Beezer, The

The Beezer was published by DC Thomson between 21 January 1956 and 21 August 1993 (when it unofficially ‘merged’ with The Beano).

Regular strips included:

• Baby Crockett
• The Badd Lads – Bungling criminals Boss, Fingers and Knucklehead
• The Banana Bunch – Brainy, Dopey, Lanky, Thatch and Fatty
• Black Bun – a rabbit stealing cabbages from a farmer
• Colonel Blink the Short-Sighted Gink
• Dreamy Dick
• Ginger – the cover star in early issues
• The Hillys and the Billys – two feuding hillbilly families
• Little Mo – a mischievous tomboy
• The Numskulls – tiny people living inside a head, each working in their own department: brain, eyes, nose, ears, and mouth. Moved to The Beano
• Our Sheriff’s An Ape – Coyote Creek is a town with two sheriffs: a human called Danny Blain and an ape named Charlie
• Pogo Pete
• Pop, Dick and Harry – an early cover story about twins trying to outsmart their father
• Smiffy – a boy who liked getting dirty
• Tuff and Tiny – a young caveboy and his cowardly pet dragon
• Wrinkle and Twinkle
• Young Sid The Copper’s Kid – a young lad called Sid and his dad PC 99

Comics that merged with The Beezer included Cracker (1976), Plug (1979) and The Topper (1990).