Comic names from yesteryear

[George 1978]

I assume that "Whizzer" and "Chips" were two separate comics before they merged? - one comic that comes to mind is Nutty, which merged with the Dandy, and was briefly called Dandy and Nutty?

A lot of girls' comics (as well as magazines - think Jackie) had girls' names on them - not too many boys' names on comic titles, apart from Victor. Even Dandy was a girls' name (think Dandy Nichols).

[Richard1978]

Bunty sounds like the sort of nickname a girl at a boarding school would get. My sister used to read Twinkle when she was young.

[beccabear67]

There were so many comics with Girls' names for titles (Tracy, Penny, Judy, Tammy, Tina), and then they'd combine and would sound like some kind of hillbilly name sometimes. I never understood the name Bunty though... was there ever some poor thing living with that for her first or even last name? Shades of Prunella Scales! Bunty sounds too much like Binty... should have been titled Mary after the Four Marys strip.

I think Whizzer and Chips was the best all-around comic paper!

[culnara]

Caught my eye

Monster Fun

Never had the Monster Fun comic, it was always Beezer, Beano Dandy and Topper, but I had 2000AD for the longest, I do have a couple of monster fun annuals tho

[sixtyten]

donut

[Heather74]

Caught my eye

Monster Fun

[Hooper68]

Re: Comic names from yesteryear

I used to get Action(Just for Hook Jaw,the killer shark)
Buster and monster fun
Cheeky
Krazy

[Cats 'r us]

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I remember 'June and School friend', Beezer, Sparky, Mandy

[sarcymarky]

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Ahh yes I remember getting issue one and playing with the free plane. Had some great stories in it, well I thought so at the time.

[sixtyten]

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Spike Issue One

[sixtyten]

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Spike, you say?

[sarcymarky]

Re: Comic names from yesteryear

I used to get Spike but after a while it merged with Champ. It was never the same :cry:

[sixtyten]

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Warlord medals

Re: Comic names from yesteryear

BATTLE ACTION FORCE was my favourite.....My old man would buy me a copy weekly....loved it! 26p, printed on newsprint.....ahhhh! Halcyon days indeed....

[frame]

Re: Comic names from yesteryear

I had a joke published in whizzer and chips,must have been about 1978, got a £5 p o, lot of money then, (lot of $ for a **** joke)