Plug #1
(24 September 1977)

D.C. Thomson, 1977 Series
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Price
0.09 GBP
Pages
20
Indicia Frequency
every Saturday
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd
Editing
Ian Gray

Issue Notes

Free gift: The Screamin' Demon.

The Screamin' Demon (Table of Contents)

Plug / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Vic Neill
Inks
Vic Neill
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humour
Characters
Plug

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

Hugh's Zoo / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Gordon Bell
Inks
Gordon Bell
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Come on, pals, and I'll show you my zoo
Genre
humour; animal

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

Tony Jackpot / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Sweet as a nut!
Genre
humour; sport
Characters
Tony Jackpot
Keywords
golf

Indexer Notes

Bottom quarter of the page is Plug announcing the free prize for issue 2.

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

First Ada / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Gordon Bell
Inks
Gordon Bell
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I love playing at "nurses".
Genre
humour; children
Characters
Ada
Synopsis
Ada causes more harm than good while trying to fix a stranger's spronged toe.
Keywords
nurse

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

Digby the Human Mole / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Gordon Bell
Inks
Gordon Bell
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
How d'you do? Digby's the name - robbing's my game!
Genre
humour
Characters
Digby
Synopsis
Digby tries to burrow under the bank but ends up in a guard's room. Back home his mother falls into another hole he's burrowed.

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

Eebagoom / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Albert Holroyd
Inks
Albert Holroyd
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Mind 'ow y'go in t'water, Eebagoom!
Genre
humour
Characters
Eebagoom; Uncle Albert; Julius Sneezer [Julius Caesar]
Synopsis
Romans invading Britain in 55 BC.

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

Sea Urchin / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Murray Ball
Inks
Murray Ball
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hi! I'm Sea Urchin, on my faithful steed, Trigger.
Genre
humour
Characters
Sea Urchin; Trigger; Silas Sharke
Synopsis
Silas Sharke tries to capture Sea Urchin using his fish tank (a tank propelled by fish).

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

Plug Sports and Social Club / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters in this issue are from characters in the various stories.

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

Ava Banana / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
You'll never get into that ballet frock.
Genre
humour
Characters
Ava Banana; Charlton Veston

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

The Games Gang / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
How about a game of darts, kids?
Genre
humour; sport
Synopsis
The gang develop various crazy methods of throwing darts.
Keywords
dartboard; darts

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

Antchester United / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I'm Antchester United manager Mat Bugsy...
Genre
humour; sport
Keywords
football (soccer); insects

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

The Bandshees / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
David Gudgeon
Inks
David Gudgeon
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Shake your hips...
Genre
humour
Synopsis
Introducing the band of aliens "fresh from their successful tour of Mars". The story includes an appearance by The Rolling Stones, but it's just a bunch of tumbling rocks.
Keywords
aliens; music

Arsenal (Table of Contents: 12)

Supporting Life / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bill Ritchie
Inks
Bill Ritchie
Letters
typeset

Genre
sport
Keywords
football (soccer)

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

Lumpy Gibbon / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bob Dewar
Inks
Bob Dewar
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Greetings, peasants!
Genre
humour; animal

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

Gnoo Faces / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
David Gudgeon
Inks
David Gudgeon
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Down in the jungle, nothing stirred...
Genre
humour; animal

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

Plug / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Vic Neill
Inks
Vic Neill
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Plug's in for the hundred metres flat -- on his face!
Genre
humour
Characters
Plug
Synopsis
Plug participates in School Sports Day.
Keywords
hurdles; running; track and field

Indexer Notes

On back cover.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Screamin' Demon
    Plug
  2. 1. ["Come on, pals, and I'll show you my zoo"]
    Hugh's Zoo
  3. 2. ["Sweet as a nut!"]
    Tony Jackpot
  4. 3. ["I love playing at "nurses"."]
    First Ada
  5. 4. ["How d'you do? Digby's the name - robbing's my game!"]
    Digby the Human Mole
  6. 5. ["Mind 'ow y'go in t'water, Eebagoom!"]
    Eebagoom
  7. 6. ["Hi! I'm Sea Urchin, on my faithful steed, Trigger."]
    Sea Urchin
  8. 7. [no title indexed]
    Plug Sports and Social Club
  9. 8. ["You'll never get into that ballet frock."]
    Ava Banana
  10. 9. ["How about a game of darts, kids?"]
    The Games Gang
  11. 10. ["I'm Antchester United manager Mat Bugsy..."]
    Antchester United
  12. 11. ["Shake your hips..."]
    The Bandshees
  13. 12. Arsenal
    Supporting Life
  14. 13. ["Greetings, peasants!"]
    Lumpy Gibbon
  15. 14. ["Down in the jungle, nothing stirred..."]
    Gnoo Faces
  16. 15. ["Plug's in for the hundred metres flat -- on his face!"]
    Plug
This issue was modified by
  • Doug Brain
  • Peter Croome
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Daniel Thingvold