List of Beezer and Topper comic strips facts for kids
- 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 List of Topper comic strips
In 1990, two popular British comics, The Beezer and The Topper, joined forces. They created a brand-new comic called Beezer and Topper. This exciting new comic ran for 153 issues, from 1990 until it ended in 1993.
Many of the funny characters and comic strips from Beezer and Topper later appeared in other well-known comics. Some even showed up in The Beano or The Dandy. This page lists all the different comic strips that were featured in Beezer and Topper. The numbers you see refer to the issue number of Beezer and Topper where each strip first or last appeared.
Comic Strips in Beezer and Topper
This table shows all the comic strips that appeared in the Beezer and Topper comic. You can see who drew them, when they first appeared, and if they came from an older comic. Some strips even continued in other comics like The Beano or The Dandy!
Strip Title | Artist | First Appearance | Last Appearance | Original comic | Notes |
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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 | A spin-off from the Colonel Blink strip. 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. New strips appeared in The Beano from 2009. | |
Tricky Dicky | John Dallas | 1 | 153 | The Topper | Later appeared in The Beano. |
Send for Kelly | George Martin | 1 | 85 | The Topper | Appeared in the 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 brought back in The Beano. |
Wabits | Gordon Bell | 17 | 46 | The Beezer | |
Fairy Grotto | Barry Glennard | 35 | 147 | ||
Ghost | David Mostyn | 35 | 153 | Later changed into Hector Spectre, a character in The Dandy. | |
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 |
See also
- List of Beano comic strips
- List of Beano comic strips by annual
- List of Dandy comic strips
- List of Beezer comic strips