| Buzz | |
|---|---|
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd |
| Publication date | 20 January 1973 to 4 January 1975 |
| No. of issues | 103 |
Buzz was an A3 (broadsheet) British comic book magazine that ran from 20 January 1973 to 4 January 1975, when it merged with The Topper. Buzz ran for 103 Issues.
These are in alphabetical order and all numbers refer to issues of Buzz.
| Strip Title | Artist | First Appearance | Last Appearance | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Bad Moggy | Peter Moonie | 1 | 29 | Not in 17,18,19. From 20 onward strip title changed to Moggy.[1] |
| Big Fat Flo | Phil Millar | 1 | 103 | Not in 35 & 39.[2] Continued in The Topper after the merger. |
| Billy the Kidder | Jimmy Glen /
Watson Kennedy |
1 | 19[3] | |
| The Buzzies and the Fuzzies | Gordon Bell | 5 | 103 | Two groups of feuding creatures resembling Weebles; one group very hairy like Captain Caveman, the others with short buzzcuts. Not in 34,38,75,83,86,88,89,90.[4] |
| Calamity Kate | George Martin | 1 | 103 [5] | A girl who inadvertently broke things |
| Cookie | Tom Lavery | 1 | 68 | Not in 3,18, nor 32 to 67. |
| Fred the Flop | Tom Lavery | 1 | 103 [6] | About an incompetent thief. Continued in The Topper after the merger. |
| Freeze | Terry Patrick | 66 | 90 | An adventure story [7] |
| Good Knight | Bill Ritchie | 17 | 102 | Not in 30, 31, 34, 36 to 38, 40 to 53, 68, 77, 81, nor 83 to 101.[8] |
| Gus the Galoot | J Edward Oliver | 1 | 16 [9] | |
| Harum Scareum | Gordon Bell | 1 | 56 | About a rabbit Harum and a farmer's dog Scarum in conflict over the farm's carrots. Not in 30. |
| Hop, Skip and Jock | Malcolm Judge | 1 | 103[10] | About three boys whose strip consisted of large 'action' panels containing with numerous gags. Was the comic's only cover strip. |
| Jimmy Jinx And What He Thinks | Ken Harrison | 1 | 103 | About a boy with the metaphorical 'good angel' on one side of his head and a 'bad angel' on the other. Not in 16.[11] Continued in The Topper after the merger. |
| Monty Moneybags | Jimmy Glen | 1 | 52 | Not in 24, 25, nor 42 to 49.[12] |
| Nero and Zero | Tom Bannister | 1 | 40[13] | About two incompetent Roman guards to Julius Caesar. |
| Nobby | Bob McGrath | 1 | 103[14] | About a generic resourceful/mischievous boy. Continued in The Topper after the merger. |
| Olly's Occy | Phil Milar | 1 | 29 | About a boy and his octopus called Occy. Not in 19,20,21,22,23,26,27.[15] |
| Postman Knox | Various Artists | 4 | 101 | Not in 5.[16] Feature where reader's sent in jokes. |
| The Rooky Racers | Alan Rogers | 62 | 103[17] | A strip with a similar premise to the cartoon Wacky Races. |
| Sammy's Scribbles | Gordon Bell | 18 | 103 | Continued in The Topper after the merger. |
| Skookum Skool | Ken Harrison | 1 | 103 | A similar strip to The Bash Street Kids. Continued in Cracker. |
| Sleepy Ed The nap-happy chappie | John Aldrich | 41 | 103 | Continued in The Topper after the merger. |
| Spookum Skool | Ken Harrison | 60 | 103 | A spinoff of Skookum Skool but with ghosts. Also continued in Cracker. |
| Tich and Snitch | David Gudgeon | 1 | 27 | Anthropomorphic antics of a female elephant (‘Snitch’) and a male mouse (‘Tich’). |
| Top Tec | George Martin | 57 | 103 | |
| The Twitz of the Ritz | Bill Ritchie | 1 | 61 | |
| Uncle Dan the medicine man | Bill Holroyd/Albert Holroyd | 91 | 103 | Reprints from The Beezer.[18] Another Adventure story. |
| The Whiteys and the Stripeys | Tom Lavery | 30 | 65 | Another 'feuding rivals' strip, this time with two marooned sets of pirates on adjacent islands |
| Wig and Wam | Arthur Martin | 1 | 59 | Two warring American Indians. Wam (the creepy older bad guy) and a young girl Wig. An unrelated strip of the same name (also about two American Indians) appeared in the first issue of The Dandy. |
| Willie the Wizard He's learning to spell | Ken Hunter | 1 | 17 [19] | A strip about a wizard in training. |