TV Comic #1097
(23 December, 1972)

Polystyle Publications, 1951 Series
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Volume
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Price
0.05 GBP
Pages
24
Indicia Frequency
every Monday
On-sale Date
1972-12-18
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Polystyle Publications Ltd
Brand
A Polystyle Publication
Barcode
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

Tom and Jerry / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bill Titcombe (signed as Bill Titcombe)
Inks
Bill Titcombe (signed as Bill Titcombe)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I need a sock to hang at the end of my bed on Christmas Eve...
Genre
humour; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Tom; Jerry

Indexer Notes

Front cover (in colour) and inside front cover (in black and white).

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

TV Terrors / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
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Pencils
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Inks
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Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Would you like to play Santa to the kids at the studio party this afternoon, Hoppit?
Genre
humour; children
Characters
Hoppit; TV Terrors [Buttons; Cuthbert; Monica]

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

Grasshopper Island / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
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Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Larks, Mr. Button. She's bought the whole school with her!
Genre
adventure; children
Characters
Amelia Button; Cornelius Button; Smarty; Toughy; Mouse; Miss Lupus

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

Mighty Moth / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dick Millington
Inks
Dick Millington
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dad's left his wardrobe open!
Genre
humour; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Mighty Moth; Dad

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

Dad's Army / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bill Titcombe (signed as Bill Titcombe)
Inks
Bill Titcombe (signed as Bill Titcombe)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The festive season is on us once again, Mr. Fraser.
Genre
humour; historical
Characters
Verger; Chief Warden Hodges; Captain Mainwaring; Sergeant Wilson; Corporal Jones; Private Fraser; Private Godfrey; Private Pike; Private Walker; Major

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

Johnny Morris's Animal Magic / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
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Pencils
? (signed as grob)
Inks
? (signed as grob)
Colors
?
Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
You know, you are not singing in tune.
Genre
humour; animal
Characters
Johnny Morris

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

Tich and Quackers / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
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Pencils
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Inks
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Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Let's see how Mrs. Timpkins is coming along with our stockings, Quackers!
Genre
humour; children
Characters
Tich; Quackers; Percy

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

Texas Ted / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Frank McDiarmid (signed as Frank McDiarmid)
Inks
Frank McDiarmid (signed as Frank McDiarmid)
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
See yuh, cousin! Ah's goin' for a dip!
Genre
humour
Characters
Texas Ted; Cousin Cecil; crane driver

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

Beep Beep The Road Runner / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
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Pencils
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Inks
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Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Already parcels are arriving here!
Genre
humour; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Road Runner; Wile E. Coyote; Road Runner's three children; TV producer; TV cameraman

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

Reader's Page / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Readers' letters and photos.

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

Basil Brush / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
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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
We really must purchase a new car to attend Christmas functions.
Genre
humour; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Basil Brush; Chummers; car salesman

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

Tarzan / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
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Pencils
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Inks
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Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
It's the next warning - cut on the arrow shaft!
Genre
adventure; jungle
Characters
Tarzan; Boy; Nick Wilson

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

Whacko! / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bill Titcombe (signed as Bill Titcombe)
Inks
Bill Titcombe (signed as Bill Titcombe)
Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hello headmaster. Do come in. We're about to sing another jolly carol.
Genre
humour; children
Characters
Whacko; Pettigrew

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

Reader's Jokes / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
various
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
?

Genre
humour

Indexer Notes

Eight gag cartoons based on reader's ideas.

Daft Duck's Luck (Table of Contents: 15)

The Bugs Bunny Show / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Barry Glennard (signed BARRY)
Inks
Barry Glennard (signed BARRY)
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hey, Duck. How do you manage to hang up a Christmas stocking when you don't wear any?
Genre
humour; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Daffy Duck; Yosemite Sam

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
John Canning
Inks
John Canning
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Wonder where Crawk is now?
Genre
adventure; children
Characters
Colonel Crawk; The Maryland Gang

Indexer Notes

Tie-in with Maryland Cookies

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17)

The Pink Panther / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
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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
There's still another ten patients to see, doctor!
Genre
humour; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
The Pink Panther; Doctor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18)

Nelly and her Telly / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
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Pencils
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Inks
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Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Smashing...I love 'Its a Washout'...
Genre
humour; children
Characters
Nelly; mum

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19)

Laurel and Hardy / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
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Pencils
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Inks
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Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
H'mm! December the eighteenth!
Genre
humour
Characters
Stanley Laurel; Oliver Hardy

Indexer Notes

Based on the Larry Harmon cartoon version of Laurel and Hardy.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 20)

Skippy the bush kangaroo / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Canning
Inks
John Canning
Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Help yourselves - it's all for free!
Genre
adventure; animal; children
Characters
Budge; Smiler; Jerry King

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 21)

Popeye / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
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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
Stop!
Genre
humour
Characters
Popeye; Brutus; Olive Oyl; Wimpy
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 1. ["I need a sock to hang at the end of my bed on Christmas Eve..."]
    Tom and Jerry
  2. 2. ["Would you like to play Santa to the kids at the studio party this afternoon, Hoppit?"]
    TV Terrors
  3. 3. ["Larks, Mr. Button. She's bought the whole school with her!"]
    Grasshopper Island
  4. 4. ["Dad's left his wardrobe open!"]
    Mighty Moth
  5. 5. ["The festive season is on us once again, Mr. Fraser."]
    Dad's Army
  6. 6. ["You know, you are not singing in tune."]
    Johnny Morris's Animal Magic
  7. 7. ["Let's see how Mrs. Timpkins is coming along with our stockings, Quackers!"]
    Tich and Quackers
  8. 8. ["See yuh, cousin! Ah's goin' for a dip!"]
    Texas Ted
  9. 9. ["Already parcels are arriving here!"]
    Beep Beep The Road Runner
  10. 10. [no title indexed]
    Reader's Page
  11. 11. ["We really must purchase a new car to attend Christmas functions."]
    Basil Brush
  12. 12. ["It's the next warning - cut on the arrow shaft!"]
    Tarzan
  13. 13. ["Hello headmaster. Do come in. We're about to sing another jolly carol."]
    Whacko!
  14. 14. [no title indexed]
    Reader's Jokes
  15. 15. Daft Duck's Luck
    The Bugs Bunny Show
  16. 16. ["Wonder where Crawk is now?"]
    The Maryland Gang
  17. 17. ["There's still another ten patients to see, doctor!"]
    The Pink Panther
  18. 18. ["Smashing...I love 'Its a Washout'..."]
    Nelly and her Telly
  19. 19. ["H'mm! December the eighteenth!"]
    Laurel and Hardy
  20. 20. ["Help yourselves - it's all for free!"]
    Skippy the bush kangaroo
  21. 21. ["Stop!"]
    Popeye
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Stephen Mitchell