DC Thomson Fun-Sizes

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Re: DC Thomson Fun-Sizes

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I can add three more:

Barry Glennard
2 (mentioned in the History of the Beano)

Daniel Phipps
60
186 (if those are the Billy Whizz ones - A Spot of Bother and Whizzing Round the World - those were mentioned on this forum in a thread on the BCLs Billy Whizz was in).
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Re: DC Thomson Fun-Sizes

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Thanks again Peter, that was quite a big list. And thanks Jonny too - perhaps a forum search is in order in case any others have been mentioned.

EDIT: Jonny, wrong number
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Re: DC Thomson Fun-Sizes

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Here's a few more for you Digifiend, from my collection:

Beano
50 (Castle Capers)- Tom Williams
97 (Battle of the Menaces)- Tom Williams
101 (Junior World Cup)- Steve Bright
108 (Top Twenty Dodges) Tom Williams
109 (Universilly Challenge)- Tom Williams
140 (Ruff and Freddy)- Bob Dewar
142 (Minnie the Jinx)- Jim Petrie
144 (Simply Smiffy)- Jerry Swaffield
153 (Ivy the Terrible)- Robert Nixon
159 (Bunkerton Safari Park) - Tom Williams
162 (Pascale ze Rascale) Tom Williams
180 (180) Ron Spencer (cover S Bright)
192 (Hard Times) Jerry Swaffield
201 (Having a whale of a time)- John Geering
300- (Indian Scout)- John Geering

Dandy
75 (Ali Ha-Ha...) Jerry Swaffield
88 (Whodunnit?) Tom Williams
95 (Blame That Tune) Jerry Swaffield (cover Ken Harrison?)
96 (Fish Farm)- Charles Grigg
98 (Magic Carpets) Jerry Swaffield
109 (Nanagram) John Geering
113 (Dandy Soap Opera) Tom Williams
125 (Coneman the Barbarian) John Geering
131 (Vs Ben Har Har) John Geering
134 (20,000 Laughs Under The Sea) John Geering
135 (Spy Hunt) Ken Hunter
143 (The Domes shock the Crackpot Crooks) John Geering
150 (Protection Racket) John Geering
151 (Band Wagon) Ken Hunter
152 (Funfair Foolery) Tom Williams
155 (Fit as a Fiddle) Tom Williams
156 (vs Tea Bag Man) John Geering
160 (Bananaman Goes "Bananas") John Geering
163 (The Artful Todger) Tom Williams
164 (The Secret Diary of Baby Crocket) Bill Ritchie (Contrary to your listing)
166 (Testing Time) Ken Hunter
176 (Puss 'n' Boots: Tee For Two) John Geering
178 (Barney and his Barmy Army: Perils of the Orient) Ken Hunter

a few missing ones from your list:

Beano
160: Minnie the Minx meets “Phil Krool”

Dandy
133 John Squeal and his Hopeless Hounds Meet the "Foxy Cub Pack"
145 Cuddles and Dimples: ?
146 Dandy All-Stars: Mastermunchers!
149 Korky The Cat- Korkadile Dundee
159 Dinah Mo: The "Mo" The Merrier
175 Dinah Mo: The Tourist Guide
177 Desperate Dan, The Beast Master
179 Cuddles and Dimples
180 Bananaman: The “Auntie” Social Club

Dandy No. 2 should read “Angler Wangler”
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Re: DC Thomson Fun-Sizes

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Brilliant, some gaps filled. And whoops, well spotted with the Wangler typo. :oops: Thanks. Will have those added soon.

What's the correct number for Barney’s Barmy Army in Guinea-Pig Galoots then? I figured maybe the digits were the wrong way around but 146 is spoken for.

EDIT: Found Dandy 95's cover on Comic Vine. Was Ken Harrison the right call for this cover? It fits his style but is also very much like how Harry and Hippo usually look.
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Can't help you there, I'm afraid. Maybe it was scheduled to be #164 but got postponed.

Ken Harrison was the regular Harry's Hippo artist I believe.
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Re: DC Thomson Fun-Sizes

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If that's the case then I'd agree that this Harry and his Hippo cover was by Ken, and I'll mark it as such without any question mark. With the Barney one, you could be right. Some of the entries in the list were identified from the next month advert page, which is why a few issues had no titles listed. As the last issues of Fun-Size and Classics from the Comics proved, just because something is advertised doesn't mean it'll appear. Another possibility is that it got rewritten and became Testing Time, which appeared a month later.

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Digifiend wrote:If that's the case then I'd agree that this Harry and his Hippo cover was by Ken, and I'll mark it as such without any question mark.
Although Ken drew the weekly strip that Library cover looks like it might be a Steve Bright job.

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Noted, thanks. At times like this I really wish artists had been allowed to sign their work!

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