List of Beezer and Topper comic strips
In 1990 The Beezer merged with The Topper to form a new comic known as the Beezer and Topper. This new comic ended in 1993 after 153 issues. A number of characters from this comic went on to appear in either The Beano or The Dandy. The following is a list of all the strips that appeared in the Beezer and Topper, all numbers refer to issues of Beezer and Topper.
| Strip Title [1] | Artist[1] | First Appearance[1] | Last Appearance[1] | Original comic[1] | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sting | Bob Dewar | 1 | 153 | The Beezer | |
| Geezer | Robert Nixon | 1 | 153 | The Beezer | |
| The Banana Bunch | Tom Paterson | 1 | 153 | The Beezer | |
| The Numskulls | Steve Bright | 1 | 153 | The Beezer | Continued in The Beano |
| The Historiskulls | Steve Bright | 1 | 4 | ||
| Blinky | George Martin | 1 | 153 | The Beezer | Spin-off of Colonel Blink
Later appeared in The Dandy |
| Adrian the Barbarian | Sid Burgon | 1 | 153 | The Beezer | Reprinted in The Beano in 2008 as Olaff the Madlander |
| Baby Crockett | Bill Ritchie | 1 | 153 | The Beezer | |
| Pop, Dick and Harry | Brian Walker | 1 | 98 | The Beezer | |
| Beryl the Peril | Robert Nixon | 1 | 153 | The Topper | Continued in The Dandy |
| Robohog | John Geering | 1 | 119 | ||
| Fred's Bed | Tom Paterson | 1 | 153 | Reprinted in The Beano in 2007.
Then appeared in new strips in The Beano from 2009 onwards. | |
| Tricky Dicky | John Dallas | 1 | 153 | The Topper | Later appeared in The Beano |
| Send for Kelly | George Martin | 1 | 85 | The Topper | Appeared in Dennis the Menace TV series episode "The Day TV Was Banned" |
| Scaredy Cat | John Dallas | 1 | 152 | The Topper | |
| Crazy Daisy | Gordon Bell | 1 | 119 | ||
| Des Troy | Barrie Appleby | 1 | 148 | ||
| Little Mo | Bob McGrath | 1 | 73 | The Beezer | |
| Birdbrain | John Geering | 2 | 72 | ||
| Gnatasha | Bill Ritchie | 3 | 152 | About one of Gnasher (from The Beano)'s daughters | |
| Foxy | Evi De Bono | 5 | 127 | The Topper | |
| History of Art | Jim Petrie | 5 | 22 | ||
| Pup Parade | Gordon Bell | 12 | 120 | The Beano, later The Topper | Later resurrected in The Beano |
| Wabits | Gordon Bell | 17 | 46 | The Beezer | |
| Fairy Grotto | Barry Glennard | 35 | 147 | ||
| Ghost | David Mostyn | 35 | 153 | Later retooled into The Dandy character Hector Spectre. | |
| PXQZTKLE | John Geering | 35 | 153 | ||
| Baby Blue | John Geering | 35 | 152 | ||
| Stormin' Norma | Trevor Metcalfe | 42 | 153 | ||
| In the News | Bill Ritchie | 58 | 148 | ||
| Beryl's Beaus | Vic Neill | 65 | 69 | ||
| Silly Sausage | Gordon Bell | 74 | 153 | ||
| Atilla the Hen | Bob Dewar | 84 | 153 | ||
| Window Poster | Barrie Appleby | 87 | 92 | Continued in The Dandy | |
| Potsworth & Co. | Barrie Appleby | 87 | 153 | Continued in The Dandy
Based on a Hanna-Barbera cartoon | |
| Rats | Vic Neill | 87 | 153 | ||
| Pikassos | Brock | 87 | 152 | ||
| Ishara's test of time quiz | 87 | 152 | |||
| Julius Beezer | Barry Glennard | 103 | 153 | ||
| Sam the Slam | John Geering | 106 | 148 | ||
| Over the Fence | Jimmy Hansen | 106 | 153 | ||
| Even Steven | Gordon Bell | 106 | 153 | ||
| Madverts | Bill Ritchie | 117 | 123 | ||
| Grown-ups | David Sutherland | 132 | 138 | ||
| Darwin | Bob Dewar | 132 | 137 | ||
| Around the universe in eighty minutes | Bob Dewar | 138 | 145 | ||
| A cat's guide | David Mostyn | 151 | 153 |
- If you are looking for a list of comic strips that appeared in The Beezer see List of Beezer comic strips, for a list that appeared in The Topper see The Topper (comics)#Strips
See also
References
- The Book of the Beezer by Ray Moore
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