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Re: Whizzer and Chips - Puzzler stories

Posted: 21 Jul 2015, 20:28
by Raven
Are you planning a marathon read through of the whole lot in order?

Re: Whizzer and Chips - Puzzler stories

Posted: 23 Jul 2015, 15:49
by ovaltrack
Raven wrote:Are you planning a marathon read through of the whole lot in order?
Yes, that's the plan, with my son who was seven when we started this quest and will be 10 next month.
Sadly completion still seems like a long way off - those last 6 editions / episodes could take ages to find :-(

Re: Whizzer and Chips - Puzzler stories

Posted: 23 Jul 2015, 15:55
by stevezodiac
Perhaps you can list the missing issue dates? Someone here might have one or two of them.

Re: Whizzer and Chips - Puzzler stories

Posted: 28 Jul 2015, 09:38
by ovaltrack
Good idea - don't have all the dates to hand at the moment but I know I am missing episode one of 'Pursuit' which was on 2nd January 1971 - that one is fairly key to the whole thing!!

Re: Whizzer and Chips - Puzzler stories

Posted: 29 Jul 2015, 08:16
by ovaltrack
The list of editions I have still to get are; 02-Jan-71, 16-Jan-71, 15-Jan-72, 05-Feb-72, 02-Dec-72, 24-Feb-73

Re: Whizzer and Chips - Puzzler stories

Posted: 29 Jul 2015, 12:48
by stevezodiac
I probably have all of them. But they are in storage. I'm off tomorrow and may have a delve in my storage unit. I wouldn't sell them though as it would break up a long run.

Re: Whizzer and Chips - Puzzler stories

Posted: 29 Jul 2015, 13:21
by ovaltrack
I'd even be grateful for scans of just the story pages at this stage - and would happily pay or make a charitable donation to complete the story. I will still buy the issues when I see them for sale as well.

Re: Whizzer and Chips - Puzzler stories

Posted: 04 Aug 2015, 08:18
by ovaltrack
Pleased to say this has been sorted! Grateful thanks to all who responded with offers of help!

Re: Whizzer and Chips - Puzzler stories

Posted: 01 Jan 2016, 21:11
by Raven
I've just been reminded that there's an 8 page 'Beware of the Puzzler' strip in the 1974 Whizzer and Chips Annual, so perhaps ovaltrack's mission has not quite ended yet!

Re: Whizzer and Chips - Puzzler stories

Posted: 27 Jan 2016, 14:11
by ovaltrack
Ah thank you! The pursuit continues!

Re: Whizzer and Chips - Puzzler stories

Posted: 02 Feb 2016, 10:13
by ovaltrack
Got hold of the Annual - thanks again for pointing that out.

Bad news though - we've been working through the comics with the Puzzler stories and hit on a gap in the collection which is down to my appalling record keeping - there is still one missing issue - 22 Jan 1972.

We only need the Puzzler story (2 pages) scanned if anyone can help? Thanks in advance if you can!

Re: Whizzer and Chips - Puzzler stories

Posted: 04 Feb 2016, 13:00
by ovaltrack
Hopefully sorted again now - fate threw an eBay copy of the said issue into my browser last night!