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 billed as "Buster: Son of Andy Capp" and wore a similar flat cap to reinforce the connection. Buster often referred to his father who was seen in the comic attempting to find a gas leak in three frames of the 18 June 1960 issue. He was also shown in two drawn photographs in the 2 July 1960 issue, the first of which was displayed by Buster's mum with the pronouncement "It's a photo of Buster taken with Andy! You can see he's got his dad's fine straight nose". Buster's mum was often referred to by name and was consistently drawn to resemble Andy's wife Flo.

In its later years, the comic mostly consisted of reprints from either Buster itself or one of the many comics that merged with it over the comic's 40 year run, thirteen 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. The same issue also revealed [http://www.comicsuk.co.uk/ComicInformationPages/BusterPages/BusterFinalPage.htm how every story in the comic would end] , often in the opposite way to the usual strip formula.

A Swedish edition of "Buster" was started in 1967. At first most of the material was taken from the UK edition but as time went on the magazine produced more and more original material. See "Buster" (sport comic) for more information.

Absorbed titles

As occurred with other British comics such as "The Dandy", many other comics merged with "Buster" over the years and some of their characters appeared in the comic.
* "Radio Fun" (25/2/1961)
* "Film Fun" (15/9/1962)
* "The Big One" (27/2/1965)
* "Giggle" (20/1/1968)
* "Jet" (2/10/1971)
* "Cor!!" (22/6/1974)
* "Monster Fun" (6/11/1976
* "Oink!" (22/10/1988)
* "Whizzer and Chips" (7/10/1990)

List of strips

* "Adam Adman"
* "All Creatures Grunt and Smell"
* "All Humans Tall And Small"
* "Andy and Sandy" (1961 - 1962)
* "Andy'n'Fred" (1966 - 1968)
* "Athletes of Lost Island" (1963)
* "Back-Tracker Jack" (1965 - 1966)
* "Bam, Splat and Blooie" (1960)
* "Barney Bluffer"
* "Barry & Boing"
* "Beastenders"
* "Benny Hill" (1966 - 1968)
* "Ben the Bad"
* "Bertie Bumpkin"
* "Bewitched Belinda"
* "Big Chief Pow Wow"
* "Big Daddy"
* "Big 'Ead" (1960 - 1961)
* "Big One, The" (1965)
* "Billy Blow"
* "Blarney Bluffer"
* "Black Axe the Saxon Avenger" (1960 - 1965)
* "Bluebottle And Basher"
* "Bob-A-Job"
* "Bobby's Ghoul" (from "Whizzer and Chips")
* "Bob Morane and the Towers of Crystal" (1965 - 1966)
* "Bonehead"
* "Boris and Shimmy in Dinkle Land" (1960)
* "Brainsly"
* "Boy Who Knew Too Much, The" (1963)
* "Brenda"
* "Brayne Drayne" (1965)
* "Brett Shane frontier scout" (1964 - 1965)
* "Brian's Bike"
* "Bright Hunter"
* "Bruce Forsyth" (from "Radio Fun", 1962 - 1963)
* "Bruise Brothers"
* "Bumpkin Billionaires, The (from "Whizzer and Chips")
* "Buck Rogers (1961-1962)
* "Bully Buzzard, The" (1974)
* "Bungle Brothers, The" (1965)
* "Buster" himself
* "Buster's Bedtime Tale" (1965)
* "Buster's Diary" (1960 - 1968, 1974 - 1985)
* "Buster's Dream Time"
* "Buster's Dream-World" (1968 - 1974)
* "Buster's Good Deeds" (1961)
* "Busters of Bygone Days" (1960 - 1961)
* "Buster son of Andy Capp" (1960 - 1961)
* "Byrds of Paradise Isle"
* "Calamity Kate" (1966 - 1968)
* "Captain Crucial"
* "Chalky" (from "Cor!!")
* "Champion the Wonder Horse"
* "Charlie Drake" (from "Radio Fun")
* "Charlie Peace, The Astounding Adventures of"
* "Class Wars" (from "School Fun")
* "Cliff Hanger"
* "Consternation Street"
* "Deadly Hedley"
* "Dekker"
* "Delbert the Dynamite Dude"
* "Dinah Mite"
* "Disappearing Trix"
* "Double Trouble" (from "Nipper")
* "Dozy Derek"
* "Dracula Dobbs"
* "Drifter Long"
* "The Drowned World"
* "Elmer"
* "Faceache" (from "Jet")
* "Faulty Towers - The Oldest School In The Land"
* "Fishboy"
* "Fuss Pot" (from "Knockout")
* "Fishboy"
* "Freddie "Parrot-Face" Davies"
* "Fright School" (1985-1987)
* "Frozen Summer"
* "Galaxus - The Thing From Outer Space"
* "George's Germs""
* "Good Guy"
* "Gums"
* "Ivor Lott and Tony Broke" (from "Cor!!")
* "Ivor Lott and Tony Broke with Milly O'Naire and Penny Less" (Milly and Penny from "Jackpot")
* "Jackpot" (from "Jackpot")
* "James Pond" (Agent 008½)
* "Jelly"
* "Joker" (from "Whizzer and Chips")
* "Junior Rotter" (from "Whizzer and Chips")
* "Kid King" (from "Jackpot")
* "Kid Kong" (from "Monster Fun")
* "The Kids of Stalag 41" (from "Jet")
* "Laser Eraser"
* "Lazy Bones" (from "Whizzer and Chips")
* "Leopard from Lime Street, The"
* "Lucy 'Lastic"
* "Mag Max"
* "March Of The Mighty Ones"
* "Marney The Fox"
* "Master Mind"
* "Masters of the Loonyverse"
* "Maxwell Hawke
* "Melvyn's Mirror"
* "Mervyn's Monsters"
* "Memory Banks" (from "Whizzer and Chips")
* "Mickey Marvel's Multigun"
* "Micro Chip"
* "Mike's Bike"
* "Moss"
* "Mr Crabbe"
* "Mummy's Boy" (from "Monster Fun")
* "Nellyphant "
* "Nightmare on Erm Street"
* "Nits Of The Round Table"
* "Odd Ball" (from "Whizzer and Chips")
* "Old Nick"
* "Park, The"
* "Pete's Pimple" (from "Oink!")
* "Pete's Pocket Army"
* "Pete's Pop-Up Book"
* "The Pirates"
* "Plunk"
* "Ricky Rainbow" (from "Nipper")
* "Roboplod"
* "Rodney and Dez"
* "Sammy Brewsters Ski Board Squad"
* "School Belle" (from "School Fun")
* "School Team" (from "School Fun")
* "Scrapham Junction"
* "Shrinker, The"
* "Sid's Snake" (from "Whizzer and Chips")
* "Skid Kidd" (from "Buster")
* "Slow Coach" (from "School Fun")
* "Smiler"
* "Smiler and Dimps"
* "Snooper"
* "S.O.S. Squad"
* "Sporty"
* "Star Wreck"
* "Store Wars" (from "Whizzer and Chips")
* "Strawbelly"
* "Stupid Street"
* "Superman" (from "Radio Fun")
* "Sweeny Toddler" (from "Whizzer and Chips")
* "Sweet Tooth" (from "Whizzer and Chips")
* "Tich"
* "Tomboy" (from "Cor!!")
* "Tom Thug" (from "Oink!")
* "Top of the Class" (from "School Fun")
* "Toys Of Doom"
* "Twister, Trail of the"
* "Val's Vanishing Cream" (from "Cor!!")
* "Vampire Brats"
* "Vid Kid"
* "Von Hoffman's Invasion" (from "Jet")
* "Walt Teaser" (from "School Fun")
* "Watch Out Beagle's About"
* "Watford Gapp" (from "Whizzer and Chips")
* "Winners, The" (from "Jackpot")
* "Wizard of Football, The"
* "Wonder Wellies Buster - 17th Sept. 1983 to August 1985"
* "World Wide Wheelers"
* "X-Ray Specs" (from "Monster Fun")
* "Young Arfur" (from "School Fun")
* "Zarga - Man of Mystery"