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Issue Number/Date: 4th January 1986
Free Gift: None
Inserts: None
Price: 22p

Strips At A Glance

Front Page) Buster
Pg 1) Chalky
Pg 2) Young Arfur
Pg 3) Cliff Hanger
Pg 4) Good Guy
Pg 5) Fright School
Pg 6) Fright School
Pg 7) PGL Action Holiday Advert
Pg 8) Mummy's Boy
Pg 9) Prambo
Pg 10) The Winners
Pg 11) School Team
Pg 12) School Team cont. & Best of Whoopee Monthly Advert
Pg 13) Buster's Jackpot Jokes
Pg 14) School Belle
Pg 15) It's A Nice Life

Pg 16) It's a Nice Life cont.
Pg 17) Skid Kidd
Pg 18) B'ware Caretaker
Pg 19) Top Of The Class
Pg 20) Top Of The Class cont and Puzzle Challenge
Pg 21) Walt Teaser
Pg 22) Jack Pott
Pg 23) Faceache
Pg 24) Pete's Pop-up Book
Pg 25) X Ray Specs
Pg 26) X Ray Specs cont. Cliff Hanger Result & Comics News
Pg 27) The Dummies
Pg 28) Do Me A Favour Buster
Pg 29) Ivor Lott & Tony Broke
Pg 30) Ivor Lott & Tony Broke cont.
Back Pg) Buster cont.

Front Page:

Page 1: Chalky

A monkey has escaped from the circus. This Story in Full

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Page 2: Young Arfur

Headmaster Mr McSweeny is moving into a house next door to Terry. This Story in Full

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Page 3: Cliff Hanger

Episode 129: Continued from last week, Cliff chases Porridge's airship. This Story in Full

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Page 4: Good Guy

The award for who came closest to making Guy bad in 1985 is announced. This Story in Full

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Page 5: Fright School

The ghouls plan to stop people visiting. This Story in Full

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Page 6: Fright School cont.

A Ghost Collectors Club Visits. This Strip in Full

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Page 7: PGL Action Holiday Advert

The advert is set up as a comic strip about Sally and John. One night in winter they are bugging their Dad to let them go on holiday alone with PGL. That summer they go off on the holiday and we get to see all of the different tasks they do. Windsurfing, Horse Riding, Sailing, Tennis, Judo, Fencing, Karting, Canoeing, Archery and writing a computer program. That evening at the disco they're saying how much they enjoyed themselves.

We're then told not to miss out, and are given a coupon to send off more more information, and even a second half of the coupon for a friend's address.

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Page 8: Mummy's Boy

Mummy puts Angel in a thick woolly jumper. This Story in Full

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Page 9: Prambo

Sylvester gets back some boys' football This Story in Full

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Page 10: The Winners

The post office get confused by the Winers' New Year Resolution. This story in full

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Page 11: School Team

The team build a sledge for a Cross Country Race. This Story in Full

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Page 12: School Team cont. & Advert for the Best of Whoopee Monthly

The team crash the sledge. This Story in Full

Also on this page is a half page advert for the Best of Whoopee Monthly. It reads; If it's laughter you're after a giant helping of monthly mirth starring all your favourite Whoopee funsters. 68 pages of FUN...FUN...FUN! Look out for your copy every month! On sale now! 55p. It also has a sketch of the cover of this month's comic, with Stage School featuring.

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Page 13: Buster's Jackpot Jokes

This week Ł2 and a Clumsy Colin Superbike goes to

Darren Pollard in Whissonsett
Darren Howe in Chapel-en-le-Frith
Peter Hooper from Greenham
Lisa O'Neill in Bagualy
Adam MacMahon from Mill Hill
Aidan Marks from Harrogate
Philip Mowbray in Friskney
And J. Billing in Glastonbury

The top prize of Ł5 and a Clumsy Colin stunt bike goes to Robert Kinsey in Ketton.

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Page 14: School Belle

Belle tries to help Glenda become a beauty. This Story in Full

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Page 15: It's a Nice Life

Stan breaks his spade. This Story in Full

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Page 16: It's a Nice Life cont.

Maddie gets worried about superstitions. This Story in Full

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Page 17: Skid Kidd

Mike and SAM trap some bank robbers. This Story in Full

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Page 18: B'ware Caretaker

Mr Ware gets a new broom for the New Year. This Story in Full

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Page 19: Top of the Class

Teacher's bought a new table for the class. This Story in Full

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Page 20: Top of The Class cont. and Top of the Class Puzzle Challenge

The table breaks the classroom wall. This Story in Full

Also on this page is the Top of The Class Puzzle Challenge. This week it's another word search with food words to find.

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Page 21: Walt Teaser

Walt winds up the neighbours in his street about old things. This Story in Full

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Page 22: Jack Pott

Jack starts collecting the old 1985 calendars. This Story in Full.

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Page 23: Faceache

Snipe makes Faceache resolve to stop scrunging in 1986 This Story in Full

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Page 24: Pete's Pop-up Book

The Canal Street Gang try to snowball Pete. This Story in Full

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Page 25: X Ray Specs

Ray has to help out Slugger Simpson. This Story in Full

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Page 26: X Ray Specs cont. Cliff Hanger Result and Comics News

Ray turns the tables on Slugger Simpson. This Story in Full

Also on this page is the Cliff Hanger Result and Comics News - something new for January a regular look ahead to what's coming in the Comics.

It tells us that in Buster dated 11th January we get to meet a pop star with a difference. The story of a Camberley boy, who's won a year's supply of R Whites Lemonade
It also says you may see your name in print on the Cadbury's SMASH Martian's club page in issue 18th January, and Cliff Hanger will be involved in an adventure featuring Franken........ (guess who?)
We're also told Buster has great news for Clumsy Colin fans in the25th January issue, and it'll be music to your ears. (Hint hint! Nudge nudge! Say no more).
Finally, there's a tasty treat in store for Whizzer and Chips readers with the winner of a Ready Brek competitionn getting a night out to remember. And at the end of January the February editions of the Best of Whoopee and the Best of Whizzer and Chips monthly will be released.

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Page 27: The Dummies

Starting today The Dummies don't like their costumes. This Story in Full

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Page 28: Do Me a Favour Buster

Each printed letter this week gets a Buster Sports Cap, and a Clumsy Colin Action superbike from KP Skips.

Scott Harriott from Darlington has sent in a picture of Mr Winner from The Winners
An Anonymous reader in Bromley asks who draws the sketches to the jokes page. The answer is Jack Clayton
Vicki Hemstock from Lichfield says recent suggestions of storing back issues of Buster in a garage or under the bed have not been useful as she has no garage and sleeps on the top bunk of a bunk bed. She asks for any more suggestions.
There is also a Buster Birthday for Lindsay Watts from Tottenhall for the 29th December and Sean Sincalir of Norwich for the 31st December.

Also on this page is the result of Name That Worm. Suggestions included Wally, Wilbur & Wesley, William Wormsworth and Wobbly Wilf. Ten runners up getting a Buster T Shirt are:
Debbie O'brien of London N12
Nathan Hardwick from Elwick
Carol Joynes in Stafford
Alexander Cockrain from Teddington
Debroah Dickinson in Willesborough
Ceri Taylor from Thornhill
Richard Andrews of Tamarisk
Damian Byrne from Prestwich
Claire Rabey from Trewin
And Louise Philips in Aberavon.

The winner getting a Buster T Shirt and Ł5 is Scott Williams from Parkstone, who suggested the name SQWORM!

Finally on this page, is an advert for stamp collecting with a special pack of 111 different stamps free featuring birds, animals, flowers, Giant Butterfly, Paintings, Football and West Indies Scout. There's also another box advertising a sale of old football programmes, and you can send away from a free sample set.

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Page 29: Ivor Lott & Tony Broke

Ivor and Milly invite Tony and Penny to their New Year's Eve Party This Story in Full

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Page 30: Ivor Lott & Tony Broke cont.

The party goes disastrously wrong. This Story in Full

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Back Page: Buster cont.

Buster tries to put together a football team. This Story in Full

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