help needed, colonel Tim or Tom UK Comic character

DaveT · Post by **DaveT** » 24 May 2006, 21:10

Please can someone help!

I am trying to find a character called something like Colonel Tim (or Tom) or maybe General Tim (or Tom) who had a device to control his toy soldiers.

I would like to know what comic this story appeared in and would appreciate any suggestions.

The story was probably from a comic from the 1960s (or maybe early 1970s), if that helps!

Captain Storm · Post by **Captain Storm** » 24 May 2006, 21:16

I think you might be referring to General Jumbo who appeared in the Beano(I think).Or is that tank <sic>

steelclaw · Post by **steelclaw** » 25 May 2006, 11:22

DaveT wrote:Please can someone help!

I am trying to find a character called something like Colonel Tim (or Tom) or maybe General Tim (or Tom) who had a device to control his toy soldiers.

I would like to know what comic this story appeared in and would appreciate any suggestions.

The story was probably from a comic from the 1960s (or maybe early 1970s), if that helps!

BILLY THE CAT RETURNS TO THE BEANO
23/5/06: A new Billy the Cat strip -- this time pitting him against another famous adventure character, GENERAL JUMBO-- is due to start in The Beano soon.
The new story is written by Kev F Sutherland and drawn by Nigel Dobbyn, who drew last year's Billy the Cat appearance and Billy strips for the 2006 and upcoming 2007 Beano annuals.
"Nige Dobbyn's first pages are the best art anyone's ever done on one of my scripts, I think," says Kev. The pages downthetubes has seen are truly stunning.
"I'm doing the artwork for the second episode of The General right now," says Nigel, whose past credits include 2000AD, Power Rangers, Digimon and many other UK titles. "The series is four parts of four pages each and features an 'evil' General Jumbo versus Billy. I don't know yet when it will appear." Billy's occasional partner, Katie the Cat, does not appear in this story.
"I'm trying to finish it as fast as I can," Nigel reveals, "but these strips take me ages!"
"I'm also going to be writing and drawing a ten page, sort of 'Elseworlds' version of Billy for the 2008 Beano annual," he continues, "set in Victorian times. This one will feature Katie."
Created by David Sutherland, Billy the Cat -- an incredibly agile boy superhero, able to leap superhuman distances -- first appeared in the Beano in 1967 (#1289) and ran in the title until 1974: the current Billy is a teenager with the same agility powers as the original.
General Jumbo, a young boy who possessed large variety of miniature troops and vehicles which he controlled with a wrist device, has an even older pedigree: he first appeared in 1953 (#584) and continued as a character until 1974 in the Beano, later making appearances in Nutty and Buddy.

Lew Stringer · Post by **Lew Stringer** » 25 May 2006, 12:12

Incidentally, steelclaw, it might be polite to give the URL for that news item.

http://www.downthetubes.net/

A great source for news on UK comics.

Lew

DaveT · Post by **DaveT** » 25 May 2006, 19:46

Thanks very much for your replies, General Jumbo is the guy I was thinking of, dunno where I got Colonel Tim (or Tom, etc)!

Now I'm off to get some old Beanos from Ebay!

Cheers!

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