Buster
#30 July 1960 [10]
(30 July 1960)
IPC,
1960 Series
- Price
- 4d [0-0-4 GBP]
- Pages
- 16
- Indicia Frequency
- weekly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Fleetway Publications Ltd.
- Brand
-
A Five Star Weekly
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
Indexed from a digital copy.
[no title indexed]
Buster, Son of Andy Capp / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- That's a fair old bit o' boat you got there, mate!
- Genre
- humour; children
- Characters
- Buster; another boy
[no title indexed]
The Terrors of Tornado Street / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Stop playing outside my shop!
- Genre
- humour; children
- Characters
- The Terrors; shopkeeper
[no title indexed]
Dick Terrapin the Turtle Boy and Myrtle His Turtle / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Get after him, Hardtack!
- Genre
- adventure; humour
- Characters
- Dick Terrapin; Myrtle; sailors; Captain Crumm (villain); Hardtack (villain)
The Gestapo Guards Had a New Officer - the Daring Leader of Phantom Force 5!
Phantom Force 5 / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- They're still poking around the harbour looking for us, Chalky!
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Phantom Force 5 [Clive Carter; Chalky White; Dicky Bird; Mick Morgan; Smiler Gray]; Jan Ruys; Gestapo soldiers (villains)
[no title indexed]
Boris and Shimmy in Dinkle Land / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- King Dinkle could not sleep and four hours he paced back and forth across the floor of his bedchamber...
- Genre
- humour; adventure
- Characters
- Boris; Shimmy the Seal; Prof. Digwell; Dr. Buckle; King Dinkle; The Snigs
[no title indexed]
Johnny All Alone the Orphan in Outer Space / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Crumbs, Poochie! Look at the moon!
- Genre
- adventure; children; science fiction
- Characters
- Johnny Brown; Poochie (his dog)
[no title indexed]
Milkiway the Man from Mars / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ah! Earthling Birdmen!
- Genre
- humour; science fiction
- Characters
- Milkiway; pilots
[no title indexed]
Uppsy Daisy / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Goodbye, Uppsy Daisy...that was a smashing party!
- Genre
- humour; children
- Characters
- Uppsy Daisy; friends; mother
[no title indexed]
The Sea Hawk / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Rafael Sabatini (original story)
- Pencils
- Eric Bradbury
- Inks
- Pat Nicolle
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The Dutchmen did not know the other ship had been captured from the Spaniards, so they thought she was still Spanish.
- Genre
- adventure; historical
- Characters
- The Sea Hawk [Sir Oliver Tressilion]; Jasper Leigh; Moors (pirates)
[no title indexed]
The Roaring Forties / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The Forties were in Oblonga - and helping a rebel leader to rescue his brother from a train!
- Genre
- adventure; aviation
- Characters
- Jim Fortie; Julie Fortie, Mrr. Fortie; rebel leader; his brother
[no title indexed]
Lazy Sprockett the Tiredest Man in Tennessee / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- If we could get to the injun territory here, we could surprise 'em!
- Genre
- humour; western-frontier
- Characters
- Lazy Sprockett; soldiers; Indians
Crazy Horse Led the Charge Which Freed His People From the Tyranny of the Shoshones!
Warlord of the Sioux / comic story / 1.5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Victory was indeed for the Sioux nation
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Chief Crazy Horse; The Bloodhead of the Oglalla; Sioux warriors; Shoshone warriors (villains)
[no title indexed]
Buster's Birthday Club / text article / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I have a smashing lot of prizes for memers this week.
[Dumbell in Monte Carlo]
Dumbell Fumblebee and His Loopy Listeners the Lugg-Holes / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hallo listeners! This is Dumbell Fumblebee
- Genre
- humour
- Characters
- Dumbell Fumblebee; Mr. Lugg-Hole; Mrs. Lugg-Hole
[no title indexed]
Big 'Ead / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- That bloke rode his scooter down the high street at fifty miles an hour!
- Genre
- humour
- Characters
- Big 'Ead; friend; police
By a Hair's Breadth
comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Characters
- Tommy Maloney; Kevin Maloney
- Synopsis
- Kevin rescues his brother from a well.
[Apples Before Sleep]
Bam, Splat and Blooie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humour; animal
- Characters
- Bam (a dog); Splat (a cat); Blooie (a bird)
- Synopsis
- Splat knocks Blooie and his nest against the tree to knock him out. The resultant falling apples wake up Bam who puts Splat to sleep.
Indexer Notes
Strip is in pantomime.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
1.
["That's a fair old bit o' boat you got there, mate!"]
Buster, Son of Andy Capp -
2.
["Stop playing outside my shop!"]
The Terrors of Tornado Street -
3.
["Get after him, Hardtack!"]
Dick Terrapin the Turtle Boy and Myrtle His Turtle -
4.
The Gestapo Guards Had a New Officer - the Daring Leader of Phantom Force 5!
Phantom Force 5 -
5.
["King Dinkle could not sleep and four hours he paced back and forth across the floor of his bedchamber..."]
Boris and Shimmy in Dinkle Land -
6.
["Crumbs, Poochie! Look at the moon!"]
Johnny All Alone the Orphan in Outer Space -
7.
["Ah! Earthling Birdmen!"]
Milkiway the Man from Mars -
8.
["Goodbye, Uppsy Daisy...that was a smashing party!"]
Uppsy Daisy -
9.
["The Dutchmen did not know the other ship had been captured from the Spaniards, so they thought she was still Spanish."]
The Sea Hawk -
10.
["The Forties were in Oblonga - and helping a rebel leader to rescue his brother from a train!"]
The Roaring Forties -
11.
["If we could get to the injun territory here, we could surprise 'em!"]
Lazy Sprockett the Tiredest Man in Tennessee -
12.
Crazy Horse Led the Charge Which Freed His People From the Tyranny of the Shoshones!
Warlord of the Sioux -
13.
["I have a smashing lot of prizes for memers this week."]
Buster's Birthday Club -
14.
[Dumbell in Monte Carlo]
Dumbell Fumblebee and His Loopy Listeners the Lugg-Holes -
15.
["That bloke rode his scooter down the high street at fifty miles an hour!"]
Big 'Ead -
16.
By a Hair's Breadth
-
17.
[Apples Before Sleep]
Bam, Splat and Blooie -
18.
["Telephone call for you, chief!"]
Make Buster Laugh and Win a Pound
This issue was modified by
- Doug Brain
- Peter Croome
- Katy Hayhurst
- John Kerry
- Alan Marshall
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