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Buzz
Publication information
Publisher D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd
Publication date 20 January 1973 to 4 January 1975

No. of issues		 103

Buzz was an A3 (broadsheet) British comic book magazine that ran from 20 January 1973 to 4 January 1975, when it merged with The Topper. Buzz ran for 103 Issues.



List of Buzz comic strips[edit]


These are in alphabetical order and all numbers refer to issues of Buzz.




























































































































































































































Strip Title
 Artist
 First Appearance
 Last Appearance
 Notes

Big Bad Moggy
Peter Moonie
 1
 29
 Not in 17,18,19. From 20 onward strip title changed to Moggy.[1]

Big Fat Flo
Phil Millar
 1
 103
 Not in 35 & 39.[2] Continued in The Topper after the merger.

Billy the Kidder
Jimmy Glen /

Watson Kennedy


 1
 19[3]

The Buzzies and the Fuzzies
Gordon Bell
 5
 103
 Two groups of feuding creatures resembling Weebles; one group very hairy like Captain Caveman, the others with short buzzcuts. Not in 34,38,75,83,86,88,89,90.[4]

Calamity Kate
George Martin
 1
 103 [5]
 A girl who inadvertently broke things

Cookie
Tom Lavery
 1
 68
 Not in 3,18, nor 32 to 67.

Fred the Flop
Tom Lavery
 1
 103 [6]
 About an incompetent thief. Continued in The Topper after the merger.

Freeze
Terry Patrick
 66
 90
 An adventure story [7]

Good Knight
Bill Ritchie
 17
 102
 Not in 30, 31, 34, 36 to 38, 40 to 53, 68, 77, 81, nor 83 to 101.[8]

Gus the Galoot
J Edward Oliver
 1
 16 [9]

Harum Scareum
Gordon Bell
 1
 56
 About a rabbit Harum and a farmer's dog Scarum in conflict over the farm's carrots. Not in 30.

Hop, Skip and Jock
Malcolm Judge
 1
 103[10]
 About three boys whose strip consisted of large 'action' panels containing with numerous gags. Was the comic's only cover strip.

Jimmy Jinx And What He Thinks
Ken Harrison
 1
 103
 About a boy with the metaphorical 'good angel' on one side of his head and a 'bad angel' on the other. Not in 16.[11] Continued in The Topper after the merger.

Monty Moneybags
Jimmy Glen
 1
 52
 Not in 24, 25, nor 42 to 49.[12]

Nero and Zero
Tom Bannister
 1
 40[13]
 About two incompetent Roman guards to Julius Caesar.

Nobby
Bob McGrath
 1
 103[14]
 About a generic resourceful/mischievous boy. Continued in The Topper after the merger.

Olly's Occy
Phil Milar
 1
 29
 About a boy and his octopus called Occy. Not in 19,20,21,22,23,26,27.[15]

Postman Knox
 Various Artists
 4
 101
 Not in 5.[16] Feature where reader's sent in jokes.

The Rooky Racers
Alan Rogers
 62
 103[17]
 A strip with a similar premise to the cartoon Wacky Races.

Sammy's Scribbles
Gordon Bell
 18
 103
 Continued in The Topper after the merger.

Skookum Skool
Ken Harrison
 1
 103
 A similar strip to The Bash Street Kids. Continued in Cracker.

Sleepy Ed The nap-happy chappie
John Aldrich
 41
 103
 Continued in The Topper after the merger.

Spookum Skool
Ken Harrison
 60
 103
 A spinoff of Skookum Skool but with ghosts. Also continued in Cracker.

Tich and Snitch
David Gudgeon
 1
 27
 Anthropomorphic antics of a female elephant (‘Snitch’) and a male mouse (‘Tich’).

Top Tec
George Martin
 57
 103

The Twitz of the Ritz
Bill Ritchie
 1
 61
Uncle Dan the medicine man
Bill Holroyd/Albert Holroyd
 91
 103
 Reprints from The Beezer.[18] Another Adventure story.

The Whiteys and the Stripeys
Tom Lavery
 30
 65
 Another 'feuding rivals' strip, this time with two marooned sets of pirates on adjacent islands

Wig and Wam
Arthur Martin
 1
 59
 Two warring American Indians. Wam (the creepy older bad guy) and a young girl Wig. An unrelated strip of the same name (also about two American Indians) appeared in the first issue of The Dandy.

Willie the Wizard He's learning to spell
Ken Hunter
 1
 17 [19]
 A strip about a wizard in training.


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  1. ^ "Big Bad Moggy / Moggy". Home.btconnect.com. Retrieved 2013-09-11..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
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  2. ^ "Big Fat Flo". Home.btconnect.com. Retrieved 2013-09-11.
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  3. ^ "Billy The Kidder". Home.btconnect.com. Retrieved 2013-09-11.
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  4. ^ "The Buzzies And The Fuzzies". Home.btconnect.com. Retrieved 2013-09-11.
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  5. ^ "Calamity Kate". Home.btconnect.com. Retrieved 2013-09-11.
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  6. ^ "Fred The Flop". Home.btconnect.com. Retrieved 2013-09-11.
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  7. ^ "Freeze!". Home.btconnect.com. Retrieved 2013-09-11.
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  8. ^ "Good Knight". Home.btconnect.com. Retrieved 2013-09-11.
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  9. ^ "Gus The Galoot". Home.btconnect.com. Retrieved 2013-09-11.
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  10. ^ "Hop, Skip And Jock". Home.btconnect.com. Retrieved 2013-09-11.
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  11. ^ "Jimmy Jinx". Home.btconnect.com. Retrieved 2013-09-11.
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  12. ^ "Monty Moneybags". Home.btconnect.com. Retrieved 2013-09-11.
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  13. ^ "Nero And Zero". Home.btconnect.com. 1930-11-01. Retrieved 2013-09-11.
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  14. ^ "NOBBY". Home.btconnect.com. Retrieved 2013-09-11.
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  15. ^ "Olly'S Occy". Home.btconnect.com. Retrieved 2013-09-11.
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  16. ^ "Postman Knox". Home.btconnect.com. Retrieved 2013-09-11.
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  17. ^ "Rooky Racers". Home.btconnect.com. Retrieved 2013-09-11.
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  18. ^ "Uncle Dan". Home.btconnect.com. Retrieved 2013-09-11.
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  19. ^ "Willie The Wizard". Home.btconnect.com. Retrieved 2013-09-11.
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See also[edit]



  • List of DC Thomson publications












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