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Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous, nature

Feature(s): Biffo The Bear

Character(s): Biffo The Bear; Head Keeper (at zoo); Jumbo the elephant

First Line: What we need is something different - everybody's seen an elephant! I'd prefer something like a mammoth, but alas they're extinct.

Synopsis: The head keeper tells Biffo that the zoo needs something different... like a mammoth, but alas they're extinct... aren't they?

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Pages: 1

Notes: In full colour.

The tagline above the header reads:
The Comic With "MINNIE the MINX"!

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Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous, nature

Feature(s): We're The Three Bears

Character(s): Pa Bear; Ma Bear; Ted; Hank Huckleberry

First Line: We're starving! We need gold to buy grub!

Synopsis: The Three Bears are panning for gold, in order to pay for grub, when they spy Hank's supply mule and plan a raid, but in the end they're forced to start panning again, though not for gold.

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Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Grandpa

Character(s): Grandpa; Sammy; Grandpa's dad

First Line: This picture was taken when I was at school.

Synopsis: Grandpa reminisces about his school days, and shows Sammy some rather destructuve uses for his old school tie, then Grandpa's dad finds another use for it!

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Genres: childrens, humorous

Feature(s): Minnie The Minx

Character(s): Minnie The Minx; Minnie The Minx's dad

First Line: I'm miserable today, readers - can't find anyone to play with...

Synopsis: Minnie is miserable because she can't find anyone to play with, so plays by herself in the garden, much to her dad's annoyance, although he eventually has a change of heart and finds some things for Minnie to play in the garden with, though not quite what Minnie had in mind.

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Pages: 2

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A slogan across the top of the two pages of this strip reads:
Don't delay! Tell your pals today - - "Never be without a "Beano"!

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Genres: childrens, humorous

Feature(s): Lord Snooty

Character(s): Lord Snooty; Big Fat Joe; Snitch; Doubting Thomas; Scrapper Smith; Aunt Mat

First Line: Coo! A chap's just found a painting worth thousands of pounds in his cupboard

Synopsis: Lord Snooty reads a story about a chap who's just found a painting worth thousands of pounds in his cupboard, so he searches the castle for any valuable paintings hidden away in the castle, but the valuable painting he finds, thanks to Aunt Mat, is of a different kind.

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Genres: adventure, childrens, superhero

Feature(s): Billy the Cat and Katie

Character(s): Billy The Cat [aka William Grange]; Katie The Cat; Three unnamed crew members; Various unnamed schoolchildren; Tommy Johnston; Bobby Randal; The Captain

First Line: We'll have a race with these motorised dinghys. Two children to a boat, and six times round the ship.

Synopsis: A race with motorised dinghys is organised for the school children on the cruise, but when the winners, Tommy and Bobby, decide to explore the coast before they take the boat back, Billy and Katie have to spring into action.

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Pages: 2.5

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Pets' Picture Gallery 02-02-74

Letters Page on Interior Page(s)

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Genres: anthropomorphic, nature, non-fiction

Feature(s): Pets' Picture Gallery

Character(s): Herbert (a mouse); Nathaniel (a lizard or similar?); Marmalade (a cat); Prancing Porker (a pig); Fred (a ladybird or possibly a tortoise?); Spencer (a spider); Zord (a snail); Sheba (an otter?)

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Herbert by David J. Griffiths of Llanelli, Carms;
Nathaniel by Thomas Dutson of Poole, Dorset;
Marmalade by Keith Purkiss of Farnham, Surrey;
Prancing Porker by Phillip Anelay of Stoke, Staffs;
Fred by Jane Clark of Plymouth, Devon;
Spencer by A. Jones of Nottingham, Notts;
Zord by G. Fletcher of Glasgow;
Sheba by Nigel Hoggar of Thorpe Bay, Essex.

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Genres: childrens, humorous

Feature(s): The Bash Street Kids

Character(s): Teacher; Winston; Smiffy; 'Erbert; Plug; Spotty; Danny; Fatty; Toots; Sidney; Wilfrid; Head; Four unnamed adults (affected by the kids' noise)

First Line: Tra-la-la! What a beautiful morning!

Synopsis: The kids make several attempts to get the school name into the Muggins Book Of Records.

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Pages: 2

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Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous, nature

Feature(s): Pup Parade with The Bash Street Dogs

Character(s): Bones; Blotty; Manfrid; Tubby; Sniffy; Fearless Fred (The Human Cannonball); Circus Ring-Leader

First Line: Poor Sniffy! He wants to be a gun-dog, but nobody'll give him a job.

Synopsis: Sniffy wants to be a gun-dog, but nobody'll give him a job, until he meets a human cannonball.

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Genres: childrens, humorous

Feature(s): Billy Whizz

Character(s): Billy Whizz; Granny Whizz

First Line: I'm off to visit Granny Whizz readers!

Synopsis: Billy visits Granny Whizz and they take a look at the family album.

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Genres: childrens, humorous

Feature(s): Roger the Dodger

Character(s): Roger The Dodger; Various unnamed adults and children (outside and inside the talk); Joe the Crow; Roger The Dodger's dad

First Line: This talk on dodging should be very interesting!

Synopsis: Roger overhears a queue of people anticipating a talk on dodging that is about to take place, and he tries to dodge his way into it, but just who is giving the talk?

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A slogan across the two pages this and Teaser Time are on reads:
You could get some extra pocket-money - - by sending a puzzle to "TEASER TIME"!

Teaser Time 02-02-74

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Genres: non-fiction

Feature(s): Teaser Time

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Pages: 0.5

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Word-count by Geoffrey Bates of Sale, Cheshire;
Tongue twister by John Andrews of Scunthorpe, Lincs;
Pop groups by Steven Rutter of Gt. Harwood, Lancs;
Man's age by John Carnegie of Kirkcaldy, Fife;
Word-changing by Joan Cruces of Kirkby, Lancs;
Name of Nibbler by Philip Baldock of Grimsby, Lincs.

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Genres: childrens, humorous, western

Feature(s): "Baby-Face" Finlayson - The Cutest Bandit In The West!

Character(s): "Baby-Face" Finlayson

First Line: Baa! Bleat! And other sheepish noises!

Synopsis: "Baby-Face" steals a sheep and uses the wool to knit himself something to stop him being such a chilly bandit. He makes a miscalculation but manages to net himself a large supper!

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Genres: childrens, humorous

Feature(s): The McTickles

Character(s): Donald McTickle; Nickol McTickle; Some Springy McHaggises; One unnamed child-sized McTickle; Murdo McTickle; An angry adult-sized McTickle (who has had his bedsprings taken, possibly Chief Jock McTickle?); A bat-like McTickle

First Line: He'll soon catch them!

Synopsis: The younger McTickles try to catch some Springy McHaggises, and come up with an idea, for which Murdo advises them to wear improvised crash helmets... just remind them to listen to him next time!

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Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous, nature

Feature(s): The Nibblers

Character(s): Scratch; Scritch; Chiseller; Enor Mouse; Gordonzola; Cheddar George; His Nibs; Sniffler; Whiskers; Porky

First Line: Yeeargh! A D-dragon!

Synopsis: Whiskers' dragon puppet gives His Nibs an idea for taking Porky's cheese.

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Genres: childrens, humorous, western

Feature(s): Little Plum

Character(s): Little Plum; Unnamed customer in hairdressing shop; Unnamed bewigged cowboy; Buffalo Bill (Um hunter)

First Line: I've opened um hairdressing shop.

Synopsis: Little Plum opens a hairdressing shop and takes unlikely inspiration from a near-by ornamental hedge trimmer. When Buffalo Bill comes in, and mentions his painful time chasing buffalo through cactus country, Little Plum has a plan to help him.

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Genres: childrens, humorous

Feature(s): Dennis the Menace and Gnasher

Character(s): Dennis The Menace; Gnasher; Curly; Cruncher (Curly's dog); Unnamed boy (probably Pie-Face); Pet Shop worker/owner; Four unnamed boys

First Line: Huh! I'm bored with nothing to do.

Synopsis: Dennis and Curly both believe their dog to be the finer ratter in the district, and set out to prove it.

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Pages: 1

Notes: In full colour.