Nutty
#2
(February 23rd, 1980)
D.C. Thomson,
1980 Series
- Price
- 0.10 GBP
- Pages
- 24
- Indicia Frequency
- every Saturday
- On-sale Date
- 1980-02-23
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd
- Brand
- ?
[Stroll along with your odd-size wise-guys!]
Big 'n' Bud / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hi, Bud! Let's have a game of leap-frog!
- Genre
- humour; children
- Characters
- Big; Bud
Indexer Notes
Big and Bud are friends, one very tall and the other very short.
[no title indexed]
Pearl Potter the producers daughter / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Pearl arrives in the TV studio for a dog food commercial -
- Genre
- humour; children
- Characters
- Pearl Potter; Bonzo (Pearl's dog); TV Director
[no title indexed]
Mitey Joe / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Toughness runs in our family, you know.
- Genre
- humour; children
- Characters
- Mitey Joe; mum; dad; grandpa; cousin Wilbur
[no title indexed]
The School Belles / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hoi! Let us pass, please!
- Genre
- humour; children
- Characters
- Daisy; Violet; Rose; Marigold; Miss Buttercup
Indexer Notes
The Belles are pupils at St. Onion's Finishing School for Young Ladies. Their pictures and names appear at the feature masthead.
King Konk
Steevie Star / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- One afternoon in New York city -
- Genre
- humour; children; satire-parody
- Characters
- Steevie Star; King Konk (mechanical gorilla); film director; man operating gorilla from inside
Indexer Notes
Spoof of King Kong.
[no title indexed]
Peter Pest / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Doris has a new boyfriend -
- Genre
- humour; children
- Characters
- Peter; Doris (his sister); Paul (her boyfriend)
[no title indexed]
Pig Tales / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It was lunch-time at the piggies' humble home, Piggy Towers.
- Genre
- humour; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Poppa; Momma; Piggles; Farmer
Indexer Notes
A pig version of the Three Bears from the Beano and drawn by the same artist.
[no title indexed]
Wacky the crackpot inventor / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Gasp! I'm late for work again!
- Genre
- humour; children
- Characters
- Wacky; dad; mum
[no title indexed]
The Wild Rovers / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The butcher should be along any minute now, with his basket brimming with beef and bones!
- Genre
- humour; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- The Wild Rovers [Hunk; Magnus Peek; Singh Songh; Patch; Lady; Dogsbody; Silly Villy; Taff; Haggis]; Basil Crumb (dog catcher); butcher
Indexer Notes
The dogs and Basil Crumb are all pictured and named in the feature masthead.
Centre spread.
[no title indexed]
Dick Turban Desert Highwayman / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Martin Baxendale
- Inks
- Martin Baxendale
- Colors
- ? (red and black)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Here we see Capitaine Blownaparte of the foreign legion...
- Genre
- humour
- Characters
- Dick Turban; Caramel (his camel); Capitaine Blownaparte
[no title indexed]
Doodlebug / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I've drawn a pretty frame round this hole in my wall to make it look like a mirror!
- Genre
- humour; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Doodlebug; Ugly bug
[no title indexed]
General Jumbo / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Professor, this new battleship is fantastic!
- Genre
- adventure; children; military
- Characters
- Jumbo Johnson; Professor Carter; Snapper (thief); two police officers; Harry (Snapper's brother)
Indexer Notes
General Jumbo has a miniature toy army controlled by a panel on his wrist. Strip originally appeared in the Beano.
[no title indexed]
Scoopy / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Gordon Bell
- Inks
- Gordon Bell
- Colors
- ? (red and black)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The famous golfer, Sandy Irons, is playing at the local golf course today. Go and interview him, Scoopy!
- Genre
- humour; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Scoopy (dog reporter); Editor; Cornelius (Editor's cat); Sandy Irons; Caddy; George C. Gull (seagull)
[no title indexed]
Samuel Creeps the teacher's pet / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I've got a nice apple and a lovely bunch of flowers for Teacher today.
- Genre
- humour; children
- Characters
- Samuel Creeps; teacher; headmaster
[no title indexed]
The Bar-O Boys / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Paw! Paw! The Pony Express is a-riding in!
- Genre
- humour; western-frontier
- Characters
- Paw; Isaac (postman - also called Ike);
Indexer Notes
Wild west characters based in England.
[no title indexed]
Doodlebug's postbag / letters page / 1 page
- Characters
- Doodlebug
Indexer Notes
Jokes, drawings and letters submitter by readers with pictures of Doodlebug.
[no title indexed]
Ethel Red / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'm making myself a sandwich, Dad. Would you like one?
- Genre
- humour; children; historical
- Characters
- Ethel Red; dad
Indexer Notes
Ethel Red is an ancient viking.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Nutty
-
1.
["Hi, pals! Nutty ed here again! Hope you're having as much fun with your Zoomerang as I am!"]
-
2.
[Stroll along with your odd-size wise-guys!]
Big 'n' Bud -
3.
["Pearl arrives in the TV studio for a dog food commercial -"]
Pearl Potter the producers daughter -
4.
["Toughness runs in our family, you know."]
Mitey Joe -
5.
["Hoi! Let us pass, please!"]
The School Belles -
6.
King Konk
Steevie Star -
7.
["Doris has a new boyfriend -"]
Peter Pest -
8.
["It was lunch-time at the piggies' humble home, Piggy Towers."]
Pig Tales -
9.
["Gasp! I'm late for work again!"]
Wacky the crackpot inventor -
10.
["The butcher should be along any minute now, with his basket brimming with beef and bones!"]
The Wild Rovers -
11.
["Here we see Capitaine Blownaparte of the foreign legion..."]
Dick Turban Desert Highwayman -
12.
["I've drawn a pretty frame round this hole in my wall to make it look like a mirror!"]
Doodlebug -
13.
["Professor, this new battleship is fantastic!"]
General Jumbo -
14.
["The famous golfer, Sandy Irons, is playing at the local golf course today. Go and interview him, Scoopy!"]
Scoopy -
15.
["I've got a nice apple and a lovely bunch of flowers for Teacher today."]
Samuel Creeps the teacher's pet -
16.
["Paw! Paw! The Pony Express is a-riding in!"]
The Bar-O Boys -
17.
[no title indexed]
Doodlebug's postbag -
18.
["I'm making myself a sandwich, Dad. Would you like one?"]
Ethel Red -
19.
["That aeroplane's in trouble! Looks like a job for..."]
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- Stephen Mitchell
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