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Issue: Bimbo #1
Publication Date: March 1961
 
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Publisher: FlagD.C. Thomson
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Indicia Publisher: D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd
On Sale Date: 03/13/1961
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Pages: 20
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Price: 5.0 pence GBQ 0-0-5
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Content Items: 18 (14 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Colour
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Paper Stock: Newsprint
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was ongoing
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Cover, Front
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childrens
Tom Thumb the Adventures of the Tiniest Boy in the World
Tom Thumb; Wat the Woodcutter (Tom's father); Ma Windsor ( sweetshop owner)
Tom Thumb was the tiniest little boy you ever saw.
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Eight panel story with captions, no speech balloons.

Bottom fifth of second page is an advert for the second issue with free gift picture album.
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anthropomorphic
The Cheery Chicks Our Funny Farmyard Family
Eeny; Meeny; Miny; Mo; Ma Hen
Look at Ma Hen sitting on her nest, hatching out four big eggs.
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Eeny, Meeny and Miny are yellow chicks Mo is a black chick.
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childrens, humorous, nature
Scotty The Adventures of skittle Black Terrier
Peter Wood; Scotty
Peter Wood had a dog, a wee Scots terrier.
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Text story with five illustrations.
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Jingle-Bell School
Cyril Squirrel; Dennis Duck; Freddy Fox; Porky Pig; Robin and Robby Rabbit (twins); Mr. Beak (teacher, an owl)
Ting-a-ling-a-ling! The bell was ringing at Jingle-Bell school.
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Tommy Ten-Legs
Tommy Ten-Legs (caterpillar)
To the circus
Tommy goes to the circus where he sees an ant juggling a ball on his back legs. Later Tommy picks five apples off a tree and juggles them on his five pairs of legs.
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A "silent" strip with no dialogue or captions. The only words are a sign saying "To the Circus" in the first panel.
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Polly and Her Dollies
Polly; Daisy; Dimple; Terry Teddy Bear; Trusty the toy soldier; Sambo Golliwog; Robby Rocking Horse
"I hope youre comfy," said Polly to her dolls, Daisy and Dimple, as she tucked them up in bed.
Polly sees a wishing star outside her bedroom window and wishes her toys could come alive. While she is asleep a fairy comes into her bedroom and grants her wish. An eight panel story with captions and no speech balloons.
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Sambo
Sambo Golliwog
Sambo cannot reach a bowl of fruit on top of a cupboard so he forms his spelling bricks into a set of steps.
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A "silent" strip with no dialogue or captions.
When the teddy bears go cycling

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The Teddy Bears
Come on along to Lollipop Lane, there's a treat in store for you.
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One large picture in the centre spread. The title has the feature name included in it. When the teddy bears go cycling has the words "the teddy bears" in red and yellow but the other words are in black.
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Little Snow White
Snow White; King; Queen; Count
Once upon a time in a far away land there lived a beautiful young Princess called Snow White.
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Bottom .16 of second page is a letter to the readers from Bimbo.
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Meet Chirpy Chipmunk
Chirpy Chipmunk; Wilf Weasel; Tommy Tortoise
Chirpy is a happy little chipmunk who lives in a log cabin in Mulberry Wood.
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Pixies Playtime
Four boys; Four pixies
Ho! Ho! The boys can't pull the pixies over.
The boys and pixies are having a tug-of-war but the pixies have ties their end of the rope around a toadstool stalk.
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A single picture with a caption beneath.
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Handy Sandy the Helpful Boy Who Can Fix Anything
Handy Sandy; Snuffy (Sandy's dog); Joy
Handy Sandy was very proud of his new tent and the big flag flying above it.
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Five panels with captions beneath. No speech balloons.
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Hello boys and girls!
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A full colour advert for the free gift Tom Thumb Picture Album of Birds and Animals given away with the next issue. Reproduction of the album cover and two pictures of birds stickers.
Paint This Picture

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Bimbo; Mrs. Tortoise and family
Bimbo goes for a ride in his pedal car.
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Picture of Bimbo in his pedal car and tortoises crossing his path to be coloured in by the reader. Plus a four panel step by step guide to how to draw a tortoise.
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childrens, drama
Bobby and Bunty
Bobby; Bunty; Mummy; Dad
Bunty and Bobby were tired.
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Text story with one small illustration of Bobby and Bunty under the title.
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Bimbo Goes To School
Bimbo
Little Bimbo Goes to School
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Four pictures with one line of a four-line poem beneath each. Designed to teach children how to spell.
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childrens, humorous
Baby Crockett
Baby Crockett
Do you know Baby Crockett?
Baby Crockett is in bed and thinks his toy panda looks cold on the floor so brings it into bed. Then he thinks all his other toys are cold and brings them into bed too. But there is now no room for Baby Crockett so he sleeps on the floor.
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A nursery age version of the comic strip character from the Beezer.

Four panels with a caption beneath each. No speech balloons.

Back cover strip.

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