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    Cracker

    This short-lived comic from DC Thomson was published in 1975 and 1976 before being consumed by The Beezer.

    Regular strips included:

    • The Astro-Nuts
    • Big-Head Branny
    • Billy the Kid and Pongo
    • Curly’s Commandos
    • Dunder Ed
    • Hector the Collector
    • Iron Hand
    • Jimmy Jest
    • Joe Soap – a boy and his grandpa and a strange lot of bubbles
    • Little ‘Orror
    • Mad Ads
    • The Nutters
    • Rip Van Tinkle
    • Scrapper – a young lad who always got into fights
    • Simple Spyman
    • Skooldaze
    • Slojak
    • Spookie Cookie
    • Spookum School
    • Wonder Wellies
    • Young Foo: The Kung Fu Kid

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