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The Topper was a long running anthology comic which ran from 1953 to 1990. Mergers with two other comics, Buzz and Sparky in 1975 and 1977, respectively, added characters from those comics to The Topper's roster. The Topper eventually merged with another comic The Beezer in 1990 becoming the Beezer and Topper, this new comic featured a number of characters from The Topper and ended in 1993 with a few of the characters going on to appear in two other comics The Beano and The Dandy. The comic included a number of comic strip adaptations of classic novels, mainly the works of H. Rider Haggard and Robert Louis Stevenson.

Strip Title [1][2] Artists[1] Genre First Appearance[1] Last Appearance[1] Notes
Beryl the Peril Davy Law, and later drawn by John Dallas Comic 1 1963 Appeared on cover from 1986 to the merge with The Beezer in 1990. Later appeared in The Dandy.
Big Fat Boko And His Crafty Crow (Series 1) Ken Hunter Adventure 1 30
Captain Bungle George Martin Comic 1 363
The Fighting Frasers (Series 1) Bill Holroyd Adventure 1 99
Flip Mccoy The Floating Boy (Series 1) Paddy Brennan Adventure 1 68
Foxy Charles Grigg and later Evi de Bono Comic 1 1229 A fox forever trying to steal chickens and forever getting blasted by The Farmer. Later appeared in The Dandy.
Fritzi Ritz Comic 1 99
Mickey the Monkey (series 1) Dudley D. Watkins, later drawn by Vic Neill. Comic 1 1666 The original cover star until 1973.
Nancy Ernie Bushmiller Comic 1 1111 Reprints of the American comic.
Smart Art George Martin/George Drysdale Comic 1 470
Tiny Tim (Series 1) James Clark Comic 1 361 A minute boy who lives and plays amongst insects
Treasure Island (Original Series) Dudley D. Watkins Adventure 1 30
Uncle Dan - The Managerie Man Allan Morley Comic 2 248
Kidnapped (Original Series) Adventure 31 54
The Tiger Of Kashgar Adventure 31 71
Robinson Crusoe Adventure 55 79
The Jolly Rogers Paddy Brennan Adventure 69 80
Big Fat Boko And His Crafty Crow (Series 2) Ken Hunter Adventure 72 101
Wild Young Dirky (Series 1) Dudley D. Watkins Adventure 80 94
Coal-Black Jonah (Series 1) George Ramsbottom Comic Adventure 81 108
King Solomon's Mines (First Version) Adventure 95 121 Based on the novel by H. Rider Haggard
Ferd'nand Henning Dahl Mikkelsen Comic 100 304
Happy Daze (Series 1) Adventure 100 133
Sir Laughalot (Series 1) Ken Hunter Comic Adventure 102 123 A fantasy knight and his misadventures
Lucky Dicky Dolphin (Series 1) Adventure 109 128
Wild Young Dirky (Series 2) Adventure 122 132
Ali Baba And The Forty Thieves Adventure 124 130
Billy Boomerang Adventure 129 144
Jimmy's Mighty Midgets (Series 1) Paddy Brennan Adventure 131 147
(The Story Of) Gordon The Gipsy Adventure 133 139
The Fighting Frasers (Series 2) Bill Holroyd Adventure 134 196
(The Story Of) Allan Quatermain (First Version) Adventure 140 164
Big Fat Boko And His Crafty Crow (Series 3) Ken Hunter Adventure 145 175
The Lady Of The Lake Adventure 148 158
Keep-Fit Kitt Comic 159 199
Wild Young Dirky (Series 3) Dudley D. Watkins Adventure 159 173
(The Story Of) The Black Arrow Ron Smith Adventure 165 192
Coal-Black Jonah (Series 2) George Ramsbottom and George Drysdale Comic Adventure 174 185
Jed Cooper (First Series) Adventure 176 201
Sir Laughalot (Series 2) Ken Hunter Comic Adventure 186 199
(The Story Of) Captain Blood Paddy Brennan Adventure 193 222 Adaptation of the novel by Rafael Sabatini
Happy Daze (Series 2) Adventure 197 219
Dixie's Box O’ Tricks Comic 200 214
Jimmy's Mighty Midgets (Series 2) Paddy Brennan Adventure 215 224
Big Chief Running Chump (Series 1) Adventure 217 242
In The Kingdom Of Zero (First Version) Bill Holroyd/Ron Smith/Ken Hunter Adventure 220 258
Rob Roy Adventure 223 250
Coal-Black Jonah (Series 3) Comic Adventure 225 234
Jed Cooper (Second Series) Adventure 235 248
King Gussie (Series 1) George Martin Comic 235 430 A short strip about a king; like strips such as Desperate Dan, this surreally combined historical and modern day elements.
Big Fat Boko (Series 4) Ken Hunter Adventure 243 261
Wulf Of The Arrows (Original Series) Paddy Brennan Adventure 249 282
Oliver Twist Adventure 251 280
Julius Cheeser (Series 1) George Martin Comic 256 867 A short strip about a cat's failures to catch a mouse.
Shorty's Little Giant (Series 1) Adventure 259 291
Big Uggy (Series 1) George Drysdale Comic 262 469 A caveman and an anthropomorphic dinosaur friend Dopey
White Wolf Adventure 281 300
Dive With The Dolphins (Series 2) Adventure 283 313
Sir Laughalot (Series 3) Ken Hunter Comic Adventure 292 311
Jack-A-Lantern Adventure 301 315
The Bustem Boys On Bunkum Island (Series 1) Rudolph Dirks Comic 305 595 A reprint of the American comic strip The Katzenjammer Kids[3]
Unlucky Starrs Adventure 312 331
Thunder Gunn Adventure 314 321
Prester John Adventure 316 336
Wild Young Dirky (Series 4) Adventure 322 341
Happy Daze (Series 3) Adventure 332 341
The Call Of The Wild Adventure 337 354
Big Chief Running Chump (Series 2) Adventure 342 358
Mystery Nick Adventure 342 363
The Dragon's Teeth (Original Series) Adventure 355 383
Journey To The Lost Land (Original Series) Adventure 359 383
Figaro (Series 1) Tom Bannister Comic 364 922 An overweight Mexican bandit and his gang, and his donkey or mule Pedro.
Natty Jack (Series 1) Comic 364 390
The Tribe Must Not Die Adventure 364 373
(The Story Of) The Three Musketeers Adventure 374 402
Not Guilty... But Sentenced To Death Adventure 384 404
Tarzan Adventure 384 388
(They've) Got The Wrong Wright Comic Adventure 389 396
(The Story Of) Sinbad The Sailor Adventure 397 412
(Beware Of ) Gum-Drop Gas (Original Series) Comic Adventure 403 419
Back To Zero (Original Version) Bill Holroyd/Ron Smith/Ken Hunter Adventure 405 435
Send for Kelly George Martin, and later by Sid Burgon Comic Adventure 413 1963 A secret agent called Nick Kelly, helped by assistant Cedric for most of the strip's run. Cedric was later replaced by Harry, nephew of Kelly. Survived Beezer merger in 1990. The strip appeared on the cover from the year 1973 to 1975.
Stallions Of The Moon Adventure 419 439
Big Fat Boko (Series 5, Reprints) Ken Hunter Adventure 420 475
Danger In The Hills Adventure 436 442
(The Adventures Of) Midshipman Keen Adventure 440 470
The Storms At Sea Adventure 443 455
Castle's In The Air Adventure 456 469
Natty Jack (Series 2) Comic 470 475
Treasure Island (Reprint Series) Dudley D. Watkins Adventure 470 499
The White Witch Paddy Brennan Adventure 471 489 Adaptation of the novel She by H. Rider Haggard
Big X - The Bluffer From Planet E (Original Series) Comic Adventure 476 495
The Last Warriors Ron Smith Adventure 490 500
The Big Chief Says Me No Like Um Railroad! (Series 3) Adventure 496 507
Kidnapped (Reprint Series) Adventure 500 523
The Iron Man Adventure 501 515
The Happy Goluks Adventure 508 518
Danger All The Way Adventure 516 533
The Flying Dutchman Comic 519 528
King Gussie (Series 2) George Martin Comic 519 920
Catriona Adventure 524 543
(Tall Tales From) Toad-In-The-Hole Comic 529 638
Young Hammerfist Adventure 534 545
It's A Funny World Default 544 571
Sir Laughalot (Series 4, Reprints) Ken Hunter Comic Adventure 544 598
Flip Mccoy In Australia (Series 2) Paddy Brennan Adventure 546 610
Johnny Rover Adventure 574 654
King Solomon's Mines (Redrawn Version) Adventure 574 599
Desert Island Dick (Series 1) Comic 575 1144 A short strip about a castaway, his pet octopus and his incompetent attempts to summon rescue. The name is a parody of Desert Island Discs on BBC Radio 4.
Arty Comic 596 617
The Shocker Comic Adventure 599 611
(The Story Of) Allan Quatermain (Redrawn Version) Adventure 600 624
Island From Nowhere Adventure 611 631
Billy Benn's Den / The Adventures Of Billy Benn Adventure 612 677
The Ups And Downs Of Old Batty (Series 1) George Martin Comic 618 696
Bunyan's Runaways! Adventure 625 677
Hector's Protector Adventure 632 652
Pop And The Animals Comic 639 677
Giants From The Sea Adventure 653 677
Peter Planet Adventure 655 703
Big Fat Boko (Series 6) Ken Hunter Adventure 678 784
Big Uggy (Series 2) George Drysdale Comic 678 922
Rusty's Raiders Adventure 678 695
The Whizzers From Ozz (Series 1) Paddy Brennan Adventure 678 779 Young Willie Walker meets two alien boys, Krik and Krak, who have a spacecraft and alien gadgets. Last strip was January 6, 1968, when Krik and Krak flew back to Ozz again.
Three Eggs In A Basket Adventure 696 728
Ali Babble (Series 1) Comic Adventure 697 766
The Plague Of London - 1966 Adventure 704 729
In The Kingdom Of Zero (Redrawn Version) Bill Holroyd/Ron Smith/Ken Hunter Adventure 729 766
Cracker Jackson Adventure 730 740
The Inky Top Imps (Series 1) Adventure 741 814
Circus Of Fear Adventure 767 786
The Whiskery Dicks Comic 767 793
The Bright Boys Comic 768 804
Kidnapped College (Original Series) Adventure 780 802
Andy Ladd George Martin Comic 785 921 A short strip about a resourceful young inventor
Little Copy Cat Comic 785 867
Sir Laughalot (Series 5) Ken Hunter Comic Adventure 785 814
Back To Zero (Redrawn Version) Bill Holroyd/Ron Smith/Ken Hunter Adventure 787 814
Old Batty (Series 2) George Martin Comic 794 867
The Dragon's Teeth (Reprint Series) Adventure 803 831
Ali And His Magic Carpet (Series 2) Comic Adventure 805 858
Big Fat Boko (Series 7) Ken Hunter Adventure 815 833
The Sky Shark (Series 1) Adventure 815 846
Tiny Tom Bannister Comic 824 1470 The World's Biggest Dog
Oliver's Travels (Original Series) Comic 832 838
Big Chief Running Chump (Series 4) Adventure 834 867
(Beware Of ) Gum-Drop Gas (Reprint Series) Comic Adventure 839 855
Journey To The Lost Land (First Reprint) Adventure 847 867
Jiffy And The Glyphs (Original Series) George Martin Comic 856 978
Have-A-Bash-Billy Comic 859 902
Dopey Joe Comic 868 921 A short strip about an incompetent Indian
Splodge (Series 1) Charles Grigg Comic 868 1152 The last of the goblins - around four inches high and invisible to humans, except readers of The Topper, who stole food (Later in The Beano)
The Whizzers From Ozz (Series 2) Paddy Brennan Adventure 868 941
Wulf Of The Arrows (Reprint Series) Paddy Brennan Adventure 868 901
Lumbering Jack Comic 902 911
Old Batty Ace Of Space (Series 3) George Martin Comic 903 922
Sir Laughalot (Series 6) Ken Hunter Comic Adventure 912 922
Tales From Bunkum Island (Series 2) Rudolph Dirks Comic 923 965
Jingo The Jester Adventure 923 952
Willy Nilly Comic 923 1002
The Sky Shark (Series 2) Adventure 942 954
Big X - The Bluffer From Planet E (Reprint Series) Comic Adventure 953 972
The Inky Top Imps (Series 2) Adventure 955 978
Sir Laughalot (Series 7) Ken Hunter Comic Adventure 973 978
Super Specs Comic 973 1013
Dicky's Thickies Default 979 989
Thor Thumb Comic 979 1074
The Whizzers From Ozz (Series 3) Paddy Brennan Adventure 979 1056
Figaro (Series 2) Tom Bannister Comic 990 1049
Tales From Moth Eton Comic 991 1011
Danny's Tranny Ken Hunter Comic 1003 1737 A boy and his magical transistor radio - was cover star from 1975 to 1979.
Uncle Bob Comic 1012 1074
Dreamboat Bill Comic 1024 1066
Piggy Banks Comic 1050 1144
Happy Daze (Series 4, Reprints) Adventure 1057 1074
The Amazing Peet From Planet K Paddy Brennan Adventure 1075 1125
Top Of The Flops Comic 1075 1096
Whistling Billy Comic 1075 1089
Star Guests Comic 1077 1080
Plum Duffy Comic 1090 1109
Ghastly Manor Murray Ball Comic 1097 1266 A group of ghosts and monsters who live in a run-down manor which is perpetually for sale. Each episode is based on them scaring away a prospective buyer.
Morgan The Mountie Comic 1110 1144
Dizzy Doodles (Reprints Of 'Smart Art') George Martin/George Drysdale Comic 1112 1144
The Fighting Frasers (Series 3, Reprints) Bill Holroyd Adventure 1126 1138
The Sky Shark (Series 3) Adventure 1139 1144
Big Fat Flo Phil Millar Comic 1145 1187 Originally ran in Buzz
The Deadly Dwarf Of Drayton's Circus Default 1145 1152
Fred The Flop Tom Lavery/Dave Gudgeon Comic 1145 1736 Incompetent, petty criminal whose schemes always fail. Originally from Buzz
Jimmy Jinx (and what he thinks) Ken H. Harrison and Gordon Bell Comic 1145 1881 Originally from Buzz later appeared in Fun Size Dandy
Nobby Bob McGrath Comic 1145 1357
Sammy's Scribbles Comic 1145 1228
Sleepy Ed Comic 1145 1187
Hoozee The Wotsit Comic 1153 1235
The Whizzers From Ozz (Series 4) Paddy Brennan Adventure 1153 1187
Kidnapped College (Reprint Series) Adventure 1188 1210
Shorty Shambles Comic 1188 1235
Golden Oldies Default 1202 1220
Phone The Crows! Comic 1211 1235
The Wonderful World Of Sidney Adventure 1211 1245
Quiz Kidd Default 1229 1260
Mysterious Monty Mercury Adventure 1236 1260
Tiny Tim (Series 2, Reprints) James Clark Comic 1236 1282
Tricky Dicky John Dallas [4] Comic 1246 1963 Cover star from 1979 until 1986. Moved to the inside for the duration of the comic's life, survived Beezer merge, later appeared in The Beano
Big Fat Boko (Series 8, Reprints In ‘Pick Of The Topper') Ken Hunter Adventure 1261 1275
Big Uggy (Series 3, Reprints In ‘Pick Of The Topper') George Drysdale Comic 1261 1275
Flip Mccoy (Series 3, Reprints In ‘Pick Of The Topper') Paddy Brennan Adventure 1261 1275
Julius Cheeser (Series 2, Reprints In ‘Pick Of The Topper') George Martin Comic 1261 1275
Shorty's Little Giant (Series 2, Reprints In ‘Pick Of The Topper') Adventure 1261 1275
Splodge (Series 2, Reprints In ‘Pick Of The Topper') Charles Grigg Comic 1261 1275
Ali's Baba Malcolm Judge/Vic Neill Comic 1276 1870
Hungry Horace Albert Holroyd/Gordon Bell Comic 1276 1963 A kid with the bottomless appetite who is always after food. Originally from Buzz and The Dandy
L Cars Comic 1276 1357
Peter Piper Comic 1276 1870 Character with magical pan pipes that could animate objects. Originally appeared in the short lived The Magic Comic and revived in Sparky.
Puss An’ Boots Comic 1276 1394
(We Are The) Sparky People Comic 1276 1357
Thingummy Blob Albert Holroyd Comic 1276 1439
Hizz And Hurzz Comic 1283 1301
Happy Harry's Howlers Comic 1300 1319
Autoteach Comic 1302 1315
Janet The Gannet Comic 1316 1341
Desert Island Dick (Series 2) Tom Bannister Comic 1322 1353
Whistler And His Dog Martin Baxendale/Daniel Phipps Comic 1342 1373
Freddie Stare Comic 1358 1439
The Mini Martins Adventure 1358 1382
Tyme Twins Comic 1358 1394
The Whizzers From Ozz (Series 5) Paddy Brennan Adventure 1358 1394 For this series the Whizzers from Ozz appeared on the comic's cover, replacing Danny's Tranny before itself being replaced by Tricky Dicky.
Souper Boy John Dallas [4] Comic 1374 1737 A weedy boy who became extremely strong when drinking a special soup, similarly to Popeye
Journey To The Lost Land (Second Reprint) Adventure 1383 1403
Big Uggy (Series 4) Comic 1395 1417
The Knights Of The Round Table Comic 1395 1439
Tom And Terry Bob McGrath Comic 1395 1872 from Sparky
Klanky Adventure 1404 1421
Oliver's Travels (Reprint Series) Comic 1418 1424
Barney Bulldog Comic 1422 1439
Jiffy And The Glyphs (Reprint Series 1) George Martin Comic 1425 1439
Al Change - He’s His Own Granny Tom Bannister Comic 1440 1737
Fearful Fun Tales Keith Reynolds Comic 1440 1580
Foxy (Series 2, Reprints) Comic 1440 1466
Ghastly Manor (Series 2) Murray Ball Comic 1440 1528
Splodge (Series 3, Reprints) Comic 1440 1466
Splursh The Marsh ‘Un Comic 1440 1470
Jiffy And The Glyphs (Reprint Series 2) George Martin Comic 1467 1528
Timothy Trim Comic 1467 1490
Knut And Bolt Comic 1471 1492
Square Eyes Malcolm Judge Comic 1471 1881 The TV Copycat/ the TV fan
Oogly Comic 1491 1607
Battywoman Comic 1493 1512
Fingy Albert Holroyd Comic 1513 1666
The Amazing Peet From Planet K (Reprint Series) Adventure 1529 1580
The Teeny Toppers Keith Reynolds Comic 1581 1705
The Whizzers From Ozz (Series 6) Adventure 1581 1631
Desert Island Dick (Series 3, Reprints) Comic 1582 1734
Whistler And His Dog (Series 2) Martin Baxendale/Daniel Phipps Comic 1608 1737
Baba’s Topper Tale Comic 1632 1705
Brainless Comic 1632 1666
Boppo The Hopeless Hooligan Comic 1667 1737
Old Batty (Series 4, Reprints) George Martin Comic Adventure 1667 1705
Sudsy Malone And Plumb Comic 1667 1705
Jingo The Jester (Reprints) Adventure 1706 1728
Joe The Janny Comic 1706 1737
The Wotsit Comic 1706 1737
Willie Fixit Robert Nixon Comic 1706 1881
Figaro (Series 3) Tom Bannister Comic 1729 1808
King Solomon’s Mines (Reprint Of First Version) Adventure 1729 1754
The Neals On Wheels Comic 1738 1818
Pearl Gordon Bell Comic 1738 1881
Tricky Dicky’s Big Gag! Comic 1738 1871
The Video Kid Evi De Bono Comic 1738 1881
Stan And Oily - the Runaway Robots Ken Hunter Comic Adventure 1755 1825
Smart Art’s Sketchbook (Series 3) George Martin/George Drysdale Comic 1812 1870
The Skratch Squad Comic 1819 1875
Bogeyman Comic 1871 1963
The Ozzies Comic 1871 1897
Spike Comic 1873 1962
Stavros Comic 1873 1963
Pup Parade Gordon Bell Comic 1876 1963
Figaro (Series 4) Comic 1882 1963
Kong Comic 1882 1961
Little Red Rooster / Foxy And Little Rooster Comic 1882 1963
Scaredy Cat John Dallas Comic 1882 1963
Vest Enders Comic 1882 1963
Stupid Cupid Comic 1897 1920
Hoo-Haa Henry Comic 1907 1963
Captain Bungle (Series 2) George Martin Comic 1927 1963
Mickey The Monkey (Series 2) Comic 1927 1963
That’s Rich Comic 1953 1963
What’s Your Problem ? Comic 1953 1962

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d Topper Tales by Ray Moore
  2. ^ "Archived copy of The Topper Comic Summary". Archived from the original on 2019-10-20. Retrieved 2021-04-18.
  3. ^ "This week in 1962: THE TOPPER". Retrieved 2022-03-22.
  4. ^ a b "Obituary: The work of Beano and Topper cartoonist John F Dallas thrilled millions". Retrieved 2022-03-22.
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