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Issue: Buster Book #1984
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Publisher: FlagIPC
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Indicia Publisher: IPC Magazines Ltd.
On Sale Date: 1983
Volume:
Pages: 112
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: £1.95 GBP
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 53 (44 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: SBN number: 85037-940-7
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Publication Type: Hardcover
Color: Colour
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Binding: Hardcover
Publishing Format: Was ongoing
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Buster; two friends; teacher
Buster has built a snowman that looks like a teacher, unaware the teacher is looking at the result.
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Buster's 12 Days of Christmas

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Buster; Kat Crabapple; Billy Buggs; Spotty Herbert; Grandma; Grandpa; postman; Aunt Mildred; P.C. Rozzer; Ginger Jones; Uncle Harold
On the first day, Kate Crabapple brought me a toffee apple...
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Roy Davies
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Subject Matter
humorous
Bluey; Nobby; Gums
I haven't seen Gums for days!
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Rob Lee
Rob Lee
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Subject Matter
childrens, humorous
Billy Blow
Billy Blow; dad; Santa Claus (in a dream)
Hurry up and get to sleep, Billy!
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Faceache
Faceache; Guncher Grouch; Shylock Flint
Bah! There's a fat brat out there building a snowman!
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Brian Walker (signed)
Brian Walker (signed)
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Subject Matter
humorous
Boxatricks
Boxatricks; Jimmy; uncle
Yippee! One more go and I've won the game!
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Big Daddy
Big Daddy; Bill
Oh dear! Sniff, sniff!
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humorous
Buster's Joke-Box
It says here "Half-an-Hour With the Stars"!
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Collection of one-panel jokes.
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Chalky; shop owner; policeman; theives
I wish I could afford that lamp for mum's Christmas present!
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childrens, humorous
S.O.S. Squad
S.O.S. Squad [Zed; Biff Buggins; Skypole Smith; Bundle (a dog); Zip Johnson; Baby Boffin; Nosher Milligan; Cocky (a bird); Effel Red]; boy
SOS from a lad who's moving house, squad!
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childrens, humorous
Clever Dick
Dick; father; teacher
I'm late for school!
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humorous, superhero
Master Mind!
Master Mind; Professor Pudding
Gentlemen, I have a plan to end the world's food problems!
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I Went Christmas Shopping Today and There Were Surprises In Store...

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Buster's Diary
Buster; Kate Crabapple; store Santa Claus
Look...I've got a sprig of mistletoe, Buster!
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Tony Broke; Ivor Lott
Hm! Our one and only garden gnome is looking rather the worse for wear!
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The Leopardman [Billy Farmer]; Ned Nolan; Ray Towler; Sonny Jim (a donkey); thieves (villains)
Got you!
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Continued on page 56.
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R.T. Nixon (signed)
R.T. Nixon (signed)
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humorous, nature
Kid Kong; Gran; Minister of Bananas
Oooh! This is from the government!
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Mummy's Boy
Mummy's Boy; mother
Hooray! I love snow!
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Rob Lee
Rob Lee
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Subject Matter
childrens, humorous
Billy Blow
Billy; shopper; thief
Help! That nasty man has run off with my shopping bag!
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Bonehead
Bonehead (a dog); pet store owner; rich couple
Let's buy a pet!
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Disappearing Trix
Trix; mother; a boy (villain)
I reckon you have got a good chance of winning, mum!
Trix's mother enters a cake in a baking contest.
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Roy Davies
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humorous, nature
Gums; Lifeguards
Gee, Gwen! Aren't they strong?
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Tony Broke; Ivor Lott
I hope my football gear's dry in time for today's match!
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Winter Funderland

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humorous
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Collection of one panel jokes with a winter theme.
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childrens, humorous
Mummy's Boy
Mummy's Boy; mother; friends
I don't know if I'll be allowed to come carol singing with you!
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Clever Dick
Dick; Napoleon (a dog); two children
Buzz off, Napoleon!
Dick builds a haunted dinosaur skeleton to trick sweets from other kids.
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Faceache
Faceache; Muggsy; gardener
If I don't pass my school exams, dad'll wallop me!
Faceache pretends to be a face in a so-called wishing tree.
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superhero
The Leopardman (billy Farmer); Ned Nolan; Mr. Nolan; Mr. Gleeson; Sonny Jim (a donkey); two thieves
They were actually leading him off when Blackie spotted them!
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Second part of story.
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Fun Spot
Buster; Ray (from X-Ray Specs); Gums
'Sarg' is on parade
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Spot the Difference

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Mummy's Boy; mother; cat
Poor old Mummy's Boy - what a way to take a nap.
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Kid Kong; J. Spudde (greengrocer); customers
Wish he'd hurry up!
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We Started Rehearsing Our Christmas Play at School Today

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Buster's Diary
Buster; Miss Stitchem; Headmaster
It was to be about the Battle of Hastings...
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Chalky; friends; tree fellers
Yikes! We haven't got enough to buy a tree for our Christmas party!
Chalky and his friends attempt to acquire a Christmas tree.
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Master Mind's Mind-Blaster Game

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Master Mind
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Board game.
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Roy Davies
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humorous, nature
Bluey; Ollie; Gums
Wow! There's Bluey and some pals!
Gums uses Ollie, an octopus, to propel an old bomb at a boat Bluey and some friends are on.
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humorous, teen
Tony Broke; Ivor Lott
Brr! It's cold and frosty, and here's some fog coming up now!
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Bonehead
Bonehead; shop owner; Farmer Hardgrind
Oi'll buy that 'un!
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X-Ray Specs
Ray; CID men; theives
They say those Crown Jewels are worth millions!
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humorous
Buster's Joke-Box
What happened to you?
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Collection of one-panel jokes.
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Big Daddy
Big Daddy; Mr. Ardup; Mrs. Ardup
Ah, Big Daddy, do come in.
While visiting the Ardup's Big Daddy sits on a chair and converts it into a settee.
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Brian Walker (signed)
Brian Walker (signed)
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Subject Matter
humorous
Boxatricks
Boxatrcks; Bert Briggs; prison guards
Bert Briggs has been in for ten years, and he still won't tell us where he hid the loot!
Boxatricks helps a convict escape to recover his loot and then brings him back to prison.
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The Case of the Loch Ness Monster

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Deadly Hedley Vampire Detective
Deadly Hedly; Mr. Stinkerton; Mr. McThompson; Loch Ness Monster family
The Loch Ness Monster is being held in a Scottish museum, and a detective is neeeded to guard it!
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childrens, humorous
Mummy's Boy
Mummy's Boy; mother
Look what your auntie sent you!
Mummy's Boy trades some stuffed animals for a toy car and plane, and then finds a prctical use for the rest of his stuffies.
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I Wanted To Wish Everyone a Happy New Year...

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childrens, humorous
Buster's Diary
Buster
At the bus stop...
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Strawbelly
Strawbelly; farm owner; His Lordship; butler
Goodness me - that was quite a blizzard last night!
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Fun Spot
Ivor Lott; Tony Broke; Big Daddy; Buster; Deadly Hedley
Tony's on top at the moment - but he'd rather be at the bottom!
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X-Ray Specs
Ray; dad
Your specs can save me some work, Ray!
Ray's father borrows his specs to save himself some work in the garden.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Sweffs
Sweffs
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childrens, humorous
Clever Dick
Dick; dad; mum;
Time to get up, Dick
Dick invents a portable bed so he can stay in it while going shopping with his parents.
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Chalky; friend; Fingers (a convict)
Ho, ho! You can't go to the town's Fancy Dress Ball in your pajamas, Chalky
Chalky, going to the ball as a convict, mistakes an actual convict for another competitor.
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Disappearing Trix
Trix; cousin Rex; two bullies
Aha! Those two are waiting to snowball me!
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childrens, humorous
Faceache
Faceache; restaurant owner; Ministry of Food inspector
If only I had some money for a nosh-up!
Faceache attempts to get a meal for free after pulling some horrible scrunges after eating.
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anthropomorphic, humorous
Kid Kong; Gran
One night at Kid Kong's house...
Kid Kong is eating bananas in his sleep.
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X-Ray Specs
Ray; Mr. Greene; crooked boxer; crooked baker; prison guards
What's up, Mr. Greene?
Ray tracks down Mr. Greene's missing lucky horseshoe.
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Buster; two friends; teacher
Buster has built a snowman that looks like a teacher, unaware the teacher is looking at the result.
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