Hi readers! Now for a chortle! In the last of our week of Christmas covers, it’s Buster comic’s festive frontages from 1967-1996! Full disclosure – we found a lot of these at this smashing website.
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- 1967 – Classic IPC recursion: “I got a ‘Buster Book’ for Christmas”
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- 1968 – And Giggle
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- 1969 – “Same to you, Postie!”
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- 1970 – Strikes
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- 1971 – And Jet
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- 1972 – Still… And Jet
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- 1973 – “I’m Good King Wence’s Lass”
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- 1974 – And Cor!!
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- 1975 – South Africa 25c
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- 1976 – And Monster Fun
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- 1977 – Skateboarding Santa
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- 1978 – Stocking wheeze
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- 1979 – “Merry Christmas pals!”
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- 1980 – Now it’s Father Christgus!
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- 1981 – Santa Claus is on the dole?
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- 1982 – And Jackpot
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- 1983 – “Eats” “Presents”
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- 1984 – Cat and mouse find a Pipes of Peace moment
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- 1985 – “THIS IS *THE* HO HO HO COMIC!”
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- 1986 – The Christmas Buster
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- 1987 – And Nipper
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- 1988 – Oink influence
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- 1989 – “HAVE A MEGA-HAPPY XMAS!”
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- 1990 – With Whizzer & Chips
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- 1991 – “All-colour”
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- 1992 – “FULL OF FESTIVE FUN”
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- 1993 – “Bumper issue”
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- 1994 – “Town, 7 miles”
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- 1995 – “Hi, Mr Butcher!”
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- 1996 – “FREE FRUIT LOLLY”
Also:
- Snow On The Logo pt 1: Radio Times
- Snow On The Logo pt 2: TV Times
- Snow On The Logo pt 3: Look-in
- Snow On The Logo pt 4: The Beano
- Snow On The Logo pt 5: Buster
- All-New Snow On The Logo pt 1: 2000 AD
- All-New Snow On The Logo pt 2: Eagle
- All-New Snow On The Logo pt 3: Beano Annual
- All-New Snow On The Logo pt 4: The Dandy
- All-New Snow On The Logo pt 5: Potpourri
Richard Davies
December 9, 2016 at 1:30 pm
It took at least 3 years to absorb Monster Fun.
Buster merged with almost all the IPC / Fleetway comic line by the late 1990s.
THX 1139
December 11, 2016 at 10:18 pm
The disembodied leg at the top of the 1977 cover is a bit baffling, which character was that? I can identify most of them, but I assume it wasn’t Disappearing Trix because she wouldn’t have a leg like that.