Buster (comic)
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Buster was a long-running British comic (28 May 1960 - 4 January 2000) which carried a mixture of humour and adventure strips, although the latter genre would become a rarer occurrence as the comic went on. The title character, whose strip appeared on the front cover, was Buster Capp, who was originally stated to be the son of Andy Capp and wore a similar flat cap in the early years to reinforce the connection. In its later years, most of it consisted of reprints from either Buster itself or one of the many comics that merged with it over the comic's 40 year run, 13 in total.
Throughout all the issues, it was never revealed what Buster had under his cap, until the final issue, when he took it off to reveal the same hairstyle that Dennis the Menace has.
Absorbed titles
As occurred with other British comics such as The Dandy, many other comic books merged with Buster over the years and some of their characters appeared in the comic.
- Radio Fun (1961)
- Film Fun (1962)
- The Big One (1965)
- Giggle (1968)
- Jet (1971)
- Cor!! (1974)
- Monster Fun (1976)
- Jackpot (1982)
- School Fun (1984)
- Nipper (1987)
- Oink (1988)
- Whizzer and Chips (1990)
- Funny (by 1994)
In addition, another comic called BVC (Big Value Comic) appeared for a short period in 1995 as a sister publication, followed by Buster Classics in 1996.
List of strips
- All Humans Tall And Small
- Blarney Bluffer
- Bluebottle And Basher
- Bobby's Ghoul
- Bonehead
- The Bumpkin Billionaires (from Whizzer and Chips)
- Buster himself
- Captain Crucial
- Chalky (from Cor!!)
- Champion The Wonder Horse
- Charlie Peace
- Cliff Hanger
- Dinah Mite
- Drifter Long
- Elmer
- Faceache
- Faulty Towers - The Oldest School In The Land
- Fishboy
- Fuss Pot (from Whizzer and Chips)
- Gums
- Ivor Lott and Tony Broke (from Cor!!)
- James Pond (Agent 008½)
- Joker (from Whizzer and Chips)
- Junior Rotter (from Whizzer and Chips)
- Kid King (from Jackpot)
- Kid Kong (from Monster Fun)
- Lazy Bones (from Whizzer and Chips)
- The Leopard from Lime Street
- Marney The Fox
- Master Mind
- Maxwell Hawke
- Melvyn's Mirror
- Memory Banks
- Micro Chip
- Mummy's Boy (from Monster Fun)
- Nellyphant
- Nits Of The Round Table
- Odd Ball (from Whizzer and Chips)
- Pete's Pimple (from Oink!)
- Pete's Pocket Army
- Ricky Rainbow (from Nipper)
- School Belle (from School Fun)
- Shid Kids
- The Shrinker
- Snooper
- Sid's Snake (from Whizzer and Chips)
- S.O.S. Squad
- Store Wars (from Whizzer and Chips)
- Stupid Street
- Sweeny Toddler (from Whizzer and Chips)
- Sweet Tooth (from Whizzer and Chips)
- Tomboy (from Cor!!)
- Tom Thug (from Oink!)
- Toys Of Doom
- Val's Vanishing Cream (from Cor!!)
- Vid Kid
- Watford Gapp
- The Winners (from Jackpot)
- X-Ray Specs (from Monster Fun)
External links
- Comics UK: Buster (http://www.comicsuk.co.uk/ComicInformationPages/BusterPages/BusterHomePage.asp)
- A Buster fansite (http://www.bustercomic.co.uk)
- Another Buster fansite (http://www.bustercomic.4t.com)