Wham! (comic)

Wham! (comic)

"Wham!" was a weekly British comic published by Odhams Press. It ran for 187 issues from 20 June 1964 to 13 January 1968, when it was merged into its sister title "Pow!". Although "Wham!" was superficially a typical British comic in the mould of The Beano, its later issues (under the Power Comics imprint) included short instalments of "The Fantastic Four" reprinted from American Marvel Comics.

Created by Leo Baxendale, in its early issues the comic presented both clear imitations of Beano strips, such as a clone of his Bash Street Kids, and new original strips such as "Eagle Eye, Junior Spy" and "Georgie's Germs", in which he attempted to break the mould of older strips with bizarre humour, outrageous puns, and surreal plots.

Initial success prompted the creation of the sister titles "Pow!" and "Smash!" with similar intent, but as sales decreased the inevitable adjustment of content, followed by mergers of titles, made these titles more like the ones they were attempting to replace.


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