Nutty #5
(March 15th, 1980)

D.C. Thomson, 1980 Series
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Price
0.10 GBP
Pages
24
Indicia Frequency
every Saturday
On-sale Date
1980-03-15
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd
Brand
?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

The School Belles / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
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Inks
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Colors
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Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Peals of laughter with the ding-dong belles
Genre
humour; children
Characters
The School Belles; Doodlebug

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

activity / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
? (red and black)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Nutty's special Doodlebug contest
Characters
Doodlebug

Indexer Notes

Competition asking readers to draw the Greedybug and the Uglybug in the boxes provided. Prize is a mini television.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Big 'n' Bud / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
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Inks
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Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I've been asked to play football for the boy scouts.
Genre
humour; children
Characters
Big; Bud

Indexer Notes

Big and Bud are friends, one very tall and the other very short.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Pearl Potter the producer's daughter / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
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Pencils
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Inks
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Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Outdoor filming today.
Genre
humour; children
Characters
Pearl Potter; TV Director

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Mitey Joe / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Geering
Inks
John Geering
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
It's P.E. time at Joe's school -
Genre
humour; children
Characters
Mitey Joe

Indexer Notes

P.E. is physical education (eg gym).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

The School Belles / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
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Pencils
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Colors
? (red and black)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Today we shall concentrate on portraits.
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.

Sail the Seven Seas (and Back Again) (Table of Contents: 6)

Steevie Star / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
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Inks
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Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hoist the mainsail!
Genre
humour; children; satire-parody
Characters
Steevie Star [as Captain Horatio Foghornblower]

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Peter Pest / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
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Pencils
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Inks
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Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Can I show your new boyfriend my "Joker Trick Set", Doris?
Genre
humour; children
Characters
Peter; Doris (his sister); Bertrand her boyfriend

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Pig Tales / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bob McGrath
Inks
Bob McGrath
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Groan! We're running short of cash, wife.
Genre
humour; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Poppa; Momma; Piggles; Farmer; Farmers wife

Indexer Notes

A pig version of the Three Bears from the Beano and drawn by the same artist.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Wacky the crackpot inventor / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
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Pencils
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Inks
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Colors
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Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
THERE! That's my lemonade-maker finished!
Genre
humour; children
Characters
Wacky; Pop Walker

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

The Wild Rovers / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ken H. Harrison
Inks
Ken H. Harrison
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
SLURP! Look at that grub!
Genre
humour; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
The Wild Rovers [Hunk; Magnus Peek; Singh Songh; Patch; Lady; Dogsbody; Silly Villy; Taff; Haggis]

Indexer Notes

The dogs and Basil Crumb are all pictured and named in the feature masthead.

Centre spread.

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Dick Turban Desert Highwayman / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Martin Baxendale
Inks
Martin Baxendale
Colors
? (red and black)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Listen, Caramel - someone is coming.
Genre
humour
Characters
Dick Turban; Caramel (his camel); American tourists (two men and one woman)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

Doodlebug / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Gordon Bell
Inks
Gordon Bell
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
AAAH! What a nice, clean scene for me to draw.
Genre
humour; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Doodlebug; Litter Bug

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

General Jumbo / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
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Pencils
Sandy Calder
Inks
Sandy Calder
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
An ace helicopter team practices a rigorous formation exercise.
Genre
adventure; children; military
Characters
Jumbo Johnson; Professor Carter; unnamed villain

Indexer Notes

General Jumbo has a miniature toy army controlled by a panel on his wrist. Strip originally appeared in the Beano.

This story continues next issue.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

Scoopy / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Gordon Bell
Inks
Gordon Bell
Colors
? (red and black)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
There's a modern art competition at the art gallery today.
Genre
humour; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Scoopy (dog reporter); Editor; Cornelius (Editor's cat); two decorators; three male judges

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15)

Samuel Creeps the teacher's pet / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Let's go and play football right outside softy Samuel's house!
Genre
humour; children
Characters
Samuel Creeps

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The Bar-O Boys / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Geering
Inks
John Geering
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
In the Bar-O saloon (well...kitchen, then), the West Boys, Slim and Fingers, are deep in a serious game of cards-
Genre
humour; western-frontier
Characters
Slim West; Fingers West; Paw West

Indexer Notes

Wild west characters based in England.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17)

Doodlebug's postbag / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Gordon Bell
Inks
Gordon Bell
Letters
typeset

Characters
Doodlebug

Indexer Notes

Jokes, drawings and letters submitter by readers with pictures of Doodlebug.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18)

Ethel Red / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
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? (red and black)
Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Look at those geysers!
Genre
humour; children; historical
Characters
Ethel Red; dad

Indexer Notes

Ethel Red is an ancient viking.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19)

Bananaman / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Geering
Inks
John Geering
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Who would believe that this ordinary domestic scene is really the cover for one of the greatest crime-fighters of all time..?
Genre
humour; superhero
Characters
Eric Wimp [Bananaman]; Dr. Cream

Indexer Notes

Back cover.

Continues in the next issue.

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Peals of laughter with the ding-dong belles"]
    The School Belles
  2. 1. ["Nutty's special Doodlebug contest"]
  3. 2. ["I've been asked to play football for the boy scouts."]
    Big 'n' Bud
  4. 3. ["Outdoor filming today."]
    Pearl Potter the producer's daughter
  5. 4. ["It's P.E. time at Joe's school -"]
    Mitey Joe
  6. 5. ["Today we shall concentrate on portraits."]
    The School Belles
  7. 6. Sail the Seven Seas (and Back Again)
    Steevie Star
  8. 7. ["Can I show your new boyfriend my "Joker Trick Set", Doris?"]
    Peter Pest
  9. 8. ["Groan! We're running short of cash, wife."]
    Pig Tales
  10. 9. ["THERE! That's my lemonade-maker finished!"]
    Wacky the crackpot inventor
  11. 10. ["SLURP! Look at that grub!"]
    The Wild Rovers
  12. 11. ["Listen, Caramel - someone is coming."]
    Dick Turban Desert Highwayman
  13. 12. ["AAAH! What a nice, clean scene for me to draw."]
    Doodlebug
  14. 13. ["An ace helicopter team practices a rigorous formation exercise."]
    General Jumbo
  15. 14. ["There's a modern art competition at the art gallery today."]
    Scoopy
  16. 15. ["Let's go and play football right outside softy Samuel's house!"]
    Samuel Creeps the teacher's pet
  17. 16. ["In the Bar-O saloon (well...kitchen, then), the West Boys, Slim and Fingers, are deep in a serious game of cards-"]
    The Bar-O Boys
  18. 17. [no title indexed]
    Doodlebug's postbag
  19. 18. ["Look at those geysers!"]
    Ethel Red
  20. 19. ["Who would believe that this ordinary domestic scene is really the cover for one of the greatest crime-fighters of all time..?"]
    Bananaman
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  • Stephen Mitchell