TV Comic
#1076
(29th July, 1972)
Polystyle Publications,
1951 Series
- Volume
- ?
- Price
- 0.05 GBP
- Pages
- 24
- Indicia Frequency
- every Monday
- On-sale Date
- 1972-07-24
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Polystyle Publications Ltd
- Brand
-
A Polystyle Publication
- Barcode
- ?
[no title indexed]
Tom and Jerry / cover / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bill Titcombe (signed as B. Titcombe)
- Inks
- Bill Titcombe (signed as B. Titcombe)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- There's only one way to settle our differences and that's a duel!
- Genre
- humour; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Tom; Jerry
Indexer Notes
Front cover (in colour) and inside front cover (in black and white).
[no title indexed]
TV Terrors / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oho! Here come some 7 stone weaklings!
- Genre
- humour; children
- Characters
- Hoppit; TV Terrors [Buttons; Cuthbert; Monica]; blonde woman on beach
[no title indexed]
The Avengers / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Goodness me - I had no idea Mother would take part in the sports himself!
- Genre
- adventure; drama; spy
- Characters
- John Steed; Tara King; Mother; Aunt Gertrude; Waldo (villain); Gremlin (villain)
Indexer Notes
Sixth part of story.
[no title indexed]
Mighty Moth / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I don't know where that moth's got to but I'm making the best of the peace and quiet!
- Genre
- humour; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Mighty Moth; dad; cricket player
[no title indexed]
Dad's Army / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- There must be an easier way of getting new accounts for the bank than removing the mess funds!
- Genre
- humour; historical
- Characters
- Captain Mainwaring; Sergeant Wilson; Private Pike; Private Fraser; Private Walker; Private Godfrey; Private Jones; sentry
Indexer Notes
Second part of story.
[no title indexed]
Johnny Morris's Animal Magic / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Colobus Monkeys are beautiful monkeys and they eat rather beautiful things, fruit and rose leaves.
- Genre
- humour; animal
- Characters
- Johnny Morris
[no title indexed]
Tich and Quackers / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- These inflatable ducks are smashing fun, Tich!
- Genre
- humour; children
- Characters
- Tich; Quackers; Percy; Ray Alan; Scotsman; fisherman
[no title indexed]
Texas Ted / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Frank McDiarmid (signed as FRANK MCDAIRMID)
- Inks
- Frank McDiarmid (signed as FRANK MCDAIRMID)
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Pesky flies! Why can't they leave a fellah alone?
- Genre
- humour
- Characters
- Texas Ted; Cousin Cecil
[no title indexed]
Beep Beep The Road Runner / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Someone's made a mistake! Oh, my!
- Genre
- humour; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Road Runner; Wile E. Coyote; parking warden
Indexer Notes
.
[no title indexed]
Reader's Page / letters page / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Readers' letters and photos with illustrations depicting some readers' anecdotes.
[no title indexed]
Basil Brush / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Great batty butlers! What's Chummers doing?
- Genre
- humour; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Basil Brush; Chummers
[no title indexed]
Tarzan / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- On safari in Africa, young Tommy Garrett proves himself to be an arrogant braggart with no sense of danger -
- Genre
- adventure; jungle
- Characters
- Tarzan; Boy; Tommy Garrett (boy); Tommy's dad
Indexer Notes
Second instalment of story.
[no title indexed]
Whacko! / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Look, headmaster! There go Taplow and co.
- Genre
- humour; children
- Characters
- Professor James Edwards; Pettigrew; Taplow (pupil)
[no title indexed]
Grasshopper Island / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bill Lacey; ?
- Inks
- Bill Lacey; ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Why me first? I protest!
- Genre
- adventure; children
- Characters
- Smarty; Toughy; Mouse; Miss Lupus; Mr. Edouardo (barber)
Indexer Notes
Second instalment of story.
Paper Caper
The Bugs Bunny Show / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Barry Glennard (signed as BARRY)
- Inks
- Barry Glennard (signed as BARRY)
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This calls for some careful thinking!
- Genre
- humour; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Sylvester; Tweety-Pie; police officer
[no title indexed]
The Maryland Gang / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- We've done it, Tony - we're actually flying!
- Genre
- adventure; children
- Characters
- The Maryland Gang (Tony, Becky, Spider); Colonel Crawk (villain); Simba (baby elephant)
Indexer Notes
Tie-in with Maryland Cookies
[no title indexed]
The Pink Panther / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I do love a game of snowballs!
- Genre
- humour; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- The Pink Panther; hand of strip's artist
[no title indexed]
Reader's Jokes / cartoon / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humour
Indexer Notes
Four gag cartoons based on reader's ideas.
[no title indexed]
Laurel and Hardy / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You two! Hop it! You're spoiling the view!
- Genre
- humour
- Characters
- Stanley Laurel; Oliver Hardy; artist; photographer
Indexer Notes
Based on the Larry Harmon cartoon version of Laurel and Hardy.
[no title indexed]
Skippy the bush kangaroo / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Mark, Sonny and Skippy visit a funfair and pleasure grounds at Buckety Bay,
- Genre
- adventure; animal; children
- Characters
- Sonny; Skippy; Mark; unconscious young girl; her dad
Indexer Notes
Second instalment of story.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["There's only one way to settle our differences and that's a duel!"]
Tom and Jerry -
1.
["Oho! Here come some 7 stone weaklings!"]
TV Terrors -
2.
["Goodness me - I had no idea Mother would take part in the sports himself!"]
The Avengers -
3.
["I don't know where that moth's got to but I'm making the best of the peace and quiet!"]
Mighty Moth -
4.
["There must be an easier way of getting new accounts for the bank than removing the mess funds!"]
Dad's Army -
5.
["Colobus Monkeys are beautiful monkeys and they eat rather beautiful things, fruit and rose leaves."]
Johnny Morris's Animal Magic -
6.
["These inflatable ducks are smashing fun, Tich!"]
Tich and Quackers -
7.
["Pesky flies! Why can't they leave a fellah alone?"]
Texas Ted -
8.
["Someone's made a mistake! Oh, my!"]
Beep Beep The Road Runner -
9.
[no title indexed]
Reader's Page -
10.
["Great batty butlers! What's Chummers doing?"]
Basil Brush -
11.
["On safari in Africa, young Tommy Garrett proves himself to be an arrogant braggart with no sense of danger -"]
Tarzan -
12.
["Look, headmaster! There go Taplow and co."]
Whacko! -
13.
["Why me first? I protest!"]
Grasshopper Island -
14.
Paper Caper
The Bugs Bunny Show -
15.
["We've done it, Tony - we're actually flying!"]
The Maryland Gang -
16.
["I do love a game of snowballs!"]
The Pink Panther -
17.
[no title indexed]
Reader's Jokes -
18.
["Hurry up, there! Get your free Camberwick Green colour transfers now!"]
-
19.
["You two! Hop it! You're spoiling the view!"]
Laurel and Hardy -
20.
["Mark, Sonny and Skippy visit a funfair and pleasure grounds at Buckety Bay,"]
Skippy the bush kangaroo -
21.
["Remember your promise. No more fighting with Brutus!"]
Popeye
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