TV Comic #1182
(August 10th, 1974)

Polystyle Publications, 1951 Series
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Price
7D [0-0-7 GBP]
Pages
24
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Polystyle Publications Ltd
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A Polystyle Publication
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Tom and Jerry / cover / 2 pages (report information)

Script
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Pencils
Bill Titcombe (signed as Titcombe)
Inks
Bill Titcombe (signed as Titcombe)
Colors
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Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
It's the same every summer! Tom goes into training.
Genre
humour; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Tom; Jerry; Maid

Indexer Notes

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

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[Antique Boots] (Table of Contents: 1)

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
Must pop along to studio 'C' today, they're filming a programme on antiques!
Genre
humour; children
Characters
Hoppit; TV Terrors [Buttons; Cuthbert; Monica]; Sir; Arthur Kneecap (antiques tv show host)

Indexer Notes

Arthur Kneecap is a pun on Arthur Negus who presented antiques shows on British TV.

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

Cannon / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
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Pencils
John Canning
Inks
John Canning
Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Palermo Springs. That's about twelve miles from here.
Genre
adventure; crime; detective-mystery
Characters
Frank Cannon; Doc Pearson; Petrov; Harry Warren

Indexer Notes

Final instalment of this story.

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

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

Script
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Pencils
Dick Millington
Inks
Dick Millington
Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
If only I could find a really moth-proof suit!
Genre
humour; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Mighty Moth; Dad; old lady in street; workman
Reprints

[Store Detective] (Table of Contents: 4)

Barney Bear / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
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Pencils
Bill Titcombe (signed as Tit)
Inks
Bill Titcombe (signed as Tit)
Colors
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Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
That's a job that would suit me
Genre
adventure; humour; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Barney Bear; Moose; antiques shop owner

[Mongoose] (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script
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Pencils
Bill Titcombe (signed as Bill Titcombe)
Inks
Bill Titcombe (signed as Bill Titcombe)
Colors
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Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Good morning, Mongoose.
Genre
humour; animal
Characters
Jonny Morris; Mongoose x2

[Highland Fling] (Table of Contents: 6)

Droopy / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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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
Gee! I used to be good at that!
Genre
humour; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Droopy

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

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

Script
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Pencils
Frank McDiarmid (signed as Frank McDiarmid)
Inks
Frank McDiarmid (signed as Frank McDiarmid)
Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Really, Edward! Your boots have got to go!
Genre
humour
Characters
Texas Ted; Cousin Cecil

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

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
That Road Runner's always making a fool of me,
Genre
humour; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Road Runner; Wile E. Coyote

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

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

Pencils
? (photos); (illustration)
Inks
? (photos); (illustration)
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Seven letters from readers, four with photos and one with an illustration.

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

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
Keep 'old of me, guv! Don't let me go, guv!
Genre
humour; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Basil Brush; Chummers

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

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
This map Paul left me confirms he was heading into the swamp!
Genre
adventure; jungle
Characters
Tarzan; Boy; Professor Vaughn Trent

[Doodlebug] (Table of Contents: 12)

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

Script
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Pencils
Bill Titcombe
Inks
Bill Titcombe
Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Blimey! What do you make of that, Mr. Hodges?
Genre
humour; military; war
Characters
Capt. Mainwaring; Sergeant Wilson; Corporal Jones; Private Godfrey; Private Frazer; Private Walker; Private Pike; Chief Warden Hodges

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

Boppo's club / text article / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
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Pencils
? (photo)
Inks
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Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hello there, everybody, I know that lots of you are doing special projects for your teachers
Characters
Boppo bear

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

Bridgnorth Stamp Company / advertisement / 0.25 page (report information)

I-Spy 5 (Table of Contents: 15)

text article / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
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Pencils
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Inks
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Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
...looks at castles
Genre
non-fiction

Indexer Notes

"I-Spy" books based article looking at castles, with illustrations.

Friendly Catch! (Table of Contents: 16)

The Bugs Bunny Show / 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
I hwate putey-tats! I hwate putey-tats!
Genre
humour; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Sylvester; Tweety-Pie; policeman; man in park

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

Chad Valley / activity / 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
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Fabulous Tom and Jerry competition-starts this week!

Indexer Notes

Competition asking readers to colour in a drawing of Tom cat. Photograph of a Chad Valley Tom & Jerry Projector and Tom & Jerry glove puppets.

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

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
They say Felix Flabosky receives £200 for a single performance!
Genre
humour; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
The Pink Panther; Felix Flabosky (violinist)

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

Matchbox toys / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[Pony-Trekking] (Table of Contents: 20)

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

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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
I'd love to go on a pony-trekking holiday, Ollie!
Genre
humour
Characters
Stanley Laurel; Oliver Hardy; Joker Jones; police sergeant; Horseface Higgins (crook)

Indexer Notes

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

The Magician! (Table of Contents: 21)

Doctor Who / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
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Pencils
Gerry Haylock
Inks
Gerry Haylock
Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
What act of Satan is this now, Doctor?
Genre
adventure; science fiction
Characters
The Doctor; Lord de Beauvain; Signus; Haval; Waldeau

Indexer Notes

John Pertwee version of the Doctor.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 22)

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
Oh, my gorsh! I have to stop her!
Genre
humour
Characters
Popeye; Olive Oyl; Swee'pea
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["It's the same every summer! Tom goes into training."]
    Tom and Jerry
  2. 1. [Antique Boots]
    TV Terrors
  3. 2. ["Palermo Springs. That's about twelve miles from here."]
    Cannon
  4. 3. ["If only I could find a really moth-proof suit!"]
    Mighty Moth
  5. 4. [Store Detective]
    Barney Bear
  6. 5. [Mongoose]
    Jonny Morris's Animal Magic
  7. 6. [Highland Fling]
    Droopy
  8. 7. ["Really, Edward! Your boots have got to go!"]
    Texas Ted
  9. 8. ["That Road Runner's always making a fool of me,"]
    Beep Beep The Road Runner
  10. 9. [no title indexed]
    Reader's Page
  11. 10. ["Keep 'old of me, guv! Don't let me go, guv!"]
    Basil Brush
  12. 11. ["This map Paul left me confirms he was heading into the swamp!"]
    Tarzan
  13. 12. [Doodlebug]
    Dad's Army
  14. 13. ["Hello there, everybody, I know that lots of you are doing special projects for your teachers"]
    Boppo's club
  15. 14. ["144 Different Stamps Free!"]
    Bridgnorth Stamp Company
  16. 15. I-Spy 5
  17. 16. Friendly Catch!
    The Bugs Bunny Show
  18. 17. ["Fabulous Tom and Jerry competition-starts this week!"]
    Chad Valley
  19. 18. ["They say Felix Flabosky receives £200 for a single performance!"]
    The Pink Panther
  20. 19. ["Varoom"]
    Matchbox toys
  21. 20. [Pony-Trekking]
    Laurel and Hardy
  22. 21. The Magician!
    Doctor Who
  23. 22. ["Oh, my gorsh! I have to stop her!"]
    Popeye
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