Plug
#71
(27 January 1979)
D.C. Thomson,
1977 Series
- Price
- 0.09 GBP
- Pages
- 20
- Indicia Frequency
- every Saturday
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd
- Editing
- Ian Gray
The Comic for Peak Viewing
Plug / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- humour
- Characters
- Plug
- Keywords
- abominable snowman; mountain climbing
[no title indexed]
Violent Elizabeth / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'm doing some decorating, Elizabeth!
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- Elizabeth strips wallpaper to hide her splattered ink.
[no title indexed]
Hugh's Zoo / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's Hugh's birthday today...
- Genre
- humour
[no title indexed]
Digby the Human Mole / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh, dear! The machine for making holes in my giant doughnuts is broken.
- Genre
- humour
- Characters
- Digby
- Synopsis
- Digby's burrowing crimes keep helping people instead.
[no title indexed]
The Boom Boom Page / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Doctor! Doctor! I keep thinking I'm a bomb!
- Genre
- humour
Indexer Notes
Jokes (submitted by readers) on top of photos of celebrities.
[no title indexed]
Eebagoom / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ho-hoius! Da locals are a bunch ofa weeds!
- Genre
- humour; historical
- Characters
- Eebagoom; Uncle Albert; Julius Sneezer [Julius Caesar]
- Synopsis
- Eebagoom and Uncle Albert go to Charles Mapp to take body building lessons.
[no title indexed]
Tony Jackpot / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I will carry honourable clubs, Tony!
- Genre
- humour; sport
- Characters
- Tony Jackpot; Chi-Pin
- Keywords
- golf
[no title indexed]
Jockey / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'm not paying to go pony trekking when I have a pony of my own.
- Genre
- humour; sport
- Keywords
- horse racing
[no title indexed]
Antchester United / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What's this Norwitch team like, boss?
- Genre
- humour; sport
- Synopsis
- Antchester plays a team of witches.
- Keywords
- football (soccer); insects
[no title indexed]
First Ada / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Wheeze! Cough! Yes, readers, it's true!
- Genre
- humour; children
- Characters
- Ada
- Synopsis
- Ada gets sick.
- Keywords
- nurse
[no title indexed]
D'ye Ken John Squeal and his Hopeless Hounds / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Coo-ee!
- Genre
- humour
- Characters
- John Squeal
- Synopsis
- The fox spills strawberry custard on John.
- Keywords
- fox hunting
A Guide to Footwear
The Nutcase Bookcase / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour
- Characters
- Plug; Uncle Ebeneezer
[no title indexed]
Gulp / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Phew! I've made it back onto this page just in time!
- Genre
- humour
- Keywords
- alien; breaking the fourth wall
Indexer Notes
Gulp steals the artist's pen to draw a cannon and then good food.
[no title indexed]
Dr Rotcod and Drib / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh, I fly through the air with the greatest of...
- Genre
- humour
- Characters
- Doctor Rotcod; Drib
- Synopsis
- The Doctor yells at the artist for always making things go wrong. The artist enters the strip to talk to him.
- Keywords
- breaking the fourth wall; veterinarian
[no title indexed]
Crazy Horse / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I've always wanted to be a detective!
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- Crazy Horse goes undercover to catch a shoplifter.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Comic for Peak Viewing
Plug -
1.
["I'm doing some decorating, Elizabeth!"]
Violent Elizabeth -
2.
["It's Hugh's birthday today..."]
Hugh's Zoo -
3.
[no title indexed]
Plug Sports and Social Club -
4.
["Oh, dear! The machine for making holes in my giant doughnuts is broken."]
Digby the Human Mole -
5.
["Doctor! Doctor! I keep thinking I'm a bomb!"]
The Boom Boom Page -
6.
["Ho-hoius! Da locals are a bunch ofa weeds!"]
Eebagoom -
7.
["I will carry honourable clubs, Tony!"]
Tony Jackpot -
8.
["I'm not paying to go pony trekking when I have a pony of my own."]
Jockey -
9.
["What's this Norwitch team like, boss?"]
Antchester United -
10.
["Wheeze! Cough! Yes, readers, it's true!"]
First Ada -
11.
["Coo-ee!"]
D'ye Ken John Squeal and his Hopeless Hounds -
12.
A Guide to Footwear
The Nutcase Bookcase -
13.
["Phew! I've made it back onto this page just in time!"]
Gulp -
14.
["Oh, I fly through the air with the greatest of..."]
Dr Rotcod and Drib -
15.
["I've always wanted to be a detective!"]
Crazy Horse -
16.
["A strong horrible pong from the Moon is picked up at the advance whiff warning station on Earth..."]
Invasion of the Plug Bugs -
17.
["This shall be my finest work!"]
Plug
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