Wham!
#11
(29 August 1964)
IPC,
1964 Series
- Price
- 6d [0-0-6 GBP]
- Pages
- 24
- Indicia Frequency
- Every Tuesday
- On-sale Date
- 1964-08-25
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Odhams Press Ltd
- Editing
- Alf Wallace [as Alf]; Albert Cosser [as Cos]
[no title indexed]
Eagle-Eye Junior Spy / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Trust Uncle Grimly to think of feedin' tadpoles on atomic treacle, Eagle Eye!
- Genre
- humour; spy
- Characters
- Eagle Eye; Fred Feendish; Giant tadpoles
[no title indexed]
The Humbugs / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Cor! Look at those dirty dishes, Bruvver!
- Genre
- humour; children
- Characters
- The Humbugs; dad
Indexer Notes
The Humbugs are a brother and sister who are not named but only refer to themselves as Bruv/Bruvver and Sis.
[no title indexed]
The Wacks / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- We're broke! What're we goin' to do?
- Genre
- humour; children
- Characters
- Wack; Wacker; Palace Theatre manager
Indexer Notes
Wack wears the white jacket and Wacker the dark sweater.
Wack/Wacker is a Liverpool slang term for a pal or friend.
The Dave Clark Five
text article / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hi, readers! Our mates this week are in a right old spin...
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Characters
- Wack; Wacker; photo of The Dave Clark Five pop group Dave Clark; Mike Smith; Rick Huxley; Lenny Davidson; Dennis Payton
Indexer Notes
Article about pop group The Dave Clark Five with photo of the band and illustration of the Wacks.
[no title indexed]
Kelpie the Boy Wizard / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ugh! A raven - but it's attacking me as savagely as an eagle!
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Kelpie; The Raven (villain); Hugh (villain)
[no title indexed]
The Tiddlers - the Kids from Canal Road School / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Last lesson for today, Tiddlers - you'll soon be going home...
- Genre
- humour; children
- Characters
- The Tiddlers (schoolboys); Teacher; Headmaster
Indexer Notes
One Tiddler named as Sammy.
[no title indexed]
It's a crazy world / text article / 0.33 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The law in Los Angeles says that you must not keep a hippo as a pet.
- Genre
- non-fiction
Indexer Notes
Five amazing facts with illustrations.
[no title indexed]
Billy Binns and his Wonderful Specs / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Wheee! Wonder why I'm so good!
- Genre
- humour; children
- Characters
- Billy Binns; Middleton (bully); ice rink owner; headmaster
[no title indexed]
General Nitt and his Barmy Army / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Cor! Someone needs me! I think I'll join!
- Genre
- humour; historical; military
- Characters
- General Nitt; Baron Bloop; Custer
[no title indexed]
Danny Dare / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Xel's men are attackin'! Bang! Bang! Phzzt! Blam!
- Genre
- humour; children; science fiction
- Characters
- Danny Dare; Dan Dare; mum; Aunt Jemima
Indexer Notes
Dan Dare and Stollite guards appear in Danny's daydreams.
Pete Gets Put Right By Mike Smith
public service announcement / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What's up, Pete?
- Characters
- Pete; Mike Smith (cricketer)
Indexer Notes
Anti smoking message in comic strip form.
[no title indexed]
Frankie Stein / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Percival Potts's pet Persian pussy has plunged into 50,000 gallons of ancient water...
- Genre
- humour; horror-suspense
- Characters
- Frankie Stein; Professor Cube; Percival Potts (master plumber); Cuddles (his cat)
The Mummy's Curse
Do you believe in ghosts? / text story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The photographer's eyes popped in stark terror.
- Genre
- non-fiction; fantasy-supernatural
Indexer Notes
Feature about a cursed Egyptian Mummy with four illustrations.
[no title indexed]
Funfare / cartoon / 1 page
- Genre
- humour
Indexer Notes
Eight gag cartoons from ideas submitted by readers.
Franz Werner
Men of destiny / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- On May 6, 1937, the great German airship HINDENBURG headed majestically towards the tall mooring mast at Lakehust Airfield,
- Genre
- non-fiction; aviation; history
Indexer Notes
Story of the Hindenburg Airship disaster with Six illustrations with captions.
[no title indexed]
The Pest of the West / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Another crook, dad - hand over the reward money!
- Genre
- humour; children; western-frontier
- Characters
- Pest of the West; dad; Killer Kelly
[no title indexed]
Georgie's Germs / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Leo Baxendale (signed as Leo Baxendale)
- Pencils
- Leo Baxendale (signed as Leo Baxendale)
- Inks
- Leo Baxendale (signed as Leo Baxendale)
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Your teeth are black, Georgie!
- Genre
- humour; children
- Characters
- Georgie; mum; Harry Toofake (germ); Hoo Fang (judo germ); toothpaste germs
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["I'm havin' a scrap with Smelly Sykes - I'll get some trainin' in!"]
Biff -
1.
["Trust Uncle Grimly to think of feedin' tadpoles on atomic treacle, Eagle Eye!"]
Eagle-Eye Junior Spy -
2.
["Cor! Look at those dirty dishes, Bruvver!"]
The Humbugs -
3.
["We're broke! What're we goin' to do?"]
The Wacks -
4.
The Dave Clark Five
-
5.
["Ugh! A raven - but it's attacking me as savagely as an eagle!"]
Kelpie the Boy Wizard -
6.
["Last lesson for today, Tiddlers - you'll soon be going home..."]
The Tiddlers - the Kids from Canal Road School -
7.
["The law in Los Angeles says that you must not keep a hippo as a pet."]
It's a crazy world -
8.
[no title indexed]
Lucky dip -
9.
["Wheee! Wonder why I'm so good!"]
Billy Binns and his Wonderful Specs -
10.
["Cor! Someone needs me! I think I'll join!"]
General Nitt and his Barmy Army -
11.
["Xel's men are attackin'! Bang! Bang! Phzzt! Blam!"]
Danny Dare -
12.
Pete Gets Put Right By Mike Smith
-
13.
["Look! These are all free!"]
Robertson's jams -
14.
["Percival Potts's pet Persian pussy has plunged into 50,000 gallons of ancient water..."]
Frankie Stein -
15.
The Mummy's Curse
Do you believe in ghosts? -
16.
[no title indexed]
Funfare -
17.
Franz Werner
Men of destiny -
18.
["Another crook, dad - hand over the reward money!"]
The Pest of the West -
19.
["Your teeth are black, Georgie!"]
Georgie's Germs -
20.
["Look at that big show-off, Wuff!"]
Footsie the Clown
This issue was modified by, among others
- Paul Green
- Stephen Mitchell
- Ramon Schenk
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