List of Beezer comic strips facts for kids

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The Beezer was a super popular weekly comic book from Britain. It was filled with fun stories and characters, featuring 120 different comic strips over the years! The Beezer first came out in 1956. Later, it joined up with other comics like Cracker in 1976 and Plug in 1979.

In 1990, it merged with The Topper and became The Beezer and Topper. Sadly, the comic stopped being published in 1993. But don't worry! Some of its awesome characters later appeared in other famous comics like The Beano and The Dandy.

Here's a list of the comic strips that appeared in The Beezer, organized by when they first started!

Comic Strips from 1956

Strip Title	Artist(s)	End Date	What it was about
Ginger	Dudley Watkins, Bob McGrath	1990	Ginger was the main character on the comic's cover for many years! He was on the cover from 1956 to 1961, and then again from 1964 to 1987.
Bushwhacker	Bill Holroyd, Terry Patrick	1964	An adventure strip that had four different series. One of them was even called Spacewhacker!
Mick on the Moon	Ken Hunter	1957	A space adventure story.
Lone Wolfe	Ron Smith	1958	An adventure comic.
Pop, Dick and Harry	Tom Bannister, Peter Moonie, Brian Walker	1990	These characters were on the cover of The Beezer from 1961 to 1964. Their adventures continued in Beezer and Topper.
Calamity Jane	Hugh Morren	1960
Nosey Parker	Allan Morley	1956	This character was quite old! Nosey Parker first appeared in The Rover way back in 1925.
Nero and Zero	Allan Morley	1956	These characters also started in an older comic called The Wizard in 1930.
The Hillys and the Billies	George Martin, Henry Davies	1990	This strip had three different series. It was known for being quite action-packed!
Big Ed	Hugh Morren	1956
Charlie Chick	Bill Ritchie	1956
Shorty	Brian White	1956
Smart Alice	George Martin	1956
The Banana Bunch	Leo Baxendale, Bill Hill, Robert Nixon, Barrie Appleby	1990	The Banana Bunch continued their adventures in Beezer and Topper.
Mumbo and Jumbo	Unknown/George Drysdale	1956
The Kings of Castaway Island	James Walker	1969	An adventure story with four different parts.
Baby Crockett	Bill Ritchie	1990	Baby Crockett also appeared in Beezer and Topper, and other comics too!

Comic Strips from 1957

Strip Title	Artist(s)	End Date	What it was about
Yellow Eye, The Jungle Kitten	Michael Darling	1957	An adventure about a jungle kitten.
Bucko's Flying Bedstead	Ron Forbes	1957	An adventure featuring a very unusual flying machine!
Hornet Wilson and his Educated Insects	Ken Hunter	1958	An adventure story.

Comic Strips from 1958

Strip Title	Artist(s)	End Date	What it was about
Cap'n Hand	Leo Baxendale, David Law, George Drysdale, Michael Barratt	1960
The Blood Brothers of the Spanish Main	Ron Smith	1958	A swashbuckling adventure!
Buffalo Boy	Victor Peon	1959	A cowboy adventure.
Caesar	William Timym	1959
Colonel Blink	Tom Bannister, George Martin	1990	Colonel Blink had a spin-off comic strip called Blinky in Beezer and Topper.
Oliver's Travels	George Martin	1959

Comic Strips from 1959

Strip Title	Artist(s)	End Date	What it was about
The Survivors	Ken Hunter	1959	An adventure story.
The Showboat Circus	Paddy Brennan, David Sutherland	1970	This adventure strip had three different series.
Merry Hood and his Robbin Men	George Martin	1960
Blind Jumbo	James Walker	1960	An adventure story.
Miguel the Matador	Bob McGrath	1960
Wooly West	Bill Ritchie	1960
The Black Sapper	Jack Glass	1961	This adventure story was originally a prose story in The Rover in 1929! It was about a thief with a special tunnelling machine.

Comic Strips from 1960

Strip Title	Artist(s)	End Date	What it was about
The Badd Lads	Malcolm Judge, John Dallas, Mervyn Johnston, John Geering	1990	These characters also appeared in Beezer and Topper.
The Jellymen	Ken Hunter	1984	An adventure strip that ran for five different series!
My Pal Wonderwing	Terry Patrick	1960	An adventure story.
Hank the Yank		1960	This was a reprint of a comic from the USA.

Comic Strips from 1961

Strip Title	Artist(s)	End Date	What it was about
The Log of the S.S. Mary Anne	Albert Holroyd/Michael Darling	1962	An adventure on the high seas!
The Mob Next Door	Bill Hill	1967

Comic Strips from 1962

Strip Title	Artist(s)	End Date	What it was about
The Numskulls	Malcolm Judge, Tom Lavery, Jimmy Glen, Steve Bright	1990	The Numskulls were very popular! They appeared in Beezer and Topper and even later in The Beano!
Cicero's Cat	Al Smith	1963
Mutt and Jeff	Al Smith	1963	This comic strip was very old, first appearing in 1907!
The Gobbles	Leo Baxendale	1964	This strip was about a group of hungry vultures, a bit like The Three Bears.

Comic Strips from 1963

Strip Title	Artist(s)	End Date	What it was about
The Iron Eaters	Ken Hunter, Sandy Calder	1974	An adventure about space sponges that loved to eat iron!

Comic Strips from 1964

Strip Title	Artist(s)	End Date	What it was about
Tommy Taylor's Toybox	Leo Baxendale, Bill Hill, John Geering	1984	This adventure strip had two different series.
Dreamy Dick	Unknown	1964
Taffy the Tearaway Terrier	James Walker	1964	An adventure about a lively terrier dog.
Copy Cat	Bob McGrath	1964
The Fighting Finlays	Ron Smith	1964	An adventure story.
The Phantom Flyer	Terry Patrick	1964	An adventure story.
The Space Kids	Ron Smith	1977	This adventure strip had two series, one of which was a reprint.
Little Mo	Bob McGrath	1990	Little Mo also appeared in Beezer and Topper.
Young Sid the Copper's Kid	George Martin	1989
My Pal Ropey	Albert Holroyd	1987	An adventure strip with two different series.

Comic Strips from 1965

Strip Title	Artist(s)	End Date	What it was about
The Scarlet Spider	Ken Hunter	1966	An adventure story.

Comic Strips from 1966

Strip Title	Artist(s)	End Date	What it was about
Uncle Dan the Medicine Man	Bill Holroyd/Albert Holroyd	1987	An adventure strip that was reprinted in another comic called Buzz.
Space Patrol	Terry Patrick	1967	This adventure strip was based on a TV show from 1962!

Comic Strips from 1967

Strip Title	Artist(s)	End Date	What it was about
Mr Flippy	Ken Hunter	1969	An adventure strip with two series, one of which was a reprint.
Smiffy	Bill Ritchie	1988	This Smiffy was a boy who loved getting messy! He's not the same Smiffy from The Bash Street Kids.
Roly Poly	Bill Hill	1969
Wrinkle and Twinkle	Bill Hill	1986	This strip had two series, with the second one being a reprint.
Dee for Danger	Ron Smith	1967	An adventure story.

Comic Strips from 1969

Strip Title	Artist(s)	End Date	What it was about
General Jim	Ken Hunter	1982	An adventure strip with two series, one of which was a reprint.
Black Bun	Bill Hill	1975
Hocus Pocus	Albert Holroyd	1970	An adventure story.
Dicky Burd	Bill Ritchie	1978

Comic Strips from 1970

Strip Title	Artist(s)	End Date	What it was about
Tommy's Tick-Tock Twin	Albert Holroyd	1971	An adventure story.
Mighty Mik	Ken Hunter	1985	An adventure strip with two series, one of which was a reprint.

Comic Strips from 1971

Strip Title	Artist(s)	End Date	What it was about
Barney's Barmy Army	Ken Hunter	1985	An adventure strip with two series, one of which was a reprint.
Willie Wink the Missing Link	Albert Holroyd	1972
The Gobblers	Watson Kennedy	1972	An adventure story.

Comic Strips from 1972

Strip Title	Artist(s)	End Date	What it was about
The Barkers	Watson Kennedy	1974
Hairy Dan - Football Fan	Bill Ritchie	1981

Comic Strips from 1974

Strip Title	Artist(s)	End Date	What it was about
March of the Giants	Sandy Calder	1975	An adventure story.
Fiddlesticks	Ken Hunter	1975
Dan McGlue	Malcolm Judge	1974
Blubba	Watson Kennedy	1976	An adventure story.

Comic Strips from 1975

Strip Title	Artist(s)	End Date	What it was about
Krunch, the Monster from the Deep	Frank McDiarmid	1976	An adventure story.
Joey's Ark	Paddy Brennan	1976	An adventure story.
Pedro, the Pesky Parrot	Bill Hill	1976

Comic Strips from 1976

Strip Title	Artist(s)	End Date	What it was about
Jest a Minute	Bill Hill/Ken H. Harrison	1979	This strip originally appeared in the Cracker comic.
Billy the Kid	Gordon Bell	1979	This strip also came from Cracker.
Joe Soap	John Dallas	1979	Originally from Cracker, this strip later appeared again in 1987.
Little Orror	David Easington	1979	This strip was also originally in Cracker.
Young Foo, the Kung Fu Kid	Brian Platt	1979	This strip came from Cracker.
Scrapper	Tom Lavery/Bill Hill, Steve Bright/Gordon Bell	1988	This strip was originally in Cracker.
Iron Hand	Paddy Brennan	1979	An adventure strip that came from Cracker.

Comic Strips from 1978

Strip Title	Artist(s)	End Date	What it was about
Mr. Licko and his Lollipops	Ken Hunter	1981	An adventure story.

Comic Strips from 1979

Strip Title	Artist(s)	End Date	What it was about
Plug	Vic Neill/David Gudgeon	1986	This strip originally appeared in the Plug comic.
Hugh's Zoo	Gordon Bell	1986	This strip also came from Plug.
First Ada	Gordon Bell	1981	This strip was originally in Plug.
EcBagoom	Albert Holroyd	1981	This strip was also originally in Plug.
Antchester United	John Geering	1981	This strip came from Plug.

Comic Strips from 1981

Strip Title	Artist(s)	End Date
Saucy Sue	John Dallas	1987
Hungry Hoss	Bill Ritchie	1987
The Munchers	Gordon Bell	1986

Comic Strips from 1983

Strip Title	Artist(s)	End Date	What it was about
Grotty Gables, the Funniest Hotel in Town	Albert Holroyd	1984

Comic Strips from 1984

Strip Title	Artist(s)	End Date	What it was about
The Wallies of Winkle Street	David Gudgeon	1987
Beefy Dan, the Fast Food Man	John Geering	1986

Comic Strips from 1986

Strip Title	Artist(s)	End Date	What it was about
Tuff and Tiny	Gordon Bell	1989
Paw, Maw and Porky	John Geering	1989	The title of this strip changed to Porky in 1988.

Comic Strips from 1987

Strip Title	Artist(s)	End Date	What it was about
True Brit	Robert Nixon	1988	This character was the main star on the comic's cover!
Twitt Hall	John Geering	1988
Photo Funnies	Gordon Bell	1988
Clockwise Cartoons	Gordon Bell/George Martin	1990

Comic Strips from 1988

Strip Title	Artist(s)	End Date	What it was about
Count Spatula	Gordon Bell	1988
Club 5	Barrie Appleby	1990	This was The Beezers own version of The Dandys Cuddles and Dimples.
The Beezers	Bob Dewar	1989
Pam	Bill Ritchie	1989
HeadHamster	Glynn Clark	1989
Night 'n' Gale	Henry Davies	1989
The Beezer Babies	Bob Dewar	1990

Comic Strips from 1989

Strip Title	Artist(s)	End Date	What it was about
Adrian the Barbarian	Sid Burgon	1990	Adrian was the main character on the comic's cover! His adventures continued in Beezer and Topper, and he was even reprinted as Olaff the Madlander in The Beano.
Geezer	Robert Nixon	1990	Geezer continued in Beezer and Topper and was similar to The Beano's Roger the Dodger.
Phoot and Mouse	Tom Paterson	1990
Man Saturday	Gordon Bell	1989
Scratcher	Bill Ritchie	1990	This strip was a spin-off featuring the cat from the Pam strip. It appeared in Beezer and Topper.
Sting	Bob Dewar	1990	This was a continuation of The Beezers strip and later appeared in Beezer and Topper.
Adrian's Fables	Robert Nixon	1990	This strip featured Adrian from Adrian the Barbarian.
Wabits	Gordon Bell	1990	Wabits continued in Beezer and Topper.