The Topper Beezer Top 100

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Re: The Topper Beezer Top 100

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thanks Kashgar for doing this...interesting to see how many times they appeared..

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You're more than welcome Peter.

80 Sir Laughalot (T) (158) Ken Hunter
78= Tuff and Tiny (B) (159) Gordon Bell
78= Mr Flippy (B) (159) Ken Hunter
76= Paw, Maw and Porky (B) (160) John Geering
76= The Wallies of Winkle Street (B) (160) David Gudgeon
75 Whistler and his Dog (T) (161) Martin Baxendale/Daniel Phipps
74 Mr Licko and his Lollipops (B) (162) Ken Hunter
73 Thingummyblob (T) (164) Albert Holroyd
72 Allan Quatermain (King Solomon's Mines, The White Witch, Danger All the Way) (T) (166) Dudley Watkins/Paddy Brennan/Ron Smith
71 The Fighting Frasers (T) (174) Bill Holroyd

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69= The Iron Eaters (B) (175) Ken Hunter/Sandy Calder
69= Old Batty (T) (175) George Martin
67= Willie Fix it (T) (176) Robert Nixon
67= The Jellymen/Prof Potassium Roberts (The Year of Bedlam, DrQ and the Jellymen, The Fearless Flints) (B) (176) Ken Hunter
66 Dicky Burd (B) (194) Bill Ritchie
65 Pup Parade (T) (197) Gordon Bell *
64 Ferd'nand (T) (205) Mik (Henning Dahl Mikkelsen)
63 Nobby (T) (213) Bob McGrath
62 Jiffy and the Glyphs (T) (214) George Martin
61 Geezer (B) (222) Robert Nixon *
* ended in amalgamated Beezer and Topper.
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60 Scaredy Cat (T) (234) John Dallas *
59 Adrian the Barbarian (B) (236) Sid Burgon *
58 Calamity Jane (B) (244) Hugh Morten
57 Uncle Dan the Menagerie Man (T) (247) Allan Morley
56 The Voyage of the Bushwhacker/Spacewhacker (B) (251) Bill Holroyd/ Terry Patrick
55 Ghastly Manor (T) (259) Murray Ball
54 The Mob Next Door (B) (274) Bill Hill
53 Big Fat Boko (T) (278) Ken Hunter
51= The Beezers/Sting (B) (289) Bob Dewar *
51= The Munchers (B) (289) Gordon Bell
*ended in amalgamated Beezer and Topper

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Now we enter the Top 50

50 Barney's Barmy Army (B) (297) Ken Hunter
49 Al Change (T) (298) Tom Bannister
48 Tommy Taylor's Toybox (B) (311) Leo Baxendale/Bill Hill
46= My Pal Ropey (B) (313) Albert Holroyd
46= The Bustem Boys of Bunkum Island/Tales from Bunkum Island (T) (313) Rudolf Dirks
45 Splodge - Last of the Goblins (T) (327) Charles Grigg
43= Hungry Hoss (B) (336) Bill Ritchie
43= Saucy Sue (B) (336) John Dallas
42 Black Bun (B) (337) Bill Hill
41 The Kings of Castaway Island (B) (343) James Walker

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40 Tiny Tim (T) (362) James Clark
39 Souperboy (T) (364) Vic Neill/John Dallas
38 The Whizzers from Ozz (T) (377) Paddy Brennan/Sandy Calder/Keith Robson
36= Hugh's Zoo (B) (397) Gordon Bell
36= Plug (B) (397) Vic Neill/David Gudgeon
35 Captain Bungle (T) (399) George Martin
34 Square Eyes the TV Copycat/TV Fan (T) (411) Mal Judge
33 The Hillys and the Billys (B) (412) George Martin
32 Hairy Dan Football Fan (B) (454) Bill Ritchie
31 Tom and Terry (T) (478) Bob McGrath

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30 Big Uggy (T) (492) George Drysdale
29 Smart Art (T) (528) George Martin/George Drysdale
28 Fred the Flop (T) (593) Tom Lavery/Dave Gudgeon
25= Scrapper (B) (595) Tom Lavery
25= Peter Piper (T) (595) Vic Neill
25= Ali's Baba (T) (595) Mal Judge/Vic Neill
24 King Gussie (T) (600) George Martin
23 Julius Cheeser (T) (627) George Martin
22 Tiny - the World's Biggest Dog (T) (647) Tom Bannister
21 Hungry Horace (T) (688) Albert Holroyd/Gordon Bell

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Re: The Topper Beezer Top 100

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Tiny was split between Tom Bannister and John Sherwood. I have been given the impression that it was more or less 50/50, but because John was ghosting Tom and I haven't seen enough evidence, I can't actually say.

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Re: The Topper Beezer Top 100

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Hungry Horace at 21!!!

Def would have said top ten!

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688 episodes is after the merger from Sparky :)

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Yes. Only appearances in Topper, Beezer and Beezer/Topper count. Sorry for the John Sherwood oversight Andy.
20 Figaro (T) (731) Tom Bannister
19 Danny's Tranny (T) (735) Ken Hunter
18 Jimmy Ji minnx (T) (737) Ken Harrison/Gordon Bell
17 Desert Island Dick (T) (756) Tom Bannister
16 Tricky Dicky (T) (864) John Dallas *
* ended in amalgamated Beezer and Topper.
Tomorrow the 1000+ Top 15

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Re: The Topper Beezer Top 100

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Jimmy Jinx's name needs correcting. It looks like Minnie minxed him. :lol:

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Digifiend wrote:Jimmy Jinx's name needs correcting. It looks like Minnie minxed him. :lol:
Certainly does Digi! Or it could have made a possible cross-over strip in a comic library!

Now to the strips that managed runs into four figures.

15 Smiffy (B) (1109) Bill Ritchie
14 Nancy (T) (1111) Ernie Bushmiller
13 Young Sid the Copper's Kid (B) (1235) George Martin
12 Foxy (T) (1296) Charles Grigg/Evi de Bono *
11 Little Mo (B) (1426) Bob McGrath *
* ended in amalgamated Beezer and Topper

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koollectablz wrote:Hungry Horace at 21!!!

Def would have said top ten!
In fact if all of Horace's appearances in Dandy, Sparky and Topper were taken into account we would be talking 2200 strips.

Now, finally, to the Top Ten.

10 The Badd Lads (B) (1600) Mal Judge/John Dallas/Mervyn Johnston/John Geering
9 Send for Kelly/Kelly the Defective Detective (T) (1622) George Martin *
8 The Numskulls (B) (1641) Mal Judge/Tom Lavery/Jimmy Glen/Steve Bright *
7 Colonel Blink (B) (1662) Tom Bannister/George Martin ( If the spin-off strip Blinky was included from Beezer and Topper then the tally would rise to 1815 and this would
then qualify for fifth place)
6 Mickey the Monkey/Topper '53 (T) (1712) Dudley Watkins/Vic Neill/George Martin
* ended in amalgamated Beezer and Topper

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5 Ginger (B) (1809) Dudley Watkins/Bob McGrath
4 Pop, Dick and Harry (B) (1907) Tom Bannister/Peter Moonie/Brian Walker *
3 Baby Crockett (B) (1929) Bill Ritchie *
* ended in amalgamated Beezer and Topper

And finally the only two strips that made it into every issue of their respective title and then every issue of the combined Beezer and Topper.

2 The Banana Bunch (B) (1962) Leo Baxendale/Bill Hill/Robert Nixon/Barrie Appleby/Tom Paterson
1 Beryl The Peril (T) (2116) Davey Law/Bob McGrath/John Dallas/Robert Nixon

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