 is another problematic one, as although I have located Junior Rotter as the Chip-ite intruder in the Sid's Snake strip, I haven't been able to detect a Whizz-kid infiltrator into any strip within Chips.

 

Whizzer and Chips 23 December 1989 - Sid's Snake (art: Mike Lacey), including raider

 

Our Chip-ite chum Mustapha appears on the Sid's Whizz-kids page but as an object of ridicule, so that can hardly be considered a raid (and anyway, as seen above, JR was the 'official' interloper into Whizzer). Am I being cynical in thinking the true purpose of the request for top ten votes (plus least favourite and choice for revival) from across Whizzer and Chips (on his own page, chief Chip-ite Shiner encourages his loyal followers to complete the voting coupon on Sid's equivalent site in the comic) was to assist the editor in deciding which strips would survive and be transferred to Buster when the mighty 'two comics in one' was cancelled 10 months later? Sadly, the result of the vote was never published.

Mustapha is involved in
the delivery of 2 readers' jokes

 

Having identified JR as the Chip-ite raider into Whizzer, I would only need to record a raid into this pre-Christmas edition of Chips if Mustapha Million was the victim. As far as I can see, Mustapha's strip was not intruded upon, but I'll show it here just in case someone out there can spot an interloper who I have missed.

Art: Frank McDiarmid

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
01 June 1985	Animalad Mustapha Million	The Krazy Gang (Cheeky) Boy Boss
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
14 September 1985	Odd-Ball Calculator Kid	Calculator Kid Store Wars
05 October 1985	Mustapha Million	Animalad
19 October 1985	Odd-Ball	Mustapha Million
23 November 1985	Sweeny Toddler Sweeny Toddler Sweeny Toddler	Calculator Kid The Krazy Gang (Cheeky) Mustapha Million
18 January 1986	Mustapha Million	Super Steve
25 January 1986	Odd-Ball Cheeky	Mustapha Million Odd-Ball
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
23 August 1986	Sweet Tooth	Mustapha Million
18 October 1986	Winnie the Royal Nag	Mustapha Million
06 December 1986	Toy Boy	Mustapha Million
13 December 1986	Mustapha Million	Odd-Ball
17 January 1987	Sid	Mustapha Million
14 February 1987	Odd-Ball	Mustapha Million
11 April 1987	Pa Bumpkin	Mustapha Million
25 April 1987	Mustapha Million	Odd-Ball
20 June 1987	Toy Boy	Mustapha Million
27 June 1987	Mustapha Million	Memory Banks
25 July 1987	Lazy Bones	Mustapha Million
22 August 1987	Winnie the Royal Nag	Mustapha Million
12 September 1987	Mustapha Million	Sweet Tooth
19 September 1987	Odd-Ball	Mustapha Million
24 October 1987	Odd-Ball	Mustapha Million
12 December 1987	Joker	Mustapha Million
13 February 1988	Bloggs (Store Wars)	Mustapha Million
20 February 1988	Mustapha Million	Joker
12 March 1988	Odd-Ball	Mustapha Million
23 April 1988	Joker	Mustapha Million
28 May 1988 Readers asked not to let their Whizz-kid or Chip-ite sympathies colour their favourite strip votes	No Cheeky-related raid this issue	No Cheeky-related raid this issue
11 June 1988	Slippy	Mustapha Million
16 July 1988	Toy Boy	Mustapha Million
30 July 1988 New raids halted
05 August 1989 (raid reprinted from 25 Aug 1984)	Cheeky	Store Wars
12 August 1989 Resumption of new raids (one per week)	No Cheeky-related raid this issue	No Cheeky-related raid this issue
02 September 1989	Joker	Mustapha Million
16 September 1989	Slippy	Mustapha Million
23 September 1989 Weekly reciprocal raids resume	No Cheeky-related raid this issue	No Cheeky-related raid this issue
28 October 1989	Mustapha Million Sweeny Toddler	Bobby's Ghoul Mustapha Million
11 November 1989 - Tarman is the Chip-ite raider into Whizzer, but I have been unable to identify any raider into Chips
18 November 1989	Mustapha Million	Sid's Whizz-kids page
02 December 1989	Joker	Mustapha Million
23 December 1989 - Junior Rotter is the Chip-ite raider into Whizzer, but I have been unable to identify any raider into Chips

Whizz-ites vs Chip-kids - Part 2

This is the second post in the series in which I'm 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 feature under scrutiny this time was based around the rivalry between the father and son occupants of two households. George Shiers helpfully explains that Beat Your Neighbour originated in Knockout in 1971 but migrated to Whizzer and Chips (more specifically Whizzer) in 1973.

I don't know when Beat Your Neighbour's original run came to an end, but the strip was revived (presumably as reprints) in Whizzer and Chips dated 30 January 1988, when it appeared on page 27, placing it within Whizzer, in accordance with its earlier affiliation. A week later, the generational japes returned to Whizzer (page 30), and their next appearance, in the issue dated 23 April 1988, was in the same location. However, the warring clans' next outing was in the 22 July 1989 comic on page 19, meaning they had crossed the boundary into Chips. The antagonistic families made a further 7 forays into Chips, their final one being in the comic dated 28 April 1990, where they turned up on page 30. In a 'standard' layout that would place them within Whizzer, but the issue in question was the final 32-page edition, in which Whizzer occupied pages 1-16 and Chips pages 17-32.

 

Whizzer And Chips 30 January 1988
I can't identify the artist
UPDATE - AndyB has identified Jim Crocker (see comments below)

This is clearly not a reprint of the original first episode of the strip. Rather than choosing a home-based tale in order to ease readers into the premise of the feature, a story set in a library was selected to initiate the reprint run. When did child beatings cease to appear in British comic strips?