Buzz #3

D.C. Thomson, 1973 Series
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Hop, Skip and Jock / cover / 0.66 page (report information)

Script
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Pencils
Malcolm Judge
Inks
Malcolm Judge
Colors
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Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Look, lads - let's join the police!
Genre
humour
Characters
Hop; Skip; Jock

Indexer Notes

This strip started with one or two small panels and ended with one big splash panel involving lots of characters and activity.

He gets his homework done today - in an unexpected way! (Table of Contents: 1)

Nobby / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
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Pencils
Bob McGrath
Inks
Bob McGrath
Colors
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Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Ha-ha! Missed!
Genre
humour
Characters
Nobby

Indexer Notes

This strip ran for the entire run of Buzz and continued in Topper.

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

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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

Billy the Kidder / comic story / 0.33 page (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Coo! That snake charmer must be brave!
Genre
humour
Characters
Billy

Indexer Notes

This strip ran until issue 19

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

Tich and Snitch / comic story / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
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Pencils
David Gudgeon
Inks
David Gudgeon
Colors
? (red and black)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I hope the ice is thick enough for skating, Tich!
Genre
humour; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Tich (mouse); Snitch (elephant)

Indexer Notes

This strip ran until issue 27

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

Gus the Galoot / comic story / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
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Pencils
J. Edward Oliver
Inks
J. Edward Oliver
Colors
? (red and black)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Help! Stop thief!
Genre
humour; western-frontier
Characters
Gus

Indexer Notes

This strip ran until issue 16

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Olly's Occy / comic story / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
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Pencils
Phil Millar
Inks
Phil Millar
Colors
? (red and black)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I'm hungry, Occy - let's Pop along to Ned's cafe.
Genre
humour; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Olly; Occy (octopus); Ned

Indexer Notes

Strip ran until issue 29 but didn't appear in issues 19,20,21,22,23,26,27

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

Big Fat Flo / comic story / 0.33 page (report information)

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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
I'm starving again!
Genre
humour
Characters
Flo
Synopsis
Flo is hungry and sees lots of overweight people all going in the same direction. Thinking they are going to a big meal she follows them only to end up in a slimming club with the first meal being a bowl of hot water.

Indexer Notes

This strip ran for the entire run of Buzz.

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

Monty Moneybags / comic story / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
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Pencils
Jimmy Glen
Inks
Jimmy Glen
Colors
? (red and black)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Come on, kids - we'll go to the boating pond!
Genre
humour
Characters
Monty
Reprints
  • Monty and two unnamed children go to the boating pond only to find it's closed. They go to a shoe shop which is closing down and Monty buys the oversized shoes hanging above the shop sign. They go back to the boating pond where the boys use the shoes as canoes.

Teacher's a hit - at keeping fit! (Table of Contents: 9)

Skookum School / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
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Pencils
Ken H. Harrison
Inks
Ken H. Harrison
Colors
? (red and black)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Bah! What a miserable bunch!
Genre
humour; children

Indexer Notes

This strip ran for the entire run of Buzz and continued in Cracker

Sam's cut down to size - and wins Wig a prize! (Table of Contents: 10)

Wig and Wam / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
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Pencils
Arthur Martin
Inks
Arthur Martin
Colors
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Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hmm! Me get crackin' on carving um totem pole!
Genre
humour; children; western-frontier
Characters
Wig (young native American girl); Wam (older native American male)

Indexer Notes

This strip ran until issue 59

It's one big ho-ho - when Grumpp clears the snow! (Table of Contents: 11)

The Twitz of the Ritz / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
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Pencils
Bill Ritchie
Inks
Bill Ritchie
Colors
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Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Keep up the work, Twitz!
Genre
humour; children
Characters
The Twitz (five unnamed boys employed by hotel); Mr. Grumpp (hotel doorman)

Indexer Notes

This strip ran until issue 61

Poor Fred is found - just hanging around! (Table of Contents: 12)

Fred the Flop / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
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Pencils
Tom Lavery
Inks
Tom Lavery
Colors
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Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
What a week this has been!
Genre
humour; crime
Characters
Fred;

Indexer Notes

This strip ran for the entire run of Buzz and continued in Topper.

Fat or thin - Scarem CAN'T win! (Table of Contents: 13)

Harum Scarem / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Grr! There's no escape for you today, my long-eared friend!
Genre
humour; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Harum (rabbit); Scarem (dog)

Indexer Notes

Strip ran until issue 56 but did not appear in issue 30.

His shoes stay nice and bright - but HE'S a proper sight! (Table of Contents: 14)

Jimmy Jinx and What He Thinks / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
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Pencils
Ken H. Harrison
Inks
Ken H. Harrison
Colors
? (red and black)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Make sure you keep your new shoes clean, Jimmy - OR ELSE!
Genre
humour
Characters
Jimmy Jinx; Angel and Devil (unnamed)
Synopsis
Each week Jimmy is influenced by conflicting devil and angel versions of himself to do good or bad.

Indexer Notes

Strip ran for the entire run of Buzz and continued in Topper. Did not appear in issue 16.

See Cookie bake - a very strange cake! (Table of Contents: 15)

Cookie / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
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Pencils
Tom Lavery
Inks
Tom Lavery
Colors
? (red and black)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I've baked this cake for the contest at the Town Hall.
Genre
humour
Characters
Cookie

Indexer Notes

Strip ran until issue 68 but did not appear in issues 3,18, nor 32 to 67.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16)

Big Bad Moggy / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
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Pencils
Peter Moonie
Inks
Peter Moonie
Colors
? (red and black)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Them burds has had it this time!
Genre
humour; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Moggy (cat)

Indexer Notes

Strip ran until issue 29 but did not appear in issues 17,18,19. From 20 onward the strip title changed to Moggy.

The spell Willie casts - brings icy blasts! (Table of Contents: 17)

Willie the Wizard / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
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Pencils
Ken Hunter
Inks
Ken Hunter
Colors
? (red and black)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Brrr! It's f-f-freezing!
Genre
humour; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Willie (trainee wizard; Willie's dad; Dragon

Indexer Notes

This strip ran until issue 17

It's a funny sight - but the sculptor WAS right! (Table of Contents: 18)

Nero and Zero / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
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Pencils
Tom Bannister
Inks
Tom Bannister
Colors
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Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
A parcel for us, Zero!
Genre
humour; historical
Characters
Nero and Zero (ancient Roman centurions); Julius Caesar; Sculptor (unnamed)

Indexer Notes

Nero and Zero go back to 1930 when they appeared in the Wizard drawn by Alan Morley and they were in the first issue of the Beezer. Reprints ran in the Sunday Post Fun Section

There's trouble when Kate - sets out to skate! (Table of Contents: 19)

Calamity Kate / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
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Pencils
George Martin
Inks
George Martin
Colors
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Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Overwrapped myself up nice and warm to go skating on he pond!
Genre
humour; children; western-frontier
Characters
Kate; Dad

Indexer Notes

This strip ran for the entire run of Buzz

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Look, lads - let's join the police!"]
    Hop, Skip and Jock
  2. 1. He gets his homework done today - in an unexpected way!
    Nobby
  3. 2. ["Win a bumper treasure chest in this great free competition"]
  4. 3. ["Coo! That snake charmer must be brave!"]
    Billy the Kidder
  5. 4. ["I hope the ice is thick enough for skating, Tich!"]
    Tich and Snitch
  6. 5. ["Help! Stop thief!"]
    Gus the Galoot
  7. 6. ["I'm hungry, Occy - let's Pop along to Ned's cafe."]
    Olly's Occy
  8. 7. ["I'm starving again!"]
    Big Fat Flo
  9. 8. ["Come on, kids - we'll go to the boating pond!"]
    Monty Moneybags
  10. 9. Teacher's a hit - at keeping fit!
    Skookum School
  11. 10. Sam's cut down to size - and wins Wig a prize!
    Wig and Wam
  12. 11. It's one big ho-ho - when Grumpp clears the snow!
    The Twitz of the Ritz
  13. 12. Poor Fred is found - just hanging around!
    Fred the Flop
  14. 13. Fat or thin - Scarem CAN'T win!
    Harum Scarem
  15. 14. His shoes stay nice and bright - but HE'S a proper sight!
    Jimmy Jinx and What He Thinks
  16. 15. See Cookie bake - a very strange cake!
    Cookie
  17. 16. ["Them burds has had it this time!"]
    Big Bad Moggy
  18. 17. The spell Willie casts - brings icy blasts!
    Willie the Wizard
  19. 18. It's a funny sight - but the sculptor WAS right!
    Nero and Zero
  20. 19. There's trouble when Kate - sets out to skate!
    Calamity Kate
This issue was modified by
  • Doug Brain
  • Stephen Mitchell
  • Ramon Schenk