Smash!
#[164]
(22 March 1969)
IPC,
1966 Series
- Price
- 7d [0-0-7 GBP]
- Pages
- 40
- Indicia Frequency
- Every Monday
- On-sale Date
- 1969-03-17
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- IPC Magazines Ltd.
- Editing
- ? [as Mike]
![Cover Thumbnail for Smash! (IPC, 1966 series) #[164]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/352/w200/352635.jpg?-5770138501604131302)
[no title indexed]
Smash Chat! / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 0.25 page
- Characters
- Mike ("The youngest member of the staff")
The Commandos
Contents; This Week's Cover Feature / text article / 0.75 page
Indexer Notes
Includes single panel cartoon of Mike, 'Smash Artist', 'Ideas Man' 'Ed' and 'Office Mascot' in the Smash! office
[no title indexed]
Master of the Marsh / comic story / 3 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The pupils of Marshside County Secondary School...
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Knocker Reeves; Patchman; Mr. Goodey
- Synopsis
- The pupils of Marshside County Secondary School were so wild, they were nicknamed the 'Monsters of the Marsh.'
Indexer Notes
Ongoing weekly strip
[no title indexed]
Rebbels on the Run / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- They must be trying to run away...
- Genre
- adventure
Indexer Notes
Ongoing weekly strip
[no title indexed]
Wiz War / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour
- Characters
- Wizard Prang; Demon Druid
Indexer Notes
Ongoing weekly cartoon strip
[no title indexed]
The World-Wide Wanderers / comic story / 3 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The strangest football team in the league...
- Genre
- sport
- Characters
- Harry Kraft
- Synopsis
- Clogpool Wanderers was composed of players from 11 countries. Seamen stranded in the Suez Canal when their ships were held up. Millionaire Harry Kraft coaches the struggling Yorkshire football club from the fourth division.
- Keywords
- Football [Soccer]
Indexer Notes
Ongoing weekly strip
[no title indexed]
Bad Penny / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour; children
Indexer Notes
Ongoing weekly cartoon strip
The Case of Kalak the Dwarf [part 2]
Cursitor Doom / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- detective-mystery; horror-suspense
- Characters
- Sneed; Pilkins; Kalak the Dwarf; Angus McCraggan
- Synopsis
- Cursitor Doom, along with assistant Angus McCraggan, is master investigator of the strange and mystic
Indexer Notes
Ongoing weekly strip
Stanley Gibbons offers you the chance he never had
Stanley Gibbons & Golden Wonder / advertisement / 0.5 page
- Letters
- typeset
[no title indexed]
His Sporting Lordship / comic story / 3 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- When he had recovered from the shock...
- Genre
- sport
- Characters
- Mr. Wimpole; Henry Nobbins; Jarvis
- Synopsis
- Henry Nobbins was staggered to learn he had inherited five million pounds
Indexer Notes
Ongoing weekly strip
[no title indexed]
Nut and Bolt the Men From W.H.E.E.Z.E. / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- After helping the Minister of Munitions...
- Genre
- war
- Synopsis
- W.H.E.E.Z.E. stands for Weapon Handling Early Experimental And Zoning Establishment. Professor Nutt and Captain 'Lightning' Bolt's job as head of the department is to invent new secret weapons.
Indexer Notes
Ongoing weekly strip
[no title indexed]
The Incredible Adventures of Janus Stark / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It was early summer...
- Genre
- detective-mystery; horror-suspense
- Reprints
-
in Janus Stark (Mon Journal, 1973 series) #1 (5 juillet 1973) which is reprinted -
in Albion Origins (Titan, 2007 series) (October 2007)
-
Indexer Notes
Ongoing weekly strip
[no title indexed]
The Swots and The Blots / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humour; children
Indexer Notes
Ongoing weekly cartoon strip
[no title indexed]
Sergeant Rock - Paratrooper / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Most men fight well...
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Don Barton; Private Grimshaw
Indexer Notes
Ongoing weekly strip
Free! 4 Colour Prints of the Apollo-8 Mission
Crosse & Blackwell Spaghetti Rings / advertisement / 1 page
- Letters
- typeset
[Globe-Trotting Matman Ken King...]
King of the Ring / comic story / 2.5 pages
- Genre
- sport
- Characters
- Ken King; Blarney Stone; The Thinker
- Keywords
- boxing
Indexer Notes
Ongoing weekly strip
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
No.2 The Commandos
Warriors of the World -
1.
[no title indexed]
Smash Chat! -
2.
The Commandos
Contents; This Week's Cover Feature -
3.
["The pupils of Marshside County Secondary School..."]
Master of the Marsh -
4.
["They must be trying to run away..."]
Rebbels on the Run -
5.
[no title indexed]
Wiz War -
6.
["The strangest football team in the league..."]
The World-Wide Wanderers -
7.
[no title indexed]
Bad Penny -
8.
The Case of Kalak the Dwarf [part 2]
Cursitor Doom -
9.
[no title indexed]
Big 'Ead -
10.
Stanley Gibbons offers you the chance he never had
Stanley Gibbons & Golden Wonder -
11.
["When he had recovered from the shock..."]
His Sporting Lordship -
12.
["After helping the Minister of Munitions..."]
Nut and Bolt the Men From W.H.E.E.Z.E. -
13.
["It was early summer..."]
The Incredible Adventures of Janus Stark -
14.
[no title indexed]
The Swots and The Blots -
15.
["Most men fight well..."]
Sergeant Rock - Paratrooper -
16.
Free! 4 Colour Prints of the Apollo-8 Mission
Crosse & Blackwell Spaghetti Rings -
17.
[Globe-Trotting Matman Ken King...]
King of the Ring -
18.
Subbuteo Table Cricket Game & Stamps Free
Subbuteo -
19.
Win Yourself a 1 pound Note
Smash Hits
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- De Nisco Claudio
- Paul Green
- Mark Q
- Mark Sangster
- Shaun Smith
- Jim Van Dore
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