Strip title
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Artist
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First appearance
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Last appearance
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Notes
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Sparky
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1
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210
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The adventures of a Golliwog style black boy who wore a grass skirt. The character was almost identical to the Sooty Snowball character that had appeared in the earlier Magic Comic. Sparky was the original cover story until replaced with The Moonsters.
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The Moonsters
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Bill Ritchie
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2
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199
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Green aliens living on the moon. Originally on the back page, but soon became the cover story.
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Dreamy Dave and Dozy Dora
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Pamela Chapaeu
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1
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204
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A brother and sister who constantly dozed off and shared the same bizarre but vivid fantasy dreams.
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Hungry Horace
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George Drysdale
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1
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652
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(originally from The Dandy) A boy who thought of nothing but eating.
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Keyhole Kate
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George Drysdale
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1
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488
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(originally from The Dandy) She was a nosey girl with pigtails and glasses who spied through keyholes. Later moved back to The Dandy.
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Joe Bann and his Big Banjo
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1
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138
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Freddie the Fearless Fly
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1
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91
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Originally in The Dandy.
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Jeff ye Jolly Jester
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1
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89
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Hockey Hannah
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1
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76
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Minnie Ha-Ha
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1
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55
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Flubberface
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1
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59
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Hairy Dan
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1
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29
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This strip was originally in The Beano.
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Dick Turpentine
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1
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12
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Nosey Parker
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1
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139
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The character was originally featured in The Rover in 1925. It also featured in The Sunday Post and The Beezer.
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Stoneage Steve
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1
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5
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Pansy Potter
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John Geering
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2
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567
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Revival of a strip from The Beano.
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Frosty McNab
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2
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4
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Revival of a strip from The Beano.
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Cuckoo in the Clock
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2
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139
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Black Jack the Chimney Sweep
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2
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5
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Grandma Jolly and her Brolly
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2
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17
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Peter Piper
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3
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652
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A boy with magic pipes which could make objects and pictures alive, revival of story from The Magic Comic.
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Winnie the Witch
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25
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122
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A strip with the same name appeared in The Beano.
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The Slowdown Express
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25
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137
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Fireman Fred
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63
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131
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Granny Cupp and her Flying Saucer
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80
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139
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My Grockle and Me
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George Drysdale
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86
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140
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Revival of a strip from The Rover and later The Dandy
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Harry Carry
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123
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209
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Meddlesome Matty
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140
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224
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Originally in The Dandy.
A girl whose meddling always got her into trouble.
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Deputy Dawg
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James Malcolm
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140
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165
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Based on the Terrytoons cartoon.
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Snapshot Sid
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140
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191
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Tom Tardy
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140
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175
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Charlie Chutney
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141
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209
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Originally a 1940s Dandy Character.
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Big Billy Bigg
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161
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243
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Belgian import, known as Jerom. Drawn by Eduard De Rop.[1]
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The Snooks
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166
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205
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Belgian Import, known as De Familie Snoek. Drawn by Eduard De Rop.[2]
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Clever Claire
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170
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178
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Belgian Import, known as Kari Lente. Drawn by Bob Mau.
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Cheating Charley
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192
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210
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John Bulldog/Barney Bulldog
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Bill Ritchie
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200
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528
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Similar to Biffo the Bear and the third cover strip. Name changed to Barney Bulldog in issue 211 1 February 1969.
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L-Cars
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Bill Hill
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205
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652
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Two incompetent policemen named Cedric and Frederic (the name comes from the contemporary show Z-Cars, but with a pun on learning 'L-plates')
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Spoofer McGraw
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Gordon Bell
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206
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652
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"He tells tall tales", who continually gave outrageous explanations for the origins of tractors, mummies etc. to his gullible duffelcoat-wearing friend Bo. 643–652 were reprints.
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Esky Mo
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211
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259
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An Eskimo boy living at the North Pole.
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Harry Presto
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211
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224
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The Conjuror's son – a boy who uses his magician dad’s hat to pull out assorted objects.
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Sparky People
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211
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652
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A semi-fictional office staff who produced Sparky. 647–652 are reprints.
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Wyatt Twerp
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Ron Spencer
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211
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298
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The inept Wild West sheriff.
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Helpful Henry
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Hugh Morren
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211
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230
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Revival of a strip from The Wizard, Dandy Monster Comic and The Beano. Male version of Meddlesome Matty.
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I-Spy
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Les Barton 1969–70. Brian Walker 1970–1972. John Fox 1974–1976.
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211
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586
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He was a secret agent with a long coat which concealed hundreds of weapons and gadgets. Similar to a character from Smash! called The Cloak.
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Cap'n Hood and his Merry Men
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Ray Hamilton
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212
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231
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Kings of the Castle
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230
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652
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The Kings lived in a castle and the 'Dirty Rascals' were forever trying to get in.
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Puss 'n' Boots
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John Geering
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231
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652
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"they fight like cat and dog", an eternally warring cat and dog duo.
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Sam's Snake
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|
244
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426
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Ali's Baba
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Mal Judge[3]
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261
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652
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Early strips were called Ali and his Baba. An invisible guardian angel Ali, who lived on a cloud and wore a cape, following an unknowing toddler Baba at all times and protected him from harm. Continued in The Topper and reprinted in The Dandy as Jimmy's Green Genie in 2004.
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I. Fly
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262
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426
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Rudolph the Red Coat Mountie
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276
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299
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All the other mounties in the force had failed to catch master of disguise dangerous Dan McGurk, and so it fell to assistant cook Rudolph to get his man! Reprinted in 603–626
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Trouble Bruin
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|
280
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314
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Ma Kelly's Telly
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Les Barton, Jim Petrie[4]
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315
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402
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Willie Getaway or will he not
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Phillip Milar
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316
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499
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A man who thinks he is a wanted criminal as he can't read the small print on the 'wanted' posters that he has in fact inherited a large fortune, spending each strip trying to escape 'capture' by people wanting the reward for finding him.
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Tom Kat
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323
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401
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Captain Cutler and his Butler
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397
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426
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A Victorian era explorer Egbert Cutler searching for the source of the river Bongo, and his polite but long-suffering manservant Crumbs. This strip was notable for including the writer and artist as off-panel characters; Crumbs would interact with them and request changes to the strip in order to assist the clueless Cutler.
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Snip and Snap
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403
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499
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Two dogs eternally conspiring to bite the visiting postman. Reprinted as "The Red Hot Chilli Dogs" in the Dandy Xtreme as of August 2007.
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Dreamy Daniel
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403
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652
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A boy with a rich internal fantasy life who easily confused his imagination with reality
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Jumbo and Jet
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427
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455
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Adventures of a mouse and an elephant.
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Baron Von Reichs-Pudding
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474
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652
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The flying Hun from vorld var von!
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Herman's Horoscopes
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|
490
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602
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Thingummyblob
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Albert Holroyd
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500
|
652
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A strip with the same title has recently been in The Dandy.
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Superwitch
|
|
500
|
651
|
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Minnie the Tea Lady
|
Jim Petrie
|
501
|
648
|
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Ah! Choo!
|
|
545
|
650
|
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Some Mummies Do 'Ave 'Em
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|
568
|
652
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The final cover story. Title is a play on the sitcom Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em.
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Planet of the Nirdles
|
|
578
|
642
|
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The Circus of P. T. Bimbo
|
|
581
|
652
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